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Professor '''Bernard Quatermass''' was a [[British]] scientist. | [[Professor]] '''Bernard Quatermass''' was a [[British]] scientist. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
:''Whether he was real or fictional was unclear.'' | :''Whether he was real or fictional was unclear.'' | ||
Bernard was implied to have worked alongside Dr | Bernard was implied to have worked alongside [[Dr]] [[Rachel Jensen]] in the [[British Rocket Group]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') In [[1997]], paranoid and full of bleak pessimism, he possibly appeared on television with Dr. [[Patrick Moore]] in a panel discussion regarding the possibility of life on the [[planet]] [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') | ||
[[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] Professor [[Malcolm Taylor (Planet of the Dead)|Malcolm Taylor]] named a unit of measurement after Bernard Quatermass, but Taylor might have been talking about a television character, not a real man. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') | [[UNIT]] [[scientific advisor]] Professor [[Malcolm Taylor (Planet of the Dead)|Malcolm Taylor]] named a unit of measurement after Bernard Quatermass, but Taylor might have been talking about a television character, not a real man. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') | ||
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Whether Bernard Quatermass is a real person in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] is very much a matter of opinion, though the British Rocket Group exists in it. ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'' mentions several "controversial orbital flights" in the [[1950s]] which imply the events of the first Quatermass serial occurred in the Doctor's world as well. | Whether Bernard Quatermass is a real person in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] is very much a matter of opinion, though the British Rocket Group exists in it. ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'' mentions several "controversial orbital flights" in the [[1950s]] which imply the events of the first Quatermass serial occurred in the Doctor's world as well. | ||
At no point in any piece of ''Doctor Who'' fiction was any character referred to as "Professor Bernard Quatermass". In ''[[The Dying Days]]'', a character is announced midway through a sentence as "-ermass". Subsequently "Professor" and "Bernard" are used to refer to him. In ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', his last name is never uttered. And in ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', | At no point in any piece of ''Doctor Who'' fiction was any character referred to as "Professor Bernard Quatermass". In ''[[The Dying Days]]'', a character is announced midway through a sentence as "-ermass". Subsequently "Professor" and "Bernard" are used to refer to him. In ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', his last name is never uttered. And in ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', Malcolm Taylor speaks in such a way that he might refer to a fictional person. | ||
In the Doctor Who | 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. It's also equally possible to believe that ''Nightshade'' is just a copy of the existing show, ''Quatermass'', as there are many real life instances of two television programmes sharing multiple commonalities. | ||
Seven different actors portrayed the character (including [[André Morell]] and [[Andrew Keir]]), with none considered "definitive". However [[Lance Parkin]] has said that he meant to visualised the elderly, nearly crazed {{w|John Mills}} version from the {{w|Quatermass (TV serial)|fourth and final Quatermass serial}} as the one who appeared in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[The Dying Days]]''. | Seven different actors portrayed the character (including [[André Morell]] and [[Andrew Keir]]), with none considered "definitive". However [[Lance Parkin]] has said that he meant to visualised the elderly, nearly crazed {{w|John Mills}} version from the {{w|Quatermass (TV serial)|fourth and final Quatermass serial}} as the one who appeared in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[The Dying Days]]''. | ||
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