The Quatermass Experiment
Contact Has Been Established
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1953-07-18
Synopsis
A British experimental rocket orbits the earth 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.
In the series
This episode is part of The Quatermass Experiment (1953) on BBC.
British rocket horror on a shoestring — the serial that terrified a nation and taught TV to do dread.
Key cast
- Reginald Tate as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- Isabel Dean as Judith Carroon
- Hugh Kelly as John Paterson