Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.
John Mills
Barbara Kellerman
Simon MacCorkindale
Margaret Tyzack
Brewster Mason
Ralph Arliss
Paul Rosebury
Jane Bertish
Annabelle Lanyon
Toyah Willcox
David Yip
Brenda Fricker
Tony Sibbald
Bruce Purchase
Rebecca Saire