Doctor Who and White Worm
With very few minor tweeks, this would make a great episode of Doctor Who. If you take Lord D'Ampton and give him an interest in archeology, then Peter Capaldi's Doctor could materialize the TARDIS, and step into the Argus Flint role. Clara would take Mary's role, perhaps as a cousin of Catherine Oxenberg's Eve Trent. The plot itself would make a great DOCTOR WHO episode. The Worm itself could be an alien from the planet DIONION.
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