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* EvilEye: The Silurians can project some kind of invisible beam from their third eyes to kill humans and each other.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Between the moral ambiguity, extremely depressing ending and biological horror this could easily pass for a Torchwood story.
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* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The only one, one (not counting Six' awesomely silly BigFinish story "Doctor Who and the Pirates, or The Lass That Lost A Sailor"), due to an error in the script department.
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The only Doctor Who TV story to be officially titled "Doctor Who and..." (legend has it this was due to an error by the production team in putting the prefix onto the onscreen titles). [hottip:*:Six later got a BigFinish audio adventure called "Doctor Who And The Pirates", which is already one of the sillest episodes ever made and very much on purpose.]] While [[IAmNotShazam "Doctor Who" isn't his name]], the actor was credited as playing "Doctor Who" until 1981 (and again in 2005), so the WordOfGod on the subject is clearly a bit suspect.
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The only Doctor Who TV story to be officially titled "Doctor Who and..." (legend has it this was due to an error by the production team in putting the prefix onto the onscreen titles). [hottip:*:Six [[hottip:*:Six later got a BigFinish audio adventure called "Doctor Who And The Pirates", which is already one of the sillest episodes ever made and very much on purpose.]] While [[IAmNotShazam "Doctor Who" isn't his name]], the actor was credited as playing "Doctor Who" until 1981 (and again in 2005), so the WordOfGod on the subject is clearly a bit suspect.
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The only Doctor Who story to be officially titled "Doctor Who and..." (legend has it this was due to an error by the production team in putting the prefix onto the onscreen titles). While [[IAmNotShazam "Doctor Who" isn't his name]], the actor was credited as playing "Doctor Who" until 1981 (and again in 2005), so the WordOfGod on the subject is clearly a bit suspect.
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The only Doctor Who TV story to be officially titled "Doctor Who and..." (legend has it this was due to an error by the production team in putting the prefix onto the onscreen titles). [hottip:*:Six later got a BigFinish audio adventure called "Doctor Who And The Pirates", which is already one of the sillest episodes ever made and very much on purpose.]] While [[IAmNotShazam "Doctor Who" isn't his name]], the actor was credited as playing "Doctor Who" until 1981 (and again in 2005), so the WordOfGod on the subject is clearly a bit suspect.
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Watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xwcwf_tardismedia_doctor-who-and-the-silurians/1 here]]
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->'''Elder Silurian:''' ''This other species has developed its own civilisation. We must accept them as equals.''
->'''Young Silurian:''' ''I disagree! We must destroy them!''
->'''The Doctor:''' ''Brigadier, at all costs we must avoid a
->'''The Brigadier:''' ''You don't still think we can co-exist with the Silurians, do you?''
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* EvilCounterpart: The Young Silurian to The Brigadier. Both rebel against more level headed elders vying for peace, both show extreme courage and determination when their respective races are threatend and both are utterly prepared to wipe out the other party to ensure that their people survive. However, this trope is arguablly subverted, as neither one is truly more evil than the other, and while the Young Silurian is foiled the Brigadier's orders to have the Silurians wiped out go off without a hitch.
* GenocideDilemma
** An unusual mutual example
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Except for the Doctor and Liz - and perhaps the old Silurian leader - nobody comes out looking particularly good in this story, not even [[spoiler: the Brigadier]]. Most characters on both sides retain sympathetic qualities, however. This sort of complexity - that people in general aren't good or bad - was a staple of Malcolm Hulke's scripts - he was also involved in writing 'The War Games' a story dealing with DeliberateValuesDissonance.
* GenocideDilemma
** An unusual mutual example
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Except for the Doctor and Liz - and perhaps the old Silurian leader - nobody comes out looking particularly good in this story, not even [[spoiler: the Brigadier]]. Most characters on both sides retain sympathetic qualities, however. This sort of complexity - that people in general aren't good or bad - was a staple of Malcolm Hulke's scripts - he was also involved in writing 'The War Games' a story dealing with DeliberateValuesDissonance.
