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*The masks the Silurians wear are similar to the helmets the [[Sycorax]] wore. ([[DW]]: [[The Christmas Invasion|''The Christmas Invasion'']])[[File:DoctorAmy-HungryEarth.jpg|thumb|The Doctor dragging Amy from a mysterious hole]] The visor's different scanning types are reminiescient of the helmets used by the aliens in the ''Predator'' film series. Also when Matt Smith moves his hand when looking through the heat scanning glasses, there is the same 'swish' sound heard when the Predator changes scanning type.
*The masks the Silurians wear are similar to the helmets the [[Sycorax]] wore. ([[DW]]: [[The Christmas Invasion|''The Christmas Invasion'']])[[File:DoctorAmy-HungryEarth.jpg|thumb|The Doctor dragging Amy from a mysterious hole]] The visor's different scanning types are reminiescient of the helmets used by the aliens in the ''Predator'' film series. Also when Matt Smith moves his hand when looking through the heat scanning glasses, there is the same 'swish' sound heard when the Predator changes scanning type.
*Matt Smith celebrated his 27th birthday during the filming of this episode.
*Matt Smith celebrated his 27th birthday during the filming of this episode.
*Amy and Rory see future versions of themselves in 2020 from a distance, seemingly revisiting their past adventure and watching their past (current, from a series perspective) selves.
*Amy and Rory see future versions of themselves in 2020 from a distance, seemingly revisiting their past adventure and watching their past (current, from a series perspective) selves. However, this may change, as the Doctor says, "time can be re-written."
*The completed episode had a running time of sixty minutes, requiring over fifteen minutes of footage to be removed in order to fit its broadcast slot.
*The completed episode had a running time of sixty minutes, requiring over fifteen minutes of footage to be removed in order to fit its broadcast slot.
*This Silurian tribe have the ability to flick their long forked tongues at their enemies, injecting them with poison. The Doctor implies that he has prior knowledge of such an ability, suggesting that he had encountered another Silurian tribe with a similar trait.
*This Silurian tribe have the ability to flick their long forked tongues at their enemies, injecting them with poison. The Doctor implies that he has prior knowledge of such an ability, suggesting that he had encountered another Silurian tribe with a similar trait.
*This is the first Silurian story to feature a female member of the species.
*This is the first Silurian story to feature a female member of the species.
*Originally, Mo and Amy were to be stripped down to their underwear before being dissected. This was removed for being "too adult".
*Originally, Mo and Amy were to be stripped down to their underwear before being dissected. This was removed for being "too adult".
*Amy mentions that she has been travelling with the Doctor for "months".
 
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The Hungry Earth is the eighth episode of Series Five. It is the first part of a two-part story. It marks the re-appearance of the Silurians for the first time in 26 years.

Synopsis

It’s 2020, and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age. [1]

Plot

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Cast

Crew

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
          

Despite the centrality of prosthetics to creating the Silurians — and indeed the inclusion of an interview with Rob Mayor on CON: "After Effects" — no member of Millennium FX's staff received an individual credit on this episode.  Similarly, Davy Jones was fairly extensively interviewed in CON: "After Effects", where he was clearly shown to be doing the job of the prosthetics make-up artist. However he wasn't credited for his work. This was the first time he was visually confirmed to be working on Doctor Who since The Parting of the Ways.  Malcolm Hulke did not receive a credit for creating the Silurians, seemingly indicating that the BBC owns them outright.


References

Technology

  • The Doctor has a pair of sunglasses that function as infrared thermal imaging scanners.
  • The Sonic Screwdriver can't "do wood".

Story notes

  • The episode was incorrectly entitled, The Ground Beneath their Feet.
  • A review for the episode by Beehive City states that the year is actually 2020 despite the press release saying 2015. It may have been changed due to some events of the previous episode happen in 2015.
  • The masks the Silurians wear are similar to the helmets the Sycorax wore. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
    The Doctor dragging Amy from a mysterious hole
    The visor's different scanning types are reminiescient of the helmets used by the aliens in the Predator film series. Also when Matt Smith moves his hand when looking through the heat scanning glasses, there is the same 'swish' sound heard when the Predator changes scanning type.
  • Matt Smith celebrated his 27th birthday during the filming of this episode.
  • Amy and Rory see future versions of themselves in 2020 from a distance, seemingly revisiting their past adventure and watching their past (current, from a series perspective) selves. However, this may change, as the Doctor says, "time can be re-written."
  • The completed episode had a running time of sixty minutes, requiring over fifteen minutes of footage to be removed in order to fit its broadcast slot.
  • This Silurian tribe have the ability to flick their long forked tongues at their enemies, injecting them with poison. The Doctor implies that he has prior knowledge of such an ability, suggesting that he had encountered another Silurian tribe with a similar trait.
  • This is the first Silurian story to feature a female member of the species.
  • Originally, Mo and Amy were to be stripped down to their underwear before being dissected. This was removed for being "too adult".

Ratings

To be added

Rumours

  • It is rumoured that the Sea Devils will appear as one of the races seen in the trailers. This was proven false.
  • Melanie Walters will appear in this episode and in Cold Blood. This is likely as Walters has been confirmed as a guest star. Also, she is Welsh, and The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood are set in a Welsh village.

Filming locations

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Production errors

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If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

Continuity

DVD and Blu-ray releases

BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Three will feature Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood and Vincent and the Doctor. It will be released on Monday 2nd August 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-ray.[2]

See also

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External links

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-hungry-earth-5209.htm
  2. ↑ DWM 421, Page 18


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