Doctor Who/Recap/S7/E02 Doctor Who and the Silurians: Difference between revisions

* [[Genocide Dilemma]]: An unusual mutual example

* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: Except for the Doctor and Liz - and perhaps the Elder Silurian - nobody comes out looking particularly good in this story, not even {{spoiler|the Brigadier}}. Most characters on both sides retain sympathetic qualities, however. This sort of complexity - that people in general aren't good or bad - was a staple of Malcolm Hulke's scripts - he was also involved in writing 'The War Games' a story dealing with [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]].

** [[Humans Are Flawed]]: It's played on both ends of the spectrum, too - the Silurians are just as xenophobic as their human counterparts, and yet neither side completely looses all sympathy when all their actions are examined in hindsight.

** Then again the Elder Silurian is probably the only thoroughly good character in the story other than Liz and the Doctor.