 The character of Quatermass has been described by BBC News Online as Britain 's first television hero , and by The Independent newspaper as " A brilliantly conceived and finely crafted creation ... [ He ] remained a modern ' Mr Standfast ' , the one fixed point in an increasingly dreadful and ever @-@ shifting universe . " In 2005 , an article in The Daily Telegraph suggested , " You can see a line running through him and many other British heroes . He shares elements with both Sherlock Holmes and Ellen MacArthur . " 
