History Recap / DoctorWhoS31E08TheHungryEarth

* BigKiss: Henry, afraid they're about to die, kisses Nasreen.

* [[{{What Measure is a Nonhuman}} What Measure Is A Non-Silurian]]: First of all, who has the right to the planet, considering the Silurians were here first? Second of all, no we're ''not'' going to dissect the prisoner!... ''Then'' [[spoiler:we cut to 'down below' and discover that they've proceeded to do just that. While the guy was awake.]] Eeeee.

* LizardFolk: The Silurians, ''Doctor Who'''s most famous lizard-people, are back.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
-->'''Elliot:''' "I can't do the words, I'm dyslexic."
-->'''Doctor:''' "Oh, that's okay. I can't make a decent meringue."

* DamselInDistress: Amy, held hostage by the Silurians, and Alaya, held hostage by the humans.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Excused since [[spoiler:the one who'd suffered it was naturally under pressure and didn't care about technicalities about dissection and vivisection.]]
** [[spoiler:Vivisection]] is simply unnecessary jargon therefore [[spoiler:dissection does describe what the Silurians performed on the drill worker.]] There is at least one definition of the word that does not require [[spoiler:the subject to be dead.]]
** The rumor of Einstein's dyslexia has been disproved by [[http://dyslexia.learninginfo.org/einstein.htm his biographers]].[[hottip:* : But what do they know. The Doctor was there!]]
** "''Homo reptilia''" makes little sense, because the genus ''Homo'' is within the order Primates. This would make Silurians close relatives of ours who somehow evolved from mammals into reptiles. "''Reptilia sapiens''" would make more sense. Perhaps "''Homo reptilia''" was coined by a cryptozoologist?

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nasreen has quite a few fans calling for her to join the TARDIS crew.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why is only Amy pulled into the Earth when it gets hold of her and not the man? Because a male had already been vivisected and now they need to learn about the female of the species.
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:All right, so a man's been vivisected while still conscious. That's [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmare fuel]] enough. But, considering that this is a 'decontamination', one can't help but wonder what offending organs might have been taken out that they deliberately didn't put back...]]

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Robert "Tony Mack" Pugh played Jonah in the ''{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Adrift", and Meera "Nasreen Chaudhry" Syal is known for her work on ''GoodnessGraciousMe'', ''The Kumars at No. 42'', and Steve Moffat's own ''{{Jekyll}}'' (for more Who points, she was dating Agatha Christie).

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[spoiler: One of the Silurians' hostages was cut open and examined ''while still conscious''. The episode ends with one of them advancing on Amy, preparing to do the same thing to her.]]
** And also lots of fuel for claustrophobes and anyone afraid of suffocation.

* IAmNotShazam: The Doctor refers to the Silurians first as Homo Reptilia, before saying they're also known as Silurians and Eocene.
* JamesBondage: Mo clamped to the vivisection table.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: What with the prejudice that still exists against learning disabilities today, particularly language-based ones - it is amazing how many people think dyslexics, etc. are "just stupid" or "not trying" - a few well-placed anvil blows are always useful.

** Probably a bit of CanisLatinicus too. They were probably going for a meaning like "Reptile Man" (or "Lizard Man"), which is how most people, who don't know who/what they actually are, would describe a Silurian.
** Do you really think that name came from a proper taxonomist?
** Are we sure this isn't a ContinuityNod or a RunningGag? ''None of the other names for them were particularly accurate, either''.
* TearJerker: The look on the Doctor's face as he tries to get Amy out of the hole is absolutely ''heart-breaking''.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Averted, as these Silurians do not have wobbly rubber heads, but...
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Quite a number of fans have expressed disapproval at how the Silurian costumes have more human-looking faces than the old costumes.
** WordOfGod in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' is that these visual differences have the in-universe explanation of racial variations, which are apparently more extreme than they are in humanity.
*** FridgeBrilliance: That explains the Sea Devils!

