Dillon has been affected and now has a scar on his cheek. He is taken away to the plant by some zombie-like guards and Quatermass is unable to find out what has happened to him. He later visits Vincent Broadhead, an MP who has been probing the plant's activities, and joins him at an official inquiry, But several of the commission also bear scars.

Quatermass visits the community near the plant but encounters suspicion as he tries to stir up the workers - until a new falling of objects convinces them. They march on the plant and, inside, Quatermass see a huge alien creature growing inside one of the food domes.