The Mainland (Father Ted) Mrs. Doyle and Jack off, Ted and Dougal head for the caves. Ted is surprised to see Richard Wilson, from the show "One Foot in the Grave", waiting outside, and goes up to greet him with his catchphrase "I don't believe it!". Wilson, sick of the phrase himself, turns on Ted and starts beating him up before others physically drag him away. Ted and Dougal enter the caves with a tour, and in awe of one of the cave formations, Ted says "I don't believe it", unaware that Wilson was standing in front of him. Before Wilson attacks him again,
Father Dougal McGuire "Only Fools and Horses". In another interview, they mentioned Latka Gravas from "Taxi" as an influence and compared the relationship between Ted and Dougal to that between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza: "Alongside the wily priest who would lie at the drop of a hat we wanted a gormless idiot who was the very model of innocence." For his portrayal of Dougal, O'Hanlon turned to Laurel and Hardy and "Fawlty Towers"s bumbling waiter Manuel. O'Hanlon also drew inspiration from his child sister, as well as dogs, explaining: "Dougal had to be more than just stupid. He had to be otherworldly