Meet the Clowndoctors
Dr Sprout was sprouted during a storm in the middle of summer in a little land across the ocean called Frogland. It's very wet over there - so there's a lot of swimming and leaping over puddles to be done. And you always have to wear wellies even with your best dress. She can never sit still for a moment and loves playing football although in Frogland you have to play whilst wearing a snorkel. There are no dogs in Frogland but she once had a little duckie as a pet. He was quackers.
Dr Mousse was found in France wandering around the delicious cake shops. Dr. Pavlova spotted her with a large croissant hidden under her beret. She told Dr Mousse there were lots of scrummy jammy doughnuts in Scotland so she caught a hovercraft to Britain and travelled to Edinburgh by moped. Her boots turned silver on the way and she kept losing her hat. She is always looking for a pink and red kilt so she can do the Highland fling. She loves dancing, especially Hop Hip.
Found amongst the bright yellow sunflowers on beautiful spring morning, Flora McFlea had a wonderful childhood: she loved the garden and countryside and often spent days marvelling at the colour of the grass. It’s green! Her favourite subject is thinking and she can think for days and then quite forget what she was thinking about. Dancing is another of Flora McFlea’s favourite pastimes – her style is quite unique and some say ahead of its time.
Dr Wallop was just a wee dollop when she sailed to the Amazon in a red pencil case. She lived in the jungle for ages and ages and learnt how to cook mud pies, talk to parrots and disguise herself as a swamp. Now that she is back in Scotland, she enjoys being the best at everything. She is especially good at teaching doors how to open and close. Whatever anyone might say about Dr. Wallop she wants you to know that she never EVER bumps into anything, EVER!
Dr Spritely was brought up in Smoo Cave on the northwest coast of Scotland. Her friends were the brownies and faeries who live in the Highlands. The selkies (seal-people) taught her to play the spoons and she has never looked back since. One day a kelpie, a Scottish water-devil, came out of the sea and Dr Spritely scared him off with her spoon playing! It was her proudest moment.
The adventurous Dr D began a life of adventure at an early age. At 5 he became the youngest explorer to scale Mount Everett. After gaining the summit in a blizzard, he parachuted to safety, lost his way and was adopted by a passing herd of wild yak. It is generally accepted that the yak gave him his shrewd cunning and appalling sense of direction. Dr D’s mysterious name may stand for Dangerous, or Delightful or perhaps Darren. A legend in his own mind, his colleagues affectionately know him as plain old D.
Dr Superdoc was born in a blue box with silver stars and kept in a bread bin. His interest in flying started when, at night, he watched the moths going round and round forever. In school he loved geography and invented new countries in which he imagined having huge adventures that involved a lot of flying. He enjoys worm races and parachuting off high walls. His pet is a mole called Dave.
Dr Molotoff hatched from an egg in Siberia in the middle of winter. Dr Molotoff decided to be the first Molotoff to find a sunny beach. She walked to Lapland and met Santa. She then got a reindeer lift to Norway. She jumped on to a Scottish fishing boat and came to Scotland. Molotoff really likes being here and after finding the Clowndoctors she doesn’t miss Siberia at all.
Dr Pavlova was born on Pavlova Island a few years ago and was very happy to have done so. She is not sure how it happened – she just erupted and appeared – nobody seems to have caught it on camera. Dr Pavlova is an only child. Actually she is the only member of her family but she is assured that her parents are members of the cake family, her father being Dr Creme Brulee and her mother Dr Strawberry Cheesecake.
Dr Whizz is clever and fast – or at least she thinks she is. She dreams of being Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz but tries to be a bit cooler than that. She used to sometimes pop on a black bushy moustache to look fierce when necessary. She likes to rap and tap dance – sometimes both at the same time. Her hair is a cross between Pippi Longstocking and Britney Spears and Nirvana.
Dr Rocket zoomed into Scotland while in training for his trip to Mars. Unfortunately he crashed into a highland cow and, while he waits for his rocket pack to be repaired, he is busy testing out all the many gadgets he collects for his big trip. When not in training Dr Rocket is a very quiet chap, and can often be found ironing his outfit and tidying up.
Dr Ping Pong loves cycling and has always thought that painting stripes on your legs makes you faster. Ping Pong has written many songs on the ukelele but can’t remember many of them. On Wednesday evenings Ping Pong sings with an all-female singing choir which explains his very high-pitched angelic singing voice. Ping Pong is rubbish at remembering names.
Dr Squeegie loves looking up at the sky and staring at all the holes especially at night when they all sparkle. In fact she looked at them so much as a child that she got cross eyed and now has to wear glasses with magic tape on them.Her favourite pastimes are dancing with her eyebrows and turning invisible. Yip! Dr Squeegie is a master magician and is not only a member of the magic circle but also the magic triangle AND the magic hexagon.
Dr Cheese came to Scotland from Canada. She paddled all the way here in a birch bark canoe. On the long journey she ate barbequed moose-meat sausages and pancakes with maple syrup. And cheese! Dr Cheese loves cheese! Dr Cheese has many badges for doing great and amazing and dangerous things. Her favourite badges are for skipping merrily, getting lost, and making the biggest mess. She gets VERY excited whenever she is tested for a new badge. Can you think of a silly badge that YOU could test her for?
Dr Maybee grew-up in a beehive with a family of bees in Beeberdeen where she was the Chief Honey Comber. When she wasn’t busy, she gorged herself on delicious honey. One day she grew too big and started sticking to the walls. Life outside of the hive has been a great success. She got straight Bee’s in her exams, is always player Bee and has Bees knees but no wings.
Dr Cous Cous is a world traveller and animal tracker; Africa is his favourite continent of all and despite never having been there he has nevertheless developed a great many different animal calls that he utilises to little and no effect. He likes all foods except couscous. It’s flavourless and yuck all at the same time! His favourite game, at which he always loses, is an exhausting, pointless sport called hopping ball which is played by just two people worldwide.
Dr Squash
Carved from the foundations of Hadrian's Wall and tutored by the heroes of yesteryear; Dr Squash is the current world record holder of the 34m freestyle hallway dash. Fluent in 13 languages including dog and disco, he has just passed his grade 1 music exam for clapping and cheering. His favourite colour is belly button fluff.
Dr Doodle
Dr Doodle was born atop Ben Nevis, learned to draw up the Himalayas of India and likes to travel over the Andes of South America so his head doesn’t keep bumping into things. With puffed-out-pectorals, pen and pad, persistently producing perfect, pictures…proffered, politely, pour vous, he is an excellent doodler and will doodle ANYTHING you ask him to
Dr Hiya
Dr Hiya spent her childhood summers in the mountains of Norway picking berries and being attacked by midges. One day she was approached by a big scary troll ninja who, in exchange for a large bucket of blueberries, showed her how to repel blood sucking insects and who answered many questions including why do Norwegian birds have purple poo and what does the name Hiya mean in Hindu.
