 In addition to the character 's various television and film appearances , Quatermass was also seen in a variety of other media between the 1950s and the 1990s . In 1955 Kneale was invited by the publishers of the Daily Express to write a new prose Quatermass story for serialisation in their newspaper ; as he was unable to think of a new storyline , they suggested he simply adapt Quatermass II , which he agreed to do . The serialisation ran in the Daily Express from 5 December 1955 to 20 December 1955 , although Kneale was forced to draw it to a rapid conclusion when the paper lost interest in the project and instructed him to complete the story as soon as possible . 
