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1970-1972
BBC TELEVISION
KIT PEDLER & GERRY DAVIES

 
BACKGROUND

Well ahead of it's time, Doomwatch followed a group of scientist's who investigated
unexpected threats to the enviroment and humanity.This was proberly the first 'green'
television drama series. 

It was a unique show and in the first season alone gained audience figures of twelve million
people. By the third series, the characters had come and gone and the emphasis was more
on human conflict than the issues of the first and second season. 

Pedler and Davies walked away from the series saying 'They have made a total travesty of the
programme!' Not suprisingly it was not renewed for a fourth season and it was not until 1999
that Channel 5 in the UK, broadcast a whole new pilot with Trevor Eve called Winter Angel.

 
CAST
Dr.SPENCER QUIST John Paul
Dr.JOHN RIDGE  Simon Oates
Dr.TOBY WREN  Robert Powell
COLIN BRADLEY Joby Blanshard
PAT HUNNISETT Wendy Hall
THE MINISTER John Barron
 

 

 
EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON 1 SEASON 2

THE PLASTIC EATERS 
FRIDAY'S CHILD 
BURIAL AT SEA 
TOMORROW,THE RAT 
PROJECT SAHARA 
RE-ENTRY FORBIDDEN 
THE DEVIL'S SWEETS 
THE RED SKY 
SPECTRE OF THE FEAST 
TRAIN AND RE-TRAIN 
THE BATTERY PEOPLE 
HEAR NO EVIL 
SURVIVAL CODE 
YOU KILLED TOBY WREN 
INVASION 
THE ISLANDERS 
NO ROOM FOR ERROR 
BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS... 
THE IRON DOCTOR 
FLIGHT INTO YESTERDAY 
THE WEB OF FEAR 
IN THE DARK 
THE HUMAN TIME BOMB 
THE INQUEST 
THE LOGICIANS 
PUBLIC ENEMY 

 
SEASON 3

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE 
HIGH MOUNTAIN 
SAY KNIFE,FAT MAN 
WAITING FOR A KNIGHTHOOD 
WITHOUT THE BOMB 
HAIR TRIGGER 
DEADLY DANGEROUS TOMORROW 
ENQUIRY 
FLOOD 
CAUSE OF DEATH 
THE KILLER DOLPHINS 

SEX AND VIOLENCE  (Unbroadcast episode)

 
TRIVIA FAX

Simon Oates actually received hate mail from some strange viewers thinking his character let
Toby Wren die. 'It's not as if I wrote the bloody episode!' he said. 

When he joined the series, Robert Powell asked that Toby Wren be killed off after a year. 

Creators Kit Pedler & Gerry Davies had been responsible for the creation of the Cybermen
in Doctor Who five years earlier.