The Quatermass Experiment

Name: The Quatermass Experiment
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1953-07-18
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Duncan Lamont, Paul Whitsun-Jones

ENDED1 Season6 Episodes★ 6.7

The Quatermass Experiment is a drama series on BBC Television that premiered in 1953, ending after 1 season and 6 episodes.

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NetworkBBC Television

First AiredJul 18, 1953

Last AiredAug 22, 1953

GenreDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime30 min

Created ByNigel Kneale

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionBBC

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.

Cast

Reginald Tate

Professor Bernard Quatermass

Isabel Dean

Judith Carroon

Hugh Kelly

John Paterson

Duncan Lamont

Victor Carroon

Paul Whitsun-Jones

James Fullalove

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 6 episodes

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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.

E1Contact Has Been Established

Jul 18, 195332m

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.

E2Persons Reported Missing

Jul 25, 195335m

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.

E3Very Special Knowledge

Aug 1, 195330m

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.

E4Believed to be Suffering

Aug 8, 195330m

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.

E5An Unidentified Species

Aug 15, 195330m

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.

E6State of Emergency

Aug 22, 195330m

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.

About The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment is a drama, sci-fi & fantasy series on BBC Television. The show first aired on Jul 18, 1953 and currently has 1 season and 6 episodes. The Quatermass Experiment has ended. It has a rating of 6.7/10 based on 16 votes. The cast includes Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Duncan Lamont, Paul Whitsun-Jones. Created by Nigel Kneale.