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| Mills (1908-2005) succeeded Reginald Tate, Brian Donlevy, John Robinson, André Morell and Andrew Keir in the seminal role |
Bernard Quatermass (now portrayed by Sir
John Mills) returned to British television in
late 1979. Plans for a fourth Quatermass
thriller were first proposed when BBC2
launched the Out of the Unknown sci-fi
anthology strand in 1965. Then, following
the success of Hammer's film version of
Quatermass and the Pit in 1967, the studio
announced it was in talks with series creator
Nigel Kneale. A new BBC serial was finally
commissioned in 1972, but was abandoned
due to mounting production costs. Four years
later, Euston Films acquired the unmade
scripts, and the new drama was eventually
shown episodically on ITV, then as a TV movie
(entitled The Quatermass Conclusion) outside
the UK.
Another repeat run of Thames TV's four-part
sequel (produced by Verity Lambert) con-
cluded on the Talking Pictures TV channel
last night - it featured Simon MacCorkindale,
Barbara Kellerman, and seventeen Doctor
Who cast connections:
- Ralph Arliss [born James] (Kickalong) was Tuar in Planet of the Spiders
- Tony [Dominic] Sibbald (Marshall) was Huckle in Terror of the Zygons
- [William Reginald] Bruce Purchase (Roach) was the Captain in The Pirate Planet
- Neil [Edwin] Stacy (Gough) voiced Major Haggard for Big Finish's Tje Emerald Tiger (2012)
- David [Nicholas] Yip (Chen) was Veldan in Destiny of the Daleks, then voiced Curly and Inspector Yew for The Girl Who Never Was (2007), and Hector for Evolution (2013)
- Donald [Yarrow] Eccles (Chisholm) was Krasis in The Time Monster
- [Thomas] Kevin [Harvest] Stoney (PM) was Mavic Chen in The Daleks' Master Plan, Tobias Vaughn in The Invasion, and Tyrum in Revenge of the Cybermen
- David Ashford (Hatherley) was Dad in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
- Brian [Henry] Croucher (Officer) was Borg in The Robots of Death, and Kurt in Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
- Stewart Harwood (Driver) made his TV debut as an [uncredited] Daffodil Man in (episode 3 of) Terror of the Autons
- [Thomas] Declan Mulholland (Guard) was Clark in The Sea Devils, and Till in The Androids of Tara
- Trevor Lawrence (Catskin) was Lodge in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1)
- Walter Henry [born Israel W Nagelkop] (Soldier) was an Extra in The Myth Makers (2) and The Siluruans (6), Primord in Inferno, and Brother in The Masque of Mandragora
- Christopher [Denis] Driscoll (Mugger) was the Security Guard in The Idiot's Lantern
- John [Kenneth] Tatham (Soldier) was Villager/Coven member in The Daemons
- [Frederick] Alan Meacham (Driver) and Fred Wood (Passenger) were Extras on Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
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