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Professor Bernard Quatermass is a fictional scientist , originally created by the writer Nigel Kneale for BBC Television .. Nigel Kneale. Nigel Kneale. BBC Television. BBC One. An intelligent and highly moral British scientist , Quatermass is a pioneer of the British space programme , heading the British Experimental Rocket Group .. British space programme. British space programme. He continually finds himself confronting sinister alien forces that threaten to destroy humanity .. The role of Quatermass was featured in three influential BBC science fiction serials of the 1950s , and again in a final serial for Thames Television in 1979 .. Quatermass ( TV serial and film ). science fiction serials. science fiction on television. Thames Television. Thames Television. A remake of the first serial appeared on BBC Four in 2005 .. The Quatermass Experiment ( 2005 ). BBC Four. BBC Four. The character also appeared in films , on the radio and in print over a fifty-year period .. Kneale picked the character 's unusual surname from a London telephone directory , while the first name was in honour of the astronomer Bernard Lovell .. London. London. Bernard Lovell. Bernard Lovell. The character of Quatermass has been described by BBC News Online as Britain 's first television hero , and by The Independent newspaper as `` A brilliantly conceived and finely crafted creation ... -LSB- He -RSB- remained a modern ` Mr Standfast ' , the one fixed point in an increasingly dreadful and ever-shifting universe . ''. BBC News Online. BBC News Online. The Independent. The Independent. Mr Standfast. Pilgrim's Progress#Characters. In 2005 , an article in The Daily Telegraph suggested , `` You can see a line running through him and many other British heroes .. The Quatermass Experiment ( 2005 ). The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. He shares elements with Sherlock Holmes and Ellen MacArthur . ''. Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes. Ellen MacArthur. Ellen MacArthur