Say Knife Fat Man: “A kid held a knife to my throat when I was six years old. Even at that age I knew he wasn’t going...
Waiting for a Knighthood: “What we have isn’t ours to bespoil and pillage. We have it in trust … not just for our children but for future...
Without the Bomb: “… free will is an illusion. We must manipulate man’s behaviour on the pretext of ensuring his survival.” A new brand of lipstick is...
Hair Trigger: “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...
Deadly Dangerous Tomorrow: “A bunch of Indians squatting in a tent in St. James’s Park … one of them with malaria? What’s it all about?” “Deadly Dangerous...
Enquiry: “The toxic particles are released in the form of an aerosol … it makes it possible to defeat an enemy army without inflicting any casualties on...
Flood: “One more inch! A mere inch! And we would have had a full scale disaster in the very heart of London.” Quist points out that there...
Cause of Death: “Maybe we’re creating just the kind of world we deserve. And if it finally destroys us or drives us mad, that’ll be what we...
The Killer Dolphins: “Navy people envy its marvellous radar. A dolphin has been trained to choose – blindfold – the larger of two objects that seem identical...
Sex and Violence: As a call from housewives for a return to decency sweeps the country, the Minister has Anne Tarrant join a commission headed by Lord...
Fire and Brimstone: Ridge finds the pollution in the world too much to bear and resorts to new levels to get the governments to meet his anti-pollution...
High Mountain: After the Ridge incident, Doomwatch is assessed. Quist finds himself invited to a large country estate in Scotland where he is offered a high post...
You Killed Toby Wren: “I’d say Quist’s goose is cooked: in fact I’d say it’s positively overdone!” Toby Wren has been killed trying to defuse the device...
Invasion: “Are you saying that anything that comes up out of the ground in this place gets shot?” Two boys go missing whilst exploring caves beneath a...
The Islanders: “You say if we go back out lives will be shortened. What if we stay here? Isn’t it the same? The air you breathe here...