Episode: Series Five, Episode Eight
Name: The Hungry Earth
Writer: Chris Chibnall
Director: Ashley Way
Producer: Peter Bennett
Running Time: 45 minutes
Broadcast Date: 22nd May 2010, BBC One, BBC HD
Preceded by: Amy’s Choice
Followed by: Cold Blood 
Starring:

• The Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
• Dr. Nasreen Chaudhry - Meera Syal
• Alaya - Neve McIntosh
• Tony Mack - Robert Pugh
• Elliot - Samuel Davies
• Mo - Alun Raglan
• Ambrose - Nia Roberts
• Malohkek - Richard Hope
• Eldane - Stephen Moore

Plot

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.

In the latest episode of the time-travelling drama, written by Chris Chibnall, the 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.

Aliens/Villians

Silurians

The Silurians are intelligent cold blooded reptilian humanoids from Earth who live underground, but since the drilling in the Welsh village woke them from their sleep, they want to reclaim the Earth from the “apes”.

Ratings

• Overnight: 4.5 million

• Final: to be added

Confidential: After Effects

Behind-the-scenes series about the making of Doctor Who. Includes a journey through the production process of a Doctor Who epsiode from cutting room to living room.