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caz963I’m trying to think of some pithy comments to make about the Cybermen two-parter – Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel - but I seem to be all out of pith.
It’s Ten’s first two-part story and I remember cheering when I saw the Cybermen in the trailer the previous week. I’m a sucker for the return of old enemies.
This one is more of a straightforward adventure story, with the Doctor, Mickey and Rose stuck in an alternative universe where Rose’s Dad is still alive, her parents are rich – but they’ve never had any kids.
The TARDIS has suffered one of it’s (over the years) many spectacular malfunctions and plummets from the sky, landing in the London of a parallel world
Once I got over the shock of seeing Trigger as an evil megalomaniac (!), I found one of the best things about the story is the way Mickey develops as a character. I’ve always thought he got the fuzzy end of the lollipop in the show, and it was good to see him get the chance to strike out on his own and make something more of himself.
I’ve often thought that he should have travelled with Rose and the Doctor a bit more actually – the dynamic between the three of them worked well, and took the emphasis off the whole “Rose + Doc 4eva” thing that was getting pushed down our throats. And when I come to think about it, Rose was pretty inconsiderate towards him on lots of occasions. She never really broke up with him when she went with off with the Ninth Doctor – although I suppose the fact that she did go with him should have told Mickey enough! There were times it felt to me as though she couldn’t quite make up her mind and was using Mickey as sort of a fall-back option. I know they were friends, but the way she was all over him in The Christmas Invasion must have given the fella some hope that she would come back to him; in fact, he makes that fact clear at the end of the episode when he says “you’re never going to stay, are you?”.
In School Reunion he finally twigs that he’s the third wheel “I’m the tin dog!” and at the end of that episode, when the Doctor says he can travel with them Rose is clearly more than a little bit pissed off. At the beginning of The Girl in the Fireplace though, they’re clearly on much better terms, and I really liked their relationship in that episode. But at the beginning of Rise of the Cybermen, he’s being made the butt of the joke again, as Rose and the Doctor are sharing a series of “you had to be there” stories
– which I find quite cruel, at worst – thoughtless at best. Their attitude here takes me back to Tooth and Claw where the pair of them got a right royal telling off from Queen Victoria for taking delight in the death and destruction going on around them. Of course, the Doctor has always been one to rush headlong into trouble and enjoy it, and can be very insensitive once he’s into something. But unlike Donna, who would have given him a slap and made him think about what it must feel like to be in someone else’s shoes, Rose joins in with it – which I suppose is a)the immaturity of youth and b)just goes to show that the Doctor needs someone who will challenge him as well as someone he can have fun with.
Anyway. There’s still plenty to enjoy in these episodes, not the least of which is the sight of David Tennant running around in a tuxedo!
(I told you I was all out of pith!)
The pretty in this episode is frequently bathed in coloured light!
*sigh* That grin :-)
I really like that shot – the way the light is reflecting off his face.
Yay! Specs! It is also quite possible that I may have developed an obsession with his bottom lip.
Tux!! He can wait on me anytime ;-)
Pretty in blue
Bugger.
Baddies!
Hero shot, or what?
After a typical and seemingly un-get-outable-of Doctor Who cliffhanger, the Doctor saves everybody and they leg it.
Pretty in Red. Oh, and – “I’m the Doctor, by the way. If anyone’s interested.” Hee! He’s not centre stage, and he doesn’t like it. ;-)
Yep. He’s making it up as he goes along. No change there, then.
The Doctor and Mrs Moore head off into the tunnels and once again, our hero is faced with Hobson’s Choice. Does he destroy the emotional inhibitors in the Cybermen and kill them by driving them mad with the knowledge of the horror of what they have become? - after all, these were just innocent people who were captured and then “upgraded” through no fault of their own. But the alternative is that the Cybermen take over the world. Not much of a choice really is it?
As usual, he's got his hands in icky stuff. At least he's not licking it this time!
Captured and marched off
Mean. Moody. Magnificent. *g*
The TARDIS is back.
Mickey’s saved the world via a mobile phone and now he’s found his niche. He’s staying in the alternative universe. The Doctor is genuinely sad to see him go.
Back home.
