I could imagine that David Tennant could do that to me. Telling me need to rest Amy. And he telling me Amy you need to rest Amy you can't move about.. That will be so awesome that he telling me that as well and that he pull my head back lightly as well too.
Brian Donlevy as Doc Quatermass... FOREVER!!! Cranky, snarly, brusque to the point of rudeness, you're probably not likely to invite him over to dinner unless you were already good friends with him. But he got things done with no dithering or waffling. Gotta love it. Why, it's thanks to Donlevy that we're not all currently zombie slaves to big gloppy aliens as seen in Quatermass 2. Thanks, Brian, you're the best! And, a snappy dresser!
I watched the original on BBC in the fifties and it was far far better that this load of rubbish. The whole of the country used to watch it behind the sofa The original was so terrifing that the BBC had to put out warnings for the adults before each braodcast
Filmed live? Unless the film features corpses, all films are filmed live. Minimal cuts, maybe, but there are plenty of cuts still and lots of editing. This isn't like old-fashioned, 1950s genuinely live TV as in the era of Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
The in space views of the space craft are NASA footage of Shuttle SRB and External Tank re-entry - the intended flight, simply out one lunar distance, not the most believable story line.
This contains the recipe for the perfect terror. It doesn't know what it's seeing or why, it's a frightened entity from a reality with a different set of rules. It is truly formless, and can be perceived as a sound, distorts matter with its very presence and can even become a disease. The only film I've seen recently that comes close to this concept for a bad guy is Cloverfield, but that doesn't come close to what can be done with the concept. Pure evil and blind terror. Awesome :)
@MrWiggyOne well the "good vintage film" you mention is a remake itself! The original Quatermass Experiment was a BBC show from the 50's. As it was transmitted live, there are only two episodes remaining in the BBC archive. This remake was to celebrate the making of the original, which is why the script seems a little odd in places. Very little was changed, and it was shown live, save for a few scenes, which were transmitted from telecine projection in the 50's, (videotaped in 2005)
@bryngOneOn, I don't beleive you got the meaning of LIVE TELEVISION PERFORMANCE. Brown trouser time for any actor, no second takes for fluffs, gaffs, trips or falls. Resevoir Dogs was a FILM. They could take and retake to get things right. Live television drama is problematic enough without adding the words science fiction and sfx. Anyway, do you know how to add sfx to a live performance? This was BBC TV going back to it's roots.
As far as I know this was done BEFORE the Olympics in China. I thought that the post production effects were frowned on by the world as cheeting. This was trying to give you the feel of the night, the live electric performance that used to happen in the early days of BBC TV, fluffs and all. Have you seen any early Z Cars, or maybe the pilot for Doctor Who? They were all done live. This was part of a celebration of the days before video.
Yes, you may be able to do this now, but when this was performed it had just been announced that David Tennant had just got the part as The Doctor in Doctor Who. As you know, he has just relinquished that role after a long five year residence. Technology moves at an ever increasing pace and no doubt the BBC may have added effects if they were doing it today. As I have said, this was a celebration of when BBC drama was transmitted live in theatre style, a recreation of the original.
Contemporary setting just didn't work, what a real shame. Grest thestre scenes esp 3 leads, but too full of nonsense surface detail in order to capture an ADD auduence. Such a gripping book...wish they'd set it earlier so we cynical adults couldn't refute the event management in London C21.
@pianomags I'm sorry to have to differ on the no live Doctor Who point. The first ever episodes in the early 60's were infact broadcast live but also filmed for sending off to the "colonies". That is how we have those magical episodes from Unearthy Child onwards. Video didn't arrive untill a while later. It was rumoured the cans were rescued from a skip by a devoted Doctor Who fan who's name escapes me at this moment.. There are still cans of undiscovered film out there. ; )
@LoriCiani The episodes were filmed for export, but only because video tape was so expensive and had to be wiped and re-used. Dr Who was recorded 'as live' with actors moving between sets, as was common with multi-camera filming at the time, like a theatrical performance. But no, it has never been *broadcast* live.
@Exeunt26 Are you realy telling me the BBC had video tape in 1963? I have done my research and all sources say that William Hartnell's era was broadcast live as was the police drama Z Cars and other programmes of that era. CBS were the first to use video for broadcast. Apart from your erroneous supposition about live broadcasts, the stuff about the BBC's reuse of video I already knew as I have been on a media production course, thanks.
@LoriCiani Let's not fight. If you look up the BBC's own records, you'll find out. Video tape was around in '63, but as with all new technology, it was unweildly and expensive, hence it was routinely wiped and re-used. 'Quatermass' was broadcast live, Who wasn't.
