The programme was scheduled to be shown on Wednesday 6 September 1972 but , in the immediate aftermath of the Munich massacre , the production was removed at the last moment . The programme was finally shown on 2 October 1972 , but despite achieving 6.6 million viewers and mainly positive feedback - ( Clive James for example in '' The Observer '' ; " The Incredible Robert Baldick should rate like mad : it 's a kind of take-home Hammer film wrapped in silver foil . The well-heeled hero is a piece of nineteenth-century fuzz dedicated to fighting evil in its more occult manifestations . He steams about in a special train . " ) - the pilot did not lead to the BBC commissioning a full series . That honour went instead to '' Sutherland 's Law '' and '' The Venturers ''
Munich massacre
Munich massacre
The Incredible Robert Baldick