The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Encyclopedia
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (also known as The New Doctors) is an American medical drama
that lasted for four seasons on NBC
, from 1969 to 1973.
), an extremely successful neurosurgeon who is so renowned in his field that he is able to open his own very exclusive clinic called The David Craig Institute of New Medicine.
Craig has enlisted two "bold" young medical executives, chief of surgery Dr. Ted Stuart (John Saxon
) and Paul Hunter (David Hartman
). The character Dr. Stuart was later replaced by Dr. Cohen (Robert Walden
).
The New Doctors was part of The Bold Ones
, a rotating series of dramas that also included The Protectors
(with Leslie Nielsen
), The Lawyers
(with Burl Ives
) and The Senator
(with Hal Holbrook
). The New Doctors was the only one of the four series to last for the entire run.
David Hartman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
for portraying Paul Hunter on this show.
His cases include kidney transplants, mothers with post-partum depression, patients that cannot or will not communicate with him or his staff. His wife Lynn also assists at times.
Every episode lasted 60 minutes, and like other medical drama series Dr. David Craig gets in touch with rare patients or diseases, like House
or ER
.
, "To Save a Life", the series became a hit, lasting for three more seasons, ending with the 16th episode of fourth season, "And Other Things I May Not See".
The following is a list of titles of the broadcast episodes by broadcast seasons:
This list includes the episode "Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown, Pt. 2", which was a crossover
with Ironside
; that episode started in Ironside and ended in New Doctors.
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
that lasted for four seasons on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, from 1969 to 1973.
Overview
The series focuses on the life of Dr. David Craig (E. G. MarshallE. G. Marshall
E. G. Marshall was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s...
), an extremely successful neurosurgeon who is so renowned in his field that he is able to open his own very exclusive clinic called The David Craig Institute of New Medicine.
Craig has enlisted two "bold" young medical executives, chief of surgery Dr. Ted Stuart (John Saxon
John Saxon (actor)
John Saxon is an American actor who has worked on over 200 projects during the span of sixty years. Saxon is most known for his work in horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Black Christmas, both of which feature Saxon as a policeman in search of the killer...
) and Paul Hunter (David Hartman
David Hartman (TV personality)
David Downs Hartman is an American journalist and media host who began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on cable TV's History and on PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he...
). The character Dr. Stuart was later replaced by Dr. Cohen (Robert Walden
Robert Walden
Robert Walden is an American television and motion picture actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant for which he was nominated for an Emmy three times and his role as Joe Waters on Brothers...
).
The New Doctors was part of The Bold Ones
The Bold Ones
The Bold Ones is the umbrella title for several television series. It was produced by Universal Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1973...
, a rotating series of dramas that also included The Protectors
The Bold Ones: The Protectors
The Bold Ones: The Protectors is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970; it lasted for seven episodes ....
(with Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen, OC was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters...
), The Lawyers
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers is an American legal drama that aired for three season on NBC from December 1968 through February 1972.-Synopsis:...
(with Burl Ives
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice .....
) and The Senator
The Bold Ones: The Senator
The Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political television drama series that aired on NBC from 1970 through 1971, lasting for nine episodes . The series stars Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe.The Senator was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New...
(with Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. is an American actor. His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for...
). The New Doctors was the only one of the four series to last for the entire run.
David Hartman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
for portraying Paul Hunter on this show.
Synopsis
Together with his two assistants Dr. Paul Hunter and Dr. Ted Stuart, Dr. David Craig saves lives every day in his own exclusive clinic.His cases include kidney transplants, mothers with post-partum depression, patients that cannot or will not communicate with him or his staff. His wife Lynn also assists at times.
Every episode lasted 60 minutes, and like other medical drama series Dr. David Craig gets in touch with rare patients or diseases, like House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
or ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
.
Cast and characters
- E. G. MarshallE. G. MarshallE. G. Marshall was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s...
as Dr. David Craig, a successful neurosurgeon who has opened his own exclusive clinic called The David Craig Institute of New Medicine.
- John SaxonJohn Saxon (actor)John Saxon is an American actor who has worked on over 200 projects during the span of sixty years. Saxon is most known for his work in horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Black Christmas, both of which feature Saxon as a policeman in search of the killer...
as Dr. Ted Stuart the chief of surgery at the clinic. Left the cast at the end of season 3.
- David HartmanDavid Hartman (TV personality)David Downs Hartman is an American journalist and media host who began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on cable TV's History and on PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he...
as Dr. Paul Hunter
- Robert WaldenRobert WaldenRobert Walden is an American television and motion picture actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant for which he was nominated for an Emmy three times and his role as Joe Waters on Brothers...
as Dr. Martin Cohen (replaced John Saxon)
- Julie AdamsJulie AdamsJulie Adams is an American film and television actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams.-Life and career:...
as Mrs. Lynn Craig, Dr. David Craig's Wife
Episodes
After the pilot episodeTelevision pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
, "To Save a Life", the series became a hit, lasting for three more seasons, ending with the 16th episode of fourth season, "And Other Things I May Not See".
The following is a list of titles of the broadcast episodes by broadcast seasons:
This list includes the episode "Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown, Pt. 2", which was a crossover
Fictional crossover
A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, or because of unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common...
with Ironside
Ironside (TV series)
Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...
