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Doctor Who Season 7 Doctor Who and the Silurians 4 of 7

Original Air Date: 1970/02/21

Hello.

Are you a Silurian?

Look.

Do you understand me?

Well, what do your people want?

How can we help you?

How many are there of you?

Tell us what we can do.

No, wait! Wait!

Wait!

Unless you Silurians tell us what you want,

the humans will destroy you.

Sergeant.

Sir.

- Are you still standing guard over me? - Sorry, sir, Brigadier's orders.

I see, well, as long as you're here, you may as well give me a hand?

I would you help me off with my jacket? My arm's still a bit stiff.

Certainly, sir.

Steady now, steady, sir.

- Still a bit painful. - Yes, of course, sir.

Thank you.

- And you just let him walk away? - Yes, but...

Sergeant Hart,

you were told to make sure Major Baker remained in the sick bay.

- I know, sir, but he jumped me. - You should have been prepared for that.

But I thought he was ill, sir.

He said he couldn't use his arm.

He seems to have used it on you alright.

Yes, sir.

Do you want me to set up a search party, sir?

No. Dismissed.

Sir.

Surely you're going to look for Major Baker!

He'll be in those caves, looking for those saboteurs of his.

We'll find him when we move in.

You're still going ahead with your plans to invade the caves?

Whatever the Doctor says?

I've sent to HQ for reinforcements, they should be here by dawn.

Look, where is the Doctor?

I'm not quite sure.

I believe he mentioned visiting Doctor Quinn.

I didn't bring him down here to visit the sick.

Hello.

Hello.

Was Quinn any help?

No.

No, I'm afraid not.

What's Doctor Quinn got to do with it?

Well, he was, well, is very interested in potholing,

I thought his experience with the caves might have been useful.

May I remind you Doctor,

that your business here is to investigate these power failures.

Now do you, have any suggestions to make?

Oh yes. That this establishment should be closed down completely.

Not much chance of Doctor Lawrence agreeing to that.

And a planned, cautious, scientific investigation of those caves.

Not an invasion by a lot of big-booted soldiers.

There are times, Doctor, when you sorely try my patience.

What's wrong, Doctor?

What happened when you saw Quinn?

Sit down, Liz.

Quinn's dead, he's been killed.

Oh, no.

- By a Silurian. - A Silurian?

Probably the same creature that attacked you.

You saw it?

I spoke to it.

And it understood me.

What was it like?

Reptilian.

Biped, a completely alien species.

And it didn't attack you?

Liz, these creatures aren't just animals.

They're an alien life form, as intelligent as we are.

Why didn't you tell the Brigadier?

Because I want to find out more about these creatures.

- They're not necessarily hostile. - Doctor, it attacked me.

Yes, but only to escape, it didn't kill you.

It didn't attack me when I was in Quinn's cottage.

Well, don't you see? they only attack for survival.

Well, human beings behave in very much the same way.

What are we going to do now?

Well, I'm going back down into those caves.

- See what I can find out. - Then I'm coming with you.

No, Liz.

Either I come with you, or I go straight to the Brigadier.

Alright. Have it your own way.

But the fate be on your own head.

- Here, you take a look at this. - What is it?

Well, it's a map of the caves that I found in Quinn's office.

And look here,

he's marked a special route to somewhere.

I think this is right.

Hang on a minute, I'm not so sure.

Well, what about this way then?

No, Quinn's marked a completely different route, look.

Yes, but look, that's far more direct.

Yes, alright.

Here, wait a minute.

Look at that. A cartridge.

- Just been fired, too. - Yes.

Look.

Well, that's Baker's.

- We've got to find him. - Liz, wait a minute.

Oh, no.

Yes, well from now on, I think we'd better stick rigidly to Quinn's route.

Yes.

Come on.

- What's the matter? - It's this heat.

Yes, I know.

It's really odd.

Doctor, look!

Well, well, well!

It's a doorway!

Yes. Well, anyone can see that. The question is, how do you open it?

Doctor, a Silurian.

I can't understand why it didn't see us.

- What's the matter? - Why is it so hot?

Well the Silurians are reptilian you see, they've?

Presumably created an environment inside there that suits them.

- I wonder how many of them there are. - Well, I wish I knew,

there's only one way of finding out, that's to get in there and see.

Well we can't without one of those things it was carrying.

Yes, of course.

I suppose you just happen to have one in your pocket?

Yes as a matter, of fact I have, Quinn's!

How long are you leaving me in here?

They'll be coming after me, you know?

Baker!

How did you get in here? Where are the troops?

- I'm sorry, but we're alone. - Well you've got to get back.

