Doctor in the House

Prof.Loftus invites Mike & Dick to his office to help him with a film being made about St Swithins which is to be shown on the television. However, the producer is more interested in the mischief the medical students get up to than showing hospital practice. After a few 'wooden' performances the producer invites the students to the bar for a celebratory drink & films the drunken goings on & includes that as his main story item when the show goes to air. Prof Loftus tells Waring to switch off the TV he's seen enough.

Mike & Duncan are rostered in Casualty for a fortnight. The victim of a robbery is brought in & Dunc takes him to X-ray. Mike is alone in casualty when a nervous man enters with an injury to his ear & sore ankles. Mike realises this guy is the robber. When Mike mentions the police the robber runs away. Later he returns & wants Mike to finish the Job of treating his ear & ankles. Loftus walks into casualty with bad cut on arm, together he & Mike manage to subdue the crim & the policeman arrests him.

Mrs Brown is a hypochondriac taking up bed space in the ward. Matron & Prof.Loftus know her history and want her out. Mike is sympathetic and offers to visit her at home later.

Prof. Loftus wants Mike to assist him with an operation. Mike is keeping his distance from the table, feels sick and leaves the operating theatre. Later, he learns he and Duncan wakes him have been chosen by Loftus for two weeks residency together.

Mike and Dunc want to go to a rugby match in Cambridge but Dunc's car breaks down. Paul buys an old hearse cheap & parks it out the front of the Mortuary. Two orderlies load a coffin in the back while Paul goes to get the boys & then they're off to the match. Paul notices the coffin later & Mike & Dunc thought he was playing a joke on them. When they look inside the coffin,there is a body in there so they decide to take it back. Driving too fast, Paul soon has the police on his tail. He pulls over & Mike & Dunc hide in the woods with the coffin before the police catch up.

The Boys spend their first day on the wards.Mike has trouble from the start with his patient.(Mr Drobnic)He's either asleep or gone downstairs for physio, When he finally does see him & asks ""what seems to be the trouble""? Mr Drobnic doesn't speak english.! Dr. Merriford's wanting a report from the students at midday & Mike's running out of time. He has to take Mr Drobnic to X-ray in a wheelchair & while he's looking for it Mr Drobnic wheels himself away. Mike sees a wheelchair across from the escalator he has just traveled up & thinking it's his patient,wheels him back to the ward just as Dr.Merriford wants Mike's report on his patient. Mike pulls back the curtain & tells the Doctor his patients name & what he thinks he's suffering from. Only thing is the patient is a pregnant woman.!! The show closes with Mike looking for Mr Drobnic & sees him being loaded into the back of an ambulance. Mike chases after it.