BBCDVD 1802 Doctor Who - Inferno by Don Houghton


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Release details

DetailValue
Catalogue numberBBCDVD 1802
TitleDoctor Who - Inferno
Artist(s)Don Houghton
Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label code-
Item deleted?No
Released1970
Distributed / printed by2 entertain
Country of originUK UK flag
Media typePrimary
Media genreDramas - Sci-fi
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Run-off codes / Shop bar codesA0100700006-A911 16 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
A0100699432-A522 16 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
My rating*****
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Tracks

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Side & trackTrack and ArtistLength
A1Episode 123.24
A2Episode 222.07
A3Episode 324.36
A4Episode 424.33
A5Episode 523.44
A6Episode 623.34
A7Episode 725.00
A8Can You Hear The Earth Scream? - Making Inferno34.48
A9The U. N. I. T. family - Part one35.36
A10Visual effects promo film5.60
A11Delete Scene - from episode 51.57
A12Pertwee Years Intro2.44
A13Photo gallery6.11
A14Doctor Who annual 1971 [PDF]
A15Radio Times billings [PDF]
Total length of media 4:14:14.

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Starring


Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor)
Caroline John (Liz Shaw)
Nicholas Courtney - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart/Brigade-Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
John Levene - Sergeant Benton/Platoon Under-Leader Benton
Olaf Pooley - Professor Stahlman
Christopher Benjamin - Sir Keith Gold
Sheila Dunn - Petra Williams
Derek Newark - Greg Sutton
Ian Fairbairn - Bromley
Walter Randall - Harry Slocum
Derek Ware - Private Wyatt
David Simeon - Private Latimer
Roy Scammell - RSF Sentry
Keith James - Patterson
Dave Carter, Pat Gorman, Walter Henry, Philip Ryan, Peter Thompson - Primords

Written by


Don Houghton

Produced by


Barry Letts

Directed by


Douglas Camfield

Synopsis


The Doctor and UNIT are attached to the Inferno project - a top secret drilling operation, which aims to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a major new source of energy. When a toxic liquid leaks from the pipes, the project is thrown into crisis, and when the Doctor finds himnself thrown into a parallel universe, the true danger that faces Earth is revealed ...

Background


The 'parallel world' story is something of a staple of most sci-fi series, books or comics so it's perhaps surprising that it took Doctor Who seven years to succumb to the temptation.

Inferno is the first story of the seventh season in which fledgling producer Barry Letts had any say in the commissioning and development. Letts was already pushing through radical new working methods and technology, to bring the series into the colourful 1970s. His techniques gave better flexibility to recording schedules, saw less wear and tear on the sets, and allowed more rehearsal time for the actors.

Director Douglas Camfield had been working on Doctor Who since William Hartnell's time as the Doctor, and been responsible for the stories that introduced the Brigadier and UNIT to the series. Inferno was his first taste of directing the series in colour, but he fell ill shortley after completing the first two episodes, and had to leave the production. Producer Barry Letts was left to take over the directing duties for the rest of the story.

Inferno sees the seventh season of Doctor Who finish on something of a dark and serious note, and in hindsight it's easy to see a series that is struggling to find its own identity after the black and white era of the 1960s. Jon Pertwee's reign as the Doctor would get into full swing the following year, with the introduction of the Master and Jo Grant, and with UNIT becoming yet more central. Season Seven sees Doctor Who in perhaps its most serious phase e ver, and with Inferno, gritty realism is the order of the day.

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