A very dramatic British science-fiction serial, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. It is the second in the Quatermass series by writer Nigel Kneale, and the first of those serials to survive in its entirety in the BBC archives. It is also the earliest surviving complete British science-fiction television production. The serial sees Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group being asked 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.
This is the complete series ( 6 episodes) of a British TV series released in 1958. A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found underground on a building site. Professor Quatermass's theory is that the capsule and the insects they have un-earthed in the pit were left behind by Martians who visited Earth over five million years ago and his theory is proved to be correct with drastic consequences. This is a well written science fiction tv series from the 50s that is worth the watch.
