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* UncreditedRole: Creator/MarianneStone as a central clinic nurse in ''The Quatermass Xperiment''.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/BobGrant as both a man in a crowd and a sightseer in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Reflecting on the 1979 serial, Creator/NigelKneale said, "Frankly, I was never happy with the whole idea in the first place. The central idea was too ordinary". Although Kneale was pleased with the high production values, he was dissatisfied with the casting, believing that Creator/JohnMills "didn't have the authority for Quatermass". He was similarly unimpressed with Simon [=MacCorkindale=], noting that "We had him in ''Beasts'' playing an idiot and he was very good at that". Kneale disliked the depiction of the Planet People, as his inspiration had been angry punks rather than hippies (as evidenced by his portrayal of Kickalong as a gun-toting lunatic who commits multiple motiveless murders).
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* DisownedAdaptation: CreatorBacklash: Reflecting on the 1979 serial, Creator/NigelKneale said, "Frankly, I was never happy with the whole idea in the first place. The central idea was too ordinary". Although Kneale was pleased with the high production values, he was dissatisfied with the casting, believing that Creator/JohnMills "didn't have the authority for Quatermass". He was similarly unimpressed with Simon [=MacCorkindale=], noting that "We had him in ''Beasts'' playing an idiot and he was very good at that". Kneale disliked the depiction of the Planet People, as his inspiration had been angry punks rather than hippies (as evidenced by his portrayal of Kickalong as a gun-toting lunatic who commits multiple motiveless murders).
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* ActorAllusion: In the 2005 version, one of the actors referred to Creator/DavidTennant as "Doctor" rather than his character's name, in reference to a bit of [[Series/DoctorWho then-recent casting news]]. Supposedly this was an on-the-spot ad-lib from the actor.
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* ActorAllusion: In CastTheRunnerUp: Ian Colin replaced Keith Pyott in ''The Quatermass Experiment''; Pyott ended up with a more minor role.
* DisownedAdaptation: Reflecting on the2005 version, one 1979 serial, Creator/NigelKneale said, "Frankly, I was never happy with the whole idea in the first place. The central idea was too ordinary". Although Kneale was pleased with the high production values, he was dissatisfied with the casting, believing that Creator/JohnMills "didn't have the authority for Quatermass". He was similarly unimpressed with Simon [=MacCorkindale=], noting that "We had him in ''Beasts'' playing an idiot and he was very good at that". Kneale disliked the depiction of the actors referred to Creator/DavidTennant Planet People, as "Doctor" his inspiration had been angry punks rather than hippies (as evidenced by his character's name, in reference to a bit portrayal of [[Series/DoctorWho then-recent casting news]]. Supposedly this was an on-the-spot ad-lib from the actor.Kickalong as a gun-toting lunatic who commits multiple motiveless murders).
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* ThrowItIn: The famous shock at the climax of part three of ''Quatermass and the Pit'' when one of the "dead" Martians appears to lurch at its discoverers from the just-opened forward section of the capsule, was not in fact planned by director Rudolph Cartier but was the result of a lucky accident when the Martian prop slipped down from its position unexpectedly, resulting in giving the creature the semblance of movement and causing the actors - and audiences at home - to draw back in fright.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MichaelGough was on the shortlist for Captain Potter in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/NigelKneale was still writing the final episodes of ''The Quatermass Experiment'' when the first episode was broadcast, and had only a vague idea how it would end.
* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/WilfridBrambell had a small role as a drunk in ''The Quatermass Experiment'' and a tramp in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MichaelGough was on the shortlist for Captain Potter in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/NigelKneale was still writing the final episodes of ''The Quatermass Experiment'' when the first episode was broadcast, and had only a vague idea how it would end.
* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/WilfridBrambell had a small role as a drunk in ''The Quatermass Experiment'' and a tramp in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Nigel Kneale was not impressed with the first two films, due to the casting of the American Brian Donleavy as Quatermass and to the rewrite of the ending of the first film to [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer the army just blowing the monster up]].
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* DisownedAdaptation: Nigel Kneale Creator/NigelKneale was not impressed with the first two films, due to the casting of the American Brian Donleavy as Quatermass and to the rewrite of the ending of the first film to [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer the army just blowing the monster up]].
* NoStuntDouble: Creator/JulianGlover had to perform his own stunts for ''Quatermass and the Pit'', including the scene where Colonel Breen falls over into the pit.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Sladden the drill technician in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' is played by Duncan Lamont, who played Victor Carroon in the original BBC serial.
