TEXT: DOCTOR WHO AND THE SILURIANS BY: MALCOLM HULKE 5:15pm - 5:40pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1. INT. CAVES (Two men wearing potholing gear are exploring a large subterranean cave. DAVIS holds a thin wire ladder steady whilst SPENCER climbs down.) SPENCER: Well this is fantastic! (They look about examining their surroundings, when there is a faint, far-off noise sounding like an animal roaring.) SPENCER: What was that? DAVIS: Nothing. (However DAVIS isn't quite sure of his own conclusion, and starts moving through the cave.) DAVIS: Wait. (DAVIS moves in the direction of the noise. After some time he finds a somewhat concealed opening to a larger space. Again the noise is heard much closer, and since SPENCER has followed directly in his footsteps, DAVIS beckons him to stay back. He then moves through the narrow opening which seems to be the source of the sound. He looks around, momentarily disoriented by the change in scale of the cave. Then there is a huge roar, and DAVIS wheels round, looking upwards at something indescribably terrifying.) DAVIS: Spencer! Spencer! (Accompanied by the same loud roar, a giant claw rakes across DAVIS and he falls backwards onto the floor of the cave. SPENCER rushes through the opening to reach DAVIS, who is clearly unconscious or dead. SPENCER looks up at something towering above him, and jumps back in sheer terror.) SPENCER: Ah! Ah! Ah! (SPENCER retreats from the opening and stumbles back through the cave, completely dazed.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. INT. DOCTOR'S WORKSHOP, UNIT H.Q. DAY (The DOCTOR lies on the floor underneath an old, but well-looked-after, shiny yellow car, the engine of which he is busily working on. He is cheerfully humming and singing Lewis Carroll's poem J
SUMMARY:
The Doctor and Liz are summoned to the Wenley Moor Research Centre by the Brigadier, after several staff members suffer nervous breakdowns.