The Quatermass Experiment (series)
- User score: 6.6
- Production country: GB
- Creator: Nigel Kneale
- Production companies: BBC
- Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Release date: 7/18/1953
- Release date of last episode: 8/22/1953
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 6
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
The story of the first manned flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group. When the spaceship that carried the first successful crew returns to Earth, two of the three astronauts are missing, and the third is behaving strangely. It becomes apparent that an alien presence entered the ship during its flight, and Quatermass and his associates must prevent the alien from destroying the world.