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Doomwatch· Season 2

Doomwatch — Season 2

All 13 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.

  1. 01

    December 14, 1970 · 50m

    You Killed Toby Wren

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

  2. 02

    December 21, 1970 · 50m

    Invasion

    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. 03

    January 4, 1971 · 50m

    The Islanders

    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. 04

    January 11, 1971 · 50m

    No Room for Error

    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. 05

    January 18, 1971 · 50m

    By the Pricking of My Thumbs...

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

  6. 06

    January 25, 1971 · 50m

    The Iron Doctor

    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. 07

    February 1, 1971 · 50m

    Flight into Yesterday

    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. 08

    February 8, 1971 · 50m

    The Web of Fear

    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. 09

    February 15, 1971 · 50m

    In the Dark

    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

    February 22, 1971 · 50m

    The Human Time Bomb

    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

    March 1, 1971 · 50m

    The Inquest

    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

    March 15, 1971 · 50m

    The Logicians

    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

    March 22, 1971 · 50m

    Public Enemy

    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.

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