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On Wenley Moor in Derbyshire, a nuclear energy research center is suffering mysterious power losses and a series of staff breakdowns. Investigating on behalf of UNIT, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart calls the Doctor in to help, assisted by the scientist Liz Shaw. What the Doctor discovers is quite unexpected: the power losses are being caused by a group of intelligent, indigenous reptiles living in caves deep beneath the moor. These are the creatures who ruled Earth before Man, and they have lain dormant for centuries. Now awoken, they still believe Earth to be their planet. A power struggle amongst the Silurians threatens to overwhelm the Doctor's attempts to achieve peace between the reptiles and the humans. And when a deadly virus is released and spread throughout the country, the Doctor and Liz must work against the clock to save humanity... In an additional bonus interview, Caroline John, who also provides the linking narration for the story, recalls making Doctor Who and the Silurians for television. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) has been called to the Wenley Moor Nuclear Research Facility, which is located in an extensive cave system under fictional Wenley Moor, in England's Derbyshire. There have been unexplained power outages going on. Oh, and incidentally, the staff are experiencing a higher rate than normal of psychological problems. Shall we toss in the mysterious death of a staff member who was also a potholer and the subsequent insanity of the staff member who was with him? ('Potholer' is British English for 'spelunker,' or cave explorer.)
We lucky listeners learn early on that two of the staff at the facility, Dr. Quinn and Miss Dawson, know the cause of the power outages. Dr. Quinn has his reasons for not telling and Miss Dawson does what Dr. Quinn tells her to do.
The two most sensible persons in this story are the Doctor and the elderly leader of the Silurians. The Doctor comes up with an excellent solution to the Silurians' problem and their leader endorses it. Unfortunately, they are undermined by several other characters: a young Silurian, Dr. Lawrence (head of the research facility), Major Baker (facility security chief), Dr. Quinn (who got impatient), Dr. Lawrence's friend, Masters (Permanent Under Secretary in charge), Dr. Meredith (local physician), and UNIT's UK commander, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
Named characters who are killed generally brought their own deaths on themselves. I feel sorriest for the innocents who were also killed because of foolish or bigoted decisions.
An ancient plague will be unleashed before this is over. Ignore what it says on the back cover. It isn't a deadly virus, it's a deadly bacterium. Now the use of antibiotics, which was foolish in the novelization, Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters, makes sense. (It was a virus in the novelization, and antibiotics are useless against viruses.)
The Doctor and Liz must race against time to cure the plague, which has escaped the facility thanks to Dr. Meredith and Masters. Of course the young Silurian has no intention of letting our heroes succeed.
The interview with Ms. Jones at the end of the third CD is quite interesting for illuminating working conditions at the BBC during 1969-1970. She also talks about what it was like working with Jon Pertwee. (There's a section at the end of CD 2 that talks about British cave art.)
It's a good story. ( )