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The Best Episodes of Doomwatch

Every episode of Doomwatch ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Doomwatch!

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One

Best Episodes Summary

"The Red Sky" is the best rated episode of "Doomwatch". It scored 8.1/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Jonathan Alwyn and written by Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, it aired on 4/6/1970. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "You Killed Toby Wren".

  • The Red Sky
    8.1/1021 votes
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    #1 - The Red Sky

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/1970

    Dr Quist attempts to go on holiday, but gets involved instead in a series of jet engine experiments causing harm and the same mysterious hallucination.

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis

  • You Killed Toby Wren
    7.8/1021 votes
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    #2 - You Killed Toby Wren

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/14/1970

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

    Director: Terence Dudley

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis

  • Tomorrow, the Rat
    7.7/1031 votes
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    #3 - Tomorrow, the Rat

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/1970

    Genetic engineering? Tampering with nature in a quest to make Superman? The experimentation is still only being carried out on rats, but with dangerous, and deadly results...

    Director: Terence Dudley

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis

  • The Battery People
    7.7/1018 votes
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    #4 - The Battery People

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/1970

    The Doomwatch team look into serious health issues experienced by male workers at a Welsh battery farm.

    Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Elwyn Jones, Gerry Davis

  • Invasion
    7.7/1021 votes
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    #5 - Invasion

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/21/1970

    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.

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Martin Worth

  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs...
    7.7/1019 votes
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    #6 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs...

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/18/1971

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

    Director: Eric Hills

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Robin Chapman

  • The Devil's Sweets
    7.5/1022 votes
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    #7 - The Devil's Sweets

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/1970

    While on the way to work, secretary Pat Hunnisett takes a free promotional chocolate from a group of girls on the street. Meanwhile, at the Doomwatch office, Quist and his team are investigating the sudden increase in the country's smokers, and are surprised when Pat arrives and lights up a cigarette for the first time in five years. Quist suspects that there could be a link between the promotional chocolates and 'Checker Board' cigarettes, whose recent sales are doing unexpectedly well. Should subliminal advertising be allowed?

    Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Don Shaw

  • The Plastic Eaters
    7.4/1035 votes
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    #8 - The Plastic Eaters

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/1970

    What if a man-made virus with the power to melt all plastic became as infectious as the common cold? When a plane crashes in South America, in quite extraordinary circumstances, it's up to Dr Quist's team to avert further disaster.

    Director: Paul Ciappessoni

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis

  • Project Sahara
    7.4/1024 votes
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    #9 - Project Sahara

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/1970

    Doomwatch are joined by Doctor Robson, sent to undertake tests on the new 'Sahara' spray which is apparently capable of destroying all plant-life on the planet. But when Quist receives a phone call from the ministry, he is given orders to immediately suspend both Robson and Toby without any explanation. Closer investigation leads Quist and his team to discover that a new computerised security system run by Commander Keeping and Barker has become far too powerful, and is making its own decisions about government personnel.

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, N.J. Crisp

  • The Logicians
    7.4/1016 votes
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    #10 - The Logicians

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/1971

    A powerful antidote formula has been stolen near a school full of gifted boys. Are they responsible, and is computer technology somehow to blame?

    Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Dennis Spooner

  • The Inquest
    7.3/1017 votes
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    #11 - The Inquest

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/1/1971

    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.

    Director: Lennie Mayne

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Robert Holmes

  • Public Enemy
    7.3/1017 votes
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    #12 - Public Enemy

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/1971

    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.

    Director: Lennie Mayne

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Patrick Alexander

  • Hair Trigger
    7.3/1014 votes
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    #13 - Hair Trigger

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/10/1972

    A radical new procedure has been developed for treating violent criminals. The results are extremely positive, but Anne Tarrant is not convinced of its ethics.

    Director: Quentin Lawrence

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Brian Hayles, Gerry Davis

  • The Web of Fear
    7.1/1017 votes
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    #14 - The Web of Fear

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/8/1971

    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.

    Director: Eric Hills

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis

  • The Human Time Bomb
    7.1/1015 votes
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    #15 - The Human Time Bomb

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/1971

    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.

    Director: Joan Kemp-Welch

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Louis Marks

  • Train and De-train
    7.0/1015 votes
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    #16 - Train and De-train

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/1970

    Two thousand animals are found dead in the Somerset countryside. Doomwatch investigate whether or not a new pesticide is to blame.

    Director: Vere Lorrimer

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Don Shaw

  • The Islanders
    7.0/1021 votes
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    #17 - The Islanders

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/4/1971

    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.

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Louis Marks

  • Flight into Yesterday
    7.0/1016 votes
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    #18 - Flight into Yesterday

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/1/1971

    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?

    Director: Darrol Blake

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Martin Worth

  • In the Dark
    6.9/1017 votes
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    #19 - In the Dark

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/15/1971

    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.

    Director: Lennie Mayne

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, John Gould

  • The Iron Doctor
    6.8/1015 votes
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    #20 - The Iron Doctor

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/25/1971

    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.

    Director: Joan Kemp-Welch

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Brian Hayles, Gerry Davis

  • No Room for Error
    6.3/1018 votes
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    #21 - No Room for Error

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/11/1971

    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.

    Director: Darrol Blake

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Roger Parkes, Gerry Davis

  • Waiting for a Knighthood
    6.1/1013 votes
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    #22 - Waiting for a Knighthood

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/26/1972

    A vicar collapses during a sermon, and there are seemingly unrelated events, one involving John Ridge. The answers are out there, but are obscured by big business and profit margins.

    Director: Pennant Roberts

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis

  • Re-Entry Forbidden
    6.0/1022 votes
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    #23 - Re-Entry Forbidden

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/1970

    The first nuclear-powered rocket, Sunfire One, is sent into space with the first British astronaut, Dick Larch, on board. After the rocket enters Earth orbit, Larch enters an incorrect course alteration, and fails to see the error indicator, which results in Sunfire One splashing down in the sea. Quist is asked by Doctor Goldsworthy to determine whether Larch is suitable for any further missions, as another such mistake could result in the spacecraft becoming a nuclear bomb.

    Director: Paul Ciappessoni

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Don Shaw

  • Friday's Child
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Friday's Child

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/1970

    Doctor Quist and Doomwatch become embroiled in an inquiry into the heart-transplanting practices of Doctor Patrick. Several uncomfortable questions are raised: what has he been doing to a newborn baby that has been placed in his care, and should genetic engineering be permitted in society?

    Director: Paul Ciappessoni

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Harry Green

  • Burial at Sea
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - Burial at Sea

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/1970

    When a lifeboat crew discovers a luxury cruiser adrift in the English Channel, they find on board are a group of wealthy pop stars and their girlfriends, one of whom is dead. Doomwatch investigate, and discover that the death was not from drug abuse as was previously suspected; instead they begin to uncover the facts behind the dumping of a deadly chemical warfare compound in a deep sea trench, which seems to be far from dormant.

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Dennis Spooner