The Doctor Zone Files

The Doctor Zone Files
Production code:	103a
Broadcast:	5
Credits
Written by:	Joshua Pruett
Storyboards by:	Jacob Hair
Directed by:	Bob Bowen
Broadcast Information
Premiere:	October 17, 2016
Paired with
"The Note"

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Because there's nothing better than sharing something you love... with someone you love.

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The Doctor Zone Files is the fifth episode in the first season of Milo Murphy's Law. It first aired on October 17, 2016.

Episode Synopsis

Sara wants to go with Milo to see The Doctor Zone Files Movie, based on their favorite show, but worries about potential problems.

Plot

Sara, Milo, Zack, and Melissa are seen wrapping up a marathon of The Doctor Zone Files in preparation to see the movie that is opening that same day. Sara takes custody of the tickets, fearing that they will come to an ill fate given the many mishaps that tend to occur around Milo. Zack and Melissa are then treated to a brief history of the series, which has been running for over fifty years, prior to standing in line at the film. While Sara takes numerous precautions against Murphy's Law, Zack and Melissa become involved in a discussion with Doctor Zone fans Wally and Kris regarding Dr. Zone's sidekick, the Time Ape.

An attempt by Milo and Sara to buy pistachios from Balthazar Cavendish and Vinnie Dakota results in the pistachio stand exploding into the air, followed by the mysterious disappearance of the operators. When Melissa and Zack theorize that Time Ape is in fact Dr. Zone's long-lost brother, Wally and Kris are infuriated, prompting Sara to intervene before a fight breaks out. In doing so, she inadvertently leaves the tickets on the back of a car just before it pulls away, leaving the group unable to attend the showing. Sara does gain an appreciation for Milo, who has always tried to make up for the mishaps that occur around him, and the four are able to view the movie after all once the falling pistachio stand takes out the side wall of the theatre.

Transcript

You can read a full transcript of the episode here.

Song

• Time for Dr. Zone

Gallery

The image gallery for "The Doctor Zone Files" may be viewed here.

Notes

International Airings

• November 7, 2016 (Canada)
• January 13, 2017 (Spain)
• January 29, 2017 (Latin America)
• February 15, 2017 (Japan)
• February 17, 2017 (Southeast Asia)

Allusions

• The Doctor Zone Files closely resembles the TV series Doctor Who---they both involve time travel, and both have been going on for 50 years.

Trivia

• Milo's older sister, Sara Murphy, makes her debut in this episode.
• Several of the people in line outside the theater appear in the same "Speckie" or "Finkie" costumes from the Phineas and Ferb episode Nerds of a Feather.
• When the Doctor Zone episode ends with a slide saying "The end... ?", It was a reference to the Phineas and Ferb episode, "Invasion of the Ferb Snatchers".
  • The same style of ending is used in the actual show at the end of The Substitute and The Llama Incident.

Whether it's this episode or The Note, this is the first time Al Yankovic voices somebody other than Milo, he does additional voices.

Errors

• At the beginning of the episode, when Sara is watching The Doctor Zone Files, her pajama top has no image, but when she and Milo are dancing at the end of the marathon, there is an image of Time Ape on it.
• In parts of The Doctor Zone Files intro, Doctor Zone has a right hand instead of a present.
• After Sara and Milo go to get some pistachios, the barricades that Sara assembled are gone.
• While watching the movie, Milo is not wearing the clock headpiece he was wearing while in-line for the movie.

Characters

• Milo Murphy
• Sara Murphy
• Melissa Chase
• Zack Underwood
• Diogee
• Brigette Murphy (flashback)
• Martin Murphy (flashback)
• Dr. Zone
• Time Ape
• Kris
• Wally
• Josh
• Bertram
• Vinnie Dakota
• Balthazar Cavendish

References

Previous: The Undergrounders

Episodes

Next: The Note

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Season 1 "Going the Extra Milo" | "Sunny Side Up" | "Rooting for the Enemy" | "The Undergrounders" | "The Doctor Zone Files" "The Note" | "Party of Peril" | "Smooth Opera-tor" | "Worked Day" | "The Wilder West" | "Family Vacation" "Murphy's Lard" | "Secrets and Pies" | "Athledecamathalon" | "The Substitute" | "Time Out" | "We're Going to the Zoo" "School Dance" | "Battle of the Bands" | "The Math Book" | "The Little Engine That Couldn't" | "The Llama Incident" "Missing Milo" | "Star Struck" | "Disaster of My Dreams" | "A Clockwork Origin" | "Perchance to Sleepwalk" "Some Like it Yacht" | "Backward to School Night" | "World Without Milo" | "The Race" | "Love Toboggan" "The Island of Lost Dakotas" | "Fungus Among Us" | "Milo Murphy's Halloween Scream-A-Torium!" | "A Christmas Peril" Season 2 "The Phineas and Ferb Effect" | "Snow Way Out" | "Teacher Feature" | "Picture Day" | "Agee Ientee Diogee" "Game Night" | "Pace Makes Waste" | "Cake 'Splosion!" | "Lady Krillers" | "Doof's Day Out" | "Disco Do-Over" "The Ticking Clock" | "Managing Murphy's Law" | "Field of Screams" | "Spy Little Sister!" | "Milo's Shadow" | "Sick Day" "Freefall" | "Milo's World" | "Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer" | "Now I Am a Murphy" | "Abducting Murphy's Law" "The Goulash Legacy" | "The Dog Who Knew Too Much" | "Adventure Buddies" | "Ride Along Little Doggie" "Look At This Ship" | "Cast Party" | "Safety First" | "Cavendish Unleashed" | "First Impressions" "The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event‎" "The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club" | "Parks and Wreck" | "Escape" | "Milo in Space" | "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space"