I’m a huge fan of Hammer Films, the British production house that became synonymous with lush, colorful Gothic fare with very pink blood, known as Kensington Gore. From 1955 until about 1970, Hammer ...

He’s a fussy and fastidious, supremely intelligent, thoughtful and determined, brave man of science and action. He’s an icon of British science fiction and an explorer of alien life the world over. In ...

As we reach ever further back for franchises to reboot and re-imagine for the modern age, Hollywood was bound to start diving deep into the realms of cult sci-fi. Now, it’s turning to a nearly 70-year ...

In June 1953, Great Britain was experiencing a frisson of optimism, unity and national pride as all eyes turned towards Westminster Abbey and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Everest had just ...

From Quatermass to Doctor Who, so much early television has vanished – and as film degrades and collectors age, the chances of recovering what remains are shrinking ...

The low-budget but endlessly inventive Doctor Who owes its existence to an even more pioneering television creation, Quatermass. With both series poised to return, Sinclair McKay traces the history of ...

Bernard Quatermass, author Nigel Kneale’s British rocketry boffin and all-purpose defender of humankind against alien threat and government red tape, first appeared on BBC-TV in the 1953 serial which ...

The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss, who appeared in the 2005 remake of Nigel Kneale's famed 1950s sci-fi serial The Quatermass Experiment, pays tribute to the screenwriter following his death at ...

A veteran of TV and film, Julian Glover has appeared in dozens of movies and shows n a career spanning more than 50 years. His career has been so prolific, in fact, that readers will surely recognise ...

Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films that began in the 1950s, has died at the age of 84. He died in a London hospital after a period of ill health, ...