BOSS is the computer controlling the Global Chemicals factory in Doctor Who’s 1973 serial “The Green Death.”
“The Green Death” is the fifth serial of Doctor Who’s tenth season and stars Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. The story is set largely in Wales, where workers die after exposure to toxic substances and giant maggots emerge from polluted ground. The Global Chemicals company is secretly controlled by the supercomputer BOSS, whose plans involve manipulating human society.
The serial is associated with environmental concerns, industrial pollution, and the Doctor’s conflict with an artificial intelligence seeking power. Its title resembles Pandora’s Box thematically because technological and industrial forces unleash hidden dangers, but BOSS is not a character from the Greek myth. “The Green Death” also introduced Jo Grant’s future husband, Professor Clifford Jones, played by Stuart McGann.