The Doctor takes Clara and the children to a broken down funfair seemingly run by mysterious chap called Webley, the planet also contains an old for.
I'll start with the positives, Matt Smith is fantastic, he puts in an absolutely brilliant performance, he's on top form, fantastically alien and totally brilliant when he doubles up, he slips from fun to dark with ease. I also liked Jason Watkins Cyber performance, done with true vigour. The activation of the Cyber Army looks stunning, possibly the note Earthshock wanted to hit.
The bad bits, the kids make the episode unbearable to watch, is there really a place for them in the show? Personally I don't think so, maybe it's just that they were so badly written for. The story itself I dislike, for no other reason I can think of then I just don't like it. The Cyber upgrades seem totally ridiculous, The Doctor has always fought the Cybermen, and now they are invincible with their upgrades, and as for being extinct? Makes no sense.
A truly awful story, made slightly bearable by Smith's excellent performance. Moffat has to stay away from Cyber stories under his tenure, both this and Closing time have been shockingly bad.
3/10.
I'll start with the positives, Matt Smith is fantastic, he puts in an absolutely brilliant performance, he's on top form, fantastically alien and totally brilliant when he doubles up, he slips from fun to dark with ease. I also liked Jason Watkins Cyber performance, done with true vigour. The activation of the Cyber Army looks stunning, possibly the note Earthshock wanted to hit.
The bad bits, the kids make the episode unbearable to watch, is there really a place for them in the show? Personally I don't think so, maybe it's just that they were so badly written for. The story itself I dislike, for no other reason I can think of then I just don't like it. The Cyber upgrades seem totally ridiculous, The Doctor has always fought the Cybermen, and now they are invincible with their upgrades, and as for being extinct? Makes no sense.
A truly awful story, made slightly bearable by Smith's excellent performance. Moffat has to stay away from Cyber stories under his tenure, both this and Closing time have been shockingly bad.
3/10.