Doomwatch: Season 2 - 13 Episode s
2x1 - You Killed Toby Wren
December 14, 1970
Quist's authority is questioned from all directions, and Ridge does some quiet investigations into hybrid science in Norwich.
2x2 - Invasion
December 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.
2x3 - The Islanders
January 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.
2x4 - No Room for Error
January 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.
2x5 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs...
January 18, 1971
The Doomwatch team investigates the myth about the XYY chromosome after a schoolboy is expelled for possessing it.
2x6 - The Iron Doctor
January 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.
2x7 - Flight into Yesterday
February 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?
2x8 - The Web of Fear
February 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.
2x9 - In the Dark
February 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.
2x10 - The Human Time Bomb
February 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.
2x11 - The Inquest
March 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.
2x12 - The Logicians
March 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?
2x13 - Public Enemy
March 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.