All in all, another fine episode.  I much prefer Brian Worth’s performance as Fullalove to Paul Whitsun-Jones’s (slightly too stagey) portrayal in the original Quatermass serial.

Robert Perceval’s performance as the Minister is a joy to watch, though my reading of the character, pace ScaryB, is not so much that he is sticking his fingers in his e…[Read more]

Speaking of actors who later turn up in something else, Michael Ripper (Sergeant) and Richard Shaw (Sladden) reappear together in Series 6 of Freewheelers (1971) as a pair of comic villains in a cast that also includes Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Wendy Padbury, Kevin Stoney, and Jerome Willis.  The series is available on DVD, but I wouldn’t recommend w…[Read more]

Greetings!

I stumbled upon this site a couple of days ago and saw you were watching the greatest science fiction serial ever made for television (IMHO), so I’ve brought myself up to date by watching episodes 1-3 today with a view to joining in.

Whisht is right that the markings that we see inside the projectile (or whatever it is) don’t con…[Read more]