Episodes

1: You Killed Toby Wren

Dec 14, 1970

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

2: Invasion

Dec 21, 1970

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: The Islanders

Jan 4, 1971

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: No Room for Error

Jan 11, 1971

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: By the Pricking of My Thumbs...

Jan 18, 1971

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

6: The Iron Doctor

Jan 25, 1971

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: Flight into Yesterday

Feb 1, 1971

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: The Web of Fear

Feb 8, 1971

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: In the Dark

Feb 15, 1971

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: The Human Time Bomb

Feb 22, 1971

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: The Inquest

Mar 1, 1971

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: The Logicians

Mar 15, 1971

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: Public Enemy

Mar 22, 1971

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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