QUATERMASS AT 70
The show that invented modern sci-fi
In the mid-20th century, the BBC aired a programme that blended science fiction and horror and changed the course of British broadcasting. Jeremy Dyson claimed that with it, its writer “invented modern television”. Mark Gatiss described him as “a genuine seer”.
That show was not Doctor Who, but The Quatermass Experiment, first broadcast 70 years ago this week.
Written by Nigel Kneale – one of the BBC’s first
