6.8/1012 votes#1 - Venom Doc
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/9/2013
Dr Sam Stewart runs a remote medical clinic on Hope Island in the Great Barrier Reef. She’s a GP, but in her spare time she and her colleague, Gus, chase the venomous creatures that inhabit the area.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: Jutta Goetze
7.8/1010 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2013
Sam and Gus go on a monitor lizard hunt while the new doctor, Rick, has trouble adjusting to working in a remote clinic. Meanwhile, a new bride on her honeymoon steps on a deadly stonefish.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: Fiona Wood
NaN/100 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/2013
To pay for a much needed outboard motor, Sam gives a lecture to Andrew’s medical students at the Mainland University. Whilst there, she discovers her rival Malcolm has a newly renovated hi-tech lab.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: Mia Tolhurst
NaN/100 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/2013
On Freya's day off, Sam and Gus take her on a venomous spider hunt. When Gus falls into a stinging bush and Sonny loses consciousness out on the reef, Freya experiences a real test in emergency medicine.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: Sue Hore
NaN/100 votes#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/2013
It's a busy monthly clinic day on Hope Island and Rick is keen to see some new patients. Sam and Livvy try to get him to improve his bedside manner and listen to their complaints.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: John Ridley
NaN/100 votes#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/2013
Andrew tells Sam that her clinic may be in line for an upgrade but when she heads to the university to discuss the details, she discovers he means to give her research to an independent research foundation.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: Anthony Morris
NaN/100 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/27/2013
Toby runs into trouble with sharks while diving alone, in secret. Meanwhile, romance is in the air as Gus asks Livvy out and Rick and Freya discover their mutual attraction.
Director: Colin Budds
Writer: Deborah Parsons
NaN/100 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/3/2013
Sam is collecting deadly cone shells when Andrew calls with the news that the Foundation has agreed to fund her venom cream. However, there's a catch that Sam is not happy about.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Elizabeth Coleman
8.6/1010 votes#9 - Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/10/2013
Sam and Jack are excited when two family friends, renowned husband and wife wildlife film-makers, come to the island for a bit of a holiday and to film out on the reef for their latest TV series.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Annie Beach
NaN/100 votes#10 - Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/17/2013
Sam has arranged a ceremony to scatter her beloved Father's ashes. Much to Jack's dismay, Andrew is bringing his girlfriend and her daughter and he predicts the event will end in disaster.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Fiona Wood
NaN/100 votes#11 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/24/2013
A wild storm heralds the coming wet season and damages the clinic's satellite dish. Meanwhile, Freya is initially intrigued to learn something of Rick's past.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Meaghan Smith
NaN/100 votes#12 - Episode 12
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/31/2013
When Toby finally finds a relic from a shipwreck that will triple in value all the artifacts he has so far collected, an excited Erica flies out to see the piece for herself.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Anthony Morris
NaN/100 votes#13 - Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/7/2013
It's 'stinger' season and the arrival of dangerous Irukanji jellyfish shuts down Sonny's Beach. Sam discovers a massive aggregation of them and collects some for her research.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Jutta Goetze
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Running the remote Hope Island Clinic, Sam Stewart is an accomplished doctor, who with her team, looks after the residents of all the neighbouring islands,...
Genre:Drama
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Venom Doc" is the best rated episode of "Reef Doctors" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Colin Budds and written by Jutta Goetze, it aired on 6/9/2013. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".