Episode guide
Doomwatch: Season 3
13 episodes · premiered Jun 5, 1972
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- Episode 1: Fire and Brimstone Jun 5, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 2: High Mountain Jun 12, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 3: Say Knife Fat Man Jun 19, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 4: Waiting for a Knighthood Jun 26, 1972 · 50m 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.
- Episode 5: Without the Bomb Jul 3, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 6: Hair Trigger Jul 10, 1972 · 50m 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.
- Episode 7: Deadly Dangerous Tomorrow Jul 17, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 8: Enquiry Jul 24, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 9: Flood Jul 31, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 10: Cause of Death Aug 7, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 11: The Killer Dolphins Aug 14, 1972 · 50m 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…
- Episode 12: Sex and Violence 50m 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…
- Episode 14: Winter Angel Dec 16, 1999 · 50m 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…