The Best Episodes of Doomwatch Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.4/10(43 votes)

   #1 - Invasion

   S2:E212/21/1970

   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:Martin Worth

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   Director:Jonathan Alwyn

   Writer:Martin Worth
2. 

   7.3/10(38 votes)

   #2 - You Killed Toby Wren

   S2:E112/14/1970

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

   Director:Terence Dudley

   Writer:Terence Dudley

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   Director:Terence Dudley

   Writer:Terence Dudley
3. 

   7.0/10(40 votes)

   #3 - The Islanders

   S2:E31/4/1971

   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:Louis Marks

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   Director:Jonathan Alwyn

   Writer:Louis Marks
4. 

   7.0/10(38 votes)

   #4 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs...

   S2:E51/18/1971

   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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   Director:Eric Hills

   Writer:Robin Chapman
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   7.0/10(33 votes)

   #5 - The Iron Doctor

   S2:E61/25/1971

   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:Brian Hayles

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   Director:Joan Kemp-Welch

   Writer:Brian Hayles
6. 

   7.0/10(33 votes)

   #6 - The Inquest

   S2:E113/1/1971

   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:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Lennie Mayne

   Writer:Robert Holmes
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7. 

   6.8/10(33 votes)

   #7 - In the Dark

   S2:E92/15/1971

   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:John Gould

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   Director:Lennie Mayne

   Writer:John Gould
8. 

   6.8/10(34 votes)

   #8 - Public Enemy

   S2:E133/22/1971

   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:Patrick Alexander

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   Director:Lennie Mayne

   Writer:Patrick Alexander
9. 

   6.6/10(32 votes)

   #9 - The Web of Fear

   S2:E82/8/1971

   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:Gerry Davis

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   Director:Eric Hills

   Writer:Gerry Davis
10. 

    6.6/10(32 votes)

    #10 - The Human Time Bomb

    S2:E102/22/1971

    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:Louis Marks

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    Director:Joan Kemp-Welch

    Writer:Louis Marks
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    6.6/10(32 votes)

    #11 - The Logicians

    S2:E123/15/1971

    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:Dennis Spooner

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    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot

    Writer:Dennis Spooner
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    6.3/10(36 votes)

    #12 - No Room for Error

    S2:E41/11/1971

    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:Roger Parkes

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    Director:Darrol Blake

    Writer:Roger Parkes
13. 

    6.3/10(33 votes)

    #13 - Flight into Yesterday

    S2:E72/1/1971

    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:Martin Worth

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    Director:Darrol Blake

    Writer:Martin Worth