Quatermass (disambiguation)

Quatermass may best be known as the surname of the title character of a British science fiction franchise of several television serials and films, and a radio production. Other notable uses of the word were inspired by this franchise.

Quatermass franchise

Professor Bernard Quatermass is a fictional scientist created by the writer Nigel Kneale, who appeared in several British dramatized productions:

Television serials

• The Quatermass Experiment (BBC Television, 1953)
• Quatermass II (BBC Television, 1955)
• Quatermass and the Pit (BBC Television, 1958–59)
• Quatermass (TV serial and film) (Thames Television, 1979), a 4 part TV series also distributed internationally as a film titled The Quatermass Conclusion or Quatermass IV.
• The Quatermass Experiment (2005) (BBC Four, 2005), a live broadcast remake of the original serial

Film

• The Quatermass Xperiment (Hammer Film Productions, 1955), released in the USA as The Creeping Unknown or Shock!!
• Quatermass 2 (Hammer Film Productions, 1957), released in the USA as The Enemy from Space
• Quatermass and the Pit (Hammer Film Productions, 1967), released in the USA as Five Million Years to Earth

Radio

• The Quatermass Memoirs (BBC Radio 3, 1996)

Other uses

• Quatermass (band), a British band
  • Quatermass (album), their self-titled album
• Martin Quatermass, a pseudonym used by film director John Carpenter as writer of the screenplay for the film Prince of Darkness