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Doctor Who Inferno TV Story

20th Century Earth. An unhinged scientist, Professor Stahlman, is attempting the first penetration of the Earth’s crust in a top secret drilling project called Inferno. His purpose? To tap into a new energy source at the core. But at what cost? When the Doctor is called in with his companion Liz Shaw to oversee the project, he soon develops grave misgivings. Things begin to go very wrong when a mysterious green substance leaks from the drillhead. A substance which turns all who come into contact with it into alien primeval creatures called Primords.

Story Order

  • Story 54 from Doctor Who
  • Story 4 of 4 from Season 7

Episodes

Saturday
9th May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 1

UNIT are at a project run by Professor Stahlman who intends to penetrate Earth's crust.

Saturday
16th May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (22 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 2

The green slime oozing from the drill head is transforming men into monsters.

Saturday
23rd May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 3

Transported to a parallel world, the Doctor discovers that England is under military rule.

Saturday
30th May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 4

In the parallel world, the drilling project is about to penetrate the Earth's crust.

Saturday
6th June 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 5

In the parallel world, Earth’s crust has been penetrated, releasing terrible forces from within the Earth.

Saturday
13th June 1970
5:25PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 6

As the parallel Earth faces destruction, the Doctor is desperate to return to his world to warn them of the danger.

Saturday
20th June 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 7

The Doctor has escaped the doomed, parallel Earth and attempts to put a halt to the drilling project.

Characters

Credits

  • Doctor WhoJon Pertwee
  • Liz ShawCaroline John
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-StewartNicholas Courtney
  • Professor StahlmanOlaf Pooley
  • Sir Keith GoldChristopher Benjamin
  • Greg SuttonDerek Newark
  • Petra WilliamsSheila Dunn
  • Sergeant BentonJohn Levene
  • Private LatimerDavid Simeon
  • Private WyattDerek Ware
  • Harry SlocumWalter Randall
  • BromleyIan Fairbairn
  • RSF SentryRoy Scammell
  • Section Leader Elizabeth ShawCaroline John
  • PattersonKeith James
  • PrimordDave Carter
  • PrimordPat Gorman
  • PrimordPhilip Ryan
  • PrimordPeter Thompson
  • PrimordWalter Henry