Dr Stoughton

In LWT's 1983 TV adaptation of Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper, Dr Stoughton is the name given to the doctor who attends to the dead Lady Vere Merivale at the Ace of Spades night club. In the original story, this doctor was not named. Here, Dr Stoughton is also in fancy dress as a patron of the night club, in a gypsy costume. Tommy and Tuppence had seen him earlier at the night club with a woman whom Tommy calls a "battleship" (such a woman also occurs in the original, although accompanied by someone dressed as a mandarin). Dr Stoughton tells Inspector Marriot how the woman died. When the inspector says he cannot identify her as she was not carrying anything which could indicate who she was, Stoughton told him that she was Lady Merivale. He says her photo comes out frequently in all the society papers, and he could recognise her anywhere, even in fancy dress.

Dr Stoughton is portrayed by John Gillett.