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In Dr. Who, the Time Lords used a black hole as a 'mysterious energy source'.
That has as much relevance to black-hole negentropy as Demolition Man does to cryonics. In science fiction, the inability to explain something is indistinguishable from attributing it to magic.
Meh. Given that the impression was that no science fiction deals with it, I'd count it, just as I'd count Demolition Man as relevant to cryonics.
As far as I can recall, the last time we saw a black hole in Doctor Who, the TARDIS pulled another spaceship across its event horizon to safety. Just prior to that, they faced off against the actual literal Devil, who was chained in a hellish inferno inside a moon serviced by telepathic squid-people. I love Doctor Who, but I have a hard time calling it science fiction.
Aha. You're referring to that other show, also coincidentally called Doctor Who. But yes, the original series was just about that silly.
As for the implausibilty of telepathic squid people, just stay out of the dark places of the world and you should be fine for now. Until then, Cthulhu f'thagn.
Same for the Ori in the SG-1 episode Beachhead (transcript here; summary and transcript of prior black-hole episode here and here, which may partly explain the writers' thinking).