Doctor Dolittle or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country. Doctor Dolittle has a few close human friends, including Tommy Stubbins and Matthew Mugg, the Cats'-Meat Man. The animal team includes Polynesia (a parrot), Gub-Gub (a pig), Jip (a dog), Dab-Dab (a duck), Chee-Chee (a monkey), Too-Too (an owl), the Pushmi-pullyu, and a white mouse later named simply "Whitey". One inspiration for his character appears to be the Scottish surgeon John Hunter. "The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar
James Marsh (director) "The Theory of Everything", a biopic on Stephen Hawking starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Marsh received a nomination for the BAFTA for Best Director and the film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Marsh currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his Danish wife and two daughters. James Marsh (director) James Marsh (born 30 April 1963) is a British film and documentary director best known for his work on "Man on Wire", which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and "The Theory of Everything", the multi-award winning biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking released in