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|appearances= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''
|appearances= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''
}}[[Professor]] '''Bernard Quatermass''' was a [[British]] [[scientist]].
}}[[Professor]] '''Bernard Quatermass''' was a [[British]] [[scientist]] associated with the [[British Rocket Group]].


In [[1953]], "the Director the [[British Rocket Group]]" tracked down an [[astronaut]] who had mutated into an alien creature following an experimental mission to Central [[London]], where he defeated it in front of [[BBC]] [[camera]]s. The broadcast was subsequently played off as science fiction by the British government to prevent mass panic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|Background]]'') Bernard still worked alongside [[Dr]] [[Rachel Jensen]] and [[Allison Williams]] in the [[British Rocket Group]] by [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') In [[May]] [[1997]], paranoid and full of bleak pessimism, he was interviewed by [[Eve Waugh]] on [[television]] with [[Patrick Moore]] regarding the [[Mars 97]] mission. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
== Biography ==
=== With the British Rocket Group ===
In [[1953]], "the Director the [[British Rocket Group]]" tracked down an [[astronaut]] who had mutated into an alien creature following an experimental mission to Central [[London]], where he defeated it in front of [[BBC]] [[camera]]s. The broadcast was subsequently played off as science fiction by the British government to prevent mass panic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|Background]]'') Bernard still worked alongside [[Dr]] [[Rachel Jensen]] and [[Allison Williams]] in the [[British Rocket Group]] by [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')  


In [[May]] [[1997]], paranoid and full of bleak pessimism, he was interviewed by [[Eve Waugh]] on [[television]] with [[Patrick Moore]] regarding the [[Mars 97]] mission. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
=== Legacy ===
[[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] Professor [[Malcolm Taylor]] named a [[Bernard (unit)|unit of measurement]] after Bernard Quatermass. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
[[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] Professor [[Malcolm Taylor]] named a [[Bernard (unit)|unit of measurement]] after Bernard Quatermass. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
The "[[Unbound Doctor]]" once compared Professor Bernard Quatermass, unfavourably, to his friend Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The City and the Clock (audio story)|The City and the Clock]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
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In the ''Doctor Who'' universe, the ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'' serials ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') have many similarities to the ''Quatermass'' serials. One may assume that because Bernard Quatermass is real, ''Nightshade'' effectively replaces ''Quatermass'' in the Doctor Who Universe (although ''[[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|Background]]'' implied that the first ''Quatermass'' serial, at least, existed within the DWU as documentary footag which had been passed off as fiction as part of a cover-up).
In the ''Doctor Who'' universe, the ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'' serials ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') have many similarities to the ''Quatermass'' serials. One may assume that because Bernard Quatermass is real, ''Nightshade'' effectively replaces ''Quatermass'' in the Doctor Who Universe (although ''[[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|Background]]'' implied that the first ''Quatermass'' serial, at least, existed within the DWU as documentary footag which had been passed off as fiction as part of a cover-up).
=== Background ===
Quatermass and the [[British Rocket Group]] had originally appeared as the protagonist of a series of four horror-[[science fiction]] [[television]] serials written by {{w|Nigel Kneale}}. {{w|Bernard Quatermass#In television (1950s)|The first three}} aired during the 1950s on the BBC; these were later adapted into {{w|Bernard Quatermass#In film|film versions}} by {{w|Hammer Film Productions}}. The last serial, simply entitled {{wi|Quatermass (TV serial and film)|Quatermass}}, aired on ITV in 1979. These would have great influence on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serials such as ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''. ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'', in its second half, all but remakes the climax of the end of the first ''Quatermass'' story.
For his part, the creator of Bernard Quatermass, Nigel Kneale, was on record as having hated ''Doctor Who''. He refused to write for the programme when invited.
Quatermass also inspired ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'', a television serial in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
On 2 April 2005, the BBC aired {{w|The Quatermass Experiment (film)|a live remake}} of ''The Quatermass Experiment'', as the original does not survive in its entirety. Appearing in the serial were [[David Tennant]] and [[Indira Varma]] prior to their appearances as the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Suzie Costello]], respectively. [[Mark Gatiss]], longtime performer and writer of ''Doctor Who'' spin-off productions, scriptwriter for the new series and later a guest star in ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'' and other episodes, also appeared in the production.
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Bernard Quatermass

Professor Bernard Quatermass was a British scientist associated with the British Rocket Group.

Biography

With the British Rocket Group

In 1953, "the Director the British Rocket Group" tracked down an astronaut who had mutated into an alien creature following an experimental mission to Central London, where he defeated it in front of BBC cameras. The broadcast was subsequently played off as science fiction by the British government to prevent mass panic. (PROSE: Background) Bernard still worked alongside Dr Rachel Jensen and Allison Williams in the British Rocket Group by 1963. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

In May 1997, paranoid and full of bleak pessimism, he was interviewed by Eve Waugh on television with Patrick Moore regarding the Mars 97 mission. (PROSE: The Dying Days)

Legacy

UNIT scientific advisor Professor Malcolm Taylor named a unit of measurement after Bernard Quatermass. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

The "Unbound Doctor" once compared Professor Bernard Quatermass, unfavourably, to his friend Professor Bernice Summerfield. (AUDIO: The City and the Clock)

Behind the scenes

Seven different actors have officially portrayed the character of Bernard Quatermass on television in his original series, (including André Morell and Andrew Keir, with none considered "definitive". However, Lance Parkin has stated that he meant to visualise the elderly, nearly crazed John Mills version from the fourth and final Quatermass serial as the one who appeared in the Virgin New Adventures novel The Dying Days.

In the Doctor Who universe, the Nightshade serials (PROSE: Nightshade) have many similarities to the Quatermass serials. One may assume that because Bernard Quatermass is real, Nightshade effectively replaces Quatermass in the Doctor Who Universe (although Background implied that the first Quatermass serial, at least, existed within the DWU as documentary footag which had been passed off as fiction as part of a cover-up).

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