Season 2

episodes

1. 1. You Killed Toby Wren 1970-12-14 50 min Quist's authority is questioned from all directions, and Ridge does some quiet investigations into hybrid science in Norwich.
2. 2. Invasion 1970-12-21 50 min 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. 3. The Islanders 1971-01-04 50 min 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. 4. No Room for Error 1971-01-11 50 min 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. 5. By the Pricking of My Thumbs... 1971-01-18 50 min The Doomwatch team investigates the myth about the XYY chromosome after a schoolboy is expelled for possessing it.
6. 6. The Iron Doctor 1971-01-25 50 min 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. 7. Flight into Yesterday 1971-02-01 50 min 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. 8. The Web of Fear 1971-02-08 50 min 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. 9. In the Dark 1971-02-15 50 min 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. The Human Time Bomb 1971-02-22 50 min 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. The Inquest 1971-03-01 50 min 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. The Logicians 1971-03-15 50 min 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. Public Enemy 1971-03-22 50 min 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.