Quatermass and the Pit: "The Enchanted"
12th January 1959

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Quatermass II: "The Food"
5th November 1955

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The Aztecs 2/2

The first image here (from Episode 4) demonstrates one of the difficulties with some of this early material - the highlights are so blown-out there's very little picture information for one side of Hartnell's face. I've done my best with it!

The Enemy of the World 3/3

The Enemy of the World 2/3

The Sensorites 3/3

The Sensorites 2/3

Ah I did wonder if that prop might have appeared elsewhere (tbh I didn't do an exhaustive search)

Anyway here's how it looks in those colours - though it does seem rather darker in Seeds so it may have been repainted, who knows!

The Seeds of Death 3/3

The Seeds of Death 2/3

The Chase 4/4

The Chase 3/4

The Chase 2/4

Initially I tried putting strong colours in the costumes since there isn't much in the sets - but with lots of characters on screen a brighter colour can indeed get distracting!
(Hence the pastel greenish colour being my main choice)

Tomb of the Cybermen 3/3

Testing different colour schemes for their anoraks

Tomb of the Cybermen 2/3