Stories Television Doctor Who (2005-2022) Doctor Who S5 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Hungry Earth 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, May 22, 2010 Production Code 1.8 Written by Chris Chibnall Directed by Ashley Way Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Two-Parter Time Travel Future Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Crack in time Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth UK Viewers 6.49 million Appreciation Index 86 Synopsis It's 2020, and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth's crust than man has ever gone before — but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village, and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith Amy Pond Karen Gillan Rory Williams Arthur Darvill Silurians Show All Characters (4) How to watch The Hungry Earth: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Complete Fifth Series [Steelbook] DVD The Monster Collection: The Silurians The Complete Fifth Series DVD The Complete Fifth Series Blu-Ray Series 5: Volume 3 DVD Series 5: Volume 3 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating574 members 3.11 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,132 votes 3.84 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating183 votes 3.30 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1273 Favourited 25 Reviewed 0 Saved 2 Skipped 0 Owned 9 Related Stories Doctor Who S5 • Episode 9 Cold Blood Rating: 3.15 Story Skipped Television Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Eleventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Doctor Who S7 • Episode 2 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Rating: 2.89 Story Skipped Television Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Eleventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote Transcript Needs checking [Cwmtaff] (South Wales, 2020. An old mining village with half the homes boarded up. A man is helping a boy to read.) MO: But who is this creature with terrible claws, terrible teeth in his terrible jaws? Go on, your bit. He, he has. Go on.ELLIOT: I can't do it, Dad. I can listen to books, anyway.MO: I know it doesn't come easy, son, but you've got to keep at it. All right? You're not on your own with this. (A woman brings a lunch box.) AMBROSE: Mo, you'll be late for your shift.MO: Yeah, you're right. Sorry, El, got to go. Now, who loves you more than me?ELLIOT: No one.AMBROSE: Stop saying that. Show Full Transcript Open in new window
