1963

Way back in 1963, when the television series Doceroo started, the world was a completely different place. There was no sex, and babies were made by the woman sitting on a chair which had previously been made vacant by the man. There was no colour television, and to create your own, you had to look through a Quality Street wrapper at Doxon of Dick Green. But the shape of the world was change forever when a brash Canadian, Sydney Oldman, arrived at Auntie Boob with an idea for a new series. Over at Indecisive Television he had created a series called the Revengers, and now he was to make his mark with Doceroo for the Boob.

The first stroke of genius was the producer - Oldman selected a brash, ambitious young woman by the name of Verily Lambchop. Lambchop was described by Oldman as "full of piss and vinegar" which meant that she could empty a room in thirty seconds flat with the smell when she walked into a room. Next, actors were needed to perform the vital roles of the mysterious Doceroo, and his faithful companions, Ian Chestercity, Barbara Wrong, and Doceroo's granddaughter, Susan Foreskin. For the role of Doceroo, Lambchop selected William Heartattack, an actor known for his gruff army roles, and who had just appeared in a sex film, This Spurting Life. In the role of Ian Chestercity, Lambchop selected William Mussell, an alias for his real name, Enoch Powell. The role of Barbara Wrong went to Jacqueline Mountain and Susan Foreskin was to be portrayed by Caroline Fjord.

For the first story, Lambchop selected Anthony Cocotheclown, an Australian, and he came up with the first episode, An Unearthly Chill. The first four part story concerned a mysterious schoolgirl who was followed home by her teachers to a space/time craft, the TURDIS. The TURDIS then took the reluctant time travellers back to the Stoned Age where the drunk cavemen all caughts colds.

Following this frenetic adventure was Terry Notion's The Garlics. Terry was an ex-comedy script writer who used to write for the comedian Toe Knee Hand Knob, but was sacked after he said that he was rubbish. The Garlics were an instant success, and Terry went on to reap the rewards until he died in 1997. The Garlics cemented Docceroo's success, and paved the way to 1964...

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