Ascension of the Cybermen

Great episode, far superior to any of the others this season, the Cybermen are at their terrifying best

Going to reserve a proper critique until the next part. But a positive has to be the Cyberman treatment. They actually seem quite menacing. Which lets face it has been hard to pull off from previous stories. We will see if they can pull together a finale worthy of the Doctor Who name after the final part.

This is probably one of the best written doctor who episode in the Chris chibnal era. It's also one of the best looking doctor who episode. The directing and the production design Is brilliant as well as the cgi. It was good to see the doctor show her darker side instead of being an all known hero than she has been recently and it was good to see her genuinely not know what to do next. The one problem I had was the change in pacing between the two stories. It had the same problem as resolution when there was two stories both with completly different pacing which can be a bit draughting when one second its a small village and the next it's full of explosions. Other than that and some exposition it's fine

Where the HELL has THIS Chris Chibnall been!? Why can't we see more of him instead of the writer we're usually lumped with? I'm floored.

"Ascension of The Cybermen" was surprisingly BRILLIANT.

Phenomenal direction, stunning production design, uncharacteristically impressive writing, great cinematography & cinematic visual effects; this is what we've been wanting from the show for SO LONG but never got until now... A story with character, great science fiction, heightened personal stakes, a genuinely threatening villain; if anything, this episode has proven the creators ARE CAPABLE of pulling off this sort of thing so why it's taken them this long, I have no idea but let's hope from now on, it'll continue - & just savour this moment of bliss while it lasts...

Having watched most all the shows since the 2005 series began and many prior to that from the first show onward I find the last couple of series disjointed and fairly bland on the whole. There is little in the way of 'unforgettable' moments and make me want to watch them again moments. This last episode threw me a little, and although I am sure the scenes with the abandoned baby and his growing up will reveal there relevance in the next show, I cannot help but think how disjointed it made the episode feel. At the point of the policeman coming back to life I immediately thought of Captain Jack (referring back to the similarity in the way Captain Jack recovered after being exterminated in previous series) and the fact that he issued the warning about the lone Cyberman, led to this thought. As this is written prior to the relevance of this character being revealed I will not go down that line but follow the assumption that he is the lone Cyberman. There are, I am sure, that neither of these paths could be true anyway. I feel what spoils this and other shows of the last two series is the multitude of companions the Doctor has. In the time allotted for each show there is never enough time to fully develope each of their characters. Also it would have been interesting to see how a female doctor would relate to a single male companion as a kind of role reversal of previous male doctor female companion relationships. The next episode will (hopefully) wrap up all the unanswered questions and tie up all the loose ends. Question.... did this episode say what year the main even was supposed to be? (I may have missed it)