Season 7@50. It may be seven episodes long but there
is no fat on this story so much so that a lot if packed into this final one.
The Doctor’s captivity in the Silurian base after he was taken from the lab is
short lived, pretty soon he’s back with the reptilians though as
they employ a fall back plan- destroying the Van Allen
belt. I had to smile at how easily and simply this actual real life bit of
science is explained knowing its equivalent
in the modern series would be a good two minute lecture from the Doctor all
about it. You do wonder though why the Silurians didn’t just
go with this plan in the first place as they must have known what was inside
the research centre. Perhaps there had been arguments
for months between Old and Young Silurian on this particular topic.
