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The Worst Episodes of The Quatermass Experiment

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Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.

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    The Quatermass Experiment Season 1 Episode 4 - Believed to be Suffering
    6.2/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Believed to be Suffering

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Quatermass Experiment Season 1 Episode 3 - Very Special Knowledge
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Very Special Knowledge

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Quatermass Experiment Season 1 Episode 5 - An Unidentified Species
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #3 - An Unidentified Species

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Quatermass Experiment Season 1 Episode 6 - State of Emergency
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #4 - State of Emergency

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Quatermass Experiment Season 1 Episode 1 - Contact Has Been Established
    6.9/10(69 votes)

    #5 - Contact Has Been Established

    S1:E1

    A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, 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.

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Quatermass Experiment Season 1 Episode 2 - Persons Reported Missing
    7.0/10(63 votes)

    #6 - Persons Reported Missing

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Believed to be Suffering" is the worst rated episode of "The Quatermass Experiment". It scored 6.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/8/1953. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Very Special Knowledge".