; that episode started in Ironside and ended in New Doctors.
Season One (1969-1970)
- To Save a Life (Pilot)
- What's the Price of a Pair of Eyes?
- Rebellion of the Body
- Man Without a Heart
- A Small Step for Man
- Crisis
- And Those Unborn
- If I Can't Sing, I'll Listen
- This Day's Child
- Dark Is the Rainbow, Loud the Silence
Season Two (1970-1971)
- This Will Really Kill You
- Killer on the Loose
- Giants Never Kneel
- First: No Harm to the Patient
- In Dreams They Run
- A Matter of Priorities
- An Absence of Loneliness
- Tender Predator
Season Three (1971-1972)
- Broken Melody
- The Angry Man
- One Lonely Step
- Close Up
- The Convicts
- The Glass Cage
- Dagger in the Mind
- Moment of Crisis
- Short Flight to a Distant Star
- A Threatened Species
- Discovery at Fourteen
Season Four (1972-1973)
- Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown Pt. 2. (Crossover with IronsideIronside (TV series)Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...
) - Is This Operation Necessary?
- A Nation of Human Pincushions
- Time Bomb in the Chest
- A Standard for Manhood
- A Substitute Womb
- A Very Strange Triangle
- A Quality of Fear
- An Inalienable Right to Die
- A Purge of Madness
- End Theme
- The Velvet Prison
- Terminal Career
- A Tightrope to Tomorrow
- The Night Crawler
- And Other Things I May Not See
Guest appearances
- Tisha SterlingTisha SterlingTisha Sterling is an American television and film actress. She is the daughter of actor Robert Sterling and actress/singer Ann Sothern.-Life and career:...
as Casey Woods/Joan in the episodes: This Will Really Kill You and What's the Price of a Pair of Eyes? - Katherine Crawford as Abbie in the episodes: Tender Predator, A Matter of Priorities and No Harm to the Patient
- Linda DangcilLinda DangcilLinda Dangcil was an American actress and dancer best known for her roles as Sister Ana in the ABC television series The Flying Nun and Carmen 'Raya' Alonso in the animated series Jem....
also made two appearances playing different roles in the episodes: A Matter of Priorities and To Save a Life - Pat HinglePat HingleMartin Patterson "Pat" Hingle was an American actor.-Early life:Hingle was born Martin Patterson Hingle in Miami, Florida, the son of Marvin Louise , a schoolteacher and musician, and Clarence Martin Hingle, a building contractor. Hingle enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1941, dropping out of...
as Dr. Ben Gold and Walsh in the episodes: Glass Cage and To Save a Life - Darby HintonDarby HintonDarby Hinton is an American actor and filmmaker initially cast in commercials when he was six months old. From 1964–1970 he portrayed Israel Boone, a son of American pioneer Daniel Boone, on the NBC adventure series Daniel Boone, with Fess Parker in the title role...
as Hal Parker in "This Will Really Kill You" - Jane WymanJane WymanJane Wyman was an American singer, dancer, and character actress of film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades...
as Dr. Amanda Fallon in the episodes: And Other Things I May Not See and Discovery at Fourteen - Clu GulagerClu GulagerClu Gulager is an American television and film actor. He is particularly noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney in the 1960–62 NBC TV series The Tall Man and for his role in the later NBC series The Virginian...
as Dan Corwin/ Matt Smith in the episodes: End Theme and A Threatened Species - John Ragin as Dr. Gomrick in the episodes: An Absence of Loneliness and Crisis
- Sheila LarkenSheila LarkenSheila Larken is an American television actress.-Career:She is best known for playing the role of Margaret Scully on the popular The X-Files series....
as Liz in the episodes: A Substitute Womb and This Day's Child - Joanne Linville as Anne Sorenson/Joan Stedman in the episodes: Time Bomb in the Chest and In Dreams They Run
- Pete Morrow as Anesthetist/Dr. Green in the episodes: A Tightrope to Tomorrow and Dagger in the Mind
- Peggy Feury made two appearances playing different roles including the episode: Close Up
- Gail Bonney as Mrs. Tate in the episodes: A Terminal Career and A Very Strange Triangle
- Norma CraneNorma CraneNorma Crane was an actress of stage, film and television. Among her best known roles was that of Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. She also starred in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! and Penelope...
made two appearances playing different roles in the episodes: A Threatened Species and Crisis - Jess WaltonJess WaltonJess Walton is an American actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless.-Early life:...
as Sharon in the episodes: The Night Crawler and Short Flight to a Distant Star - Ron HowardRon HowardRonald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
as a fourteen year old, who discovers that his father is homosexual in "Discovery at Fourteen"
See also
- The Bold OnesThe Bold OnesThe Bold Ones is the umbrella title for several television series. It was produced by Universal Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1973...
- The Bold Ones: The LawyersThe Bold Ones: The LawyersThe Bold Ones: The Lawyers is an American legal drama that aired for three season on NBC from December 1968 through February 1972.-Synopsis:...
- The Bold Ones: The ProtectorsThe Bold Ones: The ProtectorsThe Bold Ones: The Protectors is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970; it lasted for seven episodes ....
- The Bold Ones: The SenatorThe Bold Ones: The SenatorThe Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political television drama series that aired on NBC from 1970 through 1971, lasting for nine episodes . The series stars Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe.The Senator was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New...