Doctor Who and the Silurians(1970)

movie - first aired/released 1970-03-14 - 175 min - audience 7.3

Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure

Directed by Timothy Combe

Investigating mysterious power failures and a death at an underground research centre, The Doctor discovers a colony of Silurians - prehistoric, intelligent reptiles who went into hibernation before man evolved. But now they have woken up, and they are prepared to wipe out mankind with a killer plague to get their planet back.