Nightmare in Silver

[vilakins]

When I saw the trailer for this week's ep, I thought, "Oh no, not sodding Cybermen again."

But that was so much fun!

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[jhall1]

Yes, that was good fun. :)

Ah, was that "cyberplanet"? I'd heard (or possibly misheard) the word as "cyberplanner".

[vilakins]

That's what I think, anyway!

[jhall1]

You're probably right. As I get older I occasionally struggle to follow dialogue, not because it's too quiet but because the diction isn't clear enough. I suppose I could watch the episode again when it's repeated on Friday, and switch on subtitles (assuming that they are available).

[jaxomsride]

I heard cyberplanner too, but either works.

[sallymn]

Yes, I really enjoyed that (I knew aI would the minute they brought in an abandoned amusement park... :)

[vilakins]

They didn't use the rides though, except the moon one. THe abandoned power station made me think of B7.

[jaxomsride]

Clara makes a good commander. Pity the cybermen were better able to adapt than they were anticipating.

The doctor is very good at misdirection. He never planned to win the chess game, just use it to distract his inner cyberplanner and make him use all his resources in trying to solve the Doctor's "Mate in 3 moves" claim (real or bluff, we'll never know.). One thing, I'm not ever going to play Poker with the doctor if that was a bluff!

Porridge's real identity became very obvious by the soldier's commanders reaction to him. Of course the Emperor would have an override, though the quick getaway was a bit of a Deus ex machina

[vilakins]

I'd forgotten the gold ticket at the beginning!

I'd guessed who he was before that, but that confirmed it. The commander was also very interested in Clara's description of Porridge. The fact that she wasn't at all obsequious speaks for Porridge's ruling style. I would love to see him again.