Doctor Who and the Silurians (a two-part Eleventh Doctor story from 2010), in 'The Monster Collection' series, specifically "The Silurians" entry. Doctor Who and the Silurians Doctor Who and the Silurians is the second serial of the seventh season in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was first broadcast in seven weekly parts on BBC1 from 31 January to 14 March 1970. The serial is set in an English moorland, the cave system below it, and London. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) attempts to broker peace between humanity and the Silurians, an intelligent bipedal race
Doctor Who the Doctor. After the film, he continued the role in audio books and was confirmed as the eighth incarnation through flashback footage and a mini episode in the 2005 revival, effectively linking the two series and the television movie. In 2011, David Yates announced that he had started work with the BBC on a "Doctor Who" film, a project that would take three or more years to complete. Yates indicated that the film would take a different approach to "Doctor Who", although the current "Doctor Who" showrunner Steven Moffat stated later that any such film would not be a reboot