Inferno
Doctor Who, never a show to shy away from a science fiction cliché, does the alternate universe thing… But it works damned well.
Some scientist is drilling into the Earth’s crust, on the assumption it’ll give us loads of power. The Doctor, buggering about with the TARDIS, gets sent to the alternative universe where the drilling is slightly further ahead and is all going very wrong. So he leaves them to their fate and pops back to save us. That’s about the size of it.
But what seems like a fairly simple premise works very, very well indeed. The story runs in both universes at once and does have the feel of a p[roper old-school disaster movie.
The alternative characters are interesting, and the Brigadier’s turn as The Brigade Leader is fantastic. Much could be said about it but the way he plays a man so utterly different from his other self is brilliant.
The alternatie universe is a steadfast of Science Fiction and it’s a shame Doctor never returned to this universe – there is a huge amount to explore with the government set up and how other characters may have acted. That said, I do appreciate the ending was pretty apocalyptic for the alternate Earth so there’s not much to return to.
Actually, the fate of the Alt-Earth was one of the things I liked the most. It’s rare Who has such an Armageddon style ending for a whole planet. Obviously it was a bit of a “Their sacrifice is not in vain” malarkey as The Doctor got to save our world but it was powerful nonetheless.
This is a classic story with a fairly simple premise – On paper it wouldn’t seem that it could last 7 episodes but it never drags and all the characters are engaging. This is classic Doctor Who at it’s very best. 10/10.
Doctor Who, never a show to shy away from a science fiction cliché, does the alternate universe thing… But it works damned well.
Some scientist is drilling into the Earth’s crust, on the assumption it’ll give us loads of power. The Doctor, buggering about with the TARDIS, gets sent to the alternative universe where the drilling is slightly further ahead and is all going very wrong. So he leaves them to their fate and pops back to save us. That’s about the size of it.
But what seems like a fairly simple premise works very, very well indeed. The story runs in both universes at once and does have the feel of a p[roper old-school disaster movie.
The alternative characters are interesting, and the Brigadier’s turn as The Brigade Leader is fantastic. Much could be said about it but the way he plays a man so utterly different from his other self is brilliant.
The alternatie universe is a steadfast of Science Fiction and it’s a shame Doctor never returned to this universe – there is a huge amount to explore with the government set up and how other characters may have acted. That said, I do appreciate the ending was pretty apocalyptic for the alternate Earth so there’s not much to return to.
Actually, the fate of the Alt-Earth was one of the things I liked the most. It’s rare Who has such an Armageddon style ending for a whole planet. Obviously it was a bit of a “Their sacrifice is not in vain” malarkey as The Doctor got to save our world but it was powerful nonetheless.
This is a classic story with a fairly simple premise – On paper it wouldn’t seem that it could last 7 episodes but it never drags and all the characters are engaging. This is classic Doctor Who at it’s very best. 10/10.