Screencaps from Demon-Cry and The Medusa Cascade.
It’s Ten’s first two-part story and I remember cheering when I saw the Cybermen in the trailer the previous week. I’m a sucker for the return of old enemies.
This one is more of a straightforward adventure story, with the Doctor, Mickey and Rose stuck in an alternative universe where Rose’s Dad is still alive, her parents are rich – but they’ve never had any kids.
The TARDIS has suffered one of it’s (over the years) many spectacular malfunctions and plummets from the sky, landing in the London of a parallel world
Once I got over the shock of seeing Trigger as an evil megalomaniac (!), I found one of the best things about the story is the way Mickey develops as a character. I’ve always thought he got the fuzzy end of the lollipop in the show, and it was good to see him get the chance to strike out on his own and make something more of himself.
I’ve often thought that he should have travelled with Rose and the Doctor a bit more actually – the dynamic between the three of them worked well, and took the emphasis off the whole “Rose + Doc 4eva” thing that was getting pushed down our throats. And when I come to think about it, Rose was pretty inconsiderate towards him on lots of occasions. She never really broke up with him when she went with off with the Ninth Doctor – although I suppose the fact that she did go with him should have told Mickey enough! There were times it felt to me as though she couldn’t quite make up her mind and was using Mickey as sort of a fall-back option. I know they were friends, but the way she was all over him in The Christmas Invasion must have given the fella some hope that she would come back to him; in fact, he makes that fact clear at the end of the episode when he says “you’re never going to stay, are you?”.
In School Reunion he finally twigs that he’s the third wheel “I’m the tin dog!” and at the end of that episode, when the Doctor says he can travel with them Rose is clearly more than a little bit pissed off. At the beginning of The Girl in the Fireplace though, they’re clearly on much better terms, and I really liked their relationship in that episode. But at the beginning of Rise of the Cybermen, he’s being made the butt of the joke again, as Rose and the Doctor are sharing a series of “you had to be there” stories
– which I find quite cruel, at worst – thoughtless at best. Their attitude here takes me back to Tooth and Claw where the pair of them got a right royal telling off from Queen Victoria for taking delight in the death and destruction going on around them. Of course, the Doctor has always been one to rush headlong into trouble and enjoy it, and can be very insensitive once he’s into something. But unlike Donna, who would have given him a slap and made him think about what it must feel like to be in someone else’s shoes, Rose joins in with it – which I suppose is a)the immaturity of youth and b)just goes to show that the Doctor needs someone who will challenge him as well as someone he can have fun with.
Anyway. There’s still plenty to enjoy in these episodes, not the least of which is the sight of David Tennant running around in a tuxedo!
(I told you I was all out of pith!)
The pretty in this episode is frequently bathed in coloured light!
*sigh* That grin :-)
I really like that shot – the way the light is reflecting off his face.
Yay! Specs! It is also quite possible that I may have developed an obsession with his bottom lip.
Tux!! He can wait on me anytime ;-)
Pretty in blue
Bugger.
Baddies!
Hero shot, or what?
After a typical and seemingly un-get-outable-of Doctor Who cliffhanger, the Doctor saves everybody and they leg it.
Pretty in Red. Oh, and – “I’m the Doctor, by the way. If anyone’s interested.” Hee! He’s not centre stage, and he doesn’t like it. ;-)
Yep. He’s making it up as he goes along. No change there, then.
The Doctor and Mrs Moore head off into the tunnels and once again, our hero is faced with Hobson’s Choice. Does he destroy the emotional inhibitors in the Cybermen and kill them by driving them mad with the knowledge of the horror of what they have become? - after all, these were just innocent people who were captured and then “upgraded” through no fault of their own. But the alternative is that the Cybermen take over the world. Not much of a choice really is it?
As usual, he's got his hands in icky stuff. At least he's not licking it this time!
Captured and marched off
Mean. Moody. Magnificent. *g*
The TARDIS is back.
Mickey’s saved the world via a mobile phone and now he’s found his niche. He’s staying in the alternative universe. The Doctor is genuinely sad to see him go.
Back home.
Screencaps from Demon-Cry and The Medusa Cascade.
