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Doctor Who: Inferno

Starring: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Olaf Pooley

Writer: Terrance Dicks, Don Houghton

Release Date:
May 9, 1970
Ratings:
8.6 / 10
Director:
Douglas Camfield
Companies:
BBC

Overview

UNIT is providing security cover at an experimental drilling project at Eastchester, designed to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a previously untapped source of energy. Soon, however, the drill head starts to leak an oily green liquid that transforms those who touch it into vicious primeval creatures with a craving for heat. The Doctor is accidentally transported "sideways in time" by the partially repaired TARDIS control console into a parallel universe where the drilling project is at a more advanced stage. Thwarted by his friends' ruthless alter egos, he works to save both universes.