Doctor Who Inferno: Episode 6 (1963–1989) Online
- Original Title :
- Inferno: Episode 6
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Adventure / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi
- Year :
- 1963–1989
- Directror :
- Douglas Camfield,Barry Letts
- Cast :
- Jon Pertwee,Caroline John,Nicholas Courtney
- Writer :
- Don Houghton
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 24min
- Rating :
- 8.7/10
With the parallel earth doomed, the Doctor asks his friends' counterparts to help him return to his own world but the Brigade Leader only sees the TARDIS as a means of escape.
Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Jon Pertwee | - | Doctor Who | |
Caroline John | - | Liz Shaw | |
Nicholas Courtney | - | Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart | |
Olaf Pooley | - | Professor Stahlman | |
Derek Newark | - | Greg Sutton | |
Sheila Dunn | - | Dr. Petra Williams | |
John Levene | - | Sergeant Benton | |
Dave Carter | - | Primord | |
Pat Gorman | - | Primord | |
Walter Henry | - | Primord | |
Philip Ryan | - | Primord | |
Peter Thompson | - | Primord |
Caroline John was particularly upset though about the scene in which Shaw shoots Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart, as she was pregnant at the time. As a result, the scene was recorded with the weapon fired from out-of-shot, after which Shaw was shown returning the gun to her holster.
This episode was watched by 6.7 million viewers on its original transmission.
When the Doctor is discussing that there only weapon is a fire extinguisher and that they only have one fire extinguisher, a fire extinguisher can be clearly seen behind them.
As the Doctor prepares to go back to his own dimension, the character Greg Sutton remarks that he thought the TARDIS console would be "a bit more impressive than that." The Doctor replies, "What did you expect? Some kind of space rocket with 'Batman' at the controls?"
The Doctor is played by Jon Pertwee whose son (Sean Pertwee) plays Alfred to Ben McKenzie's Batman in Gotamas (2014).
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