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UNIT is providing security cover at an experimental drilling project at Eastchester, designed to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a previously untapped source of energy. Soon, however, the drill head starts to leak an oily green liquid that transforms those who touch it into vicious primeval creatures with a craving for heat. The Doctor is accidentally transported "sideways in time" by the partially repaired TARDIS control console into a parallel universe where the drilling project is at a more advanced stage. Thwarted by his friends' ruthless alter egos, he works to save both universes.Read moreLess
UNIT is providing security cover at an experimental drilling project at Eastchester, designed to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a previously untapped source of energy. Soon, however, the drill head starts to leak an oily green liquid that transforms those who touch it into vicious primeval creatures with a craving for heat. The Doctor is accidentally transported "sideways in time" by the partially repaired TARDIS control console into a parallel universe where the drilling project is at a more advanced stage. Thwarted by his friends' ruthless alter egos, he works to save both universes.
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UNIT is providing security cover at an experimental drilling project at Eastchester, designed to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a previously untapped source of energy. Soon, however, the drill head starts to leak an oily green liquid that transforms those who touch it into vicious primeval creatures with a craving for heat. The Doctor is accidentally transported "sideways in time" by the partially repaired TARDIS control console into a parallel universe where the drilling project is at a more advanced stage. Thwarted by his friends' ruthless alter egos, he works to save both universes.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Jon PertweeThe Doctor
Caroline JohnLiz Shaw / Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw
Nicholas CourtneyBrigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart
John LeveneSergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
Olaf PooleyProfessor Stahlman / Director Stahlman
Christopher BenjaminSir Keith Gold
Derek NewarkGreg Sutton
David SimeonPrivate LatimerExplore the crew
- Writer
- Don Houghton
- Director
- Douglas Camfield
- Editor
- Martyn Day
- Producer
- Barry Letts