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The next morning the train is near London. At Euston Station in a small room full of cleaning gear overlooking the main concourse the Minister, The General and Parker of DI5 wait. Parker, " train will soon be here General." General " I don't like it." Parker, " Marlov once saw Vance lecture in...

Bob," so if Vance is dead, the body would be tossed off the train." Helen, " no, someone might find it, the train is stopped an investigation happens, and that is something they can't have." Bob, " always supposing there is a they" Helen ," BOB I WAS HIT." Bob, " okay, so where could they hide...

Helen leaves her cabin and goes to cabin D13 and knocks on the door. " Mr Barkley are you there, it's Helen Marlow." No answer, because Barkley is dead on the floor, bullet in the head. Helen goes back to her cabin passing Vance's and notices on the floor outside the door, confetti, a few...

Helen and Bob enter the dining car, Vance looks up from his meal. Vance," ah, my morbid friend. If you are representing a firm of undertakers you'll drum up no business here. Longevity is on my side. My grandfather lived to 108, and even then we eventually had to shoot him. A joke, savour it, I...

Helen is lying on her bunk when there's a knock on the door and a voice. Barkley is outside, " Miss Marlow, I'm Peter Barkley, I'd like to help. Perhaps you did see Vance dead, I'd like to talk about it. I know you're upset, that's understandable....I'm in D13 if you want to talk about it."...

Helen walks back to her sleeper, down the corridor, the train suddenly lurches as she passes Vance's door, the door momentarily opens ajar, Helen sees lying on the floor Vance, dead, bullet hole in forehead. She screams and runs off , Bob comes running along. Helen( crying), " Bob, he's...

Vance gets another knock on the door, he answers it and a brown suited man enters . " I'm Barkley sir, DI5, here to keep an eye on things, are you okay sir?" Vance," no I'm not okay, this whole affair is tinged with melodrama and foreboding. This compartment is cramped beyond endurance, I'm...

The English debonair gentleman is Hillary Vance, a reasonably well known wit and raconteur, after dinner speaker, a sort of B or C list celebrity. As he is about to enter the cramped sleeping berth he is confronted by a charming old lady, Penelope, they last met 40 years ago in Boulogne...

Up in the North of England a train bound for London is being boarded, the overnight sleeper service is filling up with passengers. Helen Marlow looking very sombre boards, her father sees her off, saying, " they'll be other chances Helen." Helen's fiance recently died in a car crash and she...

Mr Parker head of DI5 Intelligence, a government minister and a uniformed General are in a room overlooking a square in Central London. They are waiting for a defector to contact them, by the name of Marlov. They've never seen him but believe his defection to the West would be a coup, and...

Archivetvmusings review. Tomorrow, The Rat is one of the best-remembered Doomwatch episodes, partly for the concept of super-intelligent rats but also for the sequence in which Robert Powell struggles with patently some fake rats which were attached to his trousers. Powell’s very successful...

Just watched this again, a very memorable episode. There's something magnetic about watching episodes about killer rats. There's a real gory scene at the end, and it's quite disturbing to think what would happen if rats got acquired some real intelligence. SYNOPSIS Doomwatch are alerted to...

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The next day at uni Lane is in his classroom, the students silently work, Lane looking out of the window sees Insp Rush walking across the lawns across the campus. Lane sees Peterson walking passed his classroom and goes to him. Lane, " John, how long has he been here, that policeman Rush."...

Lane is at Peterson who is worried about him and he and Margaret would like him to come round for dinner regularly but Lane refuses, as he swigs another whisky. Lane is clearly rattled by what's happened and rages at Peterson when he says," if anything is bothering you Mike, you can confess to...

George Newton is invited around for more tuition to Lane's house. George sits at the study desk, opens his scholastic books enthusiastically saying he'd appreciate the professor hearing his theories on structural engineering he's come up with. Lane suggests they relax first, have a drink...

The next day at university Lane is completing his lecture to his students including Stella and George Newton, the lecture ends and the students file out except Stella, she has a few words with Lane and says she'll see him this evening at his place. After Stella leaves Lane goes back to his...

Inspector Rush is on the case and the next morning he and his men having searched the house for clues without getting far. Rush says to Lane, who is dabbing his eyes with a hanky wiping away fake tears, "well the intruder obviously broke this window to gain access." Rush points to the French...

At John Peterson's house, Peterson and Lane discuss the curriculum when the phone rings, Lane says he'll answer it as it's probably Elizabeth just checking that he arrived safely. Lane picks up phone, his plan has worked beautifully, his contraption has dialled this number, he checks his watch...

In the middle of the night while Elizabeth sleeps Lane is in the study playing back the recording of Elizabeth saying greetings to John Peterson, he stops the tape, then using scissors cuts this portion of tape out from the spool. Then on a newspaper Lane has laid out a pane of glass, using a...