After the children, Angie and Artie, figured out that Clara was somehow time travelling with The Doctor they blackmail her into taking them somewhere exciting. That somewhere turns out to be the largest amusement park in the galaxy
unfortunately it is now closed so Angie declares that it is boring. They aren't alone on the planet; there is Webley, a group of soldiers and Porridge; a dwarf. Angie wants them to leave but The Doctor wants to investigate some strange insects he has seen. It turns out these are cyber-mites and they can cause people to become part of the Cybermen's collective conscience. They manage to infect the children and later on even The Doctor, although his superior mind means he can engage in a mental battle with his new cyber-personality. Before being infected he put Clara in charge of the soldiers and they must fight off the Cybermen until he can regain control of himself.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this episode; on the one hand the presence of the children had the potential to be very annoying given how they were in the previous episode, on the other it was written by Neil Gaiman. It became clear early on that the children were destined to be irritating; especially Angie who was bored despite being on another planet to make matters worse she is the one who uncovers the 'big twist' at the end. I thought the people infected by the Cybermites looked a bit too much like 'Star Trek's' Borg only far less scary. So much for the negatives, on the positive side it was fun to see Matt Smith switching between playing The Doctor and the cyber entity that was possessing him and there were good performances from the main guest stars; Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite and Jason Watkins. It was good to see Clara taking control of the situation and even better that she has finally discovered that for some reason she intrigues The Doctor; even if she doesn't know why he thinks of her as 'The Impossible Girl'. Overall I'd say this episode was a bit of a disappointment; not terrible but not as good as I'd hoped.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this episode; on the one hand the presence of the children had the potential to be very annoying given how they were in the previous episode, on the other it was written by Neil Gaiman. It became clear early on that the children were destined to be irritating; especially Angie who was bored despite being on another planet to make matters worse she is the one who uncovers the 'big twist' at the end. I thought the people infected by the Cybermites looked a bit too much like 'Star Trek's' Borg only far less scary. So much for the negatives, on the positive side it was fun to see Matt Smith switching between playing The Doctor and the cyber entity that was possessing him and there were good performances from the main guest stars; Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite and Jason Watkins. It was good to see Clara taking control of the situation and even better that she has finally discovered that for some reason she intrigues The Doctor; even if she doesn't know why he thinks of her as 'The Impossible Girl'. Overall I'd say this episode was a bit of a disappointment; not terrible but not as good as I'd hoped.