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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.
MCA
April 12th, 2014 - 10:16pmNightmare in Silver is the best example that Matt Smith is a TERRIBLE actor. Many actors have done an “evil twin” version of a character they play, and Smith’s attempt at such is so unbelievably bad it’s cringe-worthy. While possessed by the Cyberman programming the Doctor appears neither different nor evil, despite Smith obviously trying to be so.
the astronaut of death
April 13th, 2014 - 4:47pmI am afraid you are wrong
Matt smith is one of the best actors who ever lived in every episode he played the doctor , he gave a ground breaking performance and in nightmare in silver he gave another amazing performance and I would like to see you try to do what he dose
And if he was a terrible actor then why would he get countless awards
So you are wrong 🙂
Anonymous
April 13th, 2014 - 9:28pmI am afraid you sir MCA are wrong
Scott’s TARDIS
April 14th, 2014 - 10:00pmI agree with MCA. I think he’s a good actor but his attempts to play an evil version of the character in Nightmare in Silver failed.
Anonymous
April 15th, 2014 - 1:04pmI think matt played the doctor in nightmare in silver very well
And matt has got a lot of prase for this role
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:53pmThe new cybermen s head looks werid anybody who agrees respond
bob
May 18th, 2013 - 11:18amThe worst cyberman story ever, the kids were annoying the doctor at points was annoying and it didn’t make any sense.
VASHTA NERADA
May 26th, 2013 - 7:58amIt was a fantastic episode but I have to agree the kids were lame. Everything else was terrific. Also the cybermen’s new heads look a lot like the Tomb of the Cybermen, which I found particularly odd.
Obsie
May 16th, 2013 - 10:41pmSeemed far too silly and superfluous, more of a downgrade than an upgrade. The children were irritating, especially the girl who said she was bored ( she was not the only one). However, if I was whisked away in a blue box bored would not be the first reaction I would come out with. Overall it seemed a sloppy addition to the season, which seems to be the trend at the moment. I really would like things to go back to the sharper and more exciting, atmospheric stories of its relaunch.
John Smith
May 15th, 2013 - 5:02pmTerrible episode! The cybermen are less scary than ever before, the speed of upgrade was ridiculous, the freedom of movement was awful. In fact the only thing that was an improvement was the fact that they moved really quickly. Also the children were terrible actors and the doctor overacted!
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 6:55pmI prefer the paralel cybermen from Pete s world
River
May 14th, 2013 - 8:19pmI actually thought “Nightmare in Silver” was a good episode. Mainly because Matt Smith’s acting in this ep was astonishing, I applaud him! I think he did an amazing job.
outnumbered
May 14th, 2013 - 7:46pmdid they really look for the worst child acters in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OUT WITH THE GOOD AND IN WITH THE BAD SHOULD BE DR WHO NOW CHATCH PHARES
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 6:57pmThey must have rushed because the children did a very bad job.
Mad Dalek
May 14th, 2013 - 2:10pmSeen better , This season is worst by far, lack of thrills, bad acting, rubbish endings, and monsters being turned into camp panto vilians. Matt smith’s dr did start off good but he’s turned into a bit of a clown. I won’t be itching to see the next season, Seems that S. Moffet has killed the series off instead of darking it
outnumbered
May 14th, 2013 - 7:43pmits good to know im not the only one who thinks so
McGann is the Doctor
May 15th, 2013 - 12:59pmTurned into a clown ? Have you seen his first story ? He was nothing BUT a clown in that story, and for the most part of that season.
Only with the 2011 series did the character of his Doctor really start to work and the “clowning” actually get funny :p
TMD
May 14th, 2013 - 1:58pmThis has been the worst season i’ve seen, Daleks who care for the sick, bad acting, bad scripts and monsters what have been turned into jokes…… it’s what happened to the Borg in Voyager. disappointment all round, seen better entertainment in the Sooty show
outnumbered
May 14th, 2013 - 7:44pmi agree with this so much
the only one i loved was crimsons horror
Clocky
May 14th, 2013 - 1:31pmA dissapointing return of the Cybermen with some of the WORST acting I think I’ve ever seen since the re-boot of Doctor Who. Tamzin & the kids were awful
DOCTORWHOSBIGGESTFAN
May 13th, 2013 - 8:54pmI really wish the Cybermen would say Delete!!! 🙁
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
May 13th, 2013 - 9:16pmsame!
