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276:, discover a strange skull and what at first appears to be an unexploded bomb. Quatermass and his newly appointed military superior at the British Rocket Group, Colonel Breen, become involved in the investigation when it becomes apparent that the object is an alien spacecraft. The ship and its contents have a powerful and malignant influence over many of those who come in contact with it, including Quatermass. He concludes that millions of years in the past the aliens, probably from Mars, had abducted pre-humans and modified them to give them psychic abilities much like their own before returning them to Earth, leaving a genetic legacy which is responsible for much of the war and racial strife in the world. 2990: 491:
is immune to alien influence. Roney manages to shake Quatermass out of his trance, and remembering the legends of demons and their aversion to iron and water, proposes that a sufficient mass of iron connected to wet earth may be sufficient to short-circuit the apparition. Quatermass acquires a length of iron chain and tries to reach the "devil" but succumbs to its psychic pressure. Roney manages to walk up to the apparition and hurls the chain at it, resulting in him and the spacecraft being reduced to ashes.
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adapted to life on Earth; however, the aliens had become extinct before completing their work. As the human race evolved, a percentage retained their psychic abilities which surfaced only sporadically. For centuries the buried ship had occasionally triggered those dormant abilities, which explained the reports of poltergeists; people were unknowingly using their own telekinesis to move objects around, and the ghost sightings were traces of a
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Breen stands transfixed and is eventually consumed by the energies from the craft as it slowly melts away and an image of a Martian "devil" floats in the sky above London. Fires and riots erupt. Quatermass himself succumbs to Martian influence and attempts to kill Roney, who lacks the alien gene and
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and other psychic powers. They were then returned to Earth, and the buried artifact is one of the ships that had crashed at the end of its journey. With their home world dying, the aliens had tried to change humanity's ancestors to have minds and abilities similar to their own, but with a bodily form
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At the conclusion of the final episode Quatermass gives a television broadcast, at the end of which he delivers a warning directly to camera: "Every war crisis, witch hunt, race riot, and purge... is a reminder and a warning. We are the Martians. If we cannot control the inheritance within us, this
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Quatermass decides to use Roney's optic-encephalogram, a device that records impressions from the optical centres of the brain, and see the visions for himself. Roney's assistant, Barbara Judd, is the most sensitive; placing the device on her, they record a violent purge of the Martian hive to root
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television reviewer praised the opening episode the day after its transmission. Pointing out that "Professor Bernard Quatermass ... like all science fiction heroes, has to keep running hard if he is not to be overtaken by the world of fact", the anonymous reviewer went on to state how much he
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of the British Rocket Group to prevent the military from disturbing what he believes to be an archaeological find. Quatermass and Colonel Breen become intrigued by the site. Breen has recently been appointed, despite Quatermass's objections, to be nominally his deputy but in reality to lead the
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While clearing his equipment from the craft, the drill operator triggers more poltergeist activity, and runs through the streets in a panic until he finds sanctuary in a church. Quatermass and Roney find him there, and he describes visions of the insect aliens killing each other. As Quatermass
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with a large brain volume, which he believes to be a primitive man. As further excavation is undertaken, something that looks like a missile is unearthed; further work by Roney's group is halted because the military believe it to be an unexploded WWII bomb.
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have been common in the area for decades. An hysterical soldier is carried out of the object, claiming to have seen a dwarf-like apparition walk through the wall of the artifact, a description that matches a 1927 newspaper account of a ghost.
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times about devils and ghosts, all centred on incidents where the ground was disturbed. He suspects a psychic projection of these beings has remained on the alien ship and is being seen by those who come into contact with it.
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videotape in 1989 in a two-part format. It was edited from a 207 minute total runtime down to 178 minutes, largely by trimming comic relief segments. A full, unedited, episodic version of the serial was released on DVD by
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to coincide with the transmission of the fourth and final Quatermass serial on ITV; this edition featured a new introduction by Kneale. The theatrical company Creation Productions staged a live adaptation of
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Special effects were handled by the BBC Visual Effects Department, formed by Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine in 1954. Kine or Wilkie oversaw effects on a production; due to the number of effects, both worked on
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cast a huge shadow ... its brilliant blending of superstition, witchcraft and ghosts into the story of a five-million-year-old Martian invasion is copper-bottomed genius". Gatiss was a scriptwriter for
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Quatermass concludes that in its most primitive phase mankind was visited by this race of Martians. Some apes and primitive pre-humans were taken away and genetically altered to give them abilities such as
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are found, which Roney dates to five million years ago, suggesting that the object is at least that old. The interior is empty, and a symbol of six intersecting circles, which Roney identifies as a
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The authorities, and Breen in particular, find this explanation preposterous despite being shown the recording of Barbara's vision. They instead suggest that the craft is a buried remnant from the
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edition was released in 2018 to mark the show's 60th anniversary. For this edition, some material trimmed from the DVD box set version for technical reasons was reinstated, and a set of
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drill makes no impression, and when the attempt is made, vibrations cause severe distress to people around the object. Quatermass interviews local residents and discovers reports of
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was one of the productions for which Briscoe and the workshop became most renowned. It was the first time electronic music had been used in a science-fiction television production.
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had enjoyed the episode as "an excellent example of Mr. Kneale's ability to hold an audience with promises alone; smooth, leisurely, and without any sensational incident".
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I didn't want to go on repeating because Professor Quatermass had already saved the world from ultimate destruction three times, and that seemed to me to be quite enough.
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played the other main character, Barbara Judd. Finn went on to provide the voices for various characters in the popular 1960s children's television series
