About
- Broadcast: 22/29 May 2010
- Viewers: 6.49m/7.49m
- Availability: DVD: Series 5, Volume 3 /
Synopsis
PART ONE
It’s 2020 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age.
PART TWO
It is the most important day in the history of Earth: the dawn of a new age of harmony or the start of its final war. The Doctor must face his most difficult challenge yet. It is a battle in which he cannot take sides and a day when nobody must die…
Credits
Written by Chris Chibnall
Directed by Ashley Way
The Doctor – Matt Smith
Amy Pond – Karen Gillan
Rory – Arthur Darvill
Dr. Nasreen Chaudhry – Meera Syal
Alaya/Restac – Neve McIntosh
Tony Mack – Robert Pugh
Elliot – Samuel
Mo – Alun Raglan
Ambrose – Nia Roberts
Eldane – Stephen Moore