Inferno
Broadcast May 9 - June 20, 1970

UNIT have been assigned to provide security for an experimental operation, nicknamed the Inferno. The Doctor is also present as a UNIT observer but is secretly siphoning off power.[1]


No of Episodes[2]First Broadcast[2]Writer(s)[2]Script Editor(s)[2]
SevenMay 9 - June 20, 1970Don HoughtonTerrance Dicks
Director(s)[2]
Producer(s)[2]


Douglas Camfield
Barry Letts (uncredited)
Barry Letts



Episodes[3]
Episode One, broadcast March 21, 1970Episode Two, broadcast March 28, 1970Episode Three, broadcast April 4, 1970Episode Four, broadcast April 11, 1970
Episode Five, broadcast April 18, 1970Episode Six, broadcast April 25, 1970Episode Seven, broadcast May 2, 1970


Notable Cast[2]
Doctor Who - Jon Pertwee
Liz Shaw / Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw - Caroline JohnBrigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas CourtneySergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton - John Levene


Guest Cast Members[2]
Sir Keith Gold - Christopher BenjaminPetra Williams - Sheila DunnGreg Sutton - Derek Newark
Private Latimer - David Simeon
Private Wyatt - Derek WareHarry Slocum - Walter RandallBromley - Ian Fairbairn

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