Doctor Who and the Silurians poster

Movie · 1970

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Released 14 March 1970 More from 1970 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Investigating mysterious power failures and a death at an underground research centre, The Doctor discovers a colony of Silurians - prehistoric, intelligent reptiles who went into hibernation before man evolved. But now they have woken up, and they are prepared to wipe out mankind with a killer plague to get their planet back.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Jon Pertwee
as The Doctor
50
Fulton Mackay
as Dr. Quinn
47
Peter Halliday
as Silurian (voices)
45
Geoffrey Palmer
as Masters
42
Caroline John
as Liz Shaw
29
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
21years between the oldest and youngest billed
50Jon Pertwee — oldest on the call sheet
29Caroline John — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast
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