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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Eric Stahlman grew up in the | Eric Stahlman grew up in [[Germany]] after the [[World War I|First World War]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Inferno (novelisation)|Inferno]]'') and became a [[scientist]], later heading the [[Inferno Project]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') He was known to [[Emily Shaw|Dame Emily Shaw]], who described him as an "old goat". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]'') | ||
Stahlman was obsessed with completing the project quickly and fought anyone who might delay it — including [[Keith Gold|Sir Keith Gold]], [[Greg Sutton]] and the [[Third Doctor]]. He was infected with [[Stahlman's ooze]] and [[mutation|mutated]] into a [[Primord]]. He was killed when the Doctor and Sutton sprayed him with a [[fire extinguisher]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | Stahlman was obsessed with completing the project quickly and fought anyone who might delay it — including [[Keith Gold|Sir Keith Gold]], [[Greg Sutton]] and the [[Third Doctor]]. He was infected with [[Stahlman's ooze]] and [[mutation|mutated]] into a [[Primord]]. He was killed when the Doctor and Sutton sprayed him with a [[fire extinguisher]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* "Stahlman" | * "Stahlman" is an Anglicised version of the German "Stahlmann", meaning "Man of Steel", a pseudonym used by [[Joseph Stalin]]. | ||
* Olaf Pooley was in his mid-50s when | * Stahlman is mentioned as growing up in "post-war Germany", whether this was the First or Second World Wars is unclear. Olaf Pooley was in his mid-50s when ''Inferno'' was filmed. Stahlman growing up in post-Second World War Germany would require the events to occur decades after ''Inferno''<nowiki/>'s original UK transmission. If the 1974 date for the story's setting established by ''[[Ashes of the Inferno (short story)|Ashes of the Inferno]]'' is correct this would mean Stahlman was born in about 1918 and that he grew up through the Great Depression and the Nazi era. | ||
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Revision as of 01:01, 8 March 2023
Professor Eric Stahlman was the founder and head scientist of the Inferno Project.
Biography
Eric Stahlman grew up in Germany after the First World War (PROSE: Inferno) and became a scientist, later heading the Inferno Project. (TV: Inferno) He was known to Dame Emily Shaw, who described him as an "old goat". (AUDIO: The Last Post)
Stahlman was obsessed with completing the project quickly and fought anyone who might delay it — including Sir Keith Gold, Greg Sutton and the Third Doctor. He was infected with Stahlman's ooze and mutated into a Primord. He was killed when the Doctor and Sutton sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. (TV: Inferno)
Appearance
According to one account, Stahlman was a burly man. (PROSE: Inferno)
Behind the scenes
- "Stahlman" is an Anglicised version of the German "Stahlmann", meaning "Man of Steel", a pseudonym used by Joseph Stalin.
- Stahlman is mentioned as growing up in "post-war Germany", whether this was the First or Second World Wars is unclear. Olaf Pooley was in his mid-50s when Inferno was filmed. Stahlman growing up in post-Second World War Germany would require the events to occur decades after Inferno's original UK transmission. If the 1974 date for the story's setting established by Ashes of the Inferno is correct this would mean Stahlman was born in about 1918 and that he grew up through the Great Depression and the Nazi era.
