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The Doctor Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

43 Episodes 1952 - 1953

Episode 1

The Inquisitors

Sun, Aug 24, 1952

Vesley is a mid-level functionary in the Czech Communist Party. He is under intense pressure from his superior to fill his quota of men for the labor camps. His wife and doctor want him to resign. His assistant, however, has a 3rd option.

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Episode 2

Sweet Thing

Sun, Aug 31, 1952

A psychological drama about a young husband who discovers that his beautiful bride is plotting his death.

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Episode 3

Time to Kill

Sun, Sep 7, 1952

A man decides to stamp out corruption in his state.

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Episode 4

The Baker Story

Sun, Sep 14, 1952

A young doctor faces a career-threatening decision when faced with an epidemic of ergot poisoning.

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Episode 5

Blackmail

Sun, Sep 21, 1952

A chauffeur learns a secret and decides to capitalize on his knowledge through blackmail.

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Episode 6

The Hiding Place

Sun, Sep 28, 1952

A farmer searches for a hidden pot of gold.

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Episode 7

No Gods to Serve

Sun, Oct 5, 1952

A chaplain struggles with his faith while trapped behind enemy lines with three soldiers.

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Episode 8

Love Letters from a Stranger

Sun, Oct 12, 1952

A young woman working in a millinery shop falls in love in an unusual way.

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Episode 9

Those Who Wait

Sun, Oct 19, 1952

Four men are trapped in a coal mine disaster resulting in the death of one of the miners. Their wives wait to learn which of their husbands survived the cave-in.

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Episode 10

The Guest

Sun, Oct 26, 1952

A man fleeing a robbery tries to convince a grieving mother that he was the friend of the woman's son who lost his life in Korea.

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Episode 11

The Red Wig

Sun, Nov 2, 1952

A woman's husband leaves her because of she hates children.

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Episode 12

The White Medallion

Sun, Nov 9, 1952

A young man's love almost drives him to crime.

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Episode 13

The Fakir

Sun, Nov 16, 1952

An Englishman is dogged by tragedy.

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Episode 14

No Story Assignment

Sun, Nov 23, 1952

When a woman sues a newspaper for libel, a reporter is assigned to investigate her.

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Episode 15

The Trusting Heart

Sun, Nov 30, 1952

A woman's fiancé asks her to trust him.

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Episode 16

Pile of Rocks

Sun, Dec 7, 1952

A husband is suspected of murder when his wife mysteriously disappears.

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Episode 17

Marti

Sun, Dec 14, 1952

A young reporter writes a story about a policeman's widow resulting in conflict with her editor.

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Episode 18

A Tale of Two Christmases

Sun, Dec 21, 195230 mins

The life of a dysfunctional family between Christmas 1951 and Christmas 1952 is told.

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Episode 19

Night Riders in Apartment A

Sun, Dec 28, 1952

Two couples live in an apartment building on different floors, one above the other. One member of each couple suffers from insomnia.

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Episode 20

Desk of Matthew Day

Sun, Jan 4, 1953

A small-town newspaper editor, who was once the star reporter for a major metropolitan daily, struggles with money problems.

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Episode 21

Medal of Honor

Sun, Jan 11, 1953

The town council fires it's sole policeman because there hasn't been a crime committed in the small Maine community in more than ten years.

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Episode 22

Take the Odds

Sun, Jan 18, 1953

The son of a washed-up professional boxer tries shield his father from the neighborhood kids ridicule.

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Episode 23

Jules

Sun, Jan 25, 1953

An old man searches pawnshops for the proper suit for his burial.

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Episode 24

Reward

Sun, Feb 1, 1953

A young woman with pressing financial obligations reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal of a wealthy older man.

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Episode 25

The Decision

Sun, Feb 8, 1953

When a long-lost husband returns, a man in love with the wife contemplates murder.

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Episode 26

Song for a Banker

Sun, Feb 15, 1953

A stuffy banker tries to dissuade his son from pursuing a career as a song-writer by composing a number of his own with unexpected results.

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Episode 27

The World of Nancy Clark

Sun, Mar 1, 1953

When a nine-year-old girl learns her beloved au pair plans to be married, she plots to break up the engagement so she won't have to spend time with her obnoxious parents.

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Episode 28

Googan

Sun, Mar 8, 1953

A baseball team is mired in the second division until its manager follows the advice of his son's imaginary friend.

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Episode 29

Treasure Island

Sun, Mar 15, 1953

A young boy reading Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate story dreams of adventure and unexpectedly finds it when two strangers enter his life.

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Episode 30

Carla's Boy

Sun, Mar 22, 1953

A young boy who wants a father runs away from boarding school to try to find one of his mother's ex-husbands.

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Episode 31

Luncheon at Casey's

Sun, Mar 29, 1953

A small-time gambler tries to dissuade his daughter from marrying a young man who is a ne'er-do-well like himself.

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Episode 32

As the Twig Is Bent

Sun, Apr 5, 1953

Even though the man is acquitted at his trial, a policeman knows his former childhood friend was guilty of the crime.

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Episode 33

Friend of the Family

Sun, Apr 12, 1953

When a girl becomes disillusioned, her father tries to help.

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Episode 34

The Way of Hope

Sun, Apr 19, 1953

A washed-up playwright, an alcoholic producer and a bitter actress set out to build a better future for themselves.

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Episode 35

Rendezvous

Sun, Apr 26, 1953

A writer composes a series of fictional magazine articles about the man she loved and lost to her best friend.

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Episode 36

Escape from the Past

Sun, May 3, 1953

A man's shady past catches up with him.

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Episode 37

Desk Job

Sun, May 10, 1953

A lieutenant in the Air Force longs to be flying aircraft rather than predicting the weather until his expertise is required when fog shrouds the airfield with aircraft aloft.

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Episode 38

No-Rap Charlie

Sun, May 17, 1953

A burglar stumbles across top secret documents.

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Episode 39

The Rocking Chair

Sun, May 24, 1953

The wife of an aging physician pressures him to retire.

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Episode 40

The Researcher

Sun, May 31, 1953

A pretty magazine researcher, unhappy that she's still single at 28, sets her sights on the man she wants to marry. Unfortunately, her quarry learns of her intentions and breaks off their relationship.

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Episode 41

The Brothers

Sun, Jun 7, 1953

A soldier recently returned from Korea resents his brother's over-protectiveness.

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Episode 42

The Dog Tag

Sun, Jun 14, 1953

A German war widow tracks down the American soldier that killed her husband during combat.

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Episode 43

The Runaways

Sun, Jun 21, 1953

A new tenant concerns a mailman and his wife.

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