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Season 5  "The Hungry Earth (1)"  5x8

Aired 13 years ago - May 22, 2010

Location: Cwmtaff, Wales Date: 2020 Enemies: Silurians In 2020, the most ambitious drilling project in history is under way. Dr Nasreen Chaudry and her team have reached 21 kilometers into the Earth's crust - but something is stirring far below. Amy Pond discovers there's nowhere to run when you can't even trust the ground at your feet.

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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 1
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It's a graveyard! You promised me a beach. Blue grass.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 4
Hey, let's go and talk to them! We can say hi to Future Us! How cool is that?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 5
Cost...a lot of money, that!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 6
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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 8
But when we went to bury Uncle Alun, Gladys wasn't there. Gone.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 9
Good thought! But no. It doesn't.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 10
What's going on? Who are these people?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 11
Earthquake? What's going on?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 12
I've got you. OK.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 13
I'm doing my best!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 14
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 15
Only other thing is, they get in from underneath.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 16
And the drill had been stopped.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 17
You're not making any sense, man! 'Scuse me, I'm making perfect sense, you're just not keeping up.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 18
why can I still hear drilling?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 19
those trace minerals weren't X marking the spot, saying dig here.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 20
It's transport. Three of them, 30km down, rate of speed looks about 150km an hour.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 21
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 22
Rory, I'll get her back.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 23
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 24
I have seen the impossible today, and the only person who's made any sense of it, for me, is the Doctor.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 25
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 26
Oi! What're you doing?! Resources!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 27
Dyslexia never stopped Da Vinci or Einstein, it's not stopping you.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 28
Have you met monsters before?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 29
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 30
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 31
It's like the holes at the drill station. Is this how they happened?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 32
He was out there on his own?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 33
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I don't think so.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 38
DID YOU JUST SHUSH ME?!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 39
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 40
Geothermal currents, projecting you up through a network of tunnels.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 41
I'm the last of my species.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 42
We will wipe the vermin from the surface and reclaim our planet.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 43
No.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 44
You're going to negotiate with these aliens? They're not aliens!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 45
Because I will find them.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 46
brilliant people.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 47
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 48
We've been hijacked! I can't stop it!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 49
And every stinking ape shall be wiped from the surface of my beloved planet.
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It's a graveyard! You promised me a beach. Blue grass.
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Hey, let's go and talk to them! We can say hi to Future Us! How cool is that?
#4
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 5
Cost...a lot of money, that!
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But when we went to bury Uncle Alun, Gladys wasn't there. Gone.
#8
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 9
Good thought! But no. It doesn't.
#9
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 10
What's going on? Who are these people?
#10
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 11
Earthquake? What's going on?
#11
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 12
I've got you. OK.
#12
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 13
I'm doing my best!
#13
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Only other thing is, they get in from underneath.
#15
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And the drill had been stopped.
#16
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 17
You're not making any sense, man! 'Scuse me, I'm making perfect sense, you're just not keeping up.
#17
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why can I still hear drilling?
#18
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those trace minerals weren't X marking the spot, saying dig here.
#19
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It's transport. Three of them, 30km down, rate of speed looks about 150km an hour.
#20
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Rory, I'll get her back.
#22
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I have seen the impossible today, and the only person who's made any sense of it, for me, is the Doctor.
#24
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Oi! What're you doing?! Resources!
#26
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Dyslexia never stopped Da Vinci or Einstein, it's not stopping you.
#27
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 28
Have you met monsters before?
#28
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It's like the holes at the drill station. Is this how they happened?
#31
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 32
He was out there on his own?
#32
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I don't think so.
#37
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 38
DID YOU JUST SHUSH ME?!
#38
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Geothermal currents, projecting you up through a network of tunnels.
#40
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 41
I'm the last of my species.
#41
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 42
We will wipe the vermin from the surface and reclaim our planet.
#42
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 43
No.
#43
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 44
You're going to negotiate with these aliens? They're not aliens!
#44
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 45
Because I will find them.
#45
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 46
brilliant people.
#46
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We've been hijacked! I can't stop it!
#48
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 5 Episode 8 (S05E08) - 49
And every stinking ape shall be wiped from the surface of my beloved planet.
#49
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