@LoriCiani Doctor Who never made live. It was recorded onto 2" Quad using a Ampex VR1000B video recorder. The filming for the first ever episode of Dr Who began on the 19th of August 1963. The entire first story was complete by the 8th of November, fifteen days before transmission. The episodes were transferred to film at a much later date as Quad tape was really expensive, and needed to be reused where possible. Film was much cheaper allowing archiving of material for sale abroad.
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ha ha its the doctor playing the doctor, ha ha, see what i did there, with the play on words, i'm a comic fu*kin genius man, i should be writing professionally you know
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@Thegreywidow cant believe you've been getting a couple of thumbs down, i guess some people are easily pleased. i think if u r on such a small budget, it may not be the one to have such a gigantic premise, reservoir dogs pulled it off with all the implied outside world with the tension while on a tiny budget, while here it just looks like they couldnt afford to splash on those sfx, i guess they blew the budget hiring well known actors, on bright side, there dosnt seem to be a series of this
The guy who plays Quatermass is so awful I can't even be bothered to look up his name.
Unfortunatley because of his wooden and sterile performance everyone elses acting seemed deflated and empty. The rest of the cast try to make up for the leads clumsy attempt to portray any emotion but this only brings more attention to his cringeworthy discharge.
This rocket launch seems like a fairly informal affair. They don't even have a quarentine/screening/possible disinfection procedure in place. My suspense of disbelief is barely holding.
Wouldn't mind seeing a proper BBC release of this on Blu Ray, particularly as it was shot in HD. So far this has only had a ropey DVD released in the UK in 2005.
I've been wanting to see this for ages, as I'm a huge "Doctor Who" fan, and that both David Tennant and Mark Gatiss are part of the cast. Thank you for uploading it! It was awesome!
Can't get this film to play past 11.44 either here or on MSN.....shame.
swordsman5 1 year ago
I could imagine that David Tennant could do that to me. Telling me need to rest Amy. And he telling me Amy you need to rest Amy you can't move about.. That will be so awesome that he telling me that as well and that he pull my head back lightly as well too.
amycallie123 1 year ago
I'm not sure why this needed to be live
rivalmagicians 1 year ago
Jason Flemyng! <3 <3
BarricadeKiba 1 year ago
01:28:24 Sexay!
626Rosa626 1 year ago
1:28:24 Sexay!
626Rosa626 1 year ago
Thank You BBC 1!!!!!
626Rosa626 1 year ago
That was so shit, why bother..........
LouisPlume 1 year ago
What I cant understand is this is BBC World Wide So why the Bloody adverts
ukusagent 1 year ago
Brian Donlevy as Doc Quatermass... FOREVER!!! Cranky, snarly, brusque to the point of rudeness, you're probably not likely to invite him over to dinner unless you were already good friends with him. But he got things done with no dithering or waffling. Gotta love it. Why, it's thanks to Donlevy that we're not all currently zombie slaves to big gloppy aliens as seen in Quatermass 2. Thanks, Brian, you're the best! And, a snappy dresser!
electronfun 1 year ago
Terrible acting, all round!
paulmorris7777 1 year ago
I watched the original on BBC in the fifties and it was far far better that this load of rubbish. The whole of the country used to watch it behind the sofa The original was so terrifing that the BBC had to put out warnings for the adults before each braodcast
powerspade 1 year ago
Was great right up till...the ending. lol wth was THAT about?
BadBunnyRides 1 year ago
i thought this was really good, very different to the original. i have to say that the original is better in some areas, but i think it updated well.
iwantmorestory 1 year ago
anyone else see David almost stack it when running? (49.16) how brilliant!!
iwantmorestory 1 year ago
The Doctor really *IS* a doctor in this one.... ^_^
ilyverymuchly 1 year ago
I'm getting a wee bit sick of these bloody adverts. I'm pulling out...
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
Filmed live? Unless the film features corpses, all films are filmed live. Minimal cuts, maybe, but there are plenty of cuts still and lots of editing. This isn't like old-fashioned, 1950s genuinely live TV as in the era of Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
jimtrueblue99 1 year ago
The in space views of the space craft are NASA footage of Shuttle SRB and External Tank re-entry - the intended flight, simply out one lunar distance, not the most believable story line.
Steaphany 1 year ago
This contains the recipe for the perfect terror. It doesn't know what it's seeing or why, it's a frightened entity from a reality with a different set of rules. It is truly formless, and can be perceived as a sound, distorts matter with its very presence and can even become a disease. The only film I've seen recently that comes close to this concept for a bad guy is Cloverfield, but that doesn't come close to what can be done with the concept. Pure evil and blind terror. Awesome :)
shizoor 1 year ago
Just why do we need a remake of a good vintage film?
