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Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 2050 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Doomwatch (1970)

Season 2 (Dec. 14, 1970, midnight)

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.

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Doomwatch (1970)

Season 2 (Dec. 14, 1970, midnight)

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.

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IMDb
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Trakt
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/4/
TMDb
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Gerry Davis
Gerry Davis
Director
Kit Pedler
Kit Pedler
Director
Simon Oates
Simon Oates
Robert Powell
Robert Powell
Tobias Wren
John Paul
John Paul
Dr Spencer Quist
Amanda Ooms
Amanda Ooms
Philip Stone
Philip Stone
John Barron
John Barron
John Nolan
John Nolan
Joby Blanshard
Joby Blanshard

Dec. 14, 1970, midnight 0.0

S2E1 - You Killed Toby Wren

Quist's authority is questioned from all directions, and Ridge does some quiet investigations into hybrid science in Norwich.
Dec. 21, 1970, midnight 0.0

S2E2 - 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.
Jan. 4, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E3 - 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.
Jan. 11, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E4 - 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.
Jan. 18, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E5 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs...

The Doomwatch team investigates the myth about the XYY chromosome after a schoolboy is expelled for possessing it.
Jan. 25, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E6 - 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.
Feb. 1, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E7 - 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?
Feb. 8, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E8 - 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.
Feb. 15, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E9 - 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.
Feb. 22, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E10 - 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.
March 1, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E11 - 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.
March 15, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E12 - 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?
March 22, 1971, midnight 0.0

S2E13 - 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.
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 2050 min.
Released: Feb. 8, 1970
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 1999, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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