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|series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' -<br />[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' -<br />[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number = 7 | |number = 7 | ||
|main character = [[The Brigadier]] | |main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] | ||
|featuring = Ian Chesterton | |featuring = Ian Chesterton | ||
|featuring2 = Barbara Wright | |featuring2 = Barbara Wright | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] have gone off in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], leaving [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[ | ''[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] have gone off in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], leaving [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[UNIT]] facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma...'' | ||
Robbery and murder are on the increase in [[Britain]] as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. [[The Master]] seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key. | Robbery and murder are on the increase in [[Britain]] as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. [[The Master]] seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key. | ||
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Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with [[radiation]] and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on [[Earth]]. | Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with [[radiation]] and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on [[Earth]]. | ||
As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy... | As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright Chesterton]] | * [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright Chesterton]] | ||
* [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] | * [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] | ||
* [[Osgood | *[[Tom Osgood|Sergeant Osgood]] | ||
* [[Carol Bell|Corporal Bell]] | * [[Carol Bell|Corporal Bell]] | ||
* [[Harry Sullivan]] | * [[Harry Sullivan]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to [[Peladon]] in the television story ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''. | * This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to [[Peladon]] in the television story ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]''. | ||
* This story re-examines the events of the television story ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', and shows the after-effects of the "[[Inferno Project]]" at [[Eastchester]] on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery. | * This story re-examines the events of the television story ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', and shows the after-effects of the "[[Inferno Project]]" at [[Eastchester]] on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery. | ||
* The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black [[Rolls Royce Motors|Rolls-Royce]] [[limousine]] (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS ''Redoubt''. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at [[Devil's End]], it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in the novel ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''. | * The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black [[Rolls Royce Motors|Rolls-Royce]] [[limousine]] (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS ''Redoubt''. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at [[Devil's End]], it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in the novel ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''. |
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