Whilst working on a new subway tunnel for the London Underground, a group of construction workers uncover a strangely shaped skull amongst the rubble. Nearby is another discovery; a large, mysterious and impenetrable metal object. Initially mistaken for an unexploded bomb, the origins of the object and its strange power are far more horrific and terrifying than anybody could have possibly imagined. Is it of this earth? Could it be the ancestral link to mankinds evolution? Or could it be an ancient link to unleashing ultimate evil? Theres only one man capable of unraveling the clues, his name is Professor Bernard Quatermass, a man of science who thrives on the dark mysteries of the world, a man of science.