
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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Air Date: 1953-07-18
A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to ...
Air Date: 1953-07-25
Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men....
Air Date: 1953-08-01
Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with ...
Air Date: 1953-08-08
Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a ch...
Air Date: 1953-08-15
Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metam...
Air Date: 1953-08-22
A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appea...