- Tell the Brigadier. - Can we get you out of here.

No, there's not a chance, there's some sort of electronic lock.

Have they harmed you at all?

No, they just keep asking a lot of questions.

- They can talk to you? - Yes.

- What do they ask? - The population of the earth,

what weapons we use, what food we eat. Don't you see?

They are trying to gather information for an invasion.

Look, if they speak to you again,

co-operate with them a little, find out all you can about them.

What's that?

What are they doing?

They're trying to revive a Silurian, from some sort of deep hibernation.

Maybe that explains the power losses in the research centre.

Doctor!

- Look, this is your chance, get moving. - - We can't just leave you here.

Go on, get out of here, will you, or we'll all be their prisoners.

Alright, we'll get back for you as soon as we possibly can.

- Fine. - Good luck.

Three of them in there now. One of them's bound to see us.

Try.

Let's try this way.

That's the creature that attacked me in the caves.

They must turn it loose sometimes and use it as some kind of a watchdog.

Those creatures died out millions of years ago.

Apparently not, Liz.

Close down sector three.

Sector three closed down.

Electron voltage reading.

- Two thousand million. Falling. - Sector four closed down.

Sector four closed down.

Be advised all sectors should maintain close down.

All sectors stabilised.

What is it, Travis?

Another power loss sir.

We were making the hourly circuit check when it registered.

Have you stabilised the nuclear reaction?

Yes sir. We shut down at once.

Lawrence here. Get me the generating area.

I've already checked, sir. Nothing wrong there.

I see. Alright, forget it, get me Doctor Quinn at his home.

I've tried that, sir. There's no reply.

Cancel the call.

Where's Miss Dawson? Isn't this her shift?

She didn't report in, sir.

- And there's no reply from her quarters. - This is absurd.

Excuse me, sir.

Travis.

Yes, he's here.

Alright, I'll tell him.

The Permanent Under-Secretary, sir.

What are you doing man? Let me speak to him.

There's no need, sir. I meant he's actually here in the centre.

He's on his way down in the lift, now.

That's all I need.

What's he come here for, sir?

I sent for him!

- Hello, Charles. - Hello, Edward.

What's all this about?

I didn't expect to see you till much later.

I've got to report to a meeting in London tomorrow.

- Any chance of some coffee? - Coffee?

I have been travelling most of the night.

Oh yes, of course, I'm sorry.

Let's go to my conference room, it's this way.

UNIT?

As you can see, they're well established.

Lethbridge-Stewart is asking for more troops.

Yeah, to go chasing about on some sort of man hunt.

Nothing's been done about the power failures.

We've got to get this sorted out, you know.

I'm under very heavy pressure from the Minister.

The future of this centre is very much in question.

You've made great promises for this project, Charles.

Nuclear power into electricity, limitless supplies of cheap, safe energy.

And we can do it, too.

Millions of pounds have been poured into this place.

With no results to show for it.

But if this research centre is abandoned,

all of that money would be wasted.

It would mean the end of your career, Charles.

That's why I'm doing my best for you.

What does your security man have to say about all of this?

Major Baker is convinced there are saboteurs in the caves.

- And are there? - Well of course not.

- How can you be so sure? - Well, the whole thing's ridiculous.

The Brigadier and Baker talk of saboteurs...

and that Doctor believes there are monsters down there.

I beg your pardon.

Well didn't the Brigadier put that in his report?

He was a little vague about the precise nature of the menace.

That's scarcely surprising.

Look Edward, I admit we've had a number of technical setbacks.

- Mine is not an easy job, you know. - I realise that.

Our problems can only be solved by scientists. Not by security men.

What do you want me to do.

Get all these UNIT people out of my way.

- Let me get on with my job. - The Brigadier is only trying to help you.

Help me? He's exaggerating this whole business out of all proportion.

- Merely to magnify his own importance. - I hardly think that's justified.

- Well, you don't know him as well... - I'm not arguing with you man,

I'm simply trying to find a solution to the problem.

The Brigadier and his team...

- ...have come down here with... - His team?

What? That girl and that crazy Doctor?

The Doctor is supposed to be brilliant.

In his own way, he may be a little eccentric.

The man's a raving lunatic. He's insolent, he's impertinent.

- He shows no respect for my authority. - Doctor Lawrence.

Just the man I wanted to see.

Now tell me, have you just had a power failure?

- Yes, how did you know? - I see, thank you.

Now just a minute.

This is the Permanent Under-Secretary.

Yes well I've got no time to chat to under-secretaries, permanent or otherwise.

- I must find the Brigadier. - May I ask who you are?

You may ask.

There you are.

I've only just heard that you were here. I've been trying to get in touch with you.

