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=== Silurian Dominance === | === Silurian Dominance === | ||
During a period of tectonic upheaval, deteriorating conditions on the [[land]] forced some Silurians to spend more time [[feeding]] and [[breeding]] in the [[sea]] until it became their sole [[habitat]], becoming the [[Sea Devil]] [[subspecies]]. The Sea Devils followed a similar [[evolutionary path]] to [[turtle]]s, developing [[beak]]s and [[nostril]]s to [[breathe]] out of the [[water]], while their [[Silurian crest]]s became, through a [[process]] of [[exaptation]], [[gill arches]] situated at the rear of the [[head]]. Their [[eye]]s shifted to the sides of their [[head]]s as another aquatic adaptation, while their claws became dexterous webbed [[hand]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}}) The Sea Devils came to co-exist with the land-based Silurians, with a [[time traveller's diary]] recording that the two [[Earth Reptile]] species signed a [[peace deal]] on [[28 January]] [[BC|425,000,000 BC]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'') | |||
[[Warrior-class Sea Devil]]s lived on Earth through the so-called [[age of the Dinosaur]]s, having used [[dinosaur]]s as both [[prey]] and as [[armour]]ed mounts. They survived the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|extinction event]] which wiped out the dinosaurs by plunging their aquatic [[colony|colonies]] into a state of [[hibernation]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)}}) | [[Warrior-class Sea Devil]]s lived on Earth through the so-called [[age of the Dinosaur]]s, having used [[dinosaur]]s as both [[prey]] and as [[armour]]ed mounts. They survived the [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|extinction event]] which wiped out the dinosaurs by plunging their aquatic [[colony|colonies]] into a state of [[hibernation]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)}}) | ||
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The Age of the Silurians was the era of Earth's history in which it was ruled by the Silurians. (GAME: Division of Angels [+]Loading...["Division of Angels (game)"]) Co-existing with the Sea Devils who resided in the seas, the Silurian Empire flourished on the land before the Earth Reptiles were forced into hibernation. (GAME: A Brief History of Space and Time [+]Loading...["A Brief History of Space and Time (game)"])
The period declined as a result of numerous disasters which led different triads or tribes of Silurians to retreat into hibernation over the millennia, (PROSE: The Monster Vault [+]Loading...["The Monster Vault (novel)"]) including the origin of the Moon (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)"]) and the extinction of the dinosaurs. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death [+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)"]) Ultimately, with the absence of the Silurians, the primitive apes whom they saw as pests evolved into humans. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)"], The Sea Devils [+]Loading...["The Sea Devils (TV story)"]) Nevertheless, stories of the Silurian Empire spread through the universe, with many alien species considering 21st century humanity to be insignificant compared to Silurians. (PROSE: UNIT History [+]Loading...["UNIT History (short story)"])
History
Silurian Dominance
During a period of tectonic upheaval, deteriorating conditions on the land forced some Silurians to spend more time feeding and breeding in the sea until it became their sole habitat, becoming the Sea Devil subspecies. The Sea Devils followed a similar evolutionary path to turtles, developing beaks and nostrils to breathe out of the water, while their Silurian crests became, through a process of exaptation, gill arches situated at the rear of the head. Their eyes shifted to the sides of their heads as another aquatic adaptation, while their claws became dexterous webbed hands. (PROSE: The Monster Vault [+]Loading...["The Monster Vault (novel)"]) The Sea Devils came to co-exist with the land-based Silurians, with a time traveller's diary recording that the two Earth Reptile species signed a peace deal on 28 January 425,000,000 BC. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)
Warrior-class Sea Devils lived on Earth through the so-called age of the Dinosaurs, having used dinosaurs as both prey and as armoured mounts. They survived the extinction event which wiped out the dinosaurs by plunging their aquatic colonies into a state of hibernation. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death [+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)"])
Alternate timelines
The Silurian Earth (PROSE: Infinite Requiem [+]Loading...["Infinite Requiem (novel)"], Head Games [+]Loading...["Head Games (novel)"]) was an unstable mini-universe, (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"]) an alternate timeline/universe/sub-universe where Earth was taken back by the Silurians in 1973. The Seventh Doctor visited, and destroyed, the planet in its respective 1993. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])
In an alternate timeline where the Cybermen used Time Lord resources to conquer all of history, the Silurians of Earth were converted into Cyber-Silurians and transformed Silurian Arks into Cyber-Arks, with the intention of launching the Arks into space and seeding the universe with Cyber-Technology before humanity could begin to evolve. The Eleventh Doctor and Alice Obiefune attempted to stop the Cyber-Silurians, but the Doctor was upgraded into the Cyberiad onboard a Cyber-Ark after teleporting Alice out to escape several newly-awakened Cyber-Silurians. The Doctor used his new cyber-connection to deactivate the emotional inhibitors of the Cyber-Silurians; in retaliation, the Cyberiad killed all the Cyber-Silurians and immediately launched the full Cyber-Ark fleet. However, following the Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon's regeneration of the universe via the Eye of Harmony on Gallifrey, these events, and, by extension, the rest of the timeline, were erased from history. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)"])
