Talk:Nigel Kneale

Nigel Kneale on Doctor Who
Despite Nigel Kneale's criticisms of Doctor Who he of course cannot denied that many people who became fans of Quatermass as a result of being Doctor Who fans. I for instance found out about Quatermass through Doctor Who. If it wasn't for Doctor Who Quatermass would have been a complete memory and that it was the foundation of British sci-fi TV would have been scarely relevant. Given the fact that infamous Doctor Who hater Michael Grade has admitted publicly that he loves the new Doctor Who series I can only hope that Kneale has converted as well. After all the Quatermass remake feature in its cast Mark Gatiss a writer of the new Doctor Who and David Tennant who has replaced Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who. Despite Kneale's distaste of Doctor Who that is not going to stop me as a Doctor Who fan from watching Quatermass when I get the chance. --The Shadow Treasurer 8 July 2005 01:49 (UTC)
 * Oh I quite agree - I doubt there's a person who's seen both shows who, if they like one, doesn't like the other. But this is an article about Kneale, so we have to concentrate on his thoughts on the matter really, rather than being a general piece on SF fandom. Angmering 8 July 2005 11:26 (UTC)

GA review

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 * a (prose): b (MoS):
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 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
 * 1) It is stable.
 * 2) It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
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 * a Pass/Fail: --Rmky87 03:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * a Pass/Fail: --Rmky87 03:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

First adult science fiction…?
The claim made here (taken from Andrew Pixley) that “The Quatermass Experiment was the first adult television science-fiction production” is contradicted by the Wikipedia article on R.U.R., which states “On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five minute adaptation of a section of the play was broadcast on BBC Television – the first piece of television science-fiction ever to be broadcast.” R.U.R. is undoubtedly science fiction, undoubtedly an adult play, and was definitely on before The Quatermass Experiment; my feeling is that the claim could be struck out here without diminishing Kneale’s stature in the T.V. pantheon. It might be that the intention was to claim that this was the first original science fiction drama, but the quote from Pixley doesn’t say that. Jock123 (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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FA concerns
After reading this article, I am concerned that it does not meet the featured article criteria anymore. Some of my concerns are outlined below:


 * Large sections in the article that can be trimmed or broken up into subheadings
 * Inconsistent formatting, where some books are listed in Further Reading, and others are not.
 * IMDB used as a source, when it is unreliable per WP:RS/P

Is anyone interested in bringing this back to FA standards? Z1720 (talk) 23:57, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Date of birth disputed
Message below copied from my talk page. — Manti  core  00:20, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Birth date of Nigel Kneale is 28 April, not 18 April

Hi there

Sorry for reverting the changes you made to this.

Please see this Twitter discussion: https://twitter.com/MrGeetsRomo/status/1510211587319209986

citation for Nigel Kneale's birth date is here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OI5XDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=%22there,+in+barrow-in-furness%22+andy+murray&source=bl&ots=gXlQj52zA1&sig=ACfU3U08Avv7M72dLVFzHQitDJyDqirIxA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBzs_Z1_f2AhVSa8AKHSAhCeAQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=%22there%2C%20in%20barrow-in-furness%22%20andy%20murray&f=false

I'm afraid I'm not skilled enough in editing Wikipedia to change the citation myself. Perhaps you could do so?

Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.166.129 (talk) 11:51, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Short story
There's a fine psychological short horror story, The Photograph, by Nigel Kneale. It doesn't appear in the bibliography, so is this the same writer? I wonder if he wrote more in that genre. Shtove (talk) 05:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)