Sir Geoffrey Loftus in Doctor in the House

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Sir Geoffrey Loftus is a strict, authoritative senior surgeon and hospital administrator who serves as a key comedic foil to the medical students in the British "Doctor in the House" series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn Doctor at Large NERFINISHED
Doctor at Sea NERFINISHED
Doctor in Charge NERFINISHED
Doctor in the House NERFINISHED
Doctor on the Go NERFINISHED
appearsInFormat episodic comedy
appearsInGenre British television sitcom
authorityOver junior doctors
medical students
basedOn character from the Doctor series of novels by Richard Gordon
characterTrait authoritative
irascible
old-fashioned
pompous
strict
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfWork United Kingdom
createdFor Doctor in the House television adaptation NERFINISHED
employer St Swithin's Hospital NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Doctor series universe
genre sitcom character
hasTitle Sir
languageOfWorkOrName English
medium television
narrativeRole authority figure
comic foil
nationalityInFiction British
occupation hospital administrator
surgeon
partOf Doctor in the House franchise NERFINISHED
portrayedAs highly competent surgeon
intimidating teacher
positionHeld senior surgeon at St Swithin's Hospital
primaryInteractionWith medical students at St Swithin's Hospital
relationshipTo superior of Duncan Waring
superior of Michael Upton
servesAs disciplinarian for medical students
toneOfDepiction comic
typicalSetting teaching hospital
usedAs source of conflict for student protagonists
usedFor comedic situations involving hospital hierarchy

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Ernest Clark notableRole Sir Geoffrey Loftus in Doctor in the House