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** Sladden the drill technician in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' is played by Duncan Lamont, who played Victor Carroon in the original BBCserial.serial.
** Edwin Richfield played Peterson in ''Quatermass 2'' and the Minister'' in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
** Michael Ripper played Ernie in ''Quatermass 2'' and a Sergeant in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
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** Sladden the drill technician in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' is played by Duncan Lamont, who played Victor Carroon in the original BBC
** Edwin Richfield played Peterson in ''Quatermass 2'' and the Minister'' in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
** Michael Ripper played Ernie in ''Quatermass 2'' and a Sergeant in ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
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* ActorAllusion: In the 2005 version, one of the actors referred to Creator/DavidTennant as "Doctor" rather than his character's name, in reference to a bit of [[Series/DoctorWho then-recent casting news]].
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* ActorAllusion: In the 2005 version, one of the actors referred to Creator/DavidTennant as "Doctor" rather than his character's name, in reference to a bit of [[Series/DoctorWho then-recent casting news]]. Supposedly this was an on-the-spot ad-lib from the actor.
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* MissingEpisode: Most of the TV version of ''The Quatermass Experiment'' is missing, because it was performed live in the days before any reliable method of recording television programs existed; only the first two episodes remain, in dodgy copies made with an experimental technology (the later two serials are preserved in full, though in ''Quatermass II'' the quality is still inferior).
* TheOtherDarrin: Each of the five serials[[note]]The four TV serials, and the radio serial[[/note]] features a different actor as Quatermass. The original actor died, and every subsequent actor proved unavailable after completing one installment.
* TheOtherDarrin: Each of the five serials[[note]]The four TV serials, and the radio serial[[/note]] features a different actor as Quatermass. The original actor died, and every subsequent actor proved unavailable after completing one installment.
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* MissingEpisode: Most of the TV version of ''The Quatermass Experiment'' is missing, because it was performed live in the days before any reliable method of recording television programs existed; only existed. The BBC initially planned to record the entire run for sale to the CBC in Canada, but quit after the first two episodes remain, in due to the dodgy copies made with an experimental technology (the later two serials are preserved in full, though in ''Quatermass II'' the quality is still inferior).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Each of the fiveserials[[note]]The serials (the four TV serials, and the radio serial[[/note]] serial) features a different actor as Quatermass. The original actor died, and every subsequent actor proved unavailable after completing one installment.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Sladden the drill technician in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' is played by Duncan Lamont, who played Victor Carroon in the original BBC serial.
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* RealSongThemeTune: Gustav Holst's "Mars: Bringer of War" from ''The Planets'' is the theme for the first two serials and the 2005 remake.
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* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Did the cover of the original band's only album.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Not quite as bad as the serials, but the length of time between the two fifties films and 1967's ''Quatermass and the Pit'' meant Brian Donlevy was replaced by Andrew Keir. In other words, Quatermass changes from a scowling American in his mid-fifties to a fiery Scot of barely forty. Astonishingly, it works.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Not quite as bad as the serials, but the length of time between the two fifties films and 1967's ''Quatermass and the Pit'' meant Brian Donlevy was replaced by Andrew Keir. In other words, Quatermass changes from a scowling American in his mid-fifties to a fiery Scot of barely forty. Astonishingly, it works. (Even more astonishingly, when compared with the TV version Quatermass changes from a plummy-voiced Englishman to a Scotsman, speaking some of the same dialogue.)
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* AccidentallyAccurate: In ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967), the protagonists uncover remains of primitive humans from five million years ago. The characters state that no such remains have ever been found back that far in time before. In 1974, Lucy would be found and she would be the oldest human/hominid remains at 3.2 million years until even earlier specimens were found, making the concept of humans being in existence five million years ago well within possibility.
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* AccidentallyAccurate: AccidentallyCorrectWriting: In ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967), the protagonists uncover remains of primitive humans from five million years ago. The characters state that no such remains have ever been found back that far in time before. In 1974, Lucy would be found and she would be the oldest human/hominid remains at 3.2 million years until even earlier specimens were found, making the concept of humans being in existence five million years ago well within possibility.
