Warriors of the Deep (TV story): Difference between revisions

*Why would the sea Devils call themselves, 'Sea Devils?' Ditto for the Silurians, which according to the standard Evolutionary theory could not have been around until the Mesozoic era. Indeed, in ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' the [[Third Doctor]] says the Silurians should have been called Eocenes (but even this is wrong, as the Eocene is in the Age of Mammals, not the Age of Reptiles). He also claims that the 'Silurians' and 'Sea Devils' are variants of the the same race. ''They presumably refer to themselves and their race by some name or other, and the "translation" for us is Silurians and Sea Devils. It's like watching a scene where the characters obviously aren't speaking English to each other, but we "hear it as such" as a convenience.''

*In ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' the Silurians are land-based beings. It is not explained how they come to be in the sea. ''They went there to find and team up with the local Sea Devils.''

*The function of the "light" on the Silurians head has changed from [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]] and is now closer to the Daleks' light bulbs showing which one is speaking. In the previous story they were far more interesting. They had the power to kill, render unconscious, dissolve rock, and activate Silurian technology. ''They might still have that capability, but also choose to use it while talking.''

*The Doctor says that the Silurians had always wanted to live in peace with humanity. This is not exactly true. In ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' their attitude is at first ambivalent. They regard humans with contempt and call them 'apes'. It is the [[Third Doctor]] who persuades the leader of the Silurians to seek peaceful co-existence. But there exists a more powerful faction amongst them, which, lead by a younger Silurian, overthrows and kills the leader. From that point they mean to exterminate humanity. In ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' the creatures have hostile intentions toward humanity. The Doctor very briefly persuades their leader to seek peace. But after the humans attack their base, they resume their malevolent intent. ''The Doctor is perhaps being somewhat hopeful or optimistic at this point, as he is often wont to do.''

*How can the Doctor know [[Icthar]] as a leader of the Silurians? In ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', the leader (unnamed, as were all the Silurians) was murdered by a younger, who took his place. The successor wanted to destroy mankind, and died in an attack on the Silurian base. Some identify Icthar as the Silurian scientist in the story. But the Doctor had the briefest contact with this figure. And in any case, he would not have been worthy of the plaudits the [[Fifth Doctor]] gives him: he infected humans with a plague in order to kill them. It is possible, of course, that the Doctor met Icthar and the Myrka (which also does not feature in the earlier adventure, though the Doctor knows all about it) in an unchronicled adventure. The writers, however, intended the story to be follow on from ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''! One can wonder if they had watched the previous adventure at all. ''It's also possible the Doctor did some discovery about their race off-screen, either within the earlier story or completely separate from it. He may also be attempting to "connect" with Icthar (or maybe even buttering him up) by recalling their previous meeting, however brief, so that he can convince him to be cooperative.''

*How can the Doctor be offended that the personnel of the base suspect he is a saboteur when he has initiated a nuclear meltdown merely to provide a distraction so he and his companions can escape? ''Being offended is often not a logical emotional response.''