History Recap / DoctorWhoS31E8TheHungryEarth

->''"We're looking for a small tribal settlement probably housing around a dozen Homo Reptilia? [[TemptingFate Maybe less.]]"''

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Amy is revealed to be in the Silurians' underground science lab, soon to be vivisected while still completely conscious, as frantically warned by Mo, who hasn't completely healed from his ordeal. Also, it's not just one little tribe, as the captured Silurian claims. It's an entire civilisation.

'''Original air date:''' May 22, 2010

'''Production code:''' 1.8

The second two-part story of the the Eleventh Doctor's first series. Written by Creator/ChrisChibnall.

* TaintedVeins: After Alaya injects him with her venom, Tony's veins around his neck turn green.

The one where the Doctor should have muzzled a reptile [[DisasterDominoes before she martyred herself]].

** Yet another Moff reference — the sonic screwdriver [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary still doesn't do wood]]. (But don't say that. That's rubbish within earshot of the Doctor.)
--->'''The Doctor:''' Oi! Don't diss the sonic!

* DamselInDistress: Amy, held hostage by the Silurians, and Alaya, held hostage by the humans.

* EverybodyLives: Nobody died in this episode. The Doctor's determined to keep it that way. We'll find out next episode if he succeeds.

** Ambrose is the one who has the idea to stockpile weapons.

** While preparing for the Silurians' imminent arrival, the Doctor waves off the dyslexic kid when he mentions he left his headphones at home — letting him wander off on his own while quite-possibly hostile ''natives'' are about to emerge. The Doctor's OhCrap face when he realises he was the last one to see the kid shows that he's aware of it.
** Ambrose refuses to believe any of what the Doctor is saying, even though she was just outside looking up at a weird giant force field.

* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Alaya is a green-skinned ''subterranean'' babe.

* IdiotBall: The MamaBear grabs hold of it quite firmly from minute one. She dismisses the local expert, stockpiles weapons when said expert tells her not to, antagonises the hostage, etc.

* LampshadeHanging: They're deep under the earth; it ''should'' be very, very hot. Nasreen asks why it's not. The Doctor says "I don't know" and they both shrug it off.
* LastOfHerKind: The female Silurian warrior [[BlatantLies claims to be the last of her species]]. The Doctor replies that as he ''is'' the last of his species, he knows "how that sits in the heart", and that faking it is an insult.

* MadDoctor: The Silurian at the end is certainly a visual example of this trope, but [[SubvertedTrope he turns out to be]] a MadDoctor [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a Heart of Gold]]. He is far more reasonable than the GeneralRipper.
* MamaBear: Elliot's mother goes a little nuts after he's kidnapped.

* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: There is no ''way'' it only took them 9-12 minutes to set up their makeshift surveillance system. It extends over the entire community!
* RousingSpeech: The Doctor gives one encouraging the gathered people to become "the best of humanity". Nasreen even starts clapping. She's the only one, unfortunately.
* SeriesContinuityError: Nasreen’s project celebrates making a new record by digging 21 kilometres. Yet way back in Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno, they were digging 20 miles, while Nasreen’s is circa 13 miles.
* SchmuckBait: So, you're alone at night, a mysterious earthquake has rocked your facility, and a strange hole has opened up. So of ''course'' Mo's first instinct is to stick his hand in there.

* SlowClap: Nasreen unsuccessfully tries to start one after the Doctor's RousingSpeech.

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Amy and Mo are secured in chairs so the Silurian doctor can vivisect them.

* HotScientist: Nasreen Chaudhry is attractive in a distinguished, older-woman kind of way.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Amy was dressed for RIO!

* TheReptilians: The Silurians, ''Doctor Who'''s most famous lizard-people, are back.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: While "dissection" isn't technically incorrect, as it means to cut something open to examine it, it's typically only used when talking about dead things or things that were never living in the first place. The proper term for cutting open a ''living'' thing to examine it is "vivisection".