Doomwatch

Season 2

1970 · 13 episodes · 10h 50m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. You Killed Toby Wren

   14 Dec 1970 · 50 min

   Quist's authority is questioned from all directions, and Ridge does some quiet investigations into hybrid science in Norwich.

2. 2

   2. Invasion

   21 Dec 1970 · 50 min

   Ridge and Hardcastle are sent on what seems a simple enough assignment, but stumble onto a major government cover up in an abandoned English manor.

3. 3

   3. The Islanders

   4 Jan 1971 · 50 min

   Doomwatch become involved with the inhabitants of a small, secluded island who have been forced to leave for the English mainland and are struggling to survive.

4. 4

   4. No Room for Error

   11 Jan 1971 · 50 min

   A deadly new strain of typhoid is sweeping through local schools. There is a treatment, though, and the team at Doomwatch endorse this in spite of its side effects.

5. 5

   5. By the Pricking of My Thumbs...

   18 Jan 1971 · 50 min

   The Doomwatch team investigates the myth about the XYY chromosome after a schoolboy is expelled for possessing it.

6. 6

   6. The Iron Doctor

   25 Jan 1971 · 50 min

   A computer oversees the wellbeing of patients at a local hospital. The Doomwatch team look into whether it is saving patients or if something more sinister is afoot.

7. 7

   7. Flight into Yesterday

   1 Feb 1971 · 50 min

   After a long-haul flight Dr Quist's reputation is put seriously in doubt when he arrives drunk to a meeting with the Prime Minister. Is it a simple case of jet-lag, or sabotage?

8. 8

   8. The Web of Fear

   8 Feb 1971 · 50 min

   The Doomwatch team investigate the mysterious outbreak of a deadly subtropical disease which somehow has cropped up on an isolated island off the coast of the UK.

9. 9

   9. In the Dark

   15 Feb 1971 · 50 min

   The death of a young man off the Scottish coast leads to the Doomwatch team investigating a cover up in the case of a sunken ship, and the discovery of a revolutionary life-changing science.

10. 10

    10. The Human Time Bomb

    22 Feb 1971 · 50 min

    The government wants direction for the possible construction of more high-rise apartment buildings. Fay Chantry is asked to live in one and supply a report based on her experiences.

11. 11

    11. The Inquest

    1 Mar 1971 · 50 min

    An inquest is held into the death of a local girl from rabies. How was she infected? A local woman thinks she knows, and she doesn't believe dogs are involved.

12. 12

    12. The Logicians

    15 Mar 1971 · 50 min

    A powerful antidote formula has been stolen near a school full of gifted boys. Are they responsible, and is computer technology somehow to blame?

13. 13

    13. Public Enemy

    22 Mar 1971 · 50 min

    A young boy dies while attempting to retrieve a ball from a high roof, but the cause of his death is not from falling. Doomwatch investigate.