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Silurian colony looks really cool, though.
* WhatAnIdiot: Naturally, the sensible thing to do when one encounters a mysterious hole in the ground spewing steam is to stick one's unprotected hand into it.

** ExactWords.

* YouFailBiologyForever: Despite what the Doctor's glasses might say, cold-blooded animals ''do'' leave infrared signatures.

* FetishFuel: Alaya chained up, Alaya's tongue, and Alaya's weird armor are likely to get lots of play in fandom.

** Homo reptilia = Lizard person. Reptilia sapiens = Wise lizard. They both make a reasonable amount of sense taken that way and we don't necessarily know where our latest common ancestor with them lived.

* FetishFuel: Alaya chained up, Alaya's tongue, and Alaya's weird armor are likely to get lots of play in fandom. And on the other side, Mo strapped down and shirtless [[spoiler: having just been vivisected and put back together ''while conscious'']].

** [[SubvertedTrope Actually,]] he turns out to be a [[MadDoctor Mad Doctor]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]].

The Doctor and Nasreen decide to head underground to bargain with the Silurians ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians remember]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep them]]?), one of whom is under the watchful eye of Rory, a crazed mother and her father; they have taken at least three people hostage so far and stung the aforementioned granddad with something nasty. And green.

** ExactWords.

* [[{{What Measure is a Nonhuman}} What Measure Is A Non-Silurian]]: First of all, who has the right to the planet, considering the Silurians were here first? Second of all, no we're ''not'' going to dissect the prisoner!... ''Then'' [[spoiler:we cut to 'down below' and discover that they've proceeded to do just that. While the guy was awake.]] Eeeee.

* ChristmasCake or GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave (where do you classify a woman between forty and fifty?): Nasreen. Just...Nasreen. Also NerdsAreSexy.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[IncrediblyLamePun Ha, Ha, Ha]]

* PlotTime: There is no ''way'' it only took them nine minutes to set up their makeshift surveillance system.

The second two-part story of the the Eleventh Doctor's first series. Written by ChrisChibnall, head writer of ''{{Torchwood}}'''s first and second seasons.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[spoiler:Excused since the one who'd suffered it was naturally under pressure and didn't care about technicalities about dissection and vivisection.]]

* OhCrap: The Doctor pulls a nice one at the cliffhanger, when he discovers [[spoiler: they's a wee bit more than just a dozen Silurians camped under the Earth]].

** ExactWords.

But the Doctor's got her! Shut down the drill! He's still got her! The drill is shutting down very slowly. He's still got her! Shut down already, drill, won't you! Tell Rory- [[{{ptitlebnatrk74wyta}} tell him yourself!]] I'll never let go! And to be fair he doesn't - she just gets pulled out of his grasp and under the earth, causing all claustrophobics to give a sympathetic shudder.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel [[spoiler: One of the Silurians' hostages was cut open and examined ''while still conscious''. The episode ends with one of them advancing on Amy, preparing to do the same thing to her.]]

* LastOfHisKind - The female Silurian warrior [[BlatantLies claims to be the last of her species.]] The Doctor replies that he ''is'' the last of his species, he knows "how that sits in the heart", and that faking it is an insult.

* [[spoiler:NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Definitely a case with the possible future Amy and Rory waving at the viewer timeline version of the trio.]]

* [[spoiler:PlayingWithSyringes: The Silurian doctor as he approaches Amy.]]
* ShoutOut : come on, I must not have been the only one to think that the [[NightVisionGoggles Night Vision Shades]] were extremely reminiscent of {{They Live}}

* [[spoiler:StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Amy and the drill worker.]]

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Robert "Tony Mack" Pugh played Jonah in the ''{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Adrift", and Meera "Nasreen Chaudhry" Syal is known for her work on ''GoodnessGraciousMe'', ''The Kumars at No. 42'', and Steve Moffat's own ''{{Jekyll}}''.