Doctors spoilers: Is an evil dwarf stalking Letherbridge on Halloween?
During a powercut on Halloween, Sid and Zara find themselves locked in the surgery. But is one of their ghost stories about to come to life?
Dr Zara Carmichael is not impressed when she and colleague Dr Sid Vere find themselves accidentally locked in the surgery during a power cut on Halloween.
After discovering the 24 hour emergency call-out man is at a Halloween party and could be a while, the medics decide to pass the time by raiding the surgery fridge and telling ghost stories.
But when Sid tries to put the frighteners on Zara with the tale of El Duende, an evil whistling dwarf from Latin America who terrifies children, the doctors are both in for a scare when they hear a spooky whistling and someone (or something!) approaches...
Elsewhere, Valerie Pitman, Al Haskey, Jimmi Clay and Emma Reid get together for another of their Dinner Winner sessions.
Al is hosting and determined to win the challenge. Since it is Halloween, he has fancy dress costumes for his guests. But things take a creepy turn when surgery receptionist Valerie - dressed as the Woman In Black - starts speaking in a creepy voice. Has she been possessed?
And things are just as spooky down at the local police station when Rob Hollins encounters a stranger, Samuel Roswell, armed with a plastic bag containing something head-shaped...
Doctors continues weekdays at 1:45pm on BBC One
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!
Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.