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The thrilling five-part serial from 1996, which mixes new
narrative, starring Andrew Keir as Professor Quatermass, with
archive footage from the original Quatermass serials,
plus narration by writer Nigel Kneale and actual news footage
from the 1950s...
Professor
Bernard Quatermass saved the world from alien attack three
times in the 1950s and in the process became a cult figure
as well as being a highly regarded scientist. The Quatermass
Memoirs is a twin CD pack that combines recordings of
his past adventures with archive news reel material and a
narration by the author Nigel Kneale, along with a lengthy
interview with the Professor himself. The result is an interesting,
and often chilling, walk down memory lane.
This
compendium was first broadcast by the BBC back in 1996 to
commemorate Quatermass's continued presence in the public
consciousness - a job it does splendidly well. Not only are
we given a canny insight into the working of the great man's
mind, we also get a glimpse into the darker places formed
by the horrors he witnesses while leading the British Rocket
Group.
By
the end of the second CD you really feel that you've gained
an understand of why Quatermass has retired to Scotland, away
from the modern world but still haunted by his memories. You
also start to see just how important a scientist he was and
how troubled his past life has left him.
However, the real shock for both the professor and the listener
is that our Martian heritage, uncovered in the pit in Hobb's
Lane in London in 1959, is still alive and well and as destructive
as ever. Quatermass might be in retirement but he's still
very much a man of the moment and one whose help we might
need any day soon...
Anthony
Clark
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