Doctor Who: 8 Jon Pertwee Serials You Need To Revisit In January

7. Doctor Who And The Silurians (1970)

January 1970 was one of those months with five Saturdays so The Silurians (sorry, but including the rest of that title seems so wrong, somehow) makes it on to this list, despite the bulk of it airing in both February and half of March. It€™s not always clear whether all seven episodes are justified - it€™s not as badly padded as the story that follows it, but it comes close. But on the plus side, it does introduce the Silurians into the Doctor Who universes and that's in itself is cause for celebration. Mind you, the Silurians as they were then are very, very different than the ones fans know and love now. It€™s much harder to imagine either the old or young Silurian in this story getting into a torrid relationship with a human woman (though the New Adventure novel Eternity Weeps by Jim Mortimore imagined exactly that, and with Liz Shaw, of all people). Here, they€™re presented as a seemingly alien race that€™s far more native to this world than even humans are (with all that alien influence they've had on from the Dæmons, the Fendahl and God knows who else) - a race with more claim to the planet than anyone else. Running under all of the padding and that damn kazoo music is a decent story with one of the best endings ever. Does anyone else suspect that Liz knew all along that the Brig was going to blow it up?