Silurian (Doctor Who)とは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Silurians are a fictional race of reptile-like humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The species first appeared in Doctor Who in the 1970 serial Doctor Who and the Silurians. The first Silurians introduced are depicted as prehistoric and scientifically advanced sentient humanoids who predate the dawn of man; in their fictional backstory, the Silurians went into self-induced hibernation to survive what they predicted to be a large geological upheaval caused by the Earth capturing the Moon. The Silurians introduced in the 1970 story are broad, three-eyed land-dwellers. The 1972 serial The Sea Devils introduced their amphibious cousins, the so-called 'Sea Devils'. The 2010 episode "The Hungry Earth" introduced another more human-like branch of the species. A taxonomical-sounding name for the species is mentioned in passing by the Doctor as "Homo Reptilia" in "The Hungry Earth". Taken at face value, this would place the species within the human genus. The terms "Silurians" and "Eocenes" are human misnomers.