This BBC release collects together writer Nigel Kneale’s three original series featuring pioneering rocket scientist Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Rocket Group.

In The Quatermass Experiment:

The plan was to pilot a manned rocket some 1500 miles above the earth for observation purposes and then to return. The project looked very reasonable in theory, but in practice…

And in Quatermass II:

Professor Quatermass is testing prototypes of a second space rocket but has a crushing setback. With his research at a standstill, there is a curious interruption.

And, saving the best until last is Quatermass & The Pit:

Professor Quatermass is resisting the planners of a rocket-project known as the Dead Man’s Deterrent. Meanwhile excavation is going on at Hobbs Lane, long the site of reported imps and devils.

DVD extras include: Rudolph Cartier - A Television Pioneer. Lime Grove Story featurette. Film inserts for Quatermass II. Opening titles for both parts of the compilation version of Quatermass And The Pit. Collectors booklet. Continuities. The Quatermass trailer. The Kneale Tapes.

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