A screencap from this week's Doctor Who Confidential reveals what might have been:
But instead, we got this:
I had been looking foward to seeing the Silurians return for years, I loved them in the New Adventures novel Blood Heat and had hoped that their return would be something more akin to that...but I guess that is pure fanboy squee wank material! I understand that they have to update certain elements for today's audience, since apparently kids won't connect with anything that doesn't look human.
I hate to sound like a little bitch! Other than this minor gripe I am loving this series so far!!! I hope next week's Cold Blood holds up, I think this is Chris Chibnall's best Doctor Who script so far, it does feel very much like a classic series episode - which isn't a bad thing at all!
A whole new generation of children will grow up hiding behind the sofa from Malcolm Hulke's creation, 40 years since they first appeared on our television screens which is a testament to the legacy of this show...
