The BEST episodes of Daktari season 3
Every episode of Daktari season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Daktari season 3!
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 - Clarence's Love-In
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/1967
Clarence the lion runs away and joins a pride of three wild lionesses he meets in the bush, forcing him to choose between remaining in the wild with them or returning to his Wameru home.
#2 - The Will to Live
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/12/1968
Paula, Jack, and Mike find their German shepherd Prince near death in the field from a poacher's spear. Because trying to move him could kill him, they are forced to try to remove the spear in the wild, without Dr. Tracy's help.
#3 - The Monster of Wameru
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/5/1968
Hedley is at odds with the staff of the animal center when an unidentified creature is causing disturbances in the area. Hedley wants to kill it on sight but the rest want to capture it for study.
#4 - The Killer of Wameru
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1968
Judy the chimp befriends an ailing lion who is brought into Wameru. She keeps sneaking food to the lion after he is released, even though he is suspected by tribesmen of being the lion who has been killing their cattle.
#5 - The Lion Killer
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/20/1968
Dr. Tracy agrees to operate on a lion hunter's dog to remove a malignant tumor. But the rest of his staff is reluctant, particularly Paula, who thinks the dog, who injured Clarence, will just continue to kill lions.
#6 - Toto the Great
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/13/1968
When Judy douses Toto with elephant scent to test its value as a repellent to predators, it inadvertently leads to a tribal chief and medicine man becoming convinced that the baby chimp is the reincarnation of their god.
#7 - The Killer Cub
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/30/1968
Local ranchers, angry that a cheetah Dr. Tracy is treating has killed some of their cattle, give him a week to get the animal to stop, or they'll take care of the cheetah themselves.
#8 - Judy Strikes Back
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/23/1968
Dr. Tracy installs an electronic alarm system to protect more than $1 million worth of vaccines. Judy the chimp, angry that she's lost her job as guard, leads a protest against the new system that's replaced her.
#9 - License to Kill
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/16/1968
After being unexpectedly attacked by a lioness at Wameru, a retired boxer turned game hunter gets a permit to track her down and kill her. But Tracy is determined to find the lioness first and discover the reason for her strange behavior.
#10 - The Big Switch
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/9/1968
When Judy the chimp gives a revitalizing serum to an old native chief who has been banished from his tribe, he comes up with a plan to regain his honor: he's going to singlehandedly kill a lion.
#11 - Riddle of the Bush
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/2/1968
A stranger shows up on the sight where Jack and Paula are exploring an elephant graveyard.
#12 - Miracle in the Jungle
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/26/1967
A man on the run from the law slips into Wameru to retrieve stolen money he had previously buried there, but when he is frightened away by Clarence the lion, Judy the chimp takes the money and Dr. Tracy ends up being arrested for possession of it.
#13 - The Elephant Raid: Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/1967
Dr. Tracy and his friends race against time to keep a destructive elephant herd from being destroyed by land mines and incendiary charges, while also trying to keep the herd from destroying the Wameru compound.
#14 - The Elephant Raid: Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/1967
When Wameru is threatened by a stampeding elephant herd that has already destroyed a village, a government expert (who is also an old Army friend of Dr. Tracy) plans to kill off the herd against Dr. Tracy's wishes.
#15 - Judy and the Astro Chimp
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1967
Dr. Tracy faces a predicament when Judy the chimp trades places with another chimp who has been trained for the astronaut program, who has somehow made its way into the compound and gotten lost.
#16 - Judy and the Wizard
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1967
Dr. Tracy and his friends try to help an aging magician, whose chimpanzee is getting too old to perform.
#17 - Return of Ethel and Albert
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1967
Ethel the hippopotamus and Albert the donkey accidentally escape from Wameru into the bush together, and risk becoming a leopard's prey.
#18 - Judy and the Thoroughbred
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1967
Dr. Tracy clashes with an Italian countess who, in striving to win races, has mistreated her champion race horse and caused it to go lame.
#19 - One of Our Cubs is Missing
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1967
When Jack and Mike release a rescued lion cub back into the jungle over Paula's objections, Paula first sends Judy the chimp to guard the cub and later goes herself, ending up in a dangerous situation.
#20 - Judy and the Jailbirds
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1967
Dr. Tracy finds himself involved in a scheme by two old ex-cons, who want to return to the safety and comfort of their jail cell, to get caught breaking into the safe in Hedley's office so they can be sent back to prison.
#21 - Countdown for Judy
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1967
Judy the chimp becomes gravely ill after eating some berries sprayed with poison by a new farmer. Dr. Tracy and his team race against the clock to save Judy by finding out the source and nature of the poison in order to give an antidote.
#22 - The Return of the Phantom
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1967
A hunter and Dr. Tracy are both stalking a famous leopard, as Dr. Tracy tries to save the leopard from the hunter.
#23 - The Scent of Fear
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1967
A new game warden comes to the compound to be trained by Dr. Tracy, but he doesn't get along well with the animals, and is forced to confront an old fear.
#24 - The Killer Tribe
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1967
A search party is sent out to look for Judy the chimp when it's discovered that she has left the compound with a stranger suspected of being a member of a very dangerous tribe.
#25 - Goodbye, Wameru
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1967
A well-known African journalist is determined to discredit Wameru in print. Jack, Mike and Paula try to come up with a plan to stop him, but in the end Judy the chimp has the best plan and saves the day.