Mmmm, beer nuts…

It's seven parts, and could stand to be cut by at least two episodes. There's some good, gripping drama in it, but it ends up feeling rather repetitive, and, disappointingly, the jaunt into a parallel universe feels sort of pointless.

'Move On' might be more appropriate.

I also like the interrogation scene, in which the Doctor and the Detective Inspector end up effectively swapping roles.

Shouldn't that be "even better" instead of "less terrible"?!

- Ricky.
- It's Mickey.
- No, it's Ricky.
- I think I know my own name!
- You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?

"they don't really want to make you like them at all"

You think it's a normal script, but when you open it, spring snakes jump out!

What with all this talk of alternate universes in 'Doctor Who', I'm going to stick my head above the parapets and admit that I saw 'Inferno' recently, and was disappointed by it, given the high regard it's held in. The alternate universe is just an excuse to tell the same dull story twice, and, as Philip Sandifer of…

Most people seem to like 'Cold War' far more than I did : it's decent, but a little uninspired. I really enjoyed 'The Crimson Horror', though, if only for its unconventional structure. I even like 'Night Terrors', though more for the visuals than for Gatiss' script.

I enjoyed 'Closing Time' a lot, but the you could substitute almost any villains for the Cybermen without harming the episode much.

The Daleks have assimilated human DNA, but that kind of conversion isn't central to their identity, as it is with Cybermen. I think you're right, though, in that the programme treats them as almost interchangeable.

I'm pretty sure there's a deleted scene included on the DVDs that comes right out and acknowledges that Ricky and Jake were lovers.

Perhaps the President had listened to 'Spare Parts', so he knew this could only end badly.

Euros Lyn always bought a bit of visual distinction to his work on the show, and the weaker the script, the more thickly he laid on the flourishes.

Prole Hole, do you think that the Cybermen worked better in the classic series? I've never seen any of the classic Cybermen stories, but it sounds to me as thought the execution of the concept was always a bit muddled. I reckon you're the best man to ask about this.

It's a shame that the Cybermen have been so poorly served by the programme, because I think that, conceptually, they're a lot more promising than the Daleks. I mean, the Daleks are by now celebrated as much for being iconic as for any intrinsic merit they may have. Cybermen at least represent an intriguing idea that…

I can't wait for the videogame tie-in toys!

Warren Buffett winces every time he pulls up his underpants (which he has a large stake in).

The rates of recidivism among Timelords convicted of interference make for depressing statistics. Oh, sure, you can exile one to Earth for a while, but once his exile is over, what is there for him to do but drift back towards a life of interfering in other planets' affairs?