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Quatermass II

1955 · 1 season

A slow, talky paranoia piece that builds quiet dread through corridors, institutions and stiff British resolve.

Overview
Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group is sought to examine strange meteorite showers. His investigations lead to his uncovering a conspiracy involving alien infiltration at the highest levels of the British Government. As even some of Quatermass's closest colleagues fall victim to the alien influence, he is forced to use his own unsafe rocket prototype, which recently caused a nuclear disaster at an Australian testing range, to prevent the aliens from taking over mankind.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • corruption
  • power
  • technology
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Nigel Kneale
Written by
Nigel Kneale
Starring
John Robinson, Monica Grey, Hugh Griffith, John Stone, Austin Trevor, Roger Delgado, Rupert Davies, Ian Wilson
Cinematography
Charles De Jaeger
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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