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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!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 1 - The Plastic Eaters
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler

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  2. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 2 - Invasion
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    S2:E2

    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:Martin Worth

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  3. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 4 - Tomorrow, the Rat
    7.3/10(67 votes)

    S1:E4

    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:Terence Dudley

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  4. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 1 - You Killed Toby Wren
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Terence Dudley
    Writer:Terence Dudley

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  5. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 8 - The Red Sky
    7.1/10(45 votes)

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler

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  6. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 3 - The Islanders
    7.0/10(40 votes)

    S2:E3

    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:Louis Marks

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  7. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 5 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs...
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Eric Hills
    Writer:Robin Chapman

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  8. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 6 - The Iron Doctor
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    S2:E6

    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:Brian Hayles

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  9. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 11 - The Inquest
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    S2:E11

    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:Robert Holmes

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  10. Doomwatch Season 3 Episode 6 - Hair Trigger
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    S3:E6

    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:Brian Hayles

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  11. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 5 - Project Sahara
    6.8/10(50 votes)

    S1:E5

    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:Gerry Davis

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  12. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 7 - The Devil's Sweets
    6.8/10(56 votes)

    S1:E7

    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:Don Shaw

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  13. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 11 - The Battery People
    6.8/10(42 votes)

    S1:E11

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

    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Writer:Elwyn Jones

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  14. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 9 - In the Dark
    6.8/10(33 votes)

    S2:E9

    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:John Gould

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  15. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 13 - Public Enemy
    6.8/10(34 votes)

    S2:E13

    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:Patrick Alexander

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  16. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 8 - The Web of Fear
    6.6/10(32 votes)

    S2:E8

    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:Gerry Davis

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  17. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 10 - The Human Time Bomb
    6.6/10(32 votes)

    S2:E10

    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:Louis Marks

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  18. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 12 - The Logicians
    6.6/10(32 votes)

    S2:E12

    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:Dennis Spooner

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  19. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 10 - Train and De-train
    6.5/10(39 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Don Shaw

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  20. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 4 - No Room for Error
    6.3/10(36 votes)

    S2:E4

    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:Roger Parkes

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  21. Doomwatch Season 2 Episode 7 - Flight into Yesterday
    6.3/10(33 votes)

    S2:E7

    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:Martin Worth

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  22. Doomwatch Season 3 Episode 4 - Waiting for a Knighthood
    6.1/10(29 votes)

    S3:E4

    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
    Writers:Terence Dudley, Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler

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  23. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 6 - Re-Entry Forbidden
    5.6/10(53 votes)

    S1:E6

    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:Don Shaw

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  24. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 2 - Friday's Child
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler, Harry Green

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  25. Doomwatch Season 1 Episode 3 - Burial at Sea
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E3

    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
    Writers:Dennis Spooner, Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Plastic Eaters" is the best rated episode of "Doomwatch". It scored 7.4/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by Paul Ciappessoni and written by Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler, it aired on 2/9/1970. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Invasion".