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Kneale felt that it was time to rest the character. By the early 1970s he had decided there were new avenues to explore, and the BBC planned a fourth
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Workmen discover a pre-human skull while building in the fictional Hobbs Lane (formerly Hob's Lane, Hob being an antiquated name for the Devil) in
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Birmingham correspondent: "Leaders of coloured minorities here to-day criticized the BBC for allowing a report that 'race riots are continuing in
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starred as Quatermass, the role for which he was best remembered and regarded particularly highly in comparison to the previous film Quatermass,
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Following the drilling attempt, a hole opens up in the object's interior wall. Inside, Quatermass and the others find the remains of insect-like
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Quatermass warns that if implanted psychic powers survive in the human race, there could also still be an ingrained compulsion to enact the "
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in 1953; he turned the part down. Morell's portrayal of Quatermass has been described as the definitive interpretation of the character.
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For the first time, Kneale used a character from a previous serial other than Quatermass himself, the journalist James Fullalove from
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serial in 1972. The BBC did not proceed with the project, and Kneale's scripts were produced in 1979 as a four-part serial for
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s influence on the programme's move towards more realism and away from "wobbly jellies in outer space". The 1971 and 1977
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was on the increase, causing resentment among parts of British society. At the time Kneale was working on his scripts,
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as perfecting "the notion of the science-fictional detective story". Newman said the programme was an influence on
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wrote: "What sci-fi piece of the past 50 years doesn't owe Kneale a huge debt? ... The 'ancient invasion' of
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look they would have had on transmission, but which was lost during the telerecording process. This was used to
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was watched by an average audience of 9.6 million viewers, peaking at 11 million for the final episode.
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for the Ealing filming and Riverside transmission, and constructed the bodies of the Martian creatures.
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in an episode entitled "The Horror Serial", transmitted the week following the final episode. In it,
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The serial continues the loose chronology of the Quatermass adventures. Workmen excavating a site in
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Producer – Tom Ware; Executive Producer – Michael Poole (15 October 2003). "The Kneale Tapes".
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For the third time in as many serials the title role was played by a different actor, this time by
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Purser, Philip (7 October 1997). "Obituary: Formidable regular on the small screen: Andrew Keir".
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Hutchinson, Tom (17 March 1988). "Space horror; Review of 'The Tommy Knockers' by Stephen King".
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Producer – Tom Ware; Executive Producer – Michael Poole (15 October 2003). "The Kneale Tapes".
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for the cinema were purchased by Hammer Film Productions. Their adaptation was released as the
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leaders were upset by the depiction of racial tensions in the first episode, according to
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on 7 November 1986 as part of the "TV50" season, celebrating 50 years of BBC television.
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used by BBC radio producer Leonard Trebilco, whose music was obtained from stock discs.
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or those too technically complex or expansive to achieve live. The latter were shot at
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Brass, Tom (2010). "Fiends, friends and fools: screen images and/as rural struggle".
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was the last original production on which Kneale collaborated with Rudolph Cartier.
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to create a disturbing atmosphere. These tracks were created for the serial by the
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Purser, Philip (10 April 1997). "Major performance: Obituary of Anthony Bushell".
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had been in decline since the 1920s, and the pace accelerated in the wake of the
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Dunkley, Chris (15 November 1972). "Quatermass and Quixote in BBC drama plans".
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was extensively restored using film from the BBC archives. A process called
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Kneale went on to use the Martian "Wild Hunt" as an allegory for the recent
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in December 1958 and January 1959. It was the third and last of the BBC's
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was applied to the scenes originally broadcast live, restoring the fluid
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investigates the history of the area, he finds accounts dating back to
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and inserted during the performance. Most filming involved scenes set
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on 35 mm film. This was achieved with a specially synchronised
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It was parodied a third time in a sketch from the final series of
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The serial was also parodied by the BBC television comedy series
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As with the previous two Quatermass serials, the rights to adapt
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This article is about the television serial. For the movie, see
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Each episode was predominantly live from Studio 1 of the BBC's
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Rocket Group. As more of the artefact is uncovered additional
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serials had been scheduled in half-hour slots but, performed
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began in September 1958, while Cartier was still working on
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The inner chamber wall of the object is so hard that even a
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would be able to reprise the part; he was unavailable and
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Vallance, Tom (7 July 2000). "Obituary: Michael Ripper".
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Ruscoe, John (7 October 1997). "Obituary: Andrew Keir".
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The Intimate Screen: Early British Television Drama
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Index

Quatermass and the Pit (film)

Nigel Kneale
André Morell
Cec Linder
Anthony Bushell
John Stratton
Christine Finn
Trevor Duncan
Multi-camera
BBC
Quatermass II
Quatermass
British television
science-fiction
serial
BBC Television
Professor Bernard Quatermass
ITV
Quatermass
Nigel Kneale
Knightsbridge
London
Stephen King
film director
John Carpenter
100 Greatest British Television Programmes
British Film Institute
The Quatermass Experiment
Quatermass II

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