7. The Quatermass Experiment - UNIT & The British Rocket Group Working Together?
The Quatermass Experiment and its subsequent stories had a profound influence on Doctor Who. The idea of missing space crew and humans mutating into plants in The Quatermass Experiment can be seen in such classics as The Ambassadors Of Death and Meglos. The threat in the London underground faced in Quatermass And The Pit is clearly paid tribute to in the recently recovered The Web Of Fear. For the most part, these two British sci-fi shows existed separately from each other. Until the Seventh Doctor story Remembrance Of The Daleks. As the situation grew direr, we heard the fateful words of a military adviser...
I wish Bernard was here. The British Rocket Group has its own problems.
Finally fans had the confirmation they needed; there were institutions like the British Rocket Group working in similar situations to UNIT. Professor Bernard Quatermass and The Doctor share the same universe. Talking of British institutions, just how is Doctor Who and Red Dwarf connected? Click 'NEXT' to find out why...