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Review of The Silurian Candidate by thedefinitearticle63

4 May 2025

This review contains spoilers!

This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: The Blood Furnace


Despite this timeline's best efforts to get me to give up, I'm still going. I will say, I have to respect this story for finally doing something different with the Silurians, even though it takes an hour for it to actually get there. The first half of this story doesn't feature any Silurians and is instead the Doctor and co. exploring an ancient Silurian temple. I don't think I have to say that it wasn't particularly interesting.

I actually quite liked Warriors of the Deep, particularly for it's futuristic setting. To have a story explore that in greater detail is definitely something I appreciate, although it didn't really tackle that aspect as much as it could have. The main thing bringing this story down is just how little actually happens in it and how wasted the whole concept is.

There should have been another way (to write a sequel to Warriors of the Deep)


Next Story: Red Planets


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