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 * A prologue tells of the [[Silurian]]s going into hiding to avoid catastrophe.
 * Each of the reptile men is given an individual name and personality.
-* The Dinosaur controlled by the Silurians in the caves is explicitly stated to be a [[Tyrannosaurus rex]], while in the televised story its species is unclear, although it does appear to be a [[Theropod]] of some sort. It is hinted to be a species genetically created by the Silurians themselves by the fact that the Doctor is unable to identify it.
+* The dinosaur controlled by the Silurians in the caves is explicitly stated to be a [[Tyrannosaurus rex]], while in the televised story its species is unclear, although it does appear to be a [[Theropod]] of some sort. It is hinted to be a species genetically created by the Silurians themselves by the fact that the Doctor is unable to identify it.
-* All the scenes with [[Spencer (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Spencer]] and [[Davis (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Davis]] in the caves are cut out; they are replaced by Quinn and the Brigadier explaining the events.
+* All the scenes with [[Spencer (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Spencer]] and [[Davis (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Davis]] in the caves are dropped, being replaced by Quinn and the Brigadier explaining the events.
-* The Brigadier meets the Doctor and Liz at the lift when they arrive at the centre. In the televised episode, a soldier informs the Brigadier, who is in the conference room.
+* The Brigadier meets the Doctor and Liz at the lift when they arrive at the centre. In the televised version, a soldier informs the Brigadier, who is in the conference room.
 * A UNIT corporal named [[Grover (Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters)|Grover]] tells Liz that the Doctor is working on Bessie.
 * The Doctor's humming of ''[[Jabberwocky]]'' is removed.
 * A new scene features some security guards at the main gate checking the Doctor and Liz's passes. Liz gives a password, which is "Silurians".
 * Liz goes straight from the conference room at the research facility to the [[medical bay]]. In the televised version, she briefly goes to the cyclotron room with the Doctor.
-* The scenes when the Doctor first visits the Cyclotron room are cut out.
+* The scenes when the Doctor first visits the cyclotron room are removed.
-* Meredith is described as a good-looking young man, while in the televised serial he is older.
+* Meredith is described as a good-looking young man, while in the televised version he is older.
 * More background is given to Miss [[Phyllis Dawson|Dawson]]; she is said to have lived in London her whole life, looking after her old mother, while all her other siblings went to [[America]] and [[Australia]]. Her mother then died, and she took the job at Wenley Moor. She is also given the first name of Phyllis.
 * The entire third chapter is devoted to Miss Dawson, including her past life and her experiences with Dr Quinn.
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 * At one point, the Doctor is referred to as "Doctor Who".
 * Major Baker is renamed "Major Barker".
-* The scenes featuring [[Roberts (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Roberts]] are different from the televised story: on-screen, Roberts tries to strangle Miss Dawson when she tries to shut off the reactor, but in the novelisation, Liz notices him drawing extinct animals on his clipboard. When the Doctor confronts him, Roberts tries to strangle Liz, but is hit by Barker with his revolver, killing him. He is also given the first name of George.
+* The scenes featuring [[Roberts (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Roberts]] are different from the televised version: on-screen, Roberts tries to strangle Miss Dawson when she tries to shut off the reactor, but in the novelisation, Liz notices him drawing extinct animals on his clipboard. When the Doctor confronts him, Roberts tries to strangle Liz, but Barker hits Roberts over the head with his revolver — killing him. He is also given the first name of George.
-* When Quinn goes to see the Silurians to warn them about UNIT, he speaks with Okdel in person, rather than over a speaker system as in the televised serial.
+* When Quinn goes to see the Silurians to warn them about UNIT, he speaks with Okdel in person, rather than over a speaker system as in the televised version.
 * The Silurian that is wounded and forced to the surface is the same character as the [[Morka|Young Silurian]] (here named Morka) who kills [[Okdel L'da|the ageing leader]]. In the show, these were different Silurians played by different actors. In another diversion, the leader and Young Silurian disagree on whether Quinn should have been killed ("he tried to keep one of us prisoner") on their own; in the novel, the Doctor reveals to the leader Quinn is dead, and Morka dismisses it as "he tried to hold me prisoner".
-* Morka kills [[Squire (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Squire]] by breaking his neck, rather than Squire dying of fright as in televised serial.
+* Morka kills [[Squire (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Squire]] by breaking his neck, rather than Squire dying of fright as in the televised version.
 * Captain [[Sam Hawkins|Hawkins]] is demoted to Sergeant.
 * Only the Doctor, the Brigadier, Major Barker, Sergeant Hawkins and an unnamed soldier go into the caves to search for the Dinosaur. On-screen, there is more than one unnamed soldier.
-* Morka hides in the cellar of the barn at the farm. On-screen, there is no cellar, and the Silurian hides in the hay.
+* Morka hides in the cellar of the barn at the farm. On-screen, there is no cellar; and the Silurian hides in the hay.
