Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)

Cec Linder: Dr. Matthew Roney

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Quotes 

• Dr Matthew Roney : It's a funny word... worn out before anything turned up to claim it: Martian.

• [discussing the fossils Roney discovered] 

  Prof. Quatermass : Well if you're wrong it won't matter.

  Dr. Matthew Roney : No. I'll just retire. They'll stick me alongside the Piltdown forgeries as a horrid warning.

• Dr. Roney : [speaking at a press conference about the fossil apemen]  We need time to do our work properly and I'm afraid we're not going to get it. The owners of the site want to get on with their building - now that's natural enough - and they're pressing us to get out.

  Museum Official : Uh, that was confidential.

  Dr. Roney : Oh. All right, please keep it off the record gentlemen that they're trying to kick us out.

• Dr. Roney : [describing the ape men]  He wasn't very tall. He had the face of an ape, but he had a big brain. And he stood like a man.