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S01E06 - "State of Emergency"
Diffusé le Aug 22, 1953, 7:45 PM
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Description
Épisodes (1 Saison · 6 Épisodes)
Contact Has Been Established
A British experimental rocket orbits the earth the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.
Jul 18, 1953
30 min
Persons Reported Missing
Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.
Jul 25, 1953
30 min
Very Special Knowledge
Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.
Aug 1, 1953
30 min
Believed to Be Suffering
Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.
Aug 8, 1953
30 min
An Unidentified Species
Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metamorphosis. Meanwhile, the killing starts - and Westminster Abbey a pulsating mass is revealed clinging to the building.
Aug 15, 1953
30 min
State of Emergency
A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appeals to the last vestiges of humanity left in Carroon to fight what he has become. The creature finally dies, just before it is due to spore.
Aug 22, 1953
30 min
Distribution
Galerie
