Inferno
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Inferno
HOLY SHIT. THE TITLES. ON TOP OF VOLCANOES. AND LAVA. AND S'PLOSIONS. ASFHKLADSHFKLDSHFKLDSHFKLSD
I wonder what song Three is singing...uh oh, green goop bubbling out of the floors is usually never a good thing...
Green Goop Guy (Slocum, who kinda looks like Richard Pryor) growling and attacking people...that can't be good either...
Oh, hello again, Benton! You know, I think it's time I gave you a Tag on the Blog.
Brig does not approve of Benton laughing at his old military photos. It's okay if the Doctor does it, though.
That woman's name is Petra? We're using pun names now?
So I was wrong about the TARDIS interior in Ambassadors. He's taken the console OUT of the TARDIS entirely. Wonder how he did that.
Oh my god. Three just got trapped in that weird flashing-faces sequence from the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I'm not even going to bother mentioning the impracticality of Liz's insanely short skirt in this serial. Oh wait...
I'm sensing more and more potential romantic interest between Mr. Sutton and Petra. It just seems to happen when a man and woman argue alot.
So Three recognizes the growling sound from Krakatoa? You know, I used to think that was what Jamie said when he screamed "Creag an tuire!"
"Yes, well I'll tell you something that should be of vital interest to you, professor."
"About what?"
"YOU, sir, are a NITWIT!"
EVERY time a main antagonist comes into contact with a dangerous substance and says he's fine, he NEVER is.
See? First Marsters in The Silurians, now Professor Stahlman here.
"DOCTOR! What do you think you're doing?!?"
"Venusian Karate."
TIME-FU!
And according to the InfoText it was originally meant to be Martian Karate. I like what they stuck with. It's more unique and sounds neater.
And off goes Three, taking Bessie with him, into thin air...
CAR CHASE! And he's got alter-verse UNIT peoples shooting at him. Including Benton.
Woah. Nice haircut, other-Liz.
And she's even got red tinge in her hair for some reason. She almost looks like an adult evil version of Susan.
They're certainly using a lot of shots of people's legs in this sequeOH HAI EVIL!BRIG!
"Look, your name IS Lethbridge-Stewart?"
"Yes."
"Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart?"
"Brigade Leader."
Guys, I'm a bit blown away by Nicholas Courtney's acting chops here. The differences in nuance between the Brig and the Leader are AMAZING.
So it looks like the Professor in this universe is being plagued by the green goop as well. Funny how things work out that way.
"I don't exist in this world!"
"Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you."
@ThirdDoctor I just saw you take out an alternate universe Sargent Benton with two fingers. Very awesome, sir.
Everyone's suddenly becoming strangely more cooperative with Three. Maybe crises just do that to people.
"Whatever they've taught you in this bigoted world, you've still got a mind of your own. Now USE IT!"
Huh. I'd always thought that brown patch on the side of Jon Pertwee's hair was a trick of the light, but it looks pretty brown to me here.
Oh god. They've got Three under the interrogation lamp and everything.
So I wonder who the person sleeping under the blanket is. I bet we won't find out until the cliffhanger.
"Oh, go away and give me some peace."
"When I say get on your feet, prisoner, I mean GET ON YOUR FEET!"
"Oh, well that's different."
"(The shift from Warp to Warp is represented by a silvered drum revolving on a vertical axis.)" In other words, a disco ball?
Okay, so I was wrong about the reveal waiting until the cliffhanger. But that thing's trying to kill Benton o_o
AND IT CAN BEND METAL BARS. Which it can apparently only do to get INto Three's cell, but not to get out of it.
Wait, so why isn't it until RIGHT before Penetration Zero that Three suddenly tries to stop the whole operation?
And despite all the insane craziness, Three still calls him "Brigadier." And he responds. Aww...
They've still got about 2 1/2 episodes left, and yet this feels very much like a climax to me. The alternate world is going up in flames...
Looks like the alternate Sutton and Petra are finally getting together. Alter-Called it.
Evil!Brig and the other Liz want to go with Three to save their skins, but WILL IT TAKE OFF?
BLUE LION PEOPLE!
"BENTON, GET OUUUUT!" Oh crap, I don't see this ending well...
Then again, there's SO MUCH that happens in this story that I can't see ending well.
Yikes. Benton transformed FAST.
Uh oh, looks like Sir Keith dies in both worlds in an auto accident anyway. Ouch.
Has anyone else noticed that this facility seems to have the most conveniently-placed fire extinguishers EVER?
I mean, it seems like there's ALWAYS one RIGHT THERE whenever Three needs one.
"But there ARE other fire extinguishers at Central Control!" Yes, and one RIGHT BEHIND YOU, apparently.
"Says he's too busy to,"
"To busy to what, Sargent?"
"He says he's too busy to waste time bandying words with a pompous military idiot, sir"
Yikes. Regular!Brig is starting to sound a lot like Evil!Brig.
Three just made a Batman reference. Where did that come from.
Also, I'm impressed with Petra for summing up the nerve to tell off Evil!Brig for making unreasonable demands of her.
So the reactor switch isn't working and the monsters are closing in. Also, LOTS of s'plosions. This is looking extremely very not good.
Oh wow. I think Evil!Brig is finally starting to have his Villainous Breakdown. And Sutton is taking this BEAUTIFULLY well.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. AND SUTTON'S WINNING.
Holy motherfreaking crap. They're literally showing doomsday here. I'm not sure if I'm tearing up from the tragedy or the lack of blinking.
Just one more episode and this remarkably epic chapter comes to a fiery close...
Wait...Three's suddenly lying unconscious alone on the floor next to the console and...please tell me it wasn't all just a dream...
Okay, if Liz and Benton see him back after being missing, then I guess it all did really happen.
I'm assuming that strange ringing sound was the "sound of the Earth screaming" that Three referenced a couple episodes ago.
"I'll send for a doctor."
"I happen to BE a doctor, Brigadier, remember?"
Oh Liz, I'm gonna miss you.
And Petra and Sutton seem to be on the verge of confessing some feelings for each other. Called it, again.
"How are you, Doctor?"
"Fine, Brigadier. You know, you really do look better with that mustache."
"Delirious, poor chap..."
So they've stopped the drill in our world, but the episode's only half done. I wonder if he finds a way to save the other world...
Our Sir Keith lives! He just got away with a broken arm!
I think Three is giving us the Classic equivalent of the "time can be rewritten" revelation right now.
And he acts on it by smashing things with a wrench. *inches away slowly...*
"We have no PROOF of an emergency situation!" I'd say the boss showing up as a lava mutant is perfectly acceptable proof.
50 SECONDS TO SAVE THE WORLD.
Finished with 35 SECONDS TO SPARE! THREE/LIZ HUG! 2,000TH TWEET SINCE MY UNEXPLAINED RESET LAST MONTH!
"Goodbye, Brigadier!"
"Oh, there's quite a lot of mopping up to do! I shall be around for quite a while yet..."
"Oh, pity."
Uh oh. Three is MAD, and I don't see this TARDIS take-off ending well...
"Goodbye, Liz. I shall miss you, my dear, but I've had about all I can stand of this POMPOUS SELF-OPINIONATED IDIOT HERE."
Actually, that ended quite comically. Apparently, Three accidentally landed the TARDIS console in a dump a few hundred yards away.
They never did explain what that green goop was or how it did what it did to all the mutants, did they...
And we end Jon Pertwee's first season with joking-Doctor, smug-Brig and a final shot of laughing-Liz. Goodbye, Miss Shaw. We hardly knew ye.
Next: Season 8: Terror of the Autons