The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

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Total running time:  7 hours, 43 minutes

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Summary: Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world. (summary from Wikipedia)

# 00 – Prologue

# 1-01 – The Cobblers Son

# 1-02 – Hear of the Great Naturalist

# 1-03 – The Doctor’s Home

# 1-04 – The Wiff Waff

# 1-05 – Polynesia

# 1-06 – The Wounded Squirrel

# 1-07 – Shellfish Talk

# 1-08 – Are You A Good Noticer

# 1-09 – The Garden Dreams

# 1-10 – The Private Zoo

# 1-11 – My Schoolmaster, Polynesia

# 1-12 – My Great Idea

# 1-13 – A Traveler Arrives

# 1-14 – Chee-Chee’s Voyage

# 1-15 – I Become A Doctor’s Assistant

# 2-01 – The Crew of The Curlew

# 2-02 – Luke the Hermit

# 2-03 – Jip and the Secret

# 2-04 – Bob

# 2-05 – Mendoza

# 2-06 – The Judge’s Dog

# 2-07 – The End of the Mystery

# 2-08 – Three Cheers

# 2-09 – The Purple Bird-of-Paradise

# 2-10 – Long Arrow, The Son of Golden Arrow

# 2-11 – Blind Travel

# 2-12 – Destiny and Destination

# 3-01 – The Third Man

# 3-02 – Good-Bye!

# 3-03 – Our Troubles Begin

# 3-04 – Our Troubles Continue

# 3-05 – Polynesia Has a Plan

# 3-06 – The Bed-maker of Monteverde

# 3-07 – The Doctor’s Wager

# 3-08 – The Great Bullfight

# 3-09 – We Depart In A Hurry

# 4-01 – Shellfish Languages Again

# 4-02 – The Fidgit’s Story

# 4-03 – Bad Weather

# 4-04 – Wrecked!

# 4-05 – Land

# 4-06 – The Jabizri

# 4-07 – Hawk’s-Head Mountain

# 5-01 – A Great Moment

# 5-02 – The Men of The Moving Land

# 5-03 – Fire

# 5-04 – What Makes an Island Float

# 5-05 – War!

# 5-06 – General Polynesia

# 5-07 – The Peace Of The Parrots

# 5-08 – The Hanging Rock

# 5-09 – The Election

# 5-10 – The Coronation of King Jong

# 6-01 – New Popsipetel Jong

# 6-02 – Thoughts of Home

# 6-03 – The Red Man’s Science

# 6-04 – The Sea Serpent

# 6-05 – The Shellfish Riddle Solved At Last

# 6-06 – The Last Cabinet Meeting

# 6-07 – The Doctor’s Decision