What’s Up Superdoc!
Date: 1978
Director: Derek Ford
Production Company: Blackwater Film Productions Ltd.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Christopher Mitchell, Melvyn Hayes, Julia Goodman, Hughie Green, Bill Pertwee, Angela Grant, Chic Murray, Beth Porter, Sheila Steafel
Location(s): London, Surrey
Region(s): London T-Z, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A doctor fathers hundreds of sons through an artificial insemination program.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson.
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Patients wave at Dr. Robert Todd as he drives to his surgery.
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The Doctor spots a vacant parking space outside the practice.
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Dr. Robert Todd (Christopher Mitchell) enters the surgery to find Dr. Annabel Leith waiting for him.
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- 11 Apr 2016
Having been called to Dr. Leith's A.I.D. clinic, Dr. Todd drives to the hospital. St. Mary's Hospital on Praed Street W2.
Slightly cleaner. SJ
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- 11 Apr 2016
The camera pans to track the Doctor's car. Norfolk Place, the entrance to St. Mary's Hospital on Praed Street.
Unsightly. SJ
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- 11 Apr 2016
Dr. Todd parks his Ford Cortina and enters the hospital.
First columned doorway on the right. SJ
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Seeing a crowd of women waiting for him at the main entrance to his surgery, Dr. Todd escapes through a side gateway.
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The police arrive after when the Doctor is mobbed by his female patients.
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- 11 Apr 2016
To keep himself safe, Dr. Todd takes a room at a hotel. The Royal Garden Hotel on Kensington High Street in London W8.
As it looks now. SJ
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- 11 Apr 2016
Employed as the Doctor's minder and trainer, former Sergeant Major Goodwin (Harry H. Corbett) arrives at the hotel. Facing eastward on Kensington High Street from the Royal Garden Hotel, which can be seen in 'The Man Outside', 'Company of Fools', 'Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment', 'Georgy Girl' and 'The Spy with a Cold Nose' while the road itself features in 'Time is My Enemy' and '23 Paces to Baker Street'.
The carpark hasn't moved. SJ
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- 11 Apr 2016
The camera follows as Goodwin enters the foyer. The entrance to the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.
Revamped. SJ
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Goodwin takes Dr. Todd for a jog alongside the Thames.
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- 07 Oct 2016
Dr. Todd wanders through streets lined with seedy bars and strip clubs. The Raymond Revue Bar at the corner of Brewer Street and Walker's Court in London's Soho.
Doesn't look as good in daylight. Picture by Peter.
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Looking onto Brewer Street at the corner of Rupert Street in W1.
Peter also caught the former venue's entrance in this comparison shot. Very salubrious!
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Following his kidnapping, Dr. Todd runs through the grounds of Woodie's mansion.
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Julie arrives at her Father's house.
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On a mission to rescue Dr. Todd, Goodwin approaches the mansion riding in an old fire engine.
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Outside Woodie's house, Pietro (Melvyn Hayes) confronts Goodwin.
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Waiting to be rescued, Dr. Todd looks out of a first floor window.
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Pietro and his gang of thugs come out of the house armed with machine guns.
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The gangsters prepare to fire before being overcome with foam squirted from the fire engines hoses.
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Goodwin rescues the Doctor who eventually pairs up with Annabel on the journey away from the mansion.