Doomwatch - Season 1

Doomwatch - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesFeb 9, 1970 - May 11, 1970
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Episodes

The Plastic Eaters
Season 1Episode 160 min

The Plastic Eaters

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 extrodinary circumstances, it's up to Dr Quist's team to avert further disaster.
Feb 9, 1970
Friday's Child
Season 1Episode 260 min

Friday's Child

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?
Feb 16, 1970
Burial at Sea
Season 1Episode 360 min

Burial at Sea

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.
Feb 23, 1970
Tomorrow, the Rat
Season 1Episode 460 min

Tomorrow, the Rat

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...
Mar 2, 1970
Project Sahara
Season 1Episode 560 min

Project Sahara

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.
Mar 9, 1970
Re-Entry Forbidden
Season 1Episode 660 min

Re-Entry Forbidden

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.
Mar 16, 1970
The Devil's Sweets
Season 1Episode 760 min

The Devil's Sweets

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?
Mar 23, 1970
The Red Sky
Season 1Episode 860 min

The Red Sky

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.
Apr 6, 1970
Spectre at the Feast
Season 1Episode 960 min

Spectre at the Feast

In order to decide on new proposals for dealing with the dangers of pollution on the environment, Doctor Quist assembles a conference amongst the world's top scientists. But soon several of the delegates become ill, apparently from food-poisoning. However, Quist becomes suspicious, and suspects that the sickness may have been caused deliberately.
Apr 13, 1970
Train and De-train
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Train and De-train

Two thousand animals are found dead in the Somerset countryside. Doomwatch investigate whether or not a new pesticide is to blame.
Apr 20, 1970
The Battery People
Season 1Episode 1160 min

The Battery People

The Doomwatch team look into serious health issues experienced by male workers at a Welsh battery farm.
Apr 27, 1970
Hear No Evil
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Hear No Evil

In an effort to prevent unofficial strikes by its workforce, a company in the North of England decides to use the latest scientific discovery, and attempts to manipulate both the working and the private lives of its employees by bugging them with listening devices. However, when Quist hears of this underhanded practice he is furious and decides that the only way to stop the unethical management is to turn their own method against them.
May 4, 1970
Survival Code
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Survival Code

A military plane ditches into the sea whilst carrying three nuclear weapons on board. While the RAF mounts a search mission, an unidentified object is washed up on the shore near Byfield pier on the south coast of England. It is found by two men, Geoff Harker and Sam Billings, who decide that it must be a weather detecting device, and so begin to strip it down for parts. Toby is sent to investigate the device, but he soon finds himself faced with the terrifying prospect of disarming a very live bomb.
May 11, 1970

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