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| 4 | Quacks is a BBC BritCom about four doctors in VictorianLondon. It was cancelled after a single series in 2017, despite favourable reviews. |
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| 6 | !!Contains examples of: |
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| 8 | * AllWomenAreLustful: Caroline is frustrated by Robert's lack of interest in sex, so cheats on him with William. |
| 9 | * BackAlleyDoctor: John supplements his income by extracting teeth and selling dangerous potions. |
| 10 | * DirtyOldMonk: The Bishop is a sexual sadist who enjoys whipping prostitutes. |
| 11 | * DrFeelgood: John takes illegal drugs and moonlights as a SnakeOilSalesman. |
| 12 | * {{Expy}}: Of {{Series/Blackadder}}. Robert is Edmund, the UpperClassTwit, William is George, the BumblingSidekick, Tom is Baldrick, Dr Hendricks is Melchett, Caroline is Bob, and Mina is Queenie. |
| 13 | * FrontierDoctor: Being set in the 1840s, Robert relies on MeatGrinderSurgery. |
| 14 | * GroinAttack: Robert removes William's bladder stones with a gruesome looking pair of forceps. |
| 15 | * JerkAss: Creator/CharlesDickens is smug and arrogant. |
| 16 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Robert's apron is filthy and bloodstained. |
| 17 | * MadDoctor: Robert experiments on his patients during the operation. |
| 18 | * OpiumDen: TheAlcoholic anaesthetist John can often be found in an opium den. |
| 19 | * ThePigpen: Robert's working class assistant Tom is unsanitary. |
| 20 | * ScaryBlackMan: Butterworth, the LoanShark who frequently threatens and assaults John is a black man. |
| 21 | * StupidBoss: Hendricks, the paranoid, bigoted and antisemitic royal surgeon, is the principal of the medical school. |
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