The Quatermass Xperiment Page #4

Two men didn't survive it,

did they Mr Quatermass?

What exactly do you mean by that?

I wish you'd sit down.

If I sit and you stand, I'm being

rude. I'm longing to sit down.

You see, Mr Quatermass,

I'm an old-fashion sort of chap.

I don't know much about

rockets or travelling in space.

I don't read science fiction,

I'm a plain simple bible man.

I have a routine mind, and

I have to do routine things.

Such as fingerprinting

an unconscious man.

When 3 men take off in a

rocket and only one comes back

in our reckoning that leaves minus 2.

And minus 2 puts us in an embarrassing

position having to investigate plus 1.

Now whether he is conscious,

unconscious or a gibbering idiot.

Fine. I guess that can save

you a lot of time, Inspector

with your so called investigation.

I have here, the particulars

on all 3 members of the crew.

Charles Green, Ludwig

Reichenheim, Victor Carroon.

You'll find everything there, Inspector.

Medical histories, personal descriptions,

academic achievements, professional

activities, politics and even fingerprints.

Well, that is very thoughtful of you.

There is only one investigation

likely to serve any good purpose

in this situation, Inspector.

That's the scientific one.

I'm sure even you will

agree, that between us,

I am the best qualified

for that assignment.

Good day, Inspector, Sergeant.

Well, we might all well say

we've been given a ride.

Yes, sir.

It's absolutely unbelievable.

It just isn't clinically possible that

his heart should just pump like this.

Pulse, blood pressure the same.

Impossibly low.

He shouldn't be alive but he is.

Can't you do something to

increase the metabolic rate?

Tried everything.

No effect.

I never knew pressure

effects to last this long.

Well, these aren't

just pressure effects.

Take a look at his face,

take a look at the skin.

Anyway, here on the shoulder.

Feel it.

Swollen, coarsened.

Yes, and that's not all either.

Look at the contour of the face.

You mean the bone structure?

Yes, it could be rather limp, but

not about the shape of the bones.

There's been a change,

I'm convinced of that.

Is he any better?

He's coming along fine.

If only he'd say something.

Give us a sign that he's thinking,

that he knows we're here.

He knows, Judith.

He knows we're trying to help him.

What is happening to him?

Well, that's what

we're trying to find out.

Shouldn't he be in a hospital?

- That's exactly where he should be.

- Briscoe!

I can't take this

responsibility any longer.

I haven't got the proper

equipment here to do the right tests.

He belongs in a hospital.

Well, I suppose you're right.

I suppose you're both right.

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