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The Flying Doctors : Season 6
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Air date: 01 Mar '90 - 49 episodesThe Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming...
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List of Episodes (49)
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The Flying Doctors (1986)
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1. The Sleep of Reason
The arrival of Kate's younger sister is shrouded in mystery. She turns out to be subdued and secretive, while Magda also has a secret and makes a shock announcement.
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2. My Mother's Child
It becomes clear that Clare is under stress when she makes a rare mistake at work. But what is causing it?
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3. Swinging on the Rope
A wealthy and powerful landowner causes problems for the RFDS when he insists that his injured son is sent to a specialist in Melbourne.
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4. Father and Son
Vic decides to become a partner in a tourist enterprise, and a father has to come to terms with a tragedy.
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5. A Little Miracle
The father of a fundamentalist family goes over the edge and decides to follow in Abraham's footsteps by sacrificing his son to prove his faith.
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6. Murphy's Law
Vic runs over a little girl, Fiona, with his car accidently. Guy and Jackie picks her up, but luckily she isn't too badly hurt. At the hospital Guy noticed that Fiona's mother, Judy, is sick, she's got cancer and hasn't got a lot of time left. A friend of hers, named Rick, comes to visit and when he finds out about Judy's condition he wants to look after Fiona after Judy's death. But Judy claims Rick isn't the father which makes that impossile. Judy won't say anything about who the father is tho
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7. Breaking Down The Wall
Panic consumes the minds of a tour party who find themselves trapped in a cave when their tour guide dies of heart failure.
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8. Once Bitter
Geoff is really really sick and hospitalized. The problem is nobody knows what it is. It is some infection in his arm, but since they can't find the source of the infection they don't know how to treat him. The only way out seem to be to amputate the arm! Then Johnno realizes Geoff was out at a man called Rocket who had some old equiment that might have leaked hydrolic fluids. They test Geoff, Johnno was right, and Geoff is treated. And he can keep his arm.
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9. Clipped Wings
Johnno finds himself in hot water with the CAA after trying to take off from an unregulated runway.
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10. Walk Don't Run
The spirit of competition gets into Cooper Crossing as Kate and Penny continue to sort out their sibling rivalry, with potentially disastrous results.
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11. Masquerade
Guy becomes involved with a battered housewife and Jackie has to cope with an amorous dentist.
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12. Against The Current
Penny and Steve go camping. But their idyll ends when they come across a horrifying sight.
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13. Last of the Cochranes
A mysterious call drags Jeff to Melbourne where he meets up with 91-year-old Mum Cochrane, who is determined to return to Coopers Crossing to die.
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14. Doubt Life
The people of Wentworth are stunned when Guy's fiancee, Fern Wentworth, arrives in town. She is convinced that he has become too provincial and wants to reclaim his love.
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15. Something, Nothing
Johnno decides to re-evaluate his priorities in life when he and Rowie are nearly killed while flying through a storm. His first move is to tell Rowie he wants her as part of his future.
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16. Family
Geoff's paediatrician-friend Colin is coming to be there wehn Kate's delivering her baby. It's a beautiful girl, Scarlet Louisa. Kate discovers Colin is an alcoholic but he makes her swear not to tell Geoff. Scarlet is seriously ill and the only one who can operate is Colin. Kate gets hysterical and tells everyone Colin has a drinkingproblem. Colins swears he is sober and since there is no option he operates. The operation is a success and Scarlet will be fine!
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17. Being Positive
Anthropologist Jerry Davis returns to Coopers Crossing needing to speak to Geoff urgently. It's known that Jerry, who sports a scar on his neck, was operated on by the RFDS team during an emergency. Jackie is thrilled at the return of the man of her dreams, who she hopes will be the man of her future.
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18. Open Day
Geoff tries without success to persuade the mother of a badly scarred boy that it would aid his mental recovery to come to Cooper's Crossing and face the world. When the boy becomes suicidal, Penny holds out a hand of friendship.
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19. Changing Times
It's a sad day for Coopers Crossing—Geoff has accepted a position to train as a cardiologist in Melbourne and he and Kate are leaving for the city. Meanwhile Rowie and Johnno are putting the final touches to their plans when a spectre from the past causes Rowie to have second thoughts.
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20. Freedom
Jackie discovers a pair of young lovers living in the cellar of her farmhouse in a story reminiscent of 'Romeo and Juliet' with equally tragic consequences.
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21. Nymphs and Nightmares
08 Aug '91A sighting of the 'Outback Nymph' by washed-up journo Walter Morell brings unwelcome memories rushing back for Rowie. Could it really be her childhood pal Beryl whom she left in the Bush 20 years previously?
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22. Out of the Blue
With the demands of parenthood taking their toll on Geoff and Kate, the Standish marriage is suffering under the strain, and the situation is not helped by the fact that Kate's sister Jenny has fallen for her brother-in-law.
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23. The Last Dance
22 Aug '91Clare's routine is disturbed by the arrival of an old 'flame' as Steve struggles to get his new business off the ground.
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24. Unfinished Business
29 Aug '91Chaos comes to the operating theatre following a surprising discovery of a deadly bacteria. Guy is called upon to stem the rising panic, but tact is not his strong point. Rowie embarks on a journey of self-discovery and comes to a decision about Johnno.
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25. Jacqueline
05 Sep '91Guy and Jackie got stuck in an abandoned shed after a clinicround due to bad weather. And when they come back to town the following morning everybody is relly intrested about what happened in that shed during the night...
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