Frankymole wrote:Neil Wilson plays a lot of policemen! I think he's even one in the first Quatermass Experiment back in 1953!
Interesting he was in multiple episodes of series 1. He was also in 2 episodes of Police Surgeon the year before:
- The Bigger They Are (1960) ... PC Grayson
- Smash But No Grab (1960) ... PC. Gregson
Not surprising as it was a six-part videotaped series and not sold abroad. It emptied pubs as people went home to watch; terrifying early SF 3 years before even Forbidden Planet (though the BBC had been making SF for television as far back as 1947, it was usually adaptions of books and short stories; Quatermass was the first truly original SF TV drama).mousemeat wrote:Frankymole wrote:Neil Wilson plays a lot of policemen! I think he's even one in the first Quatermass Experiment back in 1953!
Interesting he was in multiple episodes of series 1. He was also in 2 episodes of Police Surgeon the year before:
- The Bigger They Are (1960) ... PC Grayson
- Smash But No Grab (1960) ... PC. Gregson
seems that the Quatermass Experiment was huge in the UK....barely got noticed in the States...
hmm....Forbidden Planet was released by MGM in the U.S. in 1956....Now I do remember a quarter mass U.S. film in the late 50's.....Frankymole wrote:Not surprising as it was a six-part videotaped series and not sold abroad. It emptied pubs as people went home to watch; terrifying early SF 3 years before even Forbidden Planet (though the BBC had been making SF for television as far back as 1947, it was usually adaptions of books and short stories; Quatermass was the first truly original SF TV drama).mousemeat wrote:Frankymole wrote:Neil Wilson plays a lot of policemen! I think he's even one in the first Quatermass Experiment back in 1953!
Interesting he was in multiple episodes of series 1. He was also in 2 episodes of Police Surgeon the year before:
- The Bigger They Are (1960) ... PC Grayson
- Smash But No Grab (1960) ... PC. Gregson
seems that the Quatermass Experiment was huge in the UK....barely got noticed in the States...
They were not very good though (and Brian Donlevy was totally miscast) so it's not surprising they didn't perform abroad. By contrast, all three BBC serials were street-clearing sensations and the talk of every home and workplace in the UK... the films more or less sank without trace.dissolute wrote:The feature films of Quatermass were made by Hammer and nothing to do with the BBC originals, just as they did with the Doctor Who films.
Renée Glynne was continuity for The Quatermass Xperiment.
The BBC serials were in 1953, 1955 and 1958. It took until the late 60s for the last of them to be adapted by Hammer. Some good Avengers actors to look out for in that one.mousemeat wrote:
hmm....Forbidden Planet was released by MGM in the U.S. in 1956....Now I do remember a quarter mass U.S. film in the late 50's.....
Yes that's right. Hammer wanted to make a sequel straight away after the success in '55 & '56 with The Quatermass Xperiment (spelled that way to reinforce that it had an 'X' certificate). However, Nigel Kneale refused them permission for the character as he didn't want to lose control of it so they released "X the Unknown" as a rewritten script of the sequel they had planned.Frankymole wrote:The BBC serials were in 1953, 1955 and 1958. It took until the late 60s for the last of them to be adapted by Hammer. Some good Avengers actors to look out for in that one.mousemeat wrote:
hmm....Forbidden Planet was released by MGM in the U.S. in 1956....Now I do remember a quarter mass U.S. film in the late 50's.....
I do believe the Hammer films are available on DVDFrankymole wrote:They were not very good though (and Brian Donlevy was totally miscast) so it's not surprising they didn't perform abroad. By contrast, all three BBC serials were street-clearing sensations and the talk of every home and workplace in the UK... the films more or less sank without trace.dissolute wrote:The feature films of Quatermass were made by Hammer and nothing to do with the BBC originals, just as they did with the Doctor Who films.
Renée Glynne was continuity for The Quatermass Xperiment.
The Doctor Who and Dalek films were by Aaru, with some personnel connections to Amicus (though none official).
