Shout Out / Doctor... Series

• Doctor in the House (1954): The Dean quotes Charles Dickens during his start-of-term speech.
• Doctor in Love:
  • The librarian tries to get Dr. Hare to read The Captain's Table, which was written by Richard Gordon - the writer of the original Doctor books the films are based on.
  • When Dr. Hare refuses to be sedated, Sir Lancelot threatens to give him "something that'll make the Sleeping Beauty look like a case of galloping insomnia".
• Doctor in Clover:
  • Wendover once saw Miss Rubikov performing La Sylphide and asks to see her do Giselle.
  • At the theatre, Dr. Grimsdyke sees a poster for Four Kinds of Love starring Gina Lollobrigida, Elke Sommer, Virna Lisi, and Monica Vitti.
  • Before the nurses' party, Sir Lancelot tells Dr. Grimsdyke he's ready for "a hard day's night".
• Doctor in Trouble:
  • The doctor Basil plays on TV, Dr. Dare, is based on Dr. Kildare.
  • Wendover mistakes Basil for an actor who played a lodger in Coronation Street.
  • A woman at the Captain's table remarks she likes that nice Scottish doctor, referring to Dr. Finlay from Dr. Finlay's Casebook.
  • When he mistakenly believes Mélisse was flirting with him at breakfast, Wendover remarks he's seen "that Tom Jones film".
  • Satterjee tries to improve his English accent by repeating "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains" and "In Hertford, Hereford, Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen".
  • After hearing the Indian music Satterjee plays, Dr. Burke calls it "Top of the Poppadoms".
  • When talking about Dawn's dancing, Mrs. Dailey mentions that she's very good at "the Victor Sylvester bit".

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