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$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ \u201c Doctor Who and The Silurians<\/a> $\"\"$ \u201d introduced for the first time a race that has continued to reappear throughout the show\u2019s history right up until recent seasons: the Silurians, also referred to as Homo Reptilia, reptilian bipeds who sought safety underground from a potentially cataclysmic encounter with a planetoid (which became our moon, ending up orbiting rather than devastating our planet). Since then, while they were hibernating beneath the Earth, primates came to dominate.<\/p>\n

Most react to the appearance of these beings with hostility and fear. The Doctor says that it is \u201ctypical of the military mind\u201d that you \u201cPresent it a problem and it starts shooting at it.\u201d The Doctor\u2019s disgust with humanity\u2019s reactions to these other inhabitants of their planet is a recurrent feature when the Silurians appear, whether in the era of Peter Davidson or of Matt Smith.<\/p>\n

The dispute over the Earth\/ground, with one group now inhabiting it but another claiming that it was theirs long before, mirrors a variety of conflicts over patches of the planet, and so leads naturally to a discussion of how to address and settle such competing claims.<\/p>\n

Liz Shaw\u2019s role in the episode is important, and several news outlets reported the fact that the actress who played the role, Caroline John<\/a>, recently passed away<\/a>. IO9 credits her with helping to save Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The episode also features the Doctor as scientist, trying to find a cure for an epidemic \u2013 something that each of the first three Doctors did at some point.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"