Look sir, what's happening about my reinforcements?

That's one of the reasons I am here.

I'm afraid you're not going to get any reinforcements.

May I ask why not?

I can't go to the Minister of Defence and request regular Army support for you...

on the basis of a wild tale about monsters in caves.

Sir, we have overwhelming evidence that there is something in those caves.

- Do you mean saboteurs? - I don't know, but the caves are vast.

To cover them properly I must have more men.

I'm sorry, that's out of the question.

Then I'll have to go in with the troops I have.

Brigadier.

You are not to take your men into those caves.

I've been down there and I know what's happening.

Well if you do, perhaps you'd be good enough to tell us.

Yes Doctor. I think you'd better.

You must answer our questions.

I am not refusing, am I?

Is your species the only intelligent life-form?

Only intelligent life-form?

I see what you mean. Yes, of course we are.

You were carrying a simple projectile weapon.

Do all your species carry these weapons?

Of course not, only soldiers.

What other weapons do your soldiers carry?

I refuse to answer that sort of question.

You must answer.

You can do what you like, I will not tell you anything.

I will not tell you anything.

The creature is becoming aggressive again.

I will force it to answer.

I do not wish it to be damaged.

This creature is less intelligent.

Quinn should not have been killed.

But he tried to keep one of us prisoner.

This strange species has developed some kind of civilisation.

We need to study it.

The species is dangerous and hostile.

We should kill them all.

And are you suggesting that these Silurians...

are responsible for the power losses?

Some of them are still in hibernation.

The others use the power to bring them back to life.

What weapons do they have?

Spoken like a true soldier.

It is my job, Doctor. How many are there?

Well, we don't know. Maybe there are thousands.

Then you must deal with them promptly Brigadier. If they exist.

Look, Mister Under-Secretary, surely this is a government matter.

It cannot be decided at this level.

Doctor, whether I believe you or not,

I can't go back to the Minister with a story like this.

- There's no proof, except your word. - I'll find all the proof you need.

Look Doctor, I'm not going down there...

to start a war, but I must know what's going on.

If you go down there with a party of armed men, there's bound to be fighting.

- What is your alternative, Doctor? - Well, leave them alone.

Let me try and make contact with them.

Are you really convinced these Silurians aren't savage?

Well, so far they've only attacked in self-defence.

At least let's give them the benefit of the doubt.

Miss Dawson, where on earth have you been?

What's the matter?

Doctor Quinn, is dead.

Dead?

He didn't answer his phone, I went there, and found him.

The Silurians killed him.

What do you know about these creatures?

Doctor Quinn found out about them when he was potholing. He said...

they had great scientific knowledge.

He co-operated with them and...

they killed him.

Now Doctor, do you still maintain, these creatures aren't hostile?

- I'll continue as planned. - I think you're right.

We'll move in first thing in the morning.

Miss Dawson. I'd like a full statement from you,

everything you know about this business. Will you come with me, please.

Miss Dawson.

Did these Silurians tell Doctor Quinn anything about their intentions?

Intentions?

Well, that's obvious, isn't it?

We must destroy them, before they destroy us.

Charles, we'd better have a word.

Now what are you going to do?

Well there's only one thing I can do.

I've got to get down into those caves and warn the Silurians.

What?

If the Brigadier listen to reason, Liz. Perhaps the Silurians will.

Please, be careful.

- I'm sorry to burst in on you like this. - How did you enter our base?

Why have you come here?

I came here to warn you that humans are about to enter your caves.

- Shall I destroy him? - No.

Take him to the cages.

No. You don't understand. No, I've come here to...

I've come here to warn you.

What happened, I thought you were going to get help.

Don't worry, help's on the way.

I only wish it weren't.

I repeat. Why have you come here?

I came here because I want to help you.

Just a minute, what do you think you're doing?

- Quiet! - How can you help us?

Look. People are coming, many people are coming here.

I want you to meet them in peace.

Who are these people?

Well, they're soldiers but...

they won't attack you unless you attack them first.

Why do you want to help us?

Because...

because I want there to be peace between you and the humans.

- This is their planet now. - This planet is ours.

It always has been.

Map.

Well there should be a way through here.

Well either this map's wrong, sir, or we're lost.

We'd better go back.

We've just come through this way.

This wall...

it wasn't there.

You had no right to tell them about the Brigadier's plans.

I was simply trying to prevent a massacre.

What guarantee have you got that these creatures aren't going to set an ambush?

I had to take that risk.

At least there's a chance they won't start killing each other.

Have you seen the humans, yet?

- Have you spoken to them? - I have destroyed them...

and now I shall destroy you.