 * Major Barker is not guarded when he leaves the [[medical bay|sickbay]]. On-screen, a UNIT sergeant is guarding Baker when he leaves.
 * The Doctor is far friendlier to Quinn in his cottage than in the show, where he's trying to unsettle him.
-* The death of Dr Quinn differs from the televised episode. On-screen, Quinn is killed by the captive Silurian and the Doctor discovers his body. Right after, he runs into the escaped Silurian, cautiously greets it, and tries to convince it to explain its situation to the humans. In the novelisation, Quinn is talking with Miss Dawson when the Silurian (Morka) burns down the door of the store room he is locked in. When Quinn tries to talk to him, Morka kills him and knocks out Dawson and escapes. Dr Meredith later comes to the cottage searching for the recently-escaped Major Barker and finds Quinn's body. He then finds Dawson has succumbed to her race memories and is drawing pictures of Silurian's and animals on the walls from the ash of the burnt door.
+* The death of Dr Quinn differs from the televised version. On-screen, Quinn is killed by the captive Silurian and the Doctor discovers his body. Right after, he runs into the escaped Silurian, cautiously greets it, and tries to convince it to explain its situation to the humans. In the novelisation, Quinn is talking with Miss Dawson when the Silurian (Morka) burns down the door of the store room he is locked in. When Quinn tries to talk to him, Morka kills him and knocks out Dawson and escapes. Dr Meredith later comes to the cottage searching for the recently-escaped Major Barker and finds Quinn's body. He then finds Dawson has succumbed to her race memories and is drawing pictures of Silurians and animals on the walls from the ash of the burnt door.
 * [[Edward Masters|Masters]]' first name is changed from Edward to Frederick. He and Dr Lawrence attended prep school together.
 * The Brigadier and his team realise the Doctor has gone into the caves ahead of them when they find Bessie by the entrance.
-* The Doctor and Liz enter the Silurian shelter through a air ventilation tunnel, instead of using the calling device he took from Dr Quinn as in the televised story.
+* The Doctor and Liz enter the Silurian shelter through a air ventilation tunnel, instead of using the calling device he took from Dr Quinn as in the televised version.
 * Morka is able to control [[Steve Robins|Robins]]' mind and forces him to leap off a chasm to his death.
 * The Brigadier and his team are attacked by the Silurian's dinosaur while escaping.
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 * The Doctor instructs Sergeant Hawkins to tell the police that there is an outbreak of the [[bubonic plague]] at the hospital so they'll cordon off the area.
 * Masters' death is different from the televised serial: in the novelisation, his train is stopped to prevent him from spreading the virus. Masters exits the train, but not before infecting the train guard. He manages to get a hire-car and goes to London, but dies in the car. The hire-car driver and a policeman are also infected by Masters.
-* The virus is stated to have reached [[Peterborough]] and the spread to [[Paris]] (confirmed right after the Brigadier hoped it could be contained in Britain) is fleshed out: two cases instead of one, caused by hospital nurses going on a weekend trip. Whereas the Doctor cracks the antidote in the show just after Paris is confirmed, in the novelisation it's also spread to [[Frankfurt]] and [[Belgrade]] (as well as the [[Midlands]] in England) by then.
+* The virus is stated to have reached [[Peterborough]] and then spread to [[Paris]] (confirmed right after the Brigadier hoped it could be contained in Britain) is fleshed out: two cases instead of one, caused by two nurses from the Royal Free Hospital — where the infected policeman was admitted — going on a weekend trip. Whereas the Doctor cracks the antidote in the televised version just after Paris is confirmed, in the novelisation it's also by then spread to [[Frankfurt]] and [[Belgrade]], as well as the [[Midlands]] in England.
 * Dr Meredith helps the Doctor and Liz find the cure for the virus.
-* The characters of Sergeant [[Hart (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Hart]], Private [[Wright (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Wright]], Private [[Upton]] and Corporal [[Nutting]] are completely removed.
+* The characters of Sergeant [[Hart (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Hart]], Private [[Wright (Doctor Who and the Silurians)|Wright]], Private [[Upton]] and Corporal [[Nutting]] do not appear in the novelisation.
 * Sergeant Hawkins is not killed by the Silurians.
-* Dr Lawrence is killed by the Silurians while in the Cyclotron room, instead of being killed by the virus as in the televised serial.
+* Dr Lawrence is killed by the Silurians while in the cyclotron room, instead of being killed by the virus as in the televised serial.
 * Liz witnesses the Silurians' kidnapping of the Doctor.
 * At the end, the Doctor is planning to meet the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] and convince him to go to the [[United Nations]] about sharing Earth with the Silurians. He's aware the Brigadier is up to something and Liz Shaw is fully aware of things. The Brigadier is stated to only be sealing the base rather than blowing it up, and the Doctor's reaction is more muted: anger that we'll never know if coexistence was possible, rather than horror that the Silurians have been massacred.