MrWiggyOne 1 year ago
@MrWiggyOne well the "good vintage film" you mention is a remake itself! The original Quatermass Experiment was a BBC show from the 50's. As it was transmitted live, there are only two episodes remaining in the BBC archive. This remake was to celebrate the making of the original, which is why the script seems a little odd in places. Very little was changed, and it was shown live, save for a few scenes, which were transmitted from telecine projection in the 50's, (videotaped in 2005)
gamein60seconds 1 year ago
@MrWiggyOne
They should have just shown the original, again.
paulmorris7777 1 year ago
Boring. Gave it a chance. But after 30 minutes, I just couldn't continue watching. :P
trampletop 1 year ago
I can't watch this! It stops after around 10 minutes! Damn, I really wanted to see this! Anyone else have this problem?
-IMP ;) :)
IceMetalPunk 1 year ago
@IceMetalPunk
I found that it lags like crazy. Unwatchable.
asubjectiveopinion 1 year ago
Far too many Doctor Who actors in this. It's distracting. But an excellent idea. Definitely the kind of thing that the Beeb should be doing.
CrixMakin 1 year ago
When is this supposed to be set? The technology and cars put it in the 2000s, but the costumes etc say something else. Parallel universe?
CrixMakin 1 year ago
@dinkipooxa There are lots of brilliant people with "common accents".
bigmandrel 1 year ago
test 17:00
darkshark0159 1 year ago
why does his assistant keep picking his nose????
heavyseven88 1 year ago
Haha, of course David Tennant managed to get a snog in. :)
enginesummer99 1 year ago
Professor Quatermass seems to be a cheap double-glazing salesman in this version.
I suppose if the production team met him in a toilet and tested him bum for the part.
Trillions4u 2 years ago
gawd bless nostalgia... it makes you forget how shit everything really was.
regratex 2 years ago
I really enjoyed it. Love the excitement of live television.
MsWholigan 2 years ago
OMG is that danny from primeval??? i love him!!! he's an awesome actor!
SuPeRev94 2 years ago
Was this meant to be funny?
sebavef 2 years ago
best idea Ive seen in a while :D
byjacklance 2 years ago
@bryngOneOn, I don't beleive you got the meaning of LIVE TELEVISION PERFORMANCE. Brown trouser time for any actor, no second takes for fluffs, gaffs, trips or falls. Resevoir Dogs was a FILM. They could take and retake to get things right. Live television drama is problematic enough without adding the words science fiction and sfx. Anyway, do you know how to add sfx to a live performance? This was BBC TV going back to it's roots.
LoriCiani 2 years ago 22
They could harness the techniques the chinese used to add sfx to their live Olympics broadcast.
eleanorroosevelt1 2 years ago
As far as I know this was done BEFORE the Olympics in China. I thought that the post production effects were frowned on by the world as cheeting. This was trying to give you the feel of the night, the live electric performance that used to happen in the early days of BBC TV, fluffs and all. Have you seen any early Z Cars, or maybe the pilot for Doctor Who? They were all done live. This was part of a celebration of the days before video.
LoriCiani 2 years ago
You can add the effects into the live stream in real time.
eleanorroosevelt1 2 years ago
Yes, you may be able to do this now, but when this was performed it had just been announced that David Tennant had just got the part as The Doctor in Doctor Who. As you know, he has just relinquished that role after a long five year residence. Technology moves at an ever increasing pace and no doubt the BBC may have added effects if they were doing it today. As I have said, this was a celebration of when BBC drama was transmitted live in theatre style, a recreation of the original.
LoriCiani 2 years ago 2
Doctor Who was never broadcast live.
Exeunt26 1 year ago
@Exeunt26 True. Doctor Who was NEVER broadcast live but perhaps for a special there could be a live episode.
randomdave30 1 year ago
i enjoyed it! best part is 49.17, tenent nearly goes arse over tit lol!
reaperrowledge 2 years ago 4
Contemporary setting just didn't work, what a real shame. Grest thestre scenes esp 3 leads, but too full of nonsense surface detail in order to capture an ADD auduence. Such a gripping book...wish they'd set it earlier so we cynical adults couldn't refute the event management in London C21.
pianomags 2 years ago
@pianomags I'm sorry to have to differ on the no live Doctor Who point. The first ever episodes in the early 60's were infact broadcast live but also filmed for sending off to the "colonies". That is how we have those magical episodes from Unearthy Child onwards. Video didn't arrive untill a while later. It was rumoured the cans were rescued from a skip by a devoted Doctor Who fan who's name escapes me at this moment.. There are still cans of undiscovered film out there. ; )
LoriCiani 1 year ago
@LoriCiani ummm,, meant for exeunt26?
pianomags 1 year ago
@LoriCiani The episodes were filmed for export, but only because video tape was so expensive and had to be wiped and re-used. Dr Who was recorded 'as live' with actors moving between sets, as was common with multi-camera filming at the time, like a theatrical performance. But no, it has never been *broadcast* live.
