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<TD WIDTH="265" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="4" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'Quatermass and the Pit'</B><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(6 Parts)<BR>by Nigel Kneal</TD>
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On a building site in Hobbs Lane, London workmen unearth the remains of a human skull. It is examined by Doctor Matthew Roney, who estimates it to be <I>five million</I> years old, far older than any skull previously found; Matthews is amazed, and decides to set up a dig at the worksite. Meanwhile, Professor Bernard Quatermass is furious to hear that his British Rocket Group is about to be merged with the military, and will be placed under the command of Colonel Breen. When a huge cylindrical object is later found at the dig, the army captain in charge, Captain Potter, suspects that the object could be a bomb, and so calls in Colonel Breen to help; Quatermass accompanies him, and soon realises that due to the placing of the skull, the object is also five million years old. As the mysterious capsule is dug up, Breen dismisses Quatermass’ theory, believing the object to be a German V-rocket; however, closer inspection reveals that the capsule is constructed from an unknown substance, and is radioactive. Later on Private West, working inside the capsule, sees a terrifying, imp-like ghost which he sees walking through a wall. Quatermass is reunited with journalist James Fullalove, and the two research the history of Hobbs Lane, discovering that the original spelling of ‘Hob’ is an old name for the Devil, and that the area has a long history of supernatural occurrences. Back at the dig, an expert named Sladden has been called in, who uses a special drill to open a sealed compartment inside the capsule, revealing the mummified remains of three insect-like aliens lying dead within. Doctor Roney and Quatermass speculate that these creatures originated on Mars, and that they came to Earth in order to take humans back to Mars in order to conduct experiments on them; these aliens must have crash-landed upon their return to Earth. That night, Sladden is working alone in the pit when he accidentally triggers the manifestation of terrifying unseen forces, which cause him to flee the dig in terror. Doctor Roney then connects a brain-scanner to the mind of his assistant Barbara as she works at the capsule - and it display images of hundreds of Martians involved in a ‘racial purge’, which Quatermass believes to be part of a deep-rooted racial memory. Colonel Breen dismisses everything as part of a hoax, and plans to expose what he sees as a complex fake during a live television broadcast from the pit. But as the cameras go on-air, an electrician is killed, and the capsule begins to glow with unearthly light. Chaos erupts, and the Martian inheritance dormant deep within humanity takes over everyone in the area, including Quatermass. As the population of London turns on each other as part of the ‘racial purge’, the capsule splits open and a gigantic Martian energy-form appears over London. Doctor Roney discovers that he is immune from the effects, and manages to free Quatermass from the Martian influence. Quatermass realises that the only way to destroy the Martian energy-form is to use the superstitions means of warding off evil: iron. in an act of self-sacrifice, Roney throws a metal grille attached to a chain up into the energy creature, freeing humanity from the evil influence of the Martians.

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André Morell (<B>Professor Bernard Quatermass</B>), Cec Linder (<B>Doctor Matthew Roney</B>), Anthony Bushell (<B>Colonel Breen</B>), John Stratton (<B>Captain Potter</B>), Alexander Moves (<B>Narrator</B>), Van Boolen (<B>Truck Driver</B>), Michael Raghan (<B>Grab Operator</B>), Lionel Ngakane (<B>Workman</B>), George Dudley (<B>Old Workman</B>), John Rae (<B>Foreman</B>), Malcolm Watson (<B>Museum Official</B>), Stanley Vine (<B>First Journalist</B>), Mark Eden (<B>Second Journalist</B>), Patrick Maynard (<B>Third Journalist</B>), Christine Finn (<B>Barbara Judd</B>), Arthur Hewlett (<B>Baines</B>), Michael Bird (<B>Armitage</B>), Janet Burnell (<B>Interviewer</B>), Tony Lyons (<B>Teddy Boy</B>), Anne Bushill (<B>Teddy Girl</B>), Janet Joyce (<B>Stour Woman</B>), Richard Dare (<B>Private Secretary to the Minister</B>), Robert Perceval (<B>The Minister</B>), Ian Ainsley (<B>Police Inspector</B>), Michael Ripper (<B>Sergeant</B>), Harold Goodwin (<B>Corporal Gibson</B>), John Walker (<B>Private West</B>), Victor Platt (<B>P.C. Ellis</B>), Kenneth Warren (<B>Young Constable</B>), Hida Barry (<B>Mrs. Chilcot</B>), Clifford Fox (<B>First Private, First Sapper</B>), Brian Gilmar (<B>Second Private, Second Sapper</B>), Howell Davies (<B>Mr. Chilcot</B>), Madge Brindley (<B>Miss Groome</B>), Tony Quinn (<B>News Editor</B>), Keith Banks (<B>Nuttall</B>), Frank Crane (<B>George</B>), Brian Worth (<B>James Fullalove</B>), Richard Shaw (<B>Sladden</B>), Patrick Connor (<B>Policeman</B>), Donald McCollum (<B>Elderly Librarian</B>), Kenneth Seeger (<B>Doctor Klein</B>), Bernard Spear (<B>First Customer / News Vendor</B>), Allan McClelland (<B>First Journalist</B>), Bill Shine (<B>Second Journalist</B>)< Ian Wilson (<B>Third Journalist</B>), Noel Howlett (<B>Vicat</B>), Harold Siddons (<B>Electrician</B>), Edward Burnham (<B>Official</B>), John Scott Martin (<B>T.V. Technician</B>), Anne Blake (<B>Woman Journalist</B>), Anthony Pendrell (<B>T.V. Interviewer</B>), John Hamblin (<B>Newsvendor</B>), Louise Gainsborough (<B>Blonde</B>), Arthur Brander (<B>Man in the Blazer</B>), Sydney Bromley (<B>Tattered Man</B>), Stuart Nichol (<B>Newscaster</B>), Budd Knapp (<B>American Pilot</B>), Peter Grisewood (<B>Bussiness Man</B>), John Barrett (<B>Tweedy Scientist</B>), Charles Maunsell (<B>General</B>), Lee Richardson (<B>Radio Newsreader [Voice]</B>), Edward Mailn (<B>Messenger</B>), John Herrington, Sheldon Allan, John Mahoney, John Wilding

<BR><BR><B>Produced and Directed by Rudolf Cartier</B>

<BR><BR><B>TX - BBC1:</B>
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<BR><B>‘The Halfmen’</B> - 222nd December, 1958 @ 8.00pm - 8.30pm
<BR><B>‘The Ghosts’</B> - 29th December, 1958 @ 8.00pm - 8.30pm
<BR><B>‘The Imps and Demons’</B> - 5th January, 1959 @ 8.00pm - 8.30pm
<BR><B>‘The Enchanted’</B> - 12th January, 1959 @ 8.00pm - 8.30pm
<BR><B>‘The Wild Hunt’</B> - 19th January, 1959 @ 8.00pm - 8.30pm
<BR><B>‘Hob’</B> - 26th January, 1959 @ 8.00pm - 8.30pm

<BR><BR><B>Notes:</B>
<BR>*Featuring Professor Bernard Quatermass
<BR><BR>*The episodes were transmitted live, and were roughly 35 minutes in duration. 
<BR><BR>*A telerecording was made from the transmission, for a repeat showing
<BR><BR>*All six episodes still exist

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