The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment

ENDED1 Seasons6 Episodes6.7
NetworkBBC Television
First AiredJul 18, 1953
Last AiredAug 22, 1953
Runtime30 min
Created ByNigel Kneale

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
Reginald Tate
Professor Bernard Quatermass
Isabel Dean
Isabel Dean
Judith Carroon
H
Hugh Kelly
John Paterson
Duncan Lamont
Duncan Lamont
Victor Carroon
Paul Whitsun-Jones
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.
Contact Has Been Established
E1Contact Has Been Established
Jul 18, 195330m
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.
Persons Reported Missing
E2Persons Reported Missing
Jul 25, 195330m
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.
E3
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.
E4
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.
E5
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.
E6
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 after 1 seasons. 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.

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