WARRIORS OF THE DEEP

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Directed by Pennant Roberts.

Transmitted originally: 5 January 1984 to 13 January 1984.

"I sometimes wonder why I like the people of this miserable planet so much." - The Doctor.

THE STORY

The TARDIS materialises on Earth in 2084 inside Sea Base Four, an undersea military base. The base is then attacked by three Silurians and a squadron of Sea Devil warriors. The Silurians plan to launch the base's nuclear missiles, thereby provoking a nuclear war between the two opposing power blocs and destroying all human life on Earth.

The Doctor and his companions, first mistaken as enemy spies and saboteurs, help the soldiers fight off the Silurians and their deadly 'pet', the Myrka. The Doctor attempts to make peace but when unsuccessful, helps the humans destroy the invaders with hexachromite, a gas deadly to all reptiles. The Doctor then successfully aborts the launch of the missiles.

CAST:

The Doctor (Peter Davison), Tegan (Janet Fielding), Turlough (Mark Strickson), Vorshak (Tom Adams), Solow (Ingrid Pitt), Nilson (Ian McCulloch), Bulic (Nigel Humphreys), Maddox (Martin Neil), Preston (Tara Ward), Icthar (Norman Comer), Karina (Nitza Saul), Scibus (Stuart Blake), Tarpok (Vincent Brimble), Sauvix (Christopher Farries), Paroli (James Coombes), Sea Devils (Steve Kelly, Chris Wolfe, Jules Walters, Mike Braben, David Ould), Myrka (William Perrie, John Asquith).

FACTS:

This story marked the return of the Silurians and the Sea Devils, foes of the Third Doctor who first appeared in 1970 and 1972 respectively.

The costume for the Myrka, the supposedly terrifying monster belonging to the Silurians had not been completed when it was required for studio, consequently it had not dried properly and marked several actors with green paint!

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