Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: Inferno 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, October 18, 1984 Written by Terrance Dicks Pages 128 Story Type Companion Exit, Series Finale Time Travel Present, Alternate Reality Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Environmental Message, Stranded on Earth Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Exile on Earth, Working for UNIT Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Bessie Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, Eastchester, England Synopsis Inferno is the name of a top-secret drilling project to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a major new energy source. A crisis develops when a noxious liquid leaks out as drilling progresses – the green poison has a grotesquely debilitating effect on human beings. As the Earth's plight worsens, the Doctor is trapped in a parallel world, unable to rescue the planet and its inhabitants from the destructive force of Inferno... Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Third Doctor Liz Shaw Primords The Brigadier John Benton Show All Characters (5) How to read Doctor Who: Inferno: Books Inferno Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating331 members 3.77 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating331 votes 3.77 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating2 votes 4.25 / 5 Member Statistics Read 16 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 2 Owned 3 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S7 • Serial 4 · (7 episodes) Inferno Rating: 4.28 Story Skipped Television Reviews(3) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Third Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote