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Best Episodes of The Quatermass Experiment
Persons Reported Missing
S1 Ep2
6.5
25th Jul 1953
Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.
Contact Has Been Established
S1 Ep1
5.6
18th Jul 1953
A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.
Worst Episodes of The Quatermass Experiment
Very Special Knowledge
S1 Ep3
5.0
1st Aug 1953
Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.
Believed to be Suffering
S1 Ep4
5.0
8th Aug 1953
Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.
The Quatermass Experiment Episode Guide
Contact Has Been Established
S1 Ep1
5.6
18th Jul 1953
A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.
Persons Reported Missing
S1 Ep2
6.5
25th Jul 1953
Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.
Very Special Knowledge
S1 Ep3
5.0
1st Aug 1953
Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.
Believed to be Suffering
S1 Ep4
5.0
8th Aug 1953
Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.
An Unidentified Species
S1 Ep5
5.0
15th Aug 1953
Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metamorphosis. Meanwhile, the killing starts - and Westminster Abbey a pulsating mass is revealed clinging to the building.
State of Emergency
S1 Ep6
5.0
22nd Aug 1953
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 is due to spore.
The best rated episodes of The Quatermass Experiment are:
Persons Reported Missing S1E2 rated 6.5
Contact Has Been Established S1E1 rated 5.6
The lowest rated episodes of The Quatermass Experiment are:
Very Special Knowledge S1E3 rated 5.0
Believed to be Suffering S1E4 rated 5.0
The first episode of The Quatermass Experiment aired on July 18, 1953.
The last episode of The Quatermass Experiment aired on August 22, 1953.
There are 6 episodes of The Quatermass Experiment.
