Warriors of the Deep

"These human beings will die as they have lived-in a sea of their own blood!"

The year is 2084, and two power-blocs are poised on the brink of war.  Using a series of undersea complexes and deep-space satellites, each bloc carefully monitors the other’s movements, slowly edging towards the moment when one will launch an all-out nuclear attach on the other.  Arriving on Sea Base Four, the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are rapidly drawn into the web of intrigue which enmeshes this era’s paranoid political maneuverings.  Not everyone on board the base is working for the same team, and the officer directly responsible for implementing the bases nuclear capability has died in mysterious circumstances.  Amid this already tense atmosphere, the crew of Sea Base Four faxes an even greater threat to mankind.  The Silurians and Sea Devils, prehistoric reptile men who went into hibernation millions of years before, have reawoken and intend to launch another attempt to reclaim the Earth from humanity.   The Doctor must tackle enemy sabotage and face the Myrka, a giant marine monster.   But can he prevent the Silurians from implementing their "final solution"-launching the missiles to start a war that threatens to wipe out the human race?

• "Warriors of the Deep" begins the final season of Doctor Who with Peter Davison in the role.

• This story marks the return of two popular villains from the Pertwee era.  The Silurians and the Sea Devils ("Doctor Who and the Silurians" and "The Sea Devils") both return to Doctor Who after more than a decade.

• Unfortunately, silly costumes and a plodding script drag this potential classic down to mediocrity.

• Short on time, the designer of the Myrka rushed the project down to the wire, so much so that some of the actors were smeared with green paint from the thing when they came into contact with it.  The performers inside had no time to rehearse movements inside either.  Needless to say, the Myrka does not fair well upon viewing...