The Matt Smith Review: Part 7 - The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood
What We First Thought: That was nice. Now for the washing up! You know when you get into the middle of a book, where the pictures are? Then you get past them and the second half doesn’t quite match up to your visions of the pictures, which in turn affects your thoughts as you continue to embark on the second half of the book? That’s exactly how I feel about The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood . It’s a story that had all the makings of a classic, but part 2 just petered out into boredom, save for the ending. The biggest disappointment of this story for me is the look of the Silurians, or Homo Reptilia, whatever you want to call them. They just look too human. I can appreciate the ‘Homo’ bit indicating that they’re between the two (which is wrong, as they’re supposed to be fully reptile!) but still, they just look like a human that has been painted green! Would it have been too difficult to update the classic look of the Silurians, with the third eye and eve...