Though she's "young", Dr Watkiss is said to have "excellent GP experience", suggesting the surgery should be in safe hands while Patrick is needed elsewhere.
And that indeed proves to be the case when a woman called Diane goes into labour.
But after examining Diane, it becomes apparent that Watkiss doesn't know how to use forceps – Turner's go-to in a transverse delivery – and is only trained in ventouse, a suction-cup device, so the best she can do is "continue with trial of labour".
"Timothy, this won't do," says Rosalind, who is both shocked by the gaping hole in Watkiss's skillset and panicked by their increasingly precarious situation.
Unable to tell whether the baby is a boy or a girl, Rosalind leaves it to Sister Monica Joan, who arrives just in the nick of time, in case of any further complications, to announce that Diane has given birth to a daughter.
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"I will not permit this to happen again," she announces. "I am sending for Nurse Aylward" – whose timing is impeccable, we must say.
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