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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 435553" data-attributes="member: 8">Inferno (9-5 / 20-6-1970)[ATTACH=full]58327[/ATTACH]Bad decisions were made by some characters in the previous story, but it was intentional and motivated.What happens in Inferno&nbsp; is the complete opposite: a brilliant yet completely incapable scientist with seemingly unlimited authority runs amok in a drilling station that constantly teeters on the brink of disaster.There is no sense of protocol whatsoever and professor Stahlman persists in choosing the worst and most illogical options.The main computer (!!) is completely ignored and even sabotaged because all the information they need is in Stahlman&#039;s little notebook.He&#039;s not a villain, he&#039;s just unfathomably stupid and nobody has the power to stop him.They have been working on unearthing a super-energy for ten years, but the additional five hours it would take to drill slower and safely is out of the question.The Doctor accidentally transports himself to a parallel universe that deals with exactly the same situation except that Britain has become a fascist republic, and the parallel characters have been remodelled accordingly.Initially this seems like an interesting and quintessential Doctor Who thing to do, until it isn&#039;t, because now all&nbsp; characters have become stupid and obnoxious and angry and shouty.I found it relentlessly frustrating and unpleasant, and possibly the worst Doctor Who story so far. Even worse than the Eleventh Doctor playing babysitter buddies with James Corden (or maybe it just feels that way because it&#039;s been a while since I watched that episode).Either way, the Doctor Who critics disagree with me, and the Daily Telegraph has even ranked it as one of the 10 best Doctor Who episodes ever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 435553, member: 8"] Inferno (9-5 / 20-6-1970) [ATTACH type="full"]58327[/ATTACH] Bad decisions were made by some characters in the previous story, but it was intentional and motivated. What happens in [I]Inferno[/I] is the complete opposite: a brilliant yet completely incapable scientist with seemingly unlimited authority runs amok in a drilling station that constantly teeters on the brink of disaster. There is no sense of protocol whatsoever and professor Stahlman persists in choosing the worst and most illogical options. The main computer (!!) is completely ignored and even sabotaged because all the information they need is in Stahlman's little notebook. He's not a villain, he's just unfathomably stupid and nobody has the power to stop him. They have been working on unearthing a super-energy for ten years, but the additional five hours it would take to drill slower and safely is out of the question. The Doctor accidentally transports himself to a parallel universe that deals with exactly the same situation except that Britain has become a fascist republic, and the parallel characters have been remodelled accordingly. Initially this seems like an interesting and quintessential Doctor Who thing to do, until it isn't, because now [I]all[/I] characters have become stupid and obnoxious and angry and shouty. I found it relentlessly frustrating and unpleasant, and possibly the worst Doctor Who story so far. Even worse than the Eleventh Doctor playing babysitter buddies with James Corden (or maybe it just feels that way because it's been a while since I watched that episode). Either way, the Doctor Who critics disagree with me, and the Daily Telegraph has even ranked it as one of the 10 best Doctor Who episodes ever. [/QUOTE]

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