Doctor Snuggles

Doctor Snuggles is an animated series about a friendly and optimistic inventor named Doctor Snuggles who has unusual adventures with his friends in a slightly psychedelic world. The show featured fantastical scenarios which usually involved Doctor Snuggles inventing something outlandish such as a robot helper or diamond-making machine, and had a variety of supporting characters who were mostly anthropomorphic animals.

Production

The show was a co-production between British, German and Dutch producers and was originally released as two separate English and German language versions. In the English language version the title character was narrated by veteran actor Peter Ustinov. The show debuted in 1980, and consisted of thirteen half-hour episodes.

The show featured original artwork by Nick Price, original scripts and ideas by Jeffrey O'Kelly, and television scripts by Richard Carpenter. Two episodes (#7 and #12) were written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, both dealing with ecological issues.

In the UK the show featured as part of the Watch It! strand for children on the ITV network. In the United States, the series aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block and in Ontario, Canada, on TVO.

Plot Summary

The show followed the adventures of Doctor Snuggles, a kind old gentleman who lives in a comfortable home with his elderly housekeeper, Miss Nettles. Doctor Snuggles spends most of his time inventing, and throughout the series creates a housekeeping robot, a wormmobile, a machine to restore the colours of the rainbow, a gadget to fight depression, a fire-proof lotion and a time machine, amongst other inventions.

Episodes

1. The Fabulous Mechanical Mathilda Junkbottom
2. The Astounding Treacle Tree
3. The Spectacular Rescue of Miss Nettles
4. The Unbelievable Wormmobile
5. The Sensational Balloon Race
6. The Magical Multicoloured Diamond
7. The Remarkable Fidgety River
8. The Fearful Miscast Spell of Winnie the Witch
9. The Extraordinary Odd Dilemma Of Dennis the Badger
10. The Wondrous Powers of the Magic Casket
11. The Turn of Events with the Unwelcome Invaders
12. The Great Disappearing Mystery
13. The Amazing Reflective Myth

DVD Release

On July 4, 2005, Firefly Entertainment released Doctor Snuggles on DVD in Region 2 for the very first time. The four disc box set, entitled Doctor Snuggles - The Complete Collection, features all thirteen episodes of the series. The series has yet to be released in any other rregion .

Note: The Doctor Snuggles Complete DVD collection is released in Region 0 not Region 2 which is unblocked by region encoded players. However, the format is PAL. While computer DVD software/computer players can convert PAL to a NTSC video signal, not all store-bought players do.

External links

• Official Site
• Doctor Snuggles New Series Trailer