Exeunt26 1 year ago
@Exeunt26 Are you realy telling me the BBC had video tape in 1963? I have done my research and all sources say that William Hartnell's era was broadcast live as was the police drama Z Cars and other programmes of that era. CBS were the first to use video for broadcast. Apart from your erroneous supposition about live broadcasts, the stuff about the BBC's reuse of video I already knew as I have been on a media production course, thanks.
LoriCiani 1 year ago
@LoriCiani Let's not fight. If you look up the BBC's own records, you'll find out. Video tape was around in '63, but as with all new technology, it was unweildly and expensive, hence it was routinely wiped and re-used. 'Quatermass' was broadcast live, Who wasn't.
Exeunt26 1 year ago
@LoriCiani Doctor Who never made live. It was recorded onto 2" Quad using a Ampex VR1000B video recorder. The filming for the first ever episode of Dr Who began on the 19th of August 1963. The entire first story was complete by the 8th of November, fifteen days before transmission. The episodes were transferred to film at a much later date as Quad tape was really expensive, and needed to be reused where possible. Film was much cheaper allowing archiving of material for sale abroad.
gamein60seconds 1 year ago
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ha ha its the doctor playing the doctor, ha ha, see what i did there, with the play on words, i'm a comic fu*kin genius man, i should be writing professionally you know
bryngOneOn 2 years ago
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A total waste of license payers money.
fiesta1100 2 years ago
Heeeeey...It's Suzie! XD
They keep killing suzie..not any more they dont..
rosydonut 2 years ago
everyone's shouting too loudly in the background!
Superultimateay 2 years ago
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What a great big piece of driveling crap. I expect better from BBC. Such a waste of time, money and good actors.
Thegreywidow 2 years ago
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@Thegreywidow cant believe you've been getting a couple of thumbs down, i guess some people are easily pleased. i think if u r on such a small budget, it may not be the one to have such a gigantic premise, reservoir dogs pulled it off with all the implied outside world with the tension while on a tiny budget, while here it just looks like they couldnt afford to splash on those sfx, i guess they blew the budget hiring well known actors, on bright side, there dosnt seem to be a series of this
bryngOneOn 2 years ago
aw poop! why is this showing error signs?! >:(
Yanda107 2 years ago
This was various interesting to watch live when it was first broadcast, glad there's a chance to see it again.
ghosthead84 2 years ago 4
Thank you! Awesome! Love all Quatermass!
peterglynnfilms 2 years ago 4
love this
extradot 2 years ago 2
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The guy who plays Quatermass is so awful I can't even be bothered to look up his name.
Unfortunatley because of his wooden and sterile performance everyone elses acting seemed deflated and empty. The rest of the cast try to make up for the leads clumsy attempt to portray any emotion but this only brings more attention to his cringeworthy discharge.
Other than that, not too bad. :-)
bromleyben2004 2 years ago
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bromleyben2004 2 years ago
low production values, the director seems to be out of his/her depth.
cresshead 2 years ago
it was recorded live!
of course it's not the greatest of expectations....
LANbritain 2 years ago
This rocket launch seems like a fairly informal affair. They don't even have a quarentine/screening/possible disinfection procedure in place. My suspense of disbelief is barely holding.
GrandHighGamer 2 years ago
me & Chuckles love it, but it's far and away the biggest load of bollocks ever witnessed on earth... or any other planet.
henkecelt 2 years ago
Wouldn't mind seeing a proper BBC release of this on Blu Ray, particularly as it was shot in HD. So far this has only had a ropey DVD released in the UK in 2005.
TheQuatermassPit 2 years ago
Yay Indira Varma, yay! Love her.
tinkerintenor 2 years ago 2
Love the use of an Apollo CSM for the ship, but they should have just had the capsule there.
Bobanort 2 years ago 2
I've been wanting to see this for ages, as I'm a huge "Doctor Who" fan, and that both David Tennant and Mark Gatiss are part of the cast. Thank you for uploading it! It was awesome!
GoldenTalesGeek 2 years ago 6