The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors was an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. The series was set in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing.
Initially a 1985 mini-series starring Andrew McFarlane as a doctor, the following year an on-going series began, which ran until 1993 and was successfully screened internationally.
Initially a 1985 mini-series starring Andrew McFarlane as a doctor, the following year an on-going series began, which ran until 1993 and was successfully screened internationally.
Quotes
- DJ or Claire: Victor Charlie Charlie calling Mike Sierra Foxtrot.
- David Gibson: [to Tom Callaghan] There's an aging hippie in there somewhere, struggling to get out.
- Dr. Geoff Standish: [To George Baxter] You know I was told that my predecessor, once dragged you into the lane and punched you into the nose. May I say that I wish I'd had his good judgment!
- D.J: What does David have that I don't?
- Paula Patterson: A medical degree.
- D.J: Don't tell a Greek what he needs for a barbecue, he invented it.
Major Cast
- Andrew McFarlane as Dr. Tom Callaghan
- Liz Burch as Dr. Chris Randall (1986-90)
- Maurie Fields as Vic Buckley
- Val Jellay as Nancy Buckley
- Lenore Smith as Kate Wellings/Standish
- Robert Grubb as Dr. Geoff Standish (1986-91)
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as David 'Gibbo' Gibson (1986)
- Rebecca Gibney as Emma Plimpton/Patterson (1986-89)
- Peter O'Brien as Sam Patterson (1987-89)
- Bruce Barry as George Baxter
- Beverley Dunn as Claire Bryant (1989-91)
- George Kapiniaris as Dimitrios "D.J." Lonniadis (1987-89)