List of characters in the Doctor Dolittle series

=Humans=

Doctor John Dolittle

Doctor John Dolittle, M.D. is a doctor who became a doctor for animals when his parrot, Polynesia taught him to speak the language of animals. He lived in the fictional town of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh (commonly referred to as Puddleby) with his many animals. He has very few human friends and spends most of his time treating animals, travelling the world with his animals and conducting research into new animals and new forms of animal language [http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofdoctordol00loft The Story of Doctor Doolittle] ] clr

Tommy Stubbins

Tommy Stubbins is a boy from Puddleby who, after taking an injured squirrel to Doctor Dolittle, becomes the doctor's friend and assistant. He first appears in The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle and acts as the narrator in every book in which he appears. from Puddleby. He is a friend of Doctor Dolittle and helps to take care of the doctor's house and garden when the doctor is away travelling.clr

Animals

Polynesia

Polynesia is Doctor Dolittle's parrot. He is able to speak English and first taught Doctor Dolittle the language of animals.clr

Gub-Gub

Gub-Gub is Doctor Dolittle's pig. He is a great lover of food. "Gub-Gub's Book, An Encyclopaedia of Food" is written as if it was written by Gub-Gub.clr

Jip

Jip is Doctor Dolittle's dog. He has a very strong sense of smell. In The Story of Doctor Dolittle, he was able to rescue a man stranded on an island by following the man's scent.clr

Chee-Chee

Chee-Chee is a monkey. In The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Chee-Chee ran away from an organ-grinder and came to live with the doctor.clr

Dab-Dab

Dab-Dab is Doctor Dolittle's duck. After the doctor's sister, Sarah Dolittle, leaves the house in Puddleby due to her dislike of aligators, Dab-Dab becomes the doctors housekeeper.clr

Too-Too

Too-Too is the doctor's owl.clr

The Pushmi-pullyu

The pushmi-pullyu (pronounced "push-me-pull-you") is an antelope which has two heads at opposite ends of the body. When it tries to move, both heads try to go in opposite directions. Dr. Dolittle meets it on his voyage to Africa to save monkeys (See: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle). In the 1967 film, the pushmi-pullyu was instead portrayed as a double-headed llama. The more recent Eddie Murphy film has a brief scene where it is walking in the background while Dr. Dolittle talks to the tiger in the cage. This is in keeping with the fact that this movie version was only loosely based on the books. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1190200819/html/1.stm BBC News] ] clr

Cheapside

Cheapside is a sparrow from East London. He does not live with the doctor, but visits to give the doctor news and tell stories. He speaks with a strong cockney accent.clr

References

* [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0603431h.html Doctor Dolittle's Garden]
* [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607691h.html Doctor Dolittle in the Moon]