Six's goatee makes him look like Evil Spock.

It’s been some time since I’ve watched the Third Doctor’s 1970 adventure “Inferno”. Rewatching it this week I realized it must have been inspired by the 1967 Star Trek episode “Mirror Mirror”.

In the story, Jon Pertwee as the Doctor get transported to a parallel world where England is a dictatorship and his friends have evil counterparts. While Spock had a goatee in “Mirror Mirror”, UNIT’s Lethbridge-Stewart sports an eyepatch and long scar on the side of his face.

It was fun seeing the Doctor’s loyal friends play the bad guys. Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart even reveals himself to be a coward at the end.

Liz Shaw looked better in her short dark wig, than in her usual look. She ended up playing the “Spock” role by helping the Doctor escape at the end.

At seven episodes, the story is too long. It only becomes interesting once the Doctor reaches the other world. The story also suffers because of the green face werewolves featured in the show.