Doomwatch: Season 2 (1970)

Episodes

1. 

   Episode 1 · 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. 

   Episode 2 · 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. 

   Episode 3 · 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. 

   Episode 4 · 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. 

   Episode 5 · 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. 

   Episode 6 · 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. 

   Episode 7 · 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. 

   Episode 8 · 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. 

   Episode 9 · 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. 

    Episode 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. 

    Episode 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. 

    Episode 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. 

    Episode 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.