Sep 4, 2019
Doomwatch: Waiting For A Knighthood (3.4, BBC, 1972)
"What are the symptoms for less severe exposure?"
"Well, they're terribly varied. Vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea; headaches, depression, anxiety, lassitude..."
"Plenty of all that about, wouldn't you say?"
#doomwatch#Waiting for a knighthood#1973#Bbc#classic tv#John Paul#Simon oates#Joby blanshard#Vivien sherrard#John barron#Frederick jaeger#Ann firbank#Elizabeth weaver#John bown#Anthony oliver#Margaret john#Noelle middleton#Don mckillop#Bruce purchase#Terence dudley#Pennant roberts#And we're back! After the movie's holiday jaunt to potato face island a lot has changed both onscreen and behind the scenes. Pedler and#Davis broke with the show before this third series and Nolan and Trend seem to have followed them. Ridge has gone bonkers and Quist is#Keeping an unusually low profile. And he's married! To lovely Dr. Tarrant from the Wrengate inquiry episode! What's more he seems to have#Held onto some of those technician extras from the film; they can be seen floating around the background of a few scenes the one of them#Is presumably dismissed after being outed as a spy. Oh yeah and we have a new face on the team but he's a spy for the ministry too. The#Episode itself is a strong investigative one with some very tense moments. The revelation that Ridge may have had lead poisoning when he#Went mad is a little...idk. Disappointing maybe. I prefer the idea that it was the pressure of his work that drove him to the edge. The#Alternative lead option seems just too pat. Oh and Barron is back! He survived that heart attack in series 2 and now he's glowering at#Anything in his field of vision. My there has been a lot going on. But this is a solid well written episode. If only more of s.3 existed
