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Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Free Encyclopedia FREE DOCTOR WHO AND THE SEA-DEVILS PDF Malcolm Hulke,Geoffrey Beevers | 1 pages | 01 Apr 2014 | BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House | 9781445824673 | English | London, United Kingdom The Sea Devils - Wikipedia As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six shows to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life Get some streaming picks. The Doctor and Jo visit the Master at his island prison where the Doctor becomes curious about a number of ships sinking in the area. Review of all 6 episodes: The Master teams up with reptilian creatures who have been dormant under the ocean for millions of years to try to conquer humanity again. These creatures, which are dubbed Sea Devils by terrified humans, are relatives of the 'Silurians' or as The Doctor re-names them Eocenes. They were on Earth before humans and want to claim the planet back after eons of suspended animation in the ocean depths. The Doctor tries Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils broker peace whilst The Master whips up a war. Human leaders also have the appetite for war so trapping The Doctor Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils the middle. This adventure is not flawless but provides Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils entertainment and iconic scenes throughout. All episodes of this adventure are terrific fun, exciting, interesting, well written and acted with only very minor faults. The interest and quality levels never drop below 9. Pertwee himself is in majestic form demonstrating brilliant humour, dynamic action, warmth and intelligence. There is a tremendously fun sword fight between him and The Doctor as well as all the wonderful verbal jousting. There are a few guards and sailors whose acting and stunts are underwhelming but they are a tiny minority, most of the Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils cast is convincing and the whole naval scenario is brought to believable life with superb location work and ships, guns, submarines, hovercrafts etc. It is extraordinary in ambition compared to many earlier and later eras of the show. Three main guest characters add particular quality to the serial too: Edwin Richfield as Captain Hart is a great substitute for the Brigadier providing cynical but admirable support, Clive Morton as Trenchard is a fantastically rich character beautifully acted and Martin Boddey as Walker provides an incredible mixture of comedy and horrible, pompous warmongering in a terrific role in the last 2 parts. The Sea Devils themselves, whilst looking unimpressive to modern audiences perhaps, were very well done for the day in terms of costume and voices. The performance of Peter Forbes-Robertson as their Chief is superb as is the concept of them as a race with links to the Silurians introduced a couple of seasons earlier. Overall this is a really great adventure. Looking for something to watch? Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Doctor Who — Rate This. Season 9 Episode 9. All Episodes Director: Michael E. Briant as Michael Briant. Writer: Malcolm Hulke by. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. My Top Doctor Who Stories. Doctor Who: Season 9. Shows I'm buying up. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Photos Add Image. Edit Cast Episode complete credited Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Jon Pertwee Doctor Who Roger Delgado Master Katy Manning Jo Grant Edwin Richfield Captain Hart Clive Morton Trenchard Royston Tickner Robbins Neil Seiler Radio Operator Declan Mulholland Clark Hugh Futcher Hickman June Murphy Telegraphist Bowman Brian Justice Castle Guard Wilson Terry Walsh Castle Guard Barclay Pat Gorman Edit Storyline The Doctor and Jo visit the Master at his island prison where the Doctor becomes curious about a number of ships sinking in the area. Edit Did You Know? Trivia First of two Pertwee serials that Neil Seiler has minor roles in. Goofs The door to The Master's "cell" is fully riveted, indicating that it's supposed to be solid steel, however given the way it handles and the sound it makes on closing, it's clearly a wooden door painted to look oxidised. Connections Featured in Hello Sailor! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Edit Details Country: UK. Language: English. Sound Mix: Mono. Color: Color. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Picks. Clear your history. Sea Devil | Tardis | Fandom Like their land-based cousins, the Siluriansthey lived in prehistoric times in a scientifically-advanced civilisation. As their aquatic Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils awoke from suspended animationthese one-time rulers of the Earth attempted to reclaim their planetleading to conflict with the new rulers: humankind. An advanced sub-species of Sea Devil lived on the Raven Peninsula. The Sea Devils were related to the Siluriansthough they were genetically divergent enough to create problems for the offspring of such matings. Like the Silurians, variations existed among the Sea Devils with different subspecies and appearances. Sea Devils typically looked somewhat like humanoid turtles or plesiosaurs. They had beak-like mouths Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils, large eyestwo fins on their head and long necks. They had three webbed digits on their hands and feet. Their skin tones came in a variety of shades, including greenblue and orange. They were much tougher than humanssince they needed to survive the crushing depths of the ocean. Sea Devils communicated in a language like sonarbut they could speak human languages in a whispering, rasping voice. One group of Sea Devil warriors, which appeared at Sea Base 4were notably distinguished by their Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils skin and their lack of head fins. TV : Warriors of the Deep. Another subspecies of Sea Devil, suggested by the Twelfth Doctor to be a "warrior-class", were larger, faster, and stronger than those that he was familiar with. Their muscular bodies sported dark green skin, small red eyes, a pronounced jaw, and a large tail. They lived on the Raven Peninsula. They could communicate using a form of sound-based telepathy and could use this ability as a weapon by producing a deadly sonic scream. There also existed a Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils of Sea Devils who were much smaller, about the size of an infant human, that could merge with a human host, creating a human-Sea Devil hybrid but with the Sea Devil's psyche dominating its host. They possessed the sound-based abilities of their warrior-class counterparts but also displayed potent psionic powers, specifically telekinesis. The Twelfth Doctor explained that this was a side effect of two minds merging into one. They held an unwavering view that, as the original rulers, it would always be their right to do so. However, they were willing to make peace with humans, but they quickly changed their minds when they were under attack from the surface. TV : The Sea Devils. The Sea Devils were more advanced Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils the humans of the 20th century when they went into hibernation. They had colonies around the world, each filled with thousands of Sea Devils. One base, located near a sea-fort, had simple grey- black-coloured walls, TV : The Sea Devils while another appeared to be carved into the rock, and was covered in algae and seaweed. They also used special orange capsules to transport land-dwelling creatures. The Sea Devils had stockpiles of weapons in these bases. They typically used small, round, side arms. The Sea Devils that attacked Ravenscaur Island had an enormous underground colony located in a network of caves that artificially reproduced the environment and climate of prehistoric Earth, indicating they had advanced terraforming and environmental technology. They had colossal war machines that were shaped like giant metal spheres with tentacles that could pierce through the hull of a human battleship easily. Sea Devils also had large submarines heavily armed with laser armaments that could easily outmatch an aircraft carrier with its speed and firepower. A fearsome piece of technology they possessed was sonic destructors. These were enormous tower-like structures that produced sonic pulses capable of sinking an entire island by causing intense earthquakes. The Sea Devils ruled the Earth when humans were apesjust as the Silurians did. TV : Doctor Who and the Silurians The Third Doctor repeated the claim to Marc Marshall that the Silurians built the shelters when they thought the planet would "suck away" Earth's atmosphere as it rushed by. TV : Cold Blood The catastrophe did not happen as predicted, and the Sea Devils remained inside their hibernation units. During millions of years of hibernation, the reactivation machinery of the hibernation units deteriorated. A Sea Devil captured by pirates. A lone Sea Devil scientist was prematurely awakened around the late 16th century due to a defective hibernatorproceeding to study how the world had changed during his sleep. After ten years, the Sea Devil rescued and befriended a humanDiego de Columba of Cordobawho had washed up on the beach. Unfortunately, the Sea Devil was later captured by piratesone of whom inadvertently activated his device which called a creature to awake from under the seaproceeding to destroy the pirates' ship. Diego presumed the Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Devil to have perished with the pirates.
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