n 2005 the bbc do a live version of nigel kneale quatermass experiment . originally a 6 part three hour tv series about a rocket that return to earth with only one of it crew still alive and and he horribly change . it be the first appearance of professor quatermass a flaw genius who be in a way the precursor to dr who . ( this version co star david tennant and the current dr who ) . the production be very good and the cast be excellent with jason flemyng make an excellent quatermass . the show be for the most part very creepy and have it hold together until the end it might have actually cross into scary . the problem with the show come from two place . first the 96 minute program effectively remove half of the original 180 minute . there be a great deal of story compression especially in the second half a the plot do not zip along as much a it jump . i have not see the original series ( only two episode survive the last i heard ) but i have read on the show and see the film that be make from it so i know there be a bit more towards the end than we see . the other problem with the show be that in adapt the 195 something script for modern day broadcast they do not update enough . the space shot be secret and the technology be often out of date ( audio cassette in a black box . ) and the medium be much too trust and not enough in your face . it create a nice sense of it own world and but at the same time it not wholly believable . that say it still a very good retro sci fi drama 7 put of 10 .