Plot details for The Hungry Earth (SPOILERS!!!)

[Gov Kodos]

File it under Klingons, Romulans and other shape shifted but no one noticed aliens.

 

[Bones2]

Well you can't really blame someone on a DW discussion forum for complaining when they take classic villains and make them look bloody awful.

Come on now. It's not as if the Silurians looked good before. You don't want them to deviate from what's been established decades ago, fine, but the problem here is not that the new Silurians look "bloody awful". That would be consistent.

I don't think that's fair at all. The Silurians were a good design. They may have been limited by the budget and techniques of the time, but looked good enough that your suspension of disbelief wasn't broken. Rather than just monsters, they were sympathetic characters, and the design helped establish this.

File it under Klingons, Romulans and other shape shifted but no one noticed aliens.

Yeah, but not only is this so far removed from the original design that it bears practically no resemblance, it's also comparatively rubbish. Yeah, the scales might looks more scaly, but the design itself is rubbish. Clearly a human face.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Yeah, I am sure the prosthetic thought is that the actor can show emotion and the audience has a relatable face to view. I really prefer the original myself, these new ones just have a Hollywood feel to them.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

I don't think that's fair at all. The Silurians were a good design. They may have been limited by the budget and techniques of the time, but looked good enough that your suspension of disbelief wasn't broken.

Actually, mine was. I really like "Doctor Who and the Silurians", but I find that design quite silly-looking. Considering how much time I spend in the theater, you have to trust me when I tell you that I wouldn't mind if Doctor Who monsters were just portrayed by sock puppets and light effects. But I have no misplaced nostalgia for Silurians, Zygons or Alpha Centaurans.

 

[Cutter John]

Aww come on. Alpha Centari was brilliant!

As for this whole discussion, I think I'll wait until the episode airs before I judge it one way or the other. I'm sure theres a reason for the different look.