Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 7

A pretty serious episode here. Doom and gloom pervades everything as the Silurians take over the research center. Fortunately the plague is cured (and then pretty quickly forgotten about). Weird seeing the Doctor in a T-shirt (with his tattoo visible, too). You can totally understand the Doctor's wish for peace with the Silurians, wanting to learn from them and such. At the same time, you can sympathize with the Brigadier, who sees a menace to the human race and must destroy them to save his people. The humans win eventually. The ending is quite poignant, the Doctor sadly realizing the Brigadier has blown up the caves.

Overall, I'd give this a thumbs-up. It's a decent story, a bit long and rambling. Good guest stars, good writing. However, I don't think it's nearly as good as I seem to remember it being. Not sure why, but I always used to rave about this story. Hmm. Oh, well. Next up is "The Ambassadors of Death"... in color... occasionally... You'll see.