All Episodes of Doomwatch

Season 1

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  7.7/1031 votes

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  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

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  7.4/1024 votes

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  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

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  6.0/1022 votes

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  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

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  7.5/1022 votes

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  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

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  8.1/1021 votes

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  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

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  Spectre at the Feast

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/1970

  In order to decide on new proposals for dealing with the dangers of pollution on the environment, Doctor Quist assembles a conference amongst the world's top scientists. But soon several of the delegates become ill, apparently from food-poisoning. However, Quist becomes suspicious, and suspects that the sickness may have been caused deliberately.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Terence Dudley

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  7.0/1015 votes

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  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

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  7.7/1018 votes

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  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

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  Hear No Evil

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/1970

  In an effort to prevent unofficial strikes by its workforce, a company in the North of England decides to use the latest scientific discovery, and attempts to manipulate both the working and the private lives of its employees by bugging them with listening devices. However, when Quist hears of this underhanded practice he is furious and decides that the only way to stop the unethical management is to turn their own method against them.

  Director: Frank Cox

  Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis

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  Survival Code

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/11/1970

  A military plane ditches into the sea whilst carrying three nuclear weapons on board. While the RAF mounts a search mission, an unidentified object is washed up on the shore near Byfield pier on the south coast of England. It is found by two men, Geoff Harker and Sam Billings, who decide that it must be a weather detecting device, and so begin to strip it down for parts. Toby is sent to investigate the device, but he soon finds himself faced with the terrifying prospect of disarming a very live bomb.

  Director: Hugh David

  Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis