2015: The most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper below the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone, but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor,Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves battling a deadly danger from a bygone age. Meera Syal, Stephen Moore and Neve McIntosh guest star.
Sontarans thrive on combat and delight in warfare. To them, there is no greater honour than being killed in battle. Short, squat, muscular and grey, their leathery faces exude menace.
The Minotaur is a creature guarding the God Complex. As much a prisoner as those it pursues within its holographic prison, the Minotaur feeds off the ‘faith’ of its victims—what they strongly believe in.
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The Hungry Earth
2015: The most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper below the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone, but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves battling a deadly danger from a bygone age. Meera Syal, Stephen Moore and Neve McIntosh guest star.
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