Here is the TV Trailer for eppie 8:
and here is a review for the episode, from Beehive City:
Doctor Who
The Hungry Earth
BBC One & HD, Saturday May 22nd, 6.15pm
Rating: ****
“But who is this creature with terrible claws, with terrible teeth in his terrible jaws …?” It’s always nice to open an episode with a quote from The Gruffalo, but if I was about to work in a lonely drilling station (attempting to drill 21km down into the unknown), I’d probably read something a bit more upbeat before going off for a night shift. In a sub Terror of the Zygons moment, Mo is alone … the ground shakes, and then once more … his heavy industrial equipment is no use to him now, he is lost … but where has he gone … and who’s next?
Enter the Tardis to 2020 South Wales (the press release says 2015, but it says 2020 on screen), “Behold, Rio!” exclaims The Doctor … Amy is not impressed with a dreary Welsh graveyard as she has “dressed for Rio”, which admirers of Karen Gillan’s assets beyond her acting skills will pleased to know means she’s wearing ‘micro-shorts.’ The Doctor unperturbed by Amy’s displeasure, exclaims “Oh look a big mining thing … much better than Rio, Rio doesn’t have a big mining thing …”
It soon becomes apparent that this drill station (established to investigate blue grass growing in the valley) could be the catalyst for the end of human civilisation, as once again our species has meddled with the environment … but this time it (or something that relies upon it) is biting back … hard. “The fire of war is already lit, a massacre is due.”
Rory is unconvinced that there is a dark force beneath, but young Elliot (Mo’s son) knows the score … “Whenever you’ve eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth … the graves around here eat people.”
The Doctor has a clue as to what’s going on: “Bio-programming … clever, you use biosignals to resonate the internal molecular structure of natural objects … mainly used in engineering and construction, mostly jungle planets … but that’s way in the future and not here … what’s it doing here?”
But there is no time to waste, because, “Whatever bio-programmed the earth is on its way up … now!”
Could this beautiful creature really be plotting to bring down all humanity?
An energy barricade, “invisible to the naked eye” (but not HD viewers) surges from the core of the earth (in fantastic licence fee grade CGI) throwing those few left on the surface into darkness … they wait to be attacked … and then the real fear factor begins. Monsters in graveyards, chasing and abducting, maybe even killing … hostages are kept, interrogations take place and whatever temperature your blood (that might be a clue), you’ll be on the edge of your seat.
Is one of our favourite characters lost forever? Who is so hell bent on destroying humanity? What do these aliens want with earth? “They’re not aliens” explains the doctor, “They’re earth…lians.” Whatever could he mean?
Chris Chibnall, the writer, has come up with a gem here. Although it has a slow start, that just adds to the excitement as screw is turned (hard) and the episode unfolds … it’s got classic two-parter written all over it. You can cut the tension with a knife once things go dark, and in testimony to how well produced the show is, even when the lights come back on … you’re still scared. What is so good about this series is the way it keeps developing, evolving and keeping the viewer guessing … The Hungry Earth is no exception … and as your 45 minutes draws to an end … another epic cliff hanger is on the cards.
This is the final battle for humanity, and it won’t be fought with nuclear weapons, fighter jets or heavy artillery … it will take place deep beneath a Welsh village between a bowtie wearing, screwdriver carrying alien … and something that has been waiting hundreds of millions of years to reclaim the face of the earth?
Like all great generals off to war … The Doctor issues a final rallying cry to his ‘troops’:
“While I’m gone, you four people, in this church, in this corner of planet earth, you have to be the best of humanity … You are decent, brilliant people … nobody dies today … understand!?”
Full of bravado, not even a 900-odd-year-old is prepared for what awaits him below…
Next a Review from the Pink Papers magazine:
Prod, dig and poke at someone long enough and they’ll eventually fight back. It turns out that planets respond in much the same way.
It’s the near future in a sleepy Welsh village and Nasreen (Meera Syal) and Tony are on the threshold of making (literally) groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Their mining equipment has dug further underground than ever before but something underneath the ground wasn’t ready to be disturbed and is making its way to the surface to intercept…
Fortunately the Doctor, Amy and Rory have made a slight detour – explaining why Miss Pond is in hotpants in a graveyard – and the Time Lord knows who’s lurking down below only too well.
It's a scary, church under siege, 'classic' Doctor Who story for the viewer but one thing’s for sure – it most definitely isn’t going to end well for the TARDIS crew...
Looks Fantastic, probably won't be as good as the epicly amazing Amy's Choice but then again, that's what I said to Amy's Choice after the Vampires Of Venice!
can't Wait!
Here are some pictures, with thanks to Blogtor Who:(click for bigger versions)
Oh... and these are scans from Doctor Who Adventures, the acctual episode won't have the words 'pointy' and 'what now' in :)
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