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Closing Time

Key crew

Writer:

Gareth Roberts

Director:

Steve Hughes

Producer:

Denise Paul

Release details

Story number:

223

Premiere broadcast:

24 September 2011

Premiere network:

BBC One

Format:

1x45 minute episode

Official trailer

Behind the scenes video

More behind the scenes stuff

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Closing Time was the twelfth and penultimate episode of series 6 of Doctor Who.

A huge time gap in the Doctor's personal timeline is implied to have taken place between this story and the previous. It's also shown how the Doctor got his stetson and TARDIS blue envelopes.

It also saw the return of the Cybermats, and the final time the Cybus-like Cybermen serve a major role in a television story until 2017's The Doctor Falls. It also continues the theme of having Cybermen in the twelfth episode of a series, something that continued through Steven Moffat's tenure as showrunner, which started back in The Pandorica Opens.

Further, it answered the question of who is inside the astronaut suit that kills the Doctor at Lake Silencio. It's also shown that more than one Silent managed to avoid being killed in Day of the Moon.

The episode is notable for being more humorous than serious, much like The Lodger. In both stories, the comedy comes from the Doctor and Craig's interactions.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craig Owens is having enough trouble trying to care for his child; the last thing he needs is the return of his old friend, the Doctor. But, as ever, trouble seems to have followed the Doctor, this time with a silvery shine.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

At a Sanderson & Grainger store in Colchester, two saleswomen ring up the final customers of the night. When one of the saleswomen, Kelly, laments being late for her date, the other, Shona, offers to cash up and clean out the changing rooms for her. The lights in the department store flicker ominously as Kelly leaves. Shona is left annoyed by the clothing and lingerie scattered in the changing room; Kelly had better be thankful she's doing this for her. Shona begins picking up the clothes, noticing that someone is still using the stall at the far end. After repeatedly warning that the store is closing, she pulls back the curtain and screams in terror; a Cyberman faces her.

At the same time, Sophie prepares to leave for a weekend holiday. She expresses unease at leaving Craig in charge of the house, but Craig tells her that she needs this time to rest. Sophie tells him nervously that their respective parents, and "innocent people" may call to check up on him. She leaves and Craig begins calling everyone Sophie phoned to check up on him, telling them that he can handle things on his own. He then hears someone knocking on the door, and thinking Sophie came back, opens it, saying he is coping on his own. In a humorous sense of deja vu, the Doctor is the one at the door instead of Sophie. With a smile, the Doctor says, "Hello, Craig, I'm back!"

Craig is left dumbfounded by the Doctor's appearance, asking how could Sophie get ahold of him. The Doctor claims he's just popped around to say hello, making a house call is something he's never done before. He comments that Craig has "redecorated", saying he doesn't like it. Craig laughs and tells the Doctor that he lives in a house now. Since they've exchanged pleasantries, the Doctor turns to leave, but then he notices the porch light is flickering. His suspicions raised, he forces himself into the house and begins scanning with the sonic screwdriver, noting that there are increased amounts of sulphur emissions and that the stairs are a mess. Craig tries to silence the Doctor, who ignores him upon noticing the sonic has picked up a life signal. The Doctor rushes upstairs and swings open a door, demanding the occupant leave the planet. Instead of the alien menace he is expecting, he discovers a crying baby — it is Alfie, Craig and Sophie's son.

The Doctor sits in the kitchen, watching as Craig tries to calm the crying Alfie, whom the Doctor's blunder had woken. Craig admits he can't cope on his own; Alfie cries all the time. Craig even wonders if babies have "off switches", to which the Doctor quips, "Human beings? No; believe me, I checked." The Doctor remedies the problem by shushing Alfie, who immediately quiets. Craig continues to request parenting hints, so the Doctor — who speaks baby — informs him that Alfie prefers to be called Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All; that he refers to Sophie as "Mum"; Craig as "not-Mum"; the Doctor as "also not Mum"; and everyone else as "peasants". Craig wonders why the Doctor has come, refusing to believe that he's merely making a social call. The Doctor explains he thought he might try one out since he never has. Craig says that he checked the upstairs when they moved into their new house, and his next-door neighbours on both sides are humans. He then jokingly asks if aliens are in his fridge.

The Doctor, however, is merely on a bit of a farewell tour and Craig is his last stop. Nevertheless, as they converse, he is troubled by a story in the newspaper. Craig comments that the Doctor has his "noticing face" on, which he has nightmares about. The Doctor insists he is not noticing anything, and even if he did, he would not get involved this time. The Doctor departs with another goodbye, preparing to go see the Alignment of Exodor — which is locked in a Time stasis field, preventing him from making more than one attempt at seeing it. As he returns to the TARDIS, he continues to notice the flickering lights, taking more scans with the sonic, but again tells himself that he will not get involved.

The Doctor shows Craig a robot dog.

The next day, the Doctor has started a job at Sanderson & Grainger's toy department. He demonstrates a toy helicopter to excited children, explaining that while nearly 50 Pounds is a lot to pay for it, it's their parents' cash, which would be wasted on boring things like "lamps and vegetables". Craig arrives with Alfie, and is naturally confused. He asks why the Doctor is still around. The Doctor says that he impulsively decided to get a job, and happily remarks on having been given a nametag, as he does tend to forget his name. Craig accidentally kicks a toy dog, which the Doctor picks up, reminiscing about robot dogs and claiming that they are not as fun as he remembers. The Doctor places the toy on the ground as he notices a small robotic gadget whiz around the shop. He quickly begins inspecting the area it went past.

Craig persists with the idea that the Doctor is in town to investigate something, and the Doctor finally relents, explaining that recent disappearances of people have coincided with power fluctuations. Craig is confused; the incidents haven't been in the news. The Doctor shows Craig a newspaper, explaining the public's attention is more focused on Britain's Got Talent; the disappearances are listed on other pages, therefore nobody sees the pattern. He escorts Craig and Alfie out of the store into a broken lift, which he repairs with the sonic screwdriver. Boarding the lift with them, the Doctor explains that someone has been using a teleport relay inside the shop and that the CCTV footage has been wiped, preventing any