The Quatermass Experiment

Season 1 Episode 6: State of Emergency

Aug 22, 1953NR30m8

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...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Contact Has Been Established

1. Contact Has Been Established

Aired: Jul 18, 1953

A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact fo...

Episode 2 Persons Reported Missing

2. Persons Reported Missing

Aired: Jul 25, 1953

Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken...

Episode 3 Very Special Knowledge

3. Very Special Knowledge

Aired: Aug 1, 1953

Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened durin...

Episode 4 Believed to Be Suffering

4. Believed to Be Suffering

Aired: Aug 8, 1953

Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Drago...

Episode 5 An Unidentified Species

5. An Unidentified Species

Aired: Aug 15, 1953

Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemical...

Episode 6 State of Emergency

6. State of Emergency

Aired: Aug 22, 1953

A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays...

Main Cast

Reginald TateProfessor Bernard Quatermass

Isabel DeanJudith Carroon

Hugh Kelly

Hugh KellyJohn Paterson

Duncan LamontVictor Carroon

Paul Whitsun-JonesJames Fullalove

Ian Colin

Ian ColinDetective-Inspector Lomax

Creators

Rudolph Cartier

Rudolph CartierDirector

Nigel KnealeCreator, Writer

Info about The Quatermass Experiment

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Television

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi