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''Doctor Who and the Silurians'' is the second serial of the seventh season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from 31 January to 14 March 1970. The story is the first appearance of the Silurians. The title is sometimes reduced to ''The Silurians''. ==Plot== An experimental nuclear power research centre built into a network of caves in Wenley Moor is experiencing mysterious power drains and mental breakdowns amongst staff. UNIT is called in to investigate, and the Third Doctor and Liz meet Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart at the plant. One of the workers is found dead with giant claw marks on his body, and his companion's mind has been traumatised to the extent that he can only scrawl primitive cave drawings of reptilian creatures on walls. Lawrence, the Director, resents UNIT's presence and feels that it will interfere with the working of the plant, which is trying a new process to generate nuclear electric power. Dr Quinn, the Deputy Director, argues with Miss Dawson, his assistant, when she protests that they should stop "them" from taking the power. Major Baker, the security chief, believes there is a saboteur in the centre, and the Doctor discovers that the logs of the nuclear reactor's operation have been tampered with. When the Doctor makes his way into the caves, he is attacked by a dinosaur-like creature before it is called off by a strange whistling sound. The Doctor takes samples of the blood from when he fired at the creature and finds similarities to "higher reptiles". In the meantime, the creature goes to the surface and stumbles into a barn to hide. Quinn goes into the caves to a hidden base, where he demands the knowledge he was promised. He is told that he must first help the wounded creature and is given a signal device which emits the sound heard earlier. The creature is discovered by a farmer and his wife and attacks them. The farmer dies of a heart attack, but the wife survives and identifies her attacker. While investigating the barn, Liz is knocked unconscious by the creature, and it flees. The Brigadier and the Doctor follow the creature's tracks and find they end in tyre marks. The Doctor goes to Quinn's cottage and notes that it is remarkably hot, like a reptile house. Breaking into Quinn's office, the Doctor finds a globe that depicts the Earth's continents as they were 200 million years ago along with notes about the Silurian era of Earth's history. When the Doctor goes to the cottage to reason with Quinn, he finds him dead. The Doctor retrieves the signal device from Quinn's body and is surprised by the wounded Silurian. The Doctor tries to talk to the creature, but it runs away. Looking for answers, Baker enters the caves and is captured and interrogated by the Silurians about the strength of humans. The Doctor and Liz follow his route and open the entrance to the Silurian base with Quinn's signal device, where they find him in a locked cage. They leave to inform UNIT, but not before they see a Silurian being revived from hibernation by a machine, explaining the energy drains that the reactor has been experiencing. Meanwhile, Masters, the Permanent Under-Secretary in charge of the centre, arrives, and Lawrence complains to him about UNIT's interference. The Doctor tells them about the Silurians in the caves, urging peaceful contact. However, this falls on deaf ears when Miss Dawson reveals that Quinn was killed by the Silurian he held captive. The Doctor goes to warn the Silurians, but they put him in a cage. The older Silurian tells the Doctor how their race retreated underground when they saw the Moon approaching Earth millions of years ago. The hibernation mechanism malfunctioned, and they did not revive until a new power source was discovered. A young Silurian orders Baker infected with a virus before he is released. An older Silurian releases the Doctor, giving him a canister of the virus so he can discover a cure. The younger Silurian kills the older one for this act. The Doctor reaches the centre and warns everyone to stay away from Baker, who collapses with the virus. Masters, however, decides to return to London, unaware that he has been infected. Baker is taken to a local hospital and dies. The Doctor returns to the centre to work on a cure. Masters, in the meantime, has reached London and eludes the search parties looking for him. The virus spreads, and deaths begin. The Doctor finds a cure, but the Silurians attack the centre and stun him with their third eyes, taking him away. Liz discovers the formula for the cure, and it is soon mass-produced and distributed. The Silurians, however, intend to use a weapon to destroy the Van Allen Belt and make the Earth's environment hostile to humankind, and they want to force the Doctor to use the reactor to provide power to the weapon. The Doctor overloads the reactor and tells the younger Silurian that the area will be irradiated for at least 25 years. The Silurians re-enter the caves to hibernate until the danger has passed. Since the mechanism is faulty, the younger Silurian will stay awake to operate it and sacrifice his life. The Doctor and Liz, meanwhile, repair the reactor, and go to the underground base, where the younger Silurian realises he has been duped into sending his race back to sleep. He attacks the Doctor in a rage but is shot by the Brigadier. Later, the Doctor tells Liz that he proposes to revive the Silurians and try to reach a peaceful compromise between them and humanity. However, the Brigadier has other orders, and the Silurian base is blown up. The Doctor is horrified at this act of genocide, but Liz suggests that the Brigadier was acting on orders of his superiors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doctor Who and the Silurians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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