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* MarketBasedTitle: The films were retitled ''The Creeping Unknown'', ''Enemy from Space'', and ''Five Million Years to Earth'' on US release, since Quatermass wasn't a selling point outside the UK.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Sladden the drill technician in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' is played by Duncan Lamont, who played Victor Carroon in the original BBC serial.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] as a journalist and [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Alfred Steptoe]] as a hobo in ''Quatermass II'' (TV version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' Creator/DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and Creator/MarkGatiss as Paterson.
** [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] as a journalist and [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Alfred Steptoe]] as a hobo in ''Quatermass II'' (TV version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' Creator/DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and Creator/MarkGatiss as Paterson.
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** [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] and [[UpstairsDownstairs Hudson the Butler]] in ''The Quatermas Xperiment'' (film version).
** [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
** [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] and [[UpstairsDownstairs Hudson the Butler]] in ''The Quatermas Xperiment'' (film version).
** [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Not quite as bad as the serials, but the length of time between the two fifties films and 1967's ''Quatermass and the Pit'' meant Brian Donlevy was replaced by Andrew Keir. In other words, Quatermass changes from a scowling American to a fiery Scot. Astonishingly, it works.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Not quite as bad as the serials, but the length of time between the two fifties films and 1967's ''Quatermass and the Pit'' meant Brian Donlevy was replaced by Andrew Keir. In other words, Quatermass changes from a scowling American in his mid-fifties to a fiery Scot.Scot of barely forty. Astonishingly, it works.
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* ActorAllusion: In the 2005 version, one of the actors referred to Creator/DavidTennant as "Doctor" rather than his character's name, in reference to a bit of [[Series/DoctorWho then-recent casting news]].
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* DisownedAdaptation: Nigel Kneale was not impressed with the first two films.
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** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and Creator/MarkGatiss as Paterson.
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** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant Creator/DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and Creator/MarkGatiss as Paterson.
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* AccidentallyAccurate: In ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967), the protagonists uncover remains of primitive humans from five million years ago. The characters state that no such remains have ever been found back that far in time before. In 1974, Lucy would be found and she would be the oldest human/hominid remains at 3.2 million years until even earlier specimens were found, making the concept of humans being in existence five million years ago well within possibility.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: American Brian Donlevy was cast as Quatermass in the first two films so they could be sold easier in the American market.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Not quite as bad as the serials, but the length of time between the two fifties films and 1967's ''Quatermass and the Pit'' meant Brian Donlevy was replaced by Andrew Keir. In other words, Quatermass changes from a scowling American to a fiery Scot. Astonishingly, it works.
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** [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] and [[UpstairsDownstairs Hudson the Butler]] in ''The Quatermas Xperiment'' (film version).
** [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and MarkGatiss as Paterson.
** [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and MarkGatiss as Paterson.
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** [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
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** [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
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* MissingEpisode: Most of the TV version of ''The Quatermass Experiment'' is missing, because it was performed live in the days before any reliable method of recording television programs existed; only the first two episodes remain, in dodgy copies made with an experimental technology (the later two serials are preserved in full, though in ''Quatermass II'' the quality is still inferior).
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** [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] as a journalist and [[SteptoeAndSon Alfred Steptoe]] as a hobo in ''Quatermass II'' (TV version).
** [[DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] and [[UpstairsDownstairs Hudson the Butler]] in ''The Quatermas Xperiment'' (film version).
** [[CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and [[TheLeagueOfGentlemen Mark Gatiss]] as Paterson.
** [[DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] and [[UpstairsDownstairs Hudson the Butler]] in ''The Quatermas Xperiment'' (film version).
** [[CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
** [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe, [[{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and [[TheLeagueOfGentlemen Mark Gatiss]] as Paterson.
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** [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] as a journalist and [[SteptoeAndSon [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Alfred Steptoe]] as a hobo in ''Quatermass II'' (TV version).
**[[DixonOfDockGreen [[Series/DixonOfDockGreen George Dixon]] and [[UpstairsDownstairs Hudson the Butler]] in ''The Quatermas Xperiment'' (film version).
**[[CarryOn [[Franchise/CarryOn Sid James]] in ''Quatermass 2'' (film version).
**[[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Walter Donovan]] as Colonel Breen and [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]] turn up in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (film version).
** The 2005 remake featured a pre-''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]'' DavidTennant as Dr. Briscoe,[[{{Rome}} [[Series/{{Rome}} Indira Varma]] as Judith Carroon, and [[TheLeagueOfGentlemen Mark Gatiss]] MarkGatiss as Paterson.
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