The Best Episodes of Doomwatch Season 2
Every episode of Doomwatch Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doomwatch Season 2!
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.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Doomwatch" season 2 is "You Killed Toby Wren", rated 7.8/10 from 21 user votes. It was directed by Terence Dudley and written by Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis. "You Killed Toby Wren" aired on 12/14/1970 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Invasion".
7.8/10 21 votes#1 - 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
- 7.7/10 21 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.0/10 21 votes
#3 - 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
- 6.3/10 18 votes
#4 - 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
- 7.7/10 19 votes
#5 - 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
- 6.8/10 15 votes
#6 - 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
- 7.0/10 16 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.1/10 17 votes
#8 - 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
- 6.9/10 17 votes
#9 - 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
- 7.0/10 14 votes
#10 - 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
- 7.3/10 16 votes
#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
- 7.4/10 16 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.3/10 16 votes
#13 - 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