The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment

Ended First aired 18/Jul/1953 United Kingdom English 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.
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Season 1 · Miniseries
6 episode(s) · Air date: 18/Jul/1953
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Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.

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Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.

S1E6
State of Emergency
Air date: 22/Aug/1953 · Time: 20:45 · Runtime: 30 min
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A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appeals to the last vestiges of humanity left in Carroon to fight what he has become. The creature finally dies, just before it is due to spore.

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A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appeals to the last vestiges of humanity left in Carroon to fight what he has become. The creature finally dies, just before it is due to spore.

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S1E5
An Unidentified Species
Air date: 15/Aug/1953 · Time: 20:45 · Runtime: 30 min
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Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metamorphosis. Meanwhile, the killing starts - and Westminster Abbey a pulsating mass is revealed clinging to the building.

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Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metamorphosis. Meanwhile, the killing starts - and Westminster Abbey a pulsating mass is revealed clinging to the building.

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S1E4
Believed to be Suffering
Air date: 08/Aug/1953 · Time: 20:45 · Runtime: 30 min
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Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.

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Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.

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S1E3
Very Special Knowledge
Air date: 01/Aug/1953 · Time: 20:45 · Runtime: 30 min
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Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.

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Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.

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S1E2
Persons Reported Missing
Air date: 25/Jul/1953 · Time: 20:45 · Runtime: 30 min
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Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.

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Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.

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S1E1
Contact Has Been Established
Air date: 18/Jul/1953 · Time: 20:45 · Runtime: 30 min
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A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.

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A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.

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Reginald Tate
Reginald Tate
Professor Bernard Quatermass
Isabel Dean
Isabel Dean
Judith Carroon
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Hugh Kelly
John Paterson
Duncan Lamont
Duncan Lamont
Victor Carroon
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Paul Whitsun-Jones
James Fullalove
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John Glen
Dr Gordon Briscoe
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Ian Colin
DI Lomax
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Frank Hawkins
DS Best
Christopher Rhodes
Christopher Rhodes
Dr Ludwig Reichenheim
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John Kidd
Sir Vernon Dodds
Moray Watson
Moray Watson
Peter Marsh
Oliver Johnston
Oliver Johnston
News Editor
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Peter Bathurst
Charles Greene

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Rudolph Cartier
Rudolph Cartier
Director, Producer
Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale
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