 In February 1959 the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show broadcast a parody of Quatermass and the Pit , entitled " The Scarlet Capsule " . Harry Secombe played his regular character in The Goon Show , Neddie Seagoon , in turn playing " Professor Ned Cratermess , OBE . " This was followed later in the same year by a spoof on another BBC radio comedy show , That Man Chester , which launched a regular strand entitled " The Quite @-@ a @-@ Mess Three Saga " , with Deryck Guyler as " Professor Quite @-@ a @-@ Mess " . However , the " Quite @-@ a @-@ Mess " name and references were dropped after only three of the episodes under pressure from Kneale , who felt that a 13 @-@ week spoof would be to the detriment of the original character . 