John Smith
May 15th, 2013 - 4:49pmme too!
TheSmartestH0B0
May 18th, 2013 - 12:52pmI don’t agree, because Russel.T.Davis introduced that phrase, when in the classic series the cybermen most commonly said “eradicate them!”
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 6:58pmMe 3
WHERE she GET the MILK
May 13th, 2013 - 7:44pmI thought this was a brilliant episode , but also there could be some changes that could of made it better.
davros (with control of the time vortex)
May 19th, 2013 - 2:45pmyeah but they could of made iy better by killing the children to make a good twist
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 6:59pmThat would have been a good idea you are a genius
slayersamelia
May 13th, 2013 - 12:52pmI’m sure it wasn’t just me, but was there a clue in the doctor’s mind when it showed his regenerations? It showed all the doctors in a row, but when the 11th should have appeared you saw a “regeneration” effect and then the 11th doctor after that… It makes me wonder whether Smith is really the 12th doctor and the 11th is to be revealed?
matfav
May 13th, 2013 - 9:41amOkay, the series needs a serious regeneration and reboot simply because the writing lets everybody down. Can any kid get a ride in the Tardis care of the companion without explanation or reserve from the dr? The Cyber-men were clever, but the dr is really really dumb. The writers process of appealing to kids simply looses 98% of the rest of their loyal fan base is even dumber. When you have one dimensional script writing in a multidimensional universe it leads to a big F fail). We deserve better.
Lancescott70
May 12th, 2013 - 11:45pmSo the new Cybermen are Star Trek Borg or more ridiculous. Also is anyone else wondering when Dr. Who became Dr. Who’s Companions? I am a little tired of it being the companions blundering into the solution or figuring it out for the Doctor. He is supposed to be this brilliant being that has been alive for 1,000 years and seen the Universe. Yet it is the little girl that provides them with the solution. Too often the Dr. has no clue what to do or how to help. The previous Dr. could save a genetically altered pig man from dying by “fixing” his DNA. The current Dr. wouldn’t know what to do if someone had a hangnail.
Dalek The Supreme
May 13th, 2013 - 1:02amThe previous Doctor feared a process that he’s gone through 9 times before. The current Doctor chased the Atraxi off a planet and called them back for a scolding, rebooted the whole universe, came back from nonexistence, tricked a species into giving the order for it’s own extinction, survived the most terrifying and insane Daleks of all time. Just saying. Also, the Doctor is great and powerful and mighty and intelligent, but he’s not perfect. Back before the Time War, most other Time Lords saw him as a rebel and a joke. And if you don’t like the companion saving the day. then you either forget or don’t realize the point of the companion is to give the human instincts and intuition the Doctor lacks.
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:04pmYeah but every series in the last episode it s mostly about the companion than the doctor e.g series 1 Rose , series 2 Rose , series 3 Martha , series 4, Donna , series 5 Amy , series 6 a little doctor and a little river and series 7 Clara
outnumbered
May 12th, 2013 - 4:24pmi really hated it
i dont like the new cybermen ( when he took his head of was stupid)
and i hated the will u marry me bit
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:09pmI know why would they put that in .Cybermen used to be cool nowdays they ve changed I like sontarans better.Hopefully the daleks will remeber the doctor or davros will return in series 8.
Whovian
May 12th, 2013 - 4:16pmNightmare in silver was the 6th best episode EVER
booboo
May 12th, 2013 - 4:22pmevery one is entitled to their (respectful) opinion without been shot down for it
Anonymous
May 13th, 2013 - 7:04pmThe over 5 being?
