Dr Nasreen Chaudhry worked at a drilling project near the Welsh village of Cwmtaff, in 2020. The project had drilled deeper than ever before, after the discovery of ancient mineral samples in the area. She worked alongside a local man named Tony Mack, whose son-in-law Mo was also employed on the project. The Doctor and Amy turned up at the drilling site soon after Mo had disappeared, and mysterious holes had begun to open in the ground. Amy was pulled down into one of these. The Doctor deduced that the drilling had disturbed something deep beneath the planet's surface, and this was fighting back. This proved to be the Silurians. They had a shelter beneath the village, and believed that they were under attack. When the Doctor decided to use the TARDIS to travel down to the shelter to negotiate, Nasreen insisted on going with him. Instead of a small shelter, they found a vast Silurian city.
Nasreen and Amy found themselves at the bargaining table, representing the whole of the human race. The talks broke down after Tony's daughter killed one of the Silurians. Tony had earlier been infected by her venom. It was agreed that the time was not yet right for the Silurians and the humans to live together on the surface, and so they went back into hibernation. Tony would join them, to be cured at a later date. Nasreen elected to stay with him.
Played by: Meera Syal. Appearances: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood (2010).
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