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[dolari]

This episode was just great all around.

What an excllent excellent excellent episode. The Cybermen have ALWAYS been my favorite Dr. Who monsters, more so than the Daleks, who I thought were just Davros' Robotic Thugs. I'm a big fan of pre-Davros Daleks, when they were mean and scheming, and felt like they COULD take the universe over despite being shaped like salt shakers. Thankfully, the new series has turned the Daleks BACK into the pre-Davros ones, so seeing them both going after each other was just pure bliss.

I also liked the feeling at the end. It was one of those "Dr. Who moves into a new era" feeling. Like at the end of War Games and beginning of Spearhead from Space. The shape of the series changed then. The same with the whole Traken/Logopolis/Castrovalva trilogy, and The Green Death, when the series basically ended the UNIT era of Dr, Who. With virtually everyone who has been a part of the series locked away in a secondary universe, you get that feeling of "The series is changing again." No more Jackie/Micky/Pete/Rose, which has been a huge part of the new series.

I did have some issues with the episode. Like seeing the Doctor "surrender" to the Cybermen...and then suddenly seeing him talking to the Daleks, without explanation. While watching I couldn't figure if they'd killed the Cybermen and taken their suits, or reprogrammed them, or what. The Hartman Cyberman was sad, yes, but totally unecessary. The "This is How I Died" red herring, come on folks, there's better ways to create suspense or get us to beleive she might die. The bride scene should not have gone on as long as it did as it negated any feeling of loss from that great ending. And only the Daleks got sucked into the abyss (I smell a blooper!) I miss the old Cyberman laser sounds. :)

Rumour running around is that the episode ran several minutes long and had to be cut down, so I'm wondering how many of my complaints were caused by the cuts (six minutes is a LOT of TV-time).

But oh, my, more, please. Much more.