Stephen Reed wrote:
grgstv338 wrote:
Hi Ted, I don't think Kneale was a staff writer on QX.
Stephen, I think you're mis-reading what Ted said or (I take it) what he meant - that Kneale was a staff writer for the BBC when he did the original Quatermass Experiment teleplay and thus was not allowed to do the movie version (pretty much what you then said in your reply).

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me, I must have read that completely wrong there, that's what tiredness does to you I guess. Sorry for the misunderstanding there Ted, my apologies. Kneale had some serious grievances with Hammer for some reason, which is a shame, because IMHO if it wasn't for them, it's doubtful his work would have been seen outside of the UK.



I'd think we'd have to thank Lippert too, for probably insisting on a "colonial loud mouth bully tough guy", to make our dear professor more palpable for world consumption.

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