Quatermass and the Pit (1958)

Episode Overview

Against his cautions, the media event proceeds, fully powering the craft for the first time. It hums and glows with a life-like aura as it taps into the energy source, stirring the ancient genetic programming within. The residents of London who carry the alien traits find themselves influenced by the ship, forming a collective consciousness. This group begins a telekinetic rampage, targeting those without the alien genes in a brutal act of 'ethnic cleansing' against those deemed impure and weak by the alien mind.