Day 275: Inferno Episode 4

It's quite tense on the set of this episode. The director of this story, Douglas Camfield, has suffered a minor heart attack, putting him out of action for the rest of this serial. Camfield likes to cast people that he likes, meaning that the cast has some degree of personal connection to him, thus leaving them all in a constant state of worry over the fate of their director, or in the case of Sheila Dunn, the actress who plays Petra, her husband.

Fortunately, however, the producer has stepped in to take over. Barry Letts is already making a name for himself as an incredibly active producer, production wise. We'll see stories written and directed by him in the future, and it's because he's not afraid to get involved with the actual making of the programme. Instantly, we can see that this era is going to be interesting, with a new Doctor, a new producer and a whole new outlook on the series, we're going to be in for some nice stuff. But tomorrow (in an incredibly rare amount of pre-planning), we'll be looking at some of the not nice stuff in this serial, and how it would affect me in so many ways...