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The Hungry earth clips and episode 13 title (spoilers)

Not trashing the episode - just the images I've seen of the Silurian makeup..

Thing is, what they seem to have done is updated/reimagined the *Sea Devil* makeup.

I think the thinking has gone like this: they want to use the concept of the Silurians (original owners of the Earth) but they know that they weren't visually memorable - everybody remembers the "lizard people coming out of the sea", so that's the visual cue they've gone with: the "aquatic version of the Silurians". Or in this case, land-based versions of the Sea Devils

Two eyes instead of three - just like the Sea Devils
Strakes/fins going back overhead - just like the Sea Devils
Wire mesh vests - just like the Sea Devils
Dish-shaped guns - just like the Sea Devils.

You see where I'm going with this - something of a pattern developing.

Oh, there is one Silurian design element- the neck rings are from the 1984 versions.
 
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