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.
Featured in the episode The Beast Below.’ the Smilers are androids, mounted in booths all across the space faring version of Britain that left Earth in the 29th Century.
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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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