TEXT: INFERNO by: DON HOUGHTON 5:15pm - 5:40pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: INT. NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTROL ROOM (The DOCTOR and the BRIGADIER rush into the switch room closely followed by SERGEANT BENTON and PRIVATE WYATT. The DOCTOR instantly spots BROMLEY on the floor.) DOCTOR: Look. (They bend down to examine him. On the other side of the room, another door is thrown open and the roaring, snarling SLOCUM bursts in. They all stand up and BENTON steps forward to tackle the half-human but the DOCTOR holds him back.) DOCTOR: No, don't move! It'll only antagonise him. [SCENE_BREAK] 2: INT. DRILL-HEAD (The alarm continues to blare and smoke is still coming from the drill-head. GREG SUTTON and the technician manage to turn the wheel on the coolant pipe. GREG turns a waiting PROFESSOR STAHLMAN.) GREG SUTTON:... don't worry. She'll calm down now the coolant's flowing. (STAHLMAN'S tone is less than gracious.) PROFESSOR STAHLMAN: Thank you, Mr. Sutton. (He walks off leaving a smarting GREG behind.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3: INT. CENTRAL CONTROL (PETRA adjusts various switches on a wall unit. STAHLMAN walks up and looks at the dials with her.) PROFESSOR STAHLMAN: Still too much power from the nuclear reactor.PETRA WILLIAMS: I think the Doctor went to deal with it.PROFESSOR STAHLMAN: (Irritated.) What? Well, check it please, Petra. [SCENE_BREAK] 4: INT. NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTROL ROOM (The stand-off between a wary SLOCUM and the others continues...) DOCTOR: (Calmly.) There's
SUMMARY:
The Doctor begins to suspect that penetrating the earth's crust will create more Primords but Stahlman sabotages the computer to stop him proving it.