Cold Blood

[daibhidc]

Oh. My. Freakin'. God!

That was something I said twice during the episode. First with delight, when I realised the Silurian Elder was Stephen Moore. He's one of those actors who you're faintly surprised to realise have never been in Doctor Who before, and he was brilliant.

Second with shock when (I did warn about the spoilers) Rory dies! And shortly afterwards gets wiped from history, including Amy's memory! Really didn't see that one coming.

Between those two moments was an episode I really enjoyed (especially since I correctly predicted which of the "apes" would kill Alaya). The usual conflict between the "war" and "peace" factions of Silurian society was given a neat twist with Maolokeh, who was basically on the "peace" side, but still didn't entirely see the humans as people.

(Although I'd have prefered it if they'd been suspended for another 500 years, rather than a thousand, since that would tie in with the Silurian Earth Reptile presence in Bernice Summerfield's time.)

And within the crack is ... a chunk of TARDIS! Eek!

Comments

[john_amend_all]

In the timeline the new series seems to be following, doesn't a thousand years in the future correspond to a time when the Earth is abandoned by humans? <googles> "The Beast Below" has Earth abandoned in the 29th century for several hundred years.

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know where that came from. In "The Ark in Space", the Nerva beacon was constructed in the 30th century, but wasn't used to escape the solar flares until thousands of years later.