Inferno (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: Inferno, written by Don Houghton and shown from 9 May 1970.
 * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of Nick Spender. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary
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 Third Doctor is trapped in a parallel world, unable to rescue the planet and its inhabitants from the destructive force of Inferno…

Chapter Titles

 * 1) Project Inferno
 * 2) The Beast
 * 3) Mutant
 * 4) The Slime
 * 5) Dimension of Terror
 * 6) The Nightmare
 * 7) Death Sentence
 * 8) Countdown to Doom
 * 9) Penetration-Zero
 * 10) The Monsters
 * 11) Escape Plan
 * 12) Doomsday
 * 13) Return to Danger
 * 14) The Last Mutation
 * 15) The Doctor Takes a Trip

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from televised story
To be added

Writing and publishing notes

 * One of several titles commissioned by outgoing range editor Christine Donohoe and edited by Nigel Robinson.

Additional cover images
To be added

British publication history
To be added

First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * None

Editions published outside Britain

 * None