The Quatermass Experiment
An Unidentified Species
Season 1, Episode 5 · Aired 1953-08-15
Synopsis
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.
In the series
This episode is part of The Quatermass Experiment (1953) on BBC.
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Key cast
- Reginald Tate as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- Isabel Dean as Judith Carroon
- Hugh Kelly as John Paterson