The Tomatometer rating – based on the published opinions of hundreds of film and television critics – is a trusted measurement of movie and TV programming quality. The Quatermass Experiment – TV film (2005) By Horrorpedia on 7 March, 2013 • ( 0) The Quatermass Experiment is a 2005 live BBC TV remake of the 1953 TV series of the same name by Nigel Kneale. David Tennant plays a different Doctor - The Quatermass Experiment Live (2005) - BBC. Find great deals for The Quatermass Experiment (DVD, 2005). Shop with confidence on eBay!

Contents • • • • • • • Casting [ ] Actor was cast as, with long-time Kneale admirer as Paterson, as Carroon, as his wife Judith, as Briscoe, as Fullalove and as Lomax—now a Ministry of Defence official rather than a policeman. Was cast as Home Secretary Margaret Blaker, a combination of parts of Lomax's character and two officials from the original serial, and she brought to rehearsals a photograph of her husband on the set of the 1967 film version of. Blair stated that she was delighted to be joining 'the Quatermass club'. Original 1953 cast member —who had played Marsh, one of Quatermass's colleagues—visited the set during rehearsals. The 76-year-old was invited to make a in the live broadcast, but was not available that evening. It was during the rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment that David Tennant was offered the role of the in.

This casting was not announced to the public until later in April, but his fellow castmembers, and crew, became aware of the speculation surrounding Tennant; in the live broadcast Jason Flemyng changed Quatermass's first line to Tennant's Dr Briscoe from 'Good to have you back, Gordon' to 'Good to have you back, Doctor' as a deliberate reference. Production [ ] The remake was commissioned as part of a 'TV on Trial' season being run by, examining past television trends and productions. Although it was scheduled in a two-hour slot, the production finished after one hour and forty minutes — underrunning its allotted time, whereas most of the original episodes had overrun. This was expected before transmission, however, after timings had been made at the, and the increased pace was attributed to the nervousness involved in a live performance.

Adapted from the original scripts by executive producer Richard Fell, the new broadcast was directed. Kneale acted as a consultant, and Fell and producer Alison Willett had several meetings with the writer at his London home to discuss the script. Dancing On Ice Music here. Science writer and film maker also acted as an advisor on the project, helping to bring the science references in the script up to date. Although Miller controlled the production's artistic direction, experienced director Trevor Hampton assisted him in controlling the technical aspects of the live production, which was broadcast from the (ex-) Test Track site in.

The story was structurally very close to the original, although set in a slightly distorted version of the present day. The climax was moved from Westminster Abbey to the, as the latter was easier to replicate in studio, and there was no visible monster. Cast [ ] • as • as John Paterson • as Victor Carroon • as Judith Carroon • as Doctor Gordon Briscoe • as James Fullalove • as Lomax • as Home Secretary Margaret Blaker Broadcast and reception [ ] The production was the BBC's first live made-for-television drama broadcast in over twenty years. The broadcast suffered only a few errors, with some fluffed lines, several on- and off-camera stumbles, background sounds occasionally obscuring the dialogue, and, at the programme's end, a cameraman and sound man appearing in the shot.