Talk:Silurian (Doctor Who)
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Technically, Silurians aren't "alien", not in the sense that the word is used in the category, to mean extraterrestrial races. Silurians are native to Earth, just not human.
While it's true that in The Sea Devils the Doctor says that they should have been better called Eocenes, that doesn't seem very more plausible than the Silurian era. After all, it's clearly shown that they were contemporary with Dinosaurs. --MockTurtle 17:04, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Well, obviously in the Whoniverse, dinosaurs existed during the Eocene era! :) I realize this - paleontology and/or geology were never the writers' strong suit. Just going by what the series is saying. -khaosworks 17:56, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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- Or that the Doctor got it wrong himself! Timrollpickering 20:13, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I don't want to seem like I'm making a fuss, but why was my statement that Scales of Injustice attempted to deal with the inconsistancies between the seventies stories and Warriors removed? Daibhid C 21:48, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure when or why the comment you're referring to was removed, but the article currently states (in the "Overview" section, right above the spoiler notice),
- "The spin-off novel Scales of Injustice by Gary Russell and the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Final Genesis explain the discrepancy by stating that Silurians of differing appearance belonged to different sub-species. The cover artwork of Scales of Injustice even portrays a hybrid Silurian with features intermediate between their aquatic cousins the Sea Devils and one of the Silurians seen in Warriors."
- I'd hazard that either your contribution was moved in a rewrite, or removed because it was considered redundant with this. Or something like that. Anyway, the info is in the article now. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 22:10, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- Um, not quite. The difference of appearance is covered, but that was only part of it. As the bit on Warriors says "They also referred to a previous encounter with the Doctor, but the terms used did not match the earlier stories." Scales was written to be the encounter they were talking about. Daibhid C 15:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ah! Sorry, I didn't get what you were talking about. Looks like K. has fixed it now. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 20:15, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- I wasn't being clear. So it's probably for the best that my original peice has been replaced, since I think I used the same phrasing...Daibhid C 21:46, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ah! Sorry, I didn't get what you were talking about. Looks like K. has fixed it now. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 20:15, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Um, not quite. The difference of appearance is covered, but that was only part of it. As the bit on Warriors says "They also referred to a previous encounter with the Doctor, but the terms used did not match the earlier stories." Scales was written to be the encounter they were talking about. Daibhid C 15:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
