Doctor Who Sampler: The Third Doctor
Season 1
Ep 8. The Silurians, Episode 7
- March 14, 1970
The Doctor, along with his companion Liz Shaw, investigates a series of mysterious power outages in the English countryside. They soon discover that the cause of the outages is a hidden underground civilization of reptilian creatures known as the Silurians, who went into hibernation millions of years ago and are now awakening due to drilling activity by humans. The Doctor tries to establish peaceful relations between the Silurians and humanity, but tensions rise as extremist factions on both sides seek to escalate the conflict. Liz gets caught in the middle of the struggle and the Doctor faces a difficult decision about how to resolve the crisis. As the situation reaches a boiling point, the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.