The Hungry Earth Preview 22/5/10

 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

Synopsis:

It’s 2015 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 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.

Info and rumours:

1.The Silurians return after a 26 year absence, having last appeared in the classic story Warriors of the Deep.

2. It is rumoured that the Silurians are stealing bodies to splice with Silurian DNA to make half-human/half-Silurians.

3. In a interview with SFX Meera Syal who plays Dr Chaudhry has said "her project is to drill as far as she can towards the centre of the Earth. And, in fact, the episode opens with her reaching the target, and she gets further than anybody else has ever done. And that’s what starts off the problems!”

4.The episode is set in the year 2015 in a Welsh village.

5. It was originally thought that the Sea Devils would also appear in this episode but it was just The Silurians mask that they were wearing in the Series 5 trailer.