The teaser at the conclusion of Eve of the Daleks would have had fans of the Classic era jumping with joy around the room, with a brief shot of a Sea Devil. 2022 will mark their 50th anniversary.
The main thing is - unlike the sub-Star Trek redesign of the Silurians - these appear to have been left relatively un-messed about with, other than the costume they wear, so no big string vests (see below).
Legend of the Sea Devils is due to be screened at Easter, and will be the penultimate Whittaker / Chibnall story. According to Radio Times, the synopsis reads:
"This episode finds the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) in 19th Century China, where a small coastal village is under threat - from both the fearsome pirate queen Madame Ching (Crystal Yu) and a monstrous alien force which she unwittingly unleashes. Will the Doctor, Yaz and Dan emerge from this swashbuckling battle with the Sea Devils to save the planet?".
Technically, Sea Devils are not alien - they are terrestrial creatures from prehistory. However, the Doctor himself referred to them as being an alien species in the Silurians' very first appearance.
This will be the first time we've seen the Sea Devils since 1984's Warriors of the Deep, in which they had been given leather Samurai-style costumes.
Last night's episode had ended with the Doctor deflecting news about Yaz's feelings for her with the promise of a trip to see what happened to the Flor de la Mar - a Portuguese ship which sank off the coast of Sumatra in 1511, supposedly laden with treasure intended for the King of Portugal.
Madame Ching is a real historical character - her actual name was Zheng Yi Sao. Born in 1775, she married a pirate and became one herself, dominating the China seas between 1801 and 1810. She died, peacefully, in 1844. A character based on her appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
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