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What Did You Think of Nightmare in Silver?

What Did You Think of Nightmare in Silver?

Hedgewick’s World of Wonders was once the greatest theme park in the galaxy, but it’s now the dilapidated home to a shabby showman, a chess-playing dwarf and a dysfunctional army platoon.

When the Doctor, Clara, Artie and Angie arrive, the last thing they expect is the re-emergence of one of the Doctor’s oldest foes. The Cybermen are back

Now that the 7th episode of series 7b has aired in the UK what did you think?, was it the best episode ever or just average.









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166 comments

  • HITCH66

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:47pm

    One of the worst of all time. The acting was third rate, as was the dialouge. Smith was a absolute joke. As for the Cybermen, well they were as bad as ever, hopeless. The one good thing was that Strax, Jenny and Vastra didn’t appear to drag this down even further. A joke.

  • Professor When

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:46pm

    I saw that too! πŸ™‚

  • DOCTOR WHO ONE

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:40pm

    Ooops . . . . typing too fast again and I did not even notice, D’oh.

    Thanks for noticing πŸ˜‰

    NOTE TO SELF – Read comments carefully and make any corrections before pressing that Post Comment button πŸ™

  • KORSAIR

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:38pm

    Overall a good episode,though I think it would of been better as a two parter. The only fault was the superspeed thing,a wee bit too much I think.

  • the eternal doctor

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:37pm

    first of all you rote an assay πŸ™‚

    and the bran new cybermen were amazing and all the way through I thought one of the kids were going to die.

    the best episode ever was the rings of akhaten then it was cold war then it changed to journey to the centre of the tardis and know it is nightmare in silver.

    the only one I was disappointed in was bells of st john. after watching nightmare in silver and saw the name of the doctor trailer I was scared that strax might die.
    I hope Madame vastra or jenny flint or strax do not die because seeing that trailer I thought he was going to die.

    I also felt sorry for the boy he did not get a present but the girl did. plus if they do they will come back with a bigger badder adventure and more scary. there was only one seen that scared me that was the seen when the boy went to switch the light on.

    I wish the aliens were real and we could travel in time and if they are awesome.

    πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ :mrgreen:

  • lepter

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:33pm

    oh…the gold thing was a bit wierd. Gold was supposed to affect their breathing, nit the software. But…STILL COOL!

  • lepter

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:32pm

    liked it. Cybermen looked cool, cybermites were a good idea. Thought the headless cyberman idea was good….next step from pandorica cyberman. My only quible would be the cyberplanners emotion. Cybermen are supposed to be emotionless, it bieng seen as a weakness. Dont know if they are mondasian or paralell but they are back and creepy again. I am one happy cyberfan as cybermen are my fave monster.

  • The Moffat Paradox

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:06pm

    At last proper Cybermen that hark back to the classic era including a better sounding voice.

    Just shows though with the Cybernites instead of Cybermats how the Cybermen/Star Trek’s Borg concepts have pinched from each others ideas. From the concept of beings established in Who that seek perfection with cyber implants to Star Treks additional idea of Nano probes to create Borg and the ability to adapt to weapons and upgrade themselves that’s been given a new take with Cybernites for the presumably Mondas Cybermen.

    It would be fascinating to see the Daleks take on these Cybermen because in the characterisation of the Daleks they can also seemingly be cowardly and not react well if they know their up a against a foe that is more than a match for them.(No longer better at dying as Dalek Sec taunted in Doomsday?) If these Cybermen can adapt/upgrade to Dalek weaponry you can imagine the Daleks starting to panic especially if they can now turn non humanoids into Cybermen so you could maybe have cyberised Daleks. The Daleks would have to really keep as with the chess theme in the episode several moves ahead of them.

    What a waste of lovely Tamzin Outhwaite though. Killing her character off like that. Its not done!

  • thedaleksdeath

    May 11th, 2013 - 9:03pm

    You mean 1968 insted of 1978?

  • Booboo Jr

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:51pm

    Who would have expected Wigan to be holding the FA Cup over Man City! Amazing football on display there πŸ˜€

  • Booboo Jr

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:49pm

    Well I loved that! The new Cybermen look brilliant, and have some great new features. Matts’s acting was once again top class. We could have perhaps done without the kids, but they certainly didn’t spoil the episode in any way.

    From the trailers for next weeks episode, it looks set to be an epic season finale. Roll on ‘The Name of the Doctor’!

  • sheepinafez

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:47pm

    BEST EPISODE EVAR FELT LIKE A DAVID TENNANT ONE LOVE THE NEW CYBERMEN NEIL GAIMAN IS A LEGEND

  • Great

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:41pm

    In my opionon the final ep will be a anti climax because no matter what the doctors name is it won’t be what eveyone thinks it will also take away the mystery. One final note as well they said this episode would include bits of past doctors we got all 11 in what 7 seconds. I wouldn’t say that’s a appearance

  • DOCTOR WHO ONE

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:25pm

    FANTASTIC EPISODE !! πŸ˜€

    Neil Gaiman has done it again. Love the brand new Cybermen, great nods to the past with the Cyber Planner making a comeback since 1978’s ‘The Invasion’ and seeing the previous 10 Doctors faces which I don’t think any of us where expecting.

    The new Cybermen are brilliant, and I welcome them as a refreshing change considering the 2006 ones where getting old and boring. The new abilities are quite impressive.

    I certainly like the new Cybermites. Guess it’s R.I.P. Cybermats and hello to these new little fellas that I hope will make future appearances, plus it seems the Mondas Cybermen are BACK – FOR – GOOD !!!!!! πŸ˜€

  • booboo

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:16pm

    ok but not my thing really

  • Great

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:16pm

    What’s your opinion boo boo. I thought the ep was great just hope the final isn’t a sink or swim ep. Ps do u know the length of the last ep

  • the astronaut of death

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:16pm

    brilliant episode loved the new cybermen skills and design and voices and weapons and….basically I love the new cybermen
    matts acting was brill and loved the cybermitess

    the name of the doctor looks like the best episode ever glad we got a tv trailer

  • bob

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:09pm

    disappointed with the episode.
    definitely not as good as tomb or invasion!

  • Fez Master

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:01pm

    Also, Matt Smith’s acting was terrific!

  • Fez Master

    May 11th, 2013 - 8:00pm

    Fantastic. I love the new cyberman design and their voices are cool!

  • Stan Stanmanson

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:59pm

    Nerd Rage review time!
    Honestly? It could have been WAY better. The boy was the dullest character EVER. His voice and lines just made it so dull! The Punishment platoon was an interesting idea, but maybe could have been explained more. And Porridge as the Emperor? I liked it, an Original plot twist.
    The new Cybermen really cool. The design was nice and sleek, but I think he heads could have been a bit better. The Upgrading was a great idea, giving the Cybermen the truly ‘Unbeatable’ in their name. When they all got deactivated though, that was a bit lame. Oh yeah, and the detachable parts was SO COOL! Truly a worthy upgrade. Shame they all got Dead :(.
    And the Cybermites were an interesting touch, certainly a upgrade for the Cybermats πŸ˜€
    Overall, 6/10. Certainly would have been better if there was more time. But Meh, what can ya do? I just hope we see them again.

  • run you clever boy and remember

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:58pm

    awsome πŸ™‚ c

  • Vallu

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:56pm

    I liked Nightmare in Silver. It made the cyberman a threat, when before in new who they were not even dangerous. Wish they’d have gotten rid of the stomping, but nothing is perfect. This episode didn’t really need a story in my opinion, because it was more about bringing the Cyberman to life. Over all, loved it. The Cybermites are actually creepy to me. Laughed at the scene where the Cyberplanner told Clara she was beautiful πŸ˜›

  • hayley

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:55pm

    I’ve been a committed fan of dr who since I was a little girl, I’m now 22 and have to say since David left as the 10th dr the writing has really gone down hill. It’s a shame, really is..

  • RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:53pm

    average for me. the new cyberman are quite good, but i felt the way the first half was executed was all quite jumbled up. the bit before the titles was too quick and not very dramatic like JTTCOTT, and outhwaite’s character died too quickly. the kids in there i thought were abit pointless, and there any good co stars. when the cyber army came it got a lot better.

  • Matt Smithy

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:51pm

    I can understand major critics and reviewers finding this story rubbish as there wasn’t much of a story, but here are the reasons I thought it was good:
    If you think about it from a story view, you will find yourself hating it, but this episode wasn’t about story. It was about bringing back the cybermen and making them actually have some useful features, beautifully displayed here. Cybermites are so much better than cybermatts, the new instant upgrade feature is cool (if a little bit too much like the Borg) but yea, next time we see them I am sure it will have a story, they just wanted to display the new features here πŸ˜€

  • The Silent Silent

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:51pm

    Great, a bit too much doctor dialogue but other than that amazing.

    Noticed the castle was used in the tracey beaker movie!!!

  • The Supreme Dalek

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:50pm

    It was great, could have been better, but it is by far my favourite Cyberman episode of all time! πŸ™‚

  • Scott the Vigil

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:47pm

    Fantastic!

  • 2doctors2000

    May 11th, 2013 - 7:45pm

    I gotta admit, worth the miss, I would think, after that smashing FA Cup Final, great goal Watson! πŸ™‚

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