The BEST episodes of Doomwatch season 3
Every episode of Doomwatch season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doomwatch season 3!
Doomwatch is the code name of a semi-secret government department set up to keep an eye on, and try to contain, potentially hazardous scientific research. A highly independent team, headed by the incorruptible Dr Quist, observe the scientists while MI6 observe them. Projecting what could happen if a particular experiment or technology got out of hand, this exciting 1970s drama series is anchored in scientific fact and is frightingly close to reality…
#1 - Fire and Brimstone
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/1972
#2 - High Mountain
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/12/1972
#3 - Say Knife Fat Man
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/19/1972
#4 - Waiting for a Knighthood
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/26/1972
The episode begins with a vicar, the Reverend Frank Simpson giving a sermon to a half full congregation, one of whom is Dr. Anne Tarrant who begins to notice how the man is starting to ramble, and become incoherent. He looks drunk. He comes from the pulpit and starts to wander around... By the time he collapses, a party of school children are being escorted out by their teacher. Anne asks for an ambulance, watched by the vicar's concerned wife...
#5 - Without the Bomb
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/3/1972
#6 - Hair Trigger
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/10/1972
'Man isn't born free. For him...the dreadful has already happened. He has to live with the nightmare, or rise above it. And natural evolution is too slow. The episode begins with an establishing shot of the outside of Weatheroak Hall Maximum Security Medical Research Unit (Owned by The Department of Health and Social Security). The building is surrounded by a large wall covered in barbed wire and pointed glass shards....
#7 - Deadly Dangerous Tomorrow
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/1972
#8 - Enquiry
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/1972
#9 - Flood
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/31/1972
#10 - Cause of Death
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/7/1972