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* EvilCounterpart: The Young Silurian to The Brigadier. Both rebel against more level headed elders vying for peace, both show extreme courage and determination when their respective races are threatend threatened and both are utterly prepared to wipe out the other party to ensure that their people survive. However, this trope is arguablly arguably subverted, as neither one is truly more evil than the other, and while the Young Silurian is foiled the Brigadier's orders to have the Silurians wiped out go off without a hitch.
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**GenocideDilemma: An unusual mutual example
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Except for the Doctor and Liz - and perhaps theold Elder Silurian leader - nobody comes out looking particularly good in this story, not even [[spoiler: the Brigadier]]. Most characters on both sides retain sympathetic qualities, however. This sort of complexity - that people in general aren't good or bad - was a staple of Malcolm Hulke's scripts - he was also involved in writing 'The War Games' a story dealing with DeliberateValuesDissonance.
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* ThePlague: Unleashed on humanity by the younger Silurian in Part 5.
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* LizardFolk: The Silurians, with vaguely piscine features.
* ThePlague: Unleashed on humanity by theyounger Young Silurian in Part 5.
*TheReptilians: SimilarSquad: The Silurians, with vaguely piscine features.Doctor, Liz, and the Brigadier when compared to the Elder Silurian, Silurian Scientist, and Young Silurian respectively.
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-->''I'm beginning to lose confidence for the first time in my life - and that covers several thousand years.''
-->''I'm beginning to lose confidence for the first time in my life - and that covers several thousand years.''
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Except for the Doctor and Liz - and perhaps the old Silurian leader - nobody comes out looking particularly good in this story, not even [[spoiler: the Brigadier]]. Most characters on both sides retain sympathetic qualities, however. (This This sort of complexity - that people in general aren't good or bad - was a staple of Malcolm Hulke's scripts - he was also involved in writing 'The War Games' a story dealing with DeliberateValuesDissonance.
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ThirdEye: On the Silurians' heads. It's also a weapon.
* WhatTheHellHero - The Brigadier ordering the Silurian compound destroyed at the end, wiping out thecolony.colony. After the explosion, the Doctor drives away with a disgusted look on his face.
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What the Hell Hero is about CHARACTERS calling out the action. Please don\'t add justifications.
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** Then again the Old Silurian is probably the only thoroughly good character in the story other than Liz and the Doctor. Even the Young Silurian earns more points over the humans, as his willingness to sacrifice his life to save his people contrasts with the human characters' emotional and selfish motivations.
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** Then again the Old Silurian is probably the only thoughrly good character in sthe story other than Liz and the Doctor. Even the Young Silurian earns more points over the humans as his willingness to sacrifice his life to save his people contrasts with the human character's emotional and selfish motivations.
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** Then again the Old Silurian is probably the only thoughrly thoroughly good character in sthe the story other than Liz and the Doctor. Even the Young Silurian earns more points over the humans humans, as his willingness to sacrifice his life to save his people contrasts with the human character's characters' emotional and selfish motivations.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: The Brigadier scoffs at the Doctor when he first tells him that there are intelligent reptilian beings living in the caves. Yeah, as if that's any weirder than [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear robotic yetis]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion alien cyborgs]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace living plastic mannequins]]...
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** Then again the Old Silurian is probably the only thoughrly good character in sthe story other than Liz and the Doctor. Even the Young Silurian earns more points over the humans as his willingness to sacrifice his life to save his people contrasts with the human character's emotional and selfish motivations.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Except for the Doctor and Liz - and perhaps the old Silurian leader - nobody comes out looking particularly good in this story, not even the Brigadier. Most characters on both sides retain sympathetic qualities, however. (This sort of complexity - that people in general aren't good or bad - was a staple of Malcolm Hulke's scripts - he was also involved in writing 'The War Games' a story dealing with DeliberateValuesDissonance.
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