Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Skipper the Eye Child

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired 2/12/04

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Somewhere on the wards of Darkplace Hospital, a man gives birth to a giant eyeball which brings out paternalistic instincts in Dr Rick Dagless, still grieving for the loss of his half-human, half-grasshopper son. But could the eyeball be a potential killer? Well, what do you think? Duh!moreless

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Alice Lowe

Madeleine Wool / Dr Liz Ascher
Matthew Holness

Garth Marenghi / Dr Rick Dagless, M.D.
Richard Ayoade

Dean Learner / Thornton Reed

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A man gives birth to a mutant eye baby Dag hides the child and intends to raise him to replace his dead son. but is the baby dangerous

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By dregj, Apr 03, 2007 Report Abuse

following a bizarre and quite frankly seriously unlikley events a patient give birth to a giant eyeball.
We see dag flash back to happier times
playing in the garden with his half grasshopper son.
We later discover the boy is long dead and the despair has been eating up dag for years
and we just didnt hear a word about it before now.
Dag hide the child from his colleagues and doesnt help with there investigation into a possible monster in the hospital.
Dag is eventually discovered and refuses to hand over skipper
until that is he bite him.
An enraged dag beat the baby to death off any hard surface he can find case closed

The description of how the grasshopper boy died was brilliant
the stupid death of the eye baby was great
the strange and suspicous behaviuor of dag was so over the top
an other classicmoreless

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- Another Authenticity note: It's hard to be absolutely certain, but when Rick gives Sanchez a pound, it looks like he actually gives him a pound coin. If so, then in Garth Marenghi's universe this episode must have been made after June 1983, since that's when pound coins were introduced. Edit
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- Lots of back-story in this episode: we learn that Garth is married to Pam and has four daughters, the eldest of which are twins. And in the show-within-the-show, we learn that Rick fought in Vietnam, and is (was?) married and had a son named Skipper. Edit
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- Garth: When I impregnated my wife, Pam, she dutifully gave birth to twins; a huge relief. Though for years I couldn't shake off the fear that one of them might eat the other. Edit
- Thornton Reed: Dag! Any thoughts? Rick Dagless: I... don't know anything about it. Besides, i think there are more important matters at present. Thornton Reed: Could you give me an example? Rick Dagless: Like hospital bloody hygiene, I went into the gents and there was a big pube stuck to the pipe so i had to use the one in 'E' wing. Lucien Sanchez: It's true! I went there two month-back and there was a piece of shit stuck to the seat! Rick Dagless: Well someones gonna have to pick that pube off the pipe and it ain't gonna be me! Liz Asher: Come on, surely we can talk about something more sanitary! Rick Dagless: As if your fanny never graced a pan! Lucien Sanchez: Whats crawled up your crack? Rick Dagless: She has! Shes so up herself! Lucien Sanchez: You shut your mouth, or so help me god i'll punch your lights out! Lucien Sanchez: Dunno what the hell's gotten into him! Come on Liz, i'll help you apply some more make-up. Edit
- Thornton Reed: (After Rick goes mad trying to save Skipper and in a completely monotonous tone) Look out, he's got a stick! Edit
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