The BEST episodes of Daktari season 1
Every episode of Daktari season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Daktari season 1!
Daktari (Swahili for "doctor") was a television series that aired on CBS from 1966 to 1969, featuring Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Center for Animal Behavior in East Africa. The show followed the work of Dr. Tracy, his daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller), and his staff, who were frequently forced to protect animals from poachers and local officials. Tracy's pets, a cross-eyed lion named Clarence and chimpanzee Judy, were also popular characters. Daktari was based upon the 1965 film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion, which also starred Thompson as Dr. Tracy.
#1 - Adventure of the Lions Cubs
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1966
Dr. Tracy and Jack Dane come across three lion cubs whose mother has been snared in a poacher's trap.
#2 - The Killer Lion
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1966
A game guard's old pet lioness's increasing irritability culminates in an attack on a farmer.
#3 - Trail of the Cheetah
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1966
While Janet Lorne is visiting Wameru, an escaped murderer is reported in the vicinity.
#4 - The Hostages
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/19/1966
Clarence the lion and Judy the chimp are kidnapped and held for ransom.
#5 - Return Of The Killer, Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/22/1966
After escaping from prison, Roy Meadows, a wounded killer, heads for Wameru to receive medical aid.
#6 - Return Of The Killer, Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/29/1966
Held at gunpoint, Paula must try to remove a bullet from escaped killer Roy Meadows.
#7 - Predator of Wameru
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/1966
Dr. Tracy sets out after a poacher, who has set dozens of animal traps all over the reserve.
#8 - Leopard of Mdala Gorge
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1966
A professional hunter joins an archaeological expedition, with the job of killing all predatory animals near the camp.
#9 - Judy And The Hyena
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/26/1966
Judy the chimp, who was once bitten by a hyena, gets nervous, scared and agitated when she sees Paul and Jack bring in an injured hyena pup. Dr. Tracy has a difficult time keeping Judy calm enough so he can treat the hyena.
#10 - The Elephant Thieves
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/1966
A baby elephant heads for Dr. Tracy's study center after a trapper kills its mother.
#11 - The Diamond Smugglers
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/1966
Dr. Tracy pays a visit to two Frenchmen who say they are paleontologists, but who are actually diamond smugglers.
#12 - The Chimp Who Went Ape
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/8/1966
Judy the chimp angers a family of wild chimpanzees when she brings an injured young chimp to the study center.
#13 - The Killer Dog
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/1966
A foul-tempered farmer has trained his German Shepherd dog to attack any and all animals from the Wameru reserve. Paula and Jack Dane find the animal caught in a poacher's snare, rescue it, and take it back to Dr. Tracy to be treated and, more importantly, re-trained—a prospect that's not likely to sit well with the dog's owner.
#14 - The Maneater Of Wameru
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/5/1966
A magazine photographer looking for a story lures a hostile tribe of poachers onto the Wameru reserve, thinking that she will get some dramatic pictures to go with the story.
#15 - Crisis At The Compound
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/12/1966
Dr. Tracy treats an injured leopard and releases it into the wild, but a visiting trade commissioner who wants to hunt for big game sets his sights on the leopard for his trophy. Dr. Tracy sets out to derail his plans.
#16 - Wall Of Flames, Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/3/1966
Warned against hunting on the Wameru reserve, a hunter starts a fire to drive the animals out.
#17 - Wall Of Flames, Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/10/1966
Paula and Jack face the dangers of a brush fire started by an unscrupulous hunter.
#18 - Judy And The Gun-runners
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/17/1966
Dr. Tracy lends a helping hand to Dr. Akubar, a gunrunner posing as an archaeologist.