Comments on: Three and a Half Cybermen https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=2009 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Peter A https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=2009&cpage=1#comment-1394 Peter A Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:47:12 +0000 http://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=2009#comment-1394 Ooh I had issues with Lodge Harder, perhaps mostly because I’d read the rather smug interview with Grobbits in DWM as an appetiser and on viewing the episode found myself grumbling at what increasingly looked like forced mateship between the Doctor and Craig. Why are we asked to believe these guys are as close as close can be? No, I mean THESE guys? Yes, the Doctor’s in a slump because he believes he’s facing the big deep six, yes I know that most of the favours he called in six months ago or so ended up skewered by Madame Kovarian’s team and yes, I know next episode we’re about to see why Lodger 2 : the lodgening isn’t going to be set inside the Brig’s retirement home (bah), but as much as I like Craig and I do!), this relationship seems a little perfunctory. It was based on the Doctor staying at a normal guy’s house, not some deep and mutual understanding thing. Even if there’s a nice touch with the hat at the end. Grobbits might fancy Craig’s the next best thing to having a hotline from the Doctor to Jamie, but I can’t see it, particularly this version of Craig as a man when he’s at one of his most physically vulnerable times – fatherhood. The man’s a wreck, Doctor, you’d have had a more decisive and sympathetic lieutenant in Wilf! And yeah, speaking of sympathies, those Cybermen. I can only conclude that the current production team are deliberately playing with these now quite tatty Cybercostumes as wanton boys do with flies. But ‘sploding heads and baby cries are one thing, for heaven’t sake, as Al says – don’t give any more classic monsters to Shrek to write for! Okay, maybe Ogrons. He’s safe with Ogrons. And Bitey – nice model, now memorable for his teeth, which seems like a very large investment of space in an economy vehicle of that size, Cybercontroller. Does he eat with that mouth as well? Liked the Amy/Rory cameo though. They looked very happy, and I just knew the prod team couldn’t leave well enough alone. Otherwise, yes about the Cybermat - I want one! And a Lynda Barron too. Ooh I had issues with Lodge Harder, perhaps mostly because I’d read the rather smug interview with Grobbits in DWM as an appetiser and on viewing the episode found myself grumbling at what increasingly looked like forced mateship between the Doctor and Craig. Why are we asked to believe these guys are as close as close can be? No, I mean THESE guys? Yes, the Doctor’s in a slump because he believes he’s facing the big deep six, yes I know that most of the favours he called in six months ago or so ended up skewered by Madame Kovarian’s team and yes, I know next episode we’re about to see why Lodger 2 : the lodgening isn’t going to be set inside the Brig’s retirement home (bah), but as much as I like Craig and I do!), this relationship seems a little perfunctory. It was based on the Doctor staying at a normal guy’s house, not some deep and mutual understanding thing. Even if there’s a nice touch with the hat at the end. Grobbits might fancy Craig’s the next best thing to having a hotline from the Doctor to Jamie, but I can’t see it, particularly this version of Craig as a man when he’s at one of his most physically vulnerable times – fatherhood. The man’s a wreck, Doctor, you’d have had a more decisive and sympathetic lieutenant in Wilf!

And yeah, speaking of sympathies, those Cybermen. I can only conclude that the current production team are deliberately playing with these now quite tatty Cybercostumes as wanton boys do with flies. But ‘sploding heads and baby cries are one thing, for heaven’t sake, as Al says – don’t give any more classic monsters to Shrek to write for! Okay, maybe Ogrons. He’s safe with Ogrons.

And Bitey – nice model, now memorable for his teeth, which seems like a very large investment of space in an economy vehicle of that size, Cybercontroller. Does he eat with that mouth as well?

Liked the Amy/Rory cameo though. They looked very happy, and I just knew the prod team couldn’t leave well enough alone.

Otherwise, yes about the Cybermat – I want one! And a Lynda Barron too.

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