The ending of the 10th Doctor brought the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. Not only was David Tennant handing over the TARDIS to Matt Smith, Russell T Davies was handing over the reins to Steven Moffatt. A new new Doctor, a new blank slate. Don't expect any of the previous season's companions to be popping in and out, the Doctor's a new man, and while he never forgets, he's moved on. He must.

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It's the year 2020 and the Doctor's notoriously bad driving has landed the Ponds in a small mining town in Wales rather than Rio (funny that, the TARDIS always seems to land in Wales). Rather improbably, a small team (we only ever see three people) have drilled 21 kilometres deep into the earth, further than anyone else has ever attempted. But what lies beneath? Turns out, not just dirt. This episode introduces new viewers to the Silurians, a race of lizard-like beings who lived on Earth millions of years ago but have since been hibernating in their city deep below the surface. The drilling by the humans threatened their safety and the Silurians are not going down without a fight. In fact, they plan to wipe every "stinking ape" from the face of the Earth. Both sides have hostages and with the Silurians having taken Amy, it's a race by the Doctor to get to the 'literal' bottom of things.

Set ten years into the future, things look pretty much exactly as they do now. In fact, future Amy and Rory have apparently decided to pop back here and stand waving in the distance. Weird. Although I guess there's not many opportunities to visit your past selves. At least they know not to cause a paradox! Travelling around in a Police Phone Box, I suppose it's inevitable that people will think it's the real deal. It was quite funny seeing Elliot and his mum lead Rory around thinking he was a real Police detective. Poor Rory looked clueless. Elliot on the other hand, although dyslexic, seemed to be a smart kid and quoted from Sherlock Holmes.

This episode was part one of this two-part episode and ends with Amy facing dissection at the hands of a Silurian surgeon and the Doctor realising that he's underestimated the extent of the Silurian remnant, with an entire city underground.

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