Season 3 • Episode 14
LatestAstrophysics 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 nuclear waste secretly stored at a British nuclear facility.
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
Writing
Davis & Pedler's real science backgrounds ground every nightmare.
Production
Gritty 70s Britain as its own decaying character.
Creators
Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Davis and Pedler also created the Cybermen for Doctor Who—explains the body horror obsession. The show influenced actual UK environmental policy and terrified a generation into activism.
The 1972 film was shot back-to-back with Blood on Satan's Claw using the same crew and some cast—pure exploitation sleaze grafted onto serious sci-fi.
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