- No old herb women? No white witches?
- Oh, nothing like that.
- Good. Then the reign of medical science can begin.

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7 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:05:56.916 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- Politics? The usual thing.

- Much adultery? Would you say that conjugal infidelity was more epidemic or endemic? And in which category does it prevail?

- You really do ask the most amazing questions. There's no more here than elsewhere.

- Yes, what chance have they? The way people spy on you.

- Good. Now you've nothing else to tell me? No queer religion, superstitions, orders of druids and things like that?

- No old herb women? No white witches?

- Oh, nothing like that.

- Good. Then the reign of medical science can begin.

- I am strongly convinced that St. Maurice offers more opportunities than you think.

- You, sir, should be leaving here with your pockets full of gold and you, madam, with three rows of pearls around your neck in an expensive limousine.

- Oh, we shall see. I shall be back in three months for my first installment.

- Obviously there was no time to be lost.

- And before any results could be expected there were one or two alliances to be formed. I began to make them forthwith.

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Here in this town live some hundreds of people, a featureless, meaningless mess of humanity. What is my task? To rescue and resolve each one of them into a scientific individuality, into a medical existence of his own.

Do you suppose they even know what a microbe is? -I doubt it. Some of them may have heard the word, but I expect they think it's a sort of fly.

But now, like an organist at his keyboard, I pull a stop, I touch a note, and from far off, the sounds respond.

No old herb women? No white witches? -Oh, nothing like that. -Good. Then the reign of medical science can begin.

I put a man to bed. I watch. I wait. Something will come of it.

Dr Knock (1954) Sound Clip

Enjoy Robert Morley's performance in the 1954 Theatre Royal radio play of Jules Romain's 'Dr Knock', and explore standout quotes on our website.

Actors: Robert Morley (Dr Knock), Sir Ralph Richardson (Host)

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