NaN/100 votes#1 - Fire and Brimstone
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/1972
John Ridge apparently suffers a breakdown from the pressure, and decides that, due to the excessive threat of pollution on the environment, drastic steps should be taken. He steals some phials of the deadly virus anthrax and holds the government to ransom: unless his anti-pollution terms are met, he will destroy humanity by releasing the virus in a number of major cities. A race against time begins. Can Ridge be tracked down before it is too late?
Director: Terence Dudley
Writer: Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - High Mountain
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/12/1972
An inquiry into Doomwatch is begun following the events surrounding Ridge's breakdown. Meanwhile, Quist is summoned to a large country estate in Scotland, where he finds himself offered a new position with both power and wealth in the private sector, but only if he will curtail his investigations into a new drug called disocyanate. Back in London, the Minister decides that it is time to place his own man within Doomwatch, and so despatches Commander Neil Stafford to join the team.
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Martin Worth
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Say Knife Fat Man
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/19/1972
Many years ago, Quist worked on the infamous Manhattan Project, which was instrumental in the designing of the atomic bomb codenamed Fat Man, used to obliterate the seaside port of Nagasaki in World War II. This involvement has continued to weigh heavily on Quist's conscience ever since. Hearing the phrase "Say knife," he recognises a potential threat - one that is tied into a break in at a plutonium base. A group of young student activists has stolen several radioactive fuel rods, and are planning to construct their very own atomic device.
Director: Eric Hills
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Martin Worth
- 6.1/1013 votes
#4 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Without the Bomb
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/3/1972
A revolutionary new lipstick goes on sale, containing pheromones designed to act as an aphrodisiac in order to make the wearer more attractive and desirable to men. This prompts Quist and Bradley to begin an investigation into the effects that pheromones have on people, and how they can alter the illusion of free will.
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: Kit Pedler, Roger Parkes, Gerry Davis
- 7.3/1014 votes
#6 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Deadly Dangerous Tomorrow
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/1972
Ridge continues his ecological crusade by warning against the dangerous side effects of the chemical insecticide known as D.D.T. upon the world's developing countries. He stages a publicity stunt by flying in an Indian family and setting them up in a tent in the middle of London's St. James Park. But the prank backfires when it is discovered that one of them is suffering from malaria.
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Martin Worth
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Enquiry
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/1972
Doomwatch is alerted to a laboratory where a new toxic gas is being developed for military use, available in a 'handy' aerosol can for easy application during conflict. But Quist and Anne's enquiry soon leads them to doubt that the scientists' safety measures concerning the storage of the gas may not be as secure as they think.
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, John Gould
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Flood
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 7/31/1972
Quist is concerned by the fact that, approximately every one hundred years, certain extreme weather conditions arise which lead to an increase in the water level of the Thames - and just one inch higher would result in the whole of London flooding. Even more disturbing is the fact that this increase is imminent.
Director: Quentin Lawrence
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Ian Curteis
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Cause of Death
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/7/1972
When John Ridge's father, Wilfred, becomes seriously ill, he decides to devote all his time to looking after him. Wilfred is then taken to hospital and put into the care of Doctor Cordell, but shortly afterwards he dies. Ridge is suspicious, and his investigations uncover a disturbing fact: Doctor Cordell is an advocate of euthanasia.
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Louis Marks
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - The Killer Dolphins
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/14/1972
Dolphins have long been established as highly-intelligent creatures, and the United States Navy has now begun using them in their new program. They are training the dolphins to act as underwater saboteurs, able to attach magnetic explosive devices to the undersides of enemy ships. Quist investigates the matter, and discovers that these apparently docile creatures are capable of becoming deadly killers - something that he experiences firsthand.
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Roy Russell
- 8.2/1020 votes
#12 - Sex and Violence
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown
Doomwatch's Anne Tarrant and Spencer Quist are placed on a government committee investigating whether the UK's censorship laws should be revised. The committee's work brings them into contact with both anti-pornography pressure groups and a man who hopes to one day be a dictator.
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis, Stuart Douglass
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Winter Angel
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1999
Astrophysics lecturer Neil Tannahill receives an enigmatic note from Dr. Spencer Quist, former head of Doomwatch, and finds himself drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving Soviet nuclear waste secretly stored at a British nuclear facility.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Doomwatch Season 3
Every episode of Doomwatch Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doomwatch Season 3!
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 3 Ratings Summary
"Fire and Brimstone" is the best rated episode of "Doomwatch" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Terence Dudley and written by Kit Pedler, Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis, it aired on 6/5/1972. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "High Mountain".