Episodes List
Ep.1 You Killed Toby Wren
Air Date: 1970-12-14
Quist's authority is questioned from all directions, and Ridge does some quiet investigations into hybrid science in Norwich.
Ep.2 Invasion
Air Date: 1970-12-21
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.
Ep.3 The Islanders
Air Date: 1971-01-04
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.
Ep.4 No Room for Error
Air Date: 1971-01-11
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.
Ep.5 By the Pricking of My Thumbs...
Air Date: 1971-01-18
The Doomwatch team investigates the myth about the XYY chromosome after a schoolboy is expelled for possessing it.
Ep.6 The Iron Doctor
Air Date: 1971-01-25
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.
Ep.7 Flight into Yesterday
Air Date: 1971-02-01
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?
Ep.8 The Web of Fear
Air Date: 1971-02-08
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.
Ep.9 In the Dark
Air Date: 1971-02-15
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.
Ep.10 The Human Time Bomb
Air Date: 1971-02-22
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.
Ep.11 The Inquest
Air Date: 1971-03-01
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.
Ep.12 The Logicians
Air Date: 1971-03-15
A powerful antidote formula has been stolen near a school full of gifted boys. Are they responsible, and is computer technology somehow to blame?
Ep.13 Public Enemy
Air Date: 1971-03-22
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.
