For many years they waited. Under the ground. Waiting for the moment that they would see the light of day and reign supreme...
Yes, Chris Chibnall's crayon-scribbled Doctor Who scripts locked in a hermetically-sealed time capsule in the late 1970s and dug up and dusted in the 21st century. Well, possibly. Yes, having put us through the wretched 42 , it seems that the man ain't through with us yet. He was invited back to pen a two-part story for Matt Smith's first season, which not only brings back the Silurians but apparently wipes out Amy's gormless whipping-boy once and for all.
It's a shock tactic that could have paid dividends, but in the harsh light of day, it wasn't to be. Which makes my original take on the story somewhat laughable, given that a good story was supposedly elevated to classic status because of an ending that just...
Yes, Chris Chibnall's crayon-scribbled Doctor Who scripts locked in a hermetically-sealed time capsule in the late 1970s and dug up and dusted in the 21st century. Well, possibly. Yes, having put us through the wretched 42 , it seems that the man ain't through with us yet. He was invited back to pen a two-part story for Matt Smith's first season, which not only brings back the Silurians but apparently wipes out Amy's gormless whipping-boy once and for all.
It's a shock tactic that could have paid dividends, but in the harsh light of day, it wasn't to be. Which makes my original take on the story somewhat laughable, given that a good story was supposedly elevated to classic status because of an ending that just...
- 11/13/2011
- Shadowlocked
After my enthused reaction to The Hungry Earth last week, I’m sad to say that Cold Blood left me a little underwhelmed, and I’m trying to work out just why that was.
The story progresses at a fair old lick once again, in truth so fast paced that even a squirrel with Adhd could have kept up. There are a few big concepts that have been worked into this double episode, and as a result it does feel a little rushed. It may well be that in looking to Classic Who for inspiration, Chibnall has shoe-horned a three-parter into a two-parter.
Pacing concerns asides, where were we? Amy was about to be dissected, the Doctor and Nasreen (Meera Syal) had seen the extent of the Silurian colony and Rory, Ambrose (Nia Roberts) and Tony Mack (Robert Pugh) were trying not to kill their hostage… on with the dance!
The story progresses at a fair old lick once again, in truth so fast paced that even a squirrel with Adhd could have kept up. There are a few big concepts that have been worked into this double episode, and as a result it does feel a little rushed. It may well be that in looking to Classic Who for inspiration, Chibnall has shoe-horned a three-parter into a two-parter.
Pacing concerns asides, where were we? Amy was about to be dissected, the Doctor and Nasreen (Meera Syal) had seen the extent of the Silurian colony and Rory, Ambrose (Nia Roberts) and Tony Mack (Robert Pugh) were trying not to kill their hostage… on with the dance!
- 6/2/2010
- by Sarah
- Nerdly
Mention Chris Chibnall to a Who fan and the chances are they’ll start ranting about his first Torchwood episode, Cyberwoman, which was frankly, terrible. However to dismiss Chibnall solely on those grounds is hugely unfair. His previous Doctor Who episode, 42, was an exercise in precise and concise story telling, and he wrote some stand out episodes for the second season of Torchwood, including the fun romp that was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the hauntingly sad Adrift.
The Hungry Earth harks back to Classic Who in more ways than one. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in the small Welsh village of Cwmtaff, instead of their intended destination, Rio, and decide to investigate a prominent mining operation. There they meet Dr Nasreen Chaudhry (Meera Syal) and her colleague Tony Mack (Robert Pugh) whose pioneering drilling operation has taken a strange turn. Stunned by the ground appearing to fight back,...
The Hungry Earth harks back to Classic Who in more ways than one. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in the small Welsh village of Cwmtaff, instead of their intended destination, Rio, and decide to investigate a prominent mining operation. There they meet Dr Nasreen Chaudhry (Meera Syal) and her colleague Tony Mack (Robert Pugh) whose pioneering drilling operation has taken a strange turn. Stunned by the ground appearing to fight back,...
- 5/24/2010
- by Sarah
- Nerdly
The BBC have released the official synopsis and a few images from the forthcoming Doctor Who episode The Hungry Earth. Airing after Amy’s Choice (episode 7) this is the first episode in a two-part story featuring the return of classic Who villains the Silurians.
It’s 2015 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. In the latest episode of the time-travelling drama, written by Chris Chibnall, the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age.
DoctorWhoTV also have the synopsis for the episode from the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures:
Over in the tiny, remote hamlet of Cwmtaf, human science is again being bold, pushing the boundaries and asking for trouble.
It’s 2015 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. In the latest episode of the time-travelling drama, written by Chris Chibnall, the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age.
DoctorWhoTV also have the synopsis for the episode from the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures:
Over in the tiny, remote hamlet of Cwmtaf, human science is again being bold, pushing the boundaries and asking for trouble.
- 5/10/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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