![]() ![]() The gnashy-teeth Cybermats come off far deadlier. Neither did they have much of a strategy. #Closing time doctor who softwareThese are supposed to be the second most deadly beings in the universe, and here they are, hiding out in a spaceship, or under a department store, snatching people one at a time and bested by the software bug of ‘human emotion’ that they could surely have ironed out by now. Once again, New Who has emasculated the Cybermen almost completely. Knowing digs to the budget aside, there’s no getting away from the giant silver humanoid in the room. The Doctor suggests to the Cybermen that six is not much of an invasion force. This can’t be a coincidence, since there’s another parent-child relationship out there in dire need of some resolution… “If they’ve got the teleport and they’re that evil then why haven’t they invaded yet?” And now here’s Craig, blowing the Cybermen up with love. There was Alex saving the day by accepting his alien son George. There was Ganger Jimmy accepting his own humanity by being a proper Dad. There was the pirate Captain Avery mending his ways. #Closing time doctor who seriesIf this series does have an overarching theme then it’s parental love, or parental acceptance. ![]() Once again, Corden is immensely (unusually?) likeable as Craig, and his and Smith’s Laurel and Hardy act (as someone mentioned last week) is turning into a fun annual tradition. You can understand his decision after all that outrageous business with the Pond genealogy, he chooses to spend his final night in the universe revisiting the last real normality he knew. On another it’s a portentous blub-fest as The Doctor shows the best of himself on his march towards the grave. On one level it’s a gentle sequel to last year’s surprise hit The Lodger. And I’m not a Timelord.īut that’s what makes Gareth Roberts’ Closing Time something of a curiosity we’ve never had a standalone episode 12 before. What do you do when you when you know your day is coming? I definitely wouldn’t go and visit James Corden in Colchester, but then I’ve never been in that situation. “You destroyed them because of the deeply ingrained hereditary human trait to protect one’s own genes which in turn triggered a … yeah, you blew them up with love.” ![]()
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