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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...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"You Killed Toby Wren" is the best rated episode of "Doomwatch" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Terence Dudley and written by Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis, it aired on 12/14/1970. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Invasion".

  • You Killed Toby Wren
    7.8/1021 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

  • Invasion
    7.7/1021 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

  • The Islanders
    7.0/1021 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

  • No Room for Error
    6.3/1018 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

  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs...
    7.7/1019 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

  • The Iron Doctor
    6.8/1015 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

  • Flight into Yesterday
    7.0/1016 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

  • The Web of Fear
    7.1/1017 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

  • In the Dark
    6.9/1017 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

  • The Human Time Bomb
    7.1/1015 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

  • The Inquest
    7.3/1017 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

  • The Logicians
    7.4/1016 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

  • Public Enemy
    7.3/1017 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