TheSmartestH0B0
May 18th, 2013 - 1:04pmThe episode was Ok to say the least, yet I didn’t feel exited by it at all. Niel Gaiman, the writer let the fans down because he wrote “The Doctors Wife” in 2011, and that was fantastic, but it wasn’t the same this time round. Also the children’s acting was horrendous, and I didn’t think the Cybermen were given a good enough part to play, like “Closing Time”, the Cybermen were taken for granted. I also think Gaiman got inspiration for the battle of chess through the mind from the three doctors as Omega’s slave and him fought, hand to hand in their heads. The Cybermites were an interesting idea, but I still prefer the old Cybermats which could poison you with venom, but Matt Smith and Warwick Davies made a good duet in acting. The newer Cybermen episodes seem to lack what they used to be, I’m still waiting for a episode similar to those of “The Tomb of the Cybermen” and “Earthshock”
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:10pmWhat s the first 4
dr doak
May 12th, 2013 - 3:14pmi thought the cyberman episode was great i believe it gave a great example and introduction to the new ones it was also great to see some old cybermen aswell
LEWIS
May 12th, 2013 - 1:16pmHey guys Niel Gaiman said he wanted to make this one like THE TOOM OF THE CYBERMEN and he did because the toombs looked the same only in colour and bigger and also at the end when the planet blew up a CYBERMITE survived and when the toombs were destoyed IN TOOM OF THE CYBERMEN a CYBERMAT survived.
The new cbermen could evenchualy be imortal because if four cybermen were destroyed by GOLD,THE SOLVANT CLEANING FLUID, IMPLODING PLANET OR THOSE HAND PULSER THINGS THE OTHERS WOULD JUST UPGRADE THEMSELVS AND THOSE THINGS I JUST SAID WOULD NOT WORK AND THE WOULD BE IMORTAL
i am the 1 and only!
May 12th, 2013 - 2:04pmI think the cybermen noticed the bomb and teleported and the ship with the beepy noise was the cybership.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
May 12th, 2013 - 5:02pmLook again – it was a Cybermite.
Anonymous
May 12th, 2013 - 5:29pmThat’s what I said
Doctor J
May 14th, 2013 - 12:39amVery happy with the ending with the Cybermite in space exacly like the Cybermat escaped in Tomb The Cybermen to tell us that the Cybermen will be back.
Anonymous
May 12th, 2013 - 12:04pmIn my opinion it would have been better if they showed them upgrading people into proper Cybermen. That’s what was scary about them, the upgrading and forcing someone to become emotionless. If they had that in I feel like it would be better.
Anonymous
May 12th, 2013 - 4:05pmI think this way was a quick upgrade, just to get them to fight for them, I hope we see a full upgrade though. I find they are scarier when they are on earth, walking down normal streets, into normal homes, it makes you feel it could happen in real life!
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:19pmThat is not a quick upgrade thier like those spoonhead things in the bells st john they just stand there Normally they become cybermen real quick e.g series 2 episode 6 the age of steel jackie tyler is upgraded proper quick
Sebatron
May 12th, 2013 - 11:59amOne of the best episodes ever!!!
It was brilliant to see the new cyber-men and they were much better than I thought they would be. It was also to see inside the Doctor’s mind. I loved how at the end there was a single cyber-mite that was still alive, so the cyber-men aren’t completely extinct.
I loved it!
daniel
May 12th, 2013 - 12:56pmdude youre right nightmare in silver was sickage
random user
May 13th, 2013 - 5:13pmthe thing that scared me the most about the new cybermen was the fact that it could movve really, really fast.
Da Big Friendly Button
May 12th, 2013 - 11:46amCompared to Closing Time, this episode is far better in every respect. I like the idea of the cybermen upgrading themselves, especially where they can adapt to different obsticles, makes me think the Daleks will have their work cut out for them.
As a fan of the Cybermen I love the new design, though I am afraid this makes the old cybermen feel like old news now. But then I guess they take their place with the other cybermen bofore them and become classic cybermen.
daniel
May 12th, 2013 - 12:59pmit was ok
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:21pmYeah the idea of upgrading during battle was cool
Anonymous
May 12th, 2013 - 11:25amwar at hedgewick= warrick LOL
The 14th Doctor
May 12th, 2013 - 10:18amMeh…it was all right. Good story but if I’m honest the new Cybermen were disappointing. The fact they speak less makes them seem even more like robots
TheDoctorGallifrey
May 13th, 2013 - 7:41amI loved the episode and I agree that they should’ve spoke more, but at least they don’t say ‘Delete’ all the time anymore, it’s starting to get annoying now.
P.S. I love the new cyberman voice!
the astronaut of death
May 12th, 2013 - 10:15amcool the time lords invented chess
random user
May 13th, 2013 - 5:14pmi think it was mentioned before in the seventh doctor story “the Curse of Fenric”
DOCTORWHOSBIGGESTFAN
May 12th, 2013 - 10:15amDid anyone else notice when the Doctor, Clara, Angie and Artie were going to see Webleys collection, they passed two of the space suits from the doctor, the widow and the wardrobe
the astronaut of death
May 12th, 2013 - 10:17amyeah I saw that I wonder how they got their
doctor hugh
May 12th, 2013 - 10:51amthere was also a puppet from the god complex
Matt Smithy
May 12th, 2013 - 11:08amAnd a lot of monsters from the rings of akhaten and torchwood.
dalek eternal
May 12th, 2013 - 11:09amthere was also general kudlaks head from sja there to
DOCTORWHOSBIGGESTFAN
May 12th, 2013 - 11:38amI saw the dummy from the god complex, TROA aliens, the space suits and a blowfish. I didn’t see kudlaks head though
cyberman2
May 12th, 2013 - 12:04pmi saw the robot from rings of akhaten and spacesuit from doctor widow and wardrobe
Dalek The Supreme
May 12th, 2013 - 5:03pmI noticed a bunch of aliens, but didn’t recognize them, except for the God Complex puppets.
Anonymous
May 16th, 2013 - 8:25pmI like fudge
Anonymous
May 12th, 2013 - 10:04amThis was the first time I have ever jumped at an episode of dr who. And I loved the new cybermen, to upgrade whenever there is an problem is a great idea, and the scene with the cyberman running whilt everyone was in slow motion was genius! I want to see an episode with the cybermen taking over present day earth, and see how they are defeated then!
TheDoctorGallifrey
May 13th, 2013 - 7:43amThat should be a two-parter at least!
Dalek: the Supreme
May 13th, 2013 - 8:08pmI want to see the Cybermen enter a full-scale war with the Daleks now that the salt shakers have a space armada again.
The Moffat Paradox
May 15th, 2013 - 12:19amWhich is why Dalek:the Supreme I think it would be the makings of a great story if the Daleks are having to take it as much(if not more) than they dish it out because these Cybermen are more of a threat.Then we see how really resourceful they can or have to be.
In the original series as you probably know they were nearly made extinct in their war which was otherwise stalemated for centuries with the android Movellans because the Movellans developed a virulent anti Dalek virus.And what in series canon happened to the Movellans?
Tom
May 12th, 2013 - 9:54amI liked it, until The Doctor’s mind started going weird, the ending could have been way better, I mean c’mon! That was not a very good ending!
the astronaut of death
May 12th, 2013 - 9:48amI think in closing time that is when cybermen started to go down a hill
and I now think neil gainman has saved the cybermen just saved and updated them just in time
thankyou neil the savior of the cybermen!!!
Dalek The Supreme
May 12th, 2013 - 5:04pmI really liked Closing Time, but they really should have done more with the Cybermen there. Hail to you, Niel Gaiman, savior of the Cybermen!
ROCKSTAR
May 20th, 2013 - 7:25pmAll hail the saviour of the cybermen