Woobinda: Animal Doctor

196930m

Children's TV series set in a fictional rural town in New South Wales, Australia, following the adventures of veterinarian John Stevens and his team. The aborigines call Stevens Woobinda, animal doctor.

Seasons

39 Episodes • Premiered 1969

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 1: Not My Kind of Country

1. Not My Kind of Country

A raging bushfire threatens the life of a runaway boy, and of Kevin and the boy's mother who have gone to look for him. All three are trapped by the fire.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 2: Smoke Signals

2. Smoke Signals

While flying in the outback, John Stevens encounters an Aboriginal with acute appendicitis and must co-operate.

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3. Crocodile Hunter

Three American business executives set off on an outback photographic safari in crocodile infested swamps, but only two of them return to Stevens' home.

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4. Trouble With Chico

Stevens finds himself involved with a diamond robbery when he baby-sits a trained chimpanzee named Chico.

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5. The Exterminators

A group of cattlemen decide to organise a hunt for the kangaroos which they believe are the carriers of the deadly disease Anthrax, which is being spread among their cattle.

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6. Eye Witness

Stevens discovers that a young immigrant has smuggled a puppy into the country and, afraid that he will now lose it, the boy runs away, and innocently becomes involved in a bank robber chase.

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7. The Crop Duster

When a farmer sprays his crops with insecticide, Stevens discovers that the powder is threatening a colony of koalas.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 8: Birds Of A Feather

8. Birds Of A Feather

While returning a champion mare to its owner, Jack and Kevin come across men illegally trapping birds for smuggling overseas.

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9. The Rustler

A dishonest vet tries to convince a cattle owner that his cattle are seriously ill and should be immediately removed from the property and destroyed. The vet then plans to steal and sell the herd.

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10. Nine Lives

A cat has been left a large sum of money in its master's will, a sum which can only be claimed by the relatives on the natural death of the animal. The late eccentric master's nephew, Willy, has some gambling debts which need urgent attention, and his attempts to liquidate the cat and claim the money do not succeed. When he tries to push it over a quarry, he himself falls down and has to be rescued; when he tries to drown it in a dam, he ends up floundering for his life; and when he abandons it in a remote forest, the cat uncannily finds its way back, just in time to stop Willy getting his clutches on the money.

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11. Bounty Hunter

A valuable thoroughbred horse escapes from its horsebox after a road accident, and Kevin goes out to search for it.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 12: Panic

12. Panic

An Army plane carrying an atomic device and a deadly virus crashes in the Gattens Creek area.

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13. That's What Friends Are For

Colin Greaves, a champion polo player, is thrown from his horse during a match and suffers a severe leg injury. He becomes disillusioned and loses the will to recover.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 14: Sound Of Danger

14. Sound Of Danger

Tiggie and Kevin's efforts to care for a sick platypus are ruined by the sudden arrival of mining prospectors.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 15: A Dog's Best Friend

15. A Dog's Best Friend

An eccentric old man who cares for a house full of stray dogs is to be evicted from his home by a new and ruthless owner.

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16. Nobody Comes Here Anymore

The Stevens family goes to an island bird sanctuary so Kevin can release a bird that he has been caring for. They cross paths with a dangerous gang of counterfeiters using the island as a hideout.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 17: The Runaways

17. The Runaways

While flying a seriously ill dog back to Gattens Creek, Kevin and Peter Fischer find themselves involved in an elopement and are forced to make a detour.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 18: Deadly Cargo

18. Deadly Cargo

John Stevens investigates a case of rabies and unwittingly gets involved with a gang of smugglers.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 19: Trapped

19. Trapped

Jack, Peter and Kevin work feverishly to save the life of a prize Australian Silkie dog trapped under tons of rock from an excavation site.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 20: Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie

20. Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie

The Stevens family go to Sydney to attend a veterinary convention and become involved with an eccentric old woman who takes them on a hair-raising tour of Sydney Harbour.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 21: The Champion

21. The Champion

Foul play is discovered the night before a big sheepdog competition in Gattens Creek. Stevens is called in and catches the culprit.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 22: Doctor Fugitive

22. Doctor Fugitive

Stevens is attacked by two prison escapees, and through loss of memory is mistaken for one of the prisoners.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 23: Noel's Ark

23. Noel's Ark

An eccentric pianist arrives in Australia on his yacht with his pets - exotic animals and birds collected from all over the world. While ashore, his yacht is set adrift.

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24. A Life For A Life

Peter and Kevin become involved with an old Aboriginal and his dying camel, and Jack Johnson narrowly misses death.

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25. Where Dead Men Lie

When Kevin, Peter and Tiggie are transporting a lamb for special surgery, they spot an 'injured' man lying beside his car. They land, and the man hijacks their plane, leaving them stranded without water.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 26: Ghost Town

26. Ghost Town

Peter Fischer takes the Land Rover for a day's sightseeing. Arriving at a ghost town, he is bitten by a poisonous snake, and his life is saved by a tribe of Aborigines.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 27: No Love For Theodore

27. No Love For Theodore

When Stevens is appointed to look after an anteater from South America destined for an Australian zoo, the animal's defection to the Australian way of life causes a diplomatic controversy.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 28: The Joker

28. The Joker

The activities of a practical joker cause a sequence of events that results in property owners suffering from the effects of a drought finding water on their land.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 29: The Companion

29. The Companion

A child who secretly blames her father for her mother's death in a boating accident forgives him when he saves her Persian cat.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 30: The Rescue

30. The Rescue

The owner of a dog kennel develops a tracking system using dogs with radios to assist in search parties.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 31: Talk To My Agent

31. Talk To My Agent

When Kevin becomes an animal's agent, it looks as though he'll send the movie producers broke.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 32: The Carrier

32. The Carrier

A valuable dog is loose in the area, carrying a deadly disease. Stevens and Fischer are faced with the task of rescuing the animal before the local farmers find it and destroy it.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 33: Gallena Ridge

33. Gallena Ridge

Kevin assists in bringing into the open the unjust dealings of the manager of a large cattle station.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 34: Lenny

34. Lenny

Tiggie sets out to train a wild brumby, but runs foul of a brutal stockman.

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35. Second Sight

A blind man has his faith restored when he has to rescue Tiggie.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 36: Loaded Message

36. Loaded Message

Stevens has only hours to unmask the perpetrator of a scheme to poison all the stock in the Gattens Creek area.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 37: Caesar Was Shot

37. Caesar Was Shot

Stevens and Fischer have to perform a dangerous operation when a spear fisherman accidentally shoots a horse with an explosive-headed spear.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 38: Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio

38. Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio

Gattens Creek is terrorised by a tiger with a passion for ice-cream.

Still image for Woobinda: Animal Doctor season 1 episode 39: Silent Witness

39. Silent Witness

Driving out to see Stevens, a man accidentally knocks down and injures a pedestrian. He is frightened away by the man's dog, and then begins to feel that the dog is hunting him.

Cast

Photo of Don Pascoe

Don Pascoe

John Stevens

Photo of Lutz Hochstraate

Lutz Hochstraate

Peter Fischer

Photo of Sonia Hofmann

Sonia Hofmann

Tiggie Stevens

Photo of Slim De Grey

Slim De Grey

Jack Johnson

Photo of Bindi Williams

Bindi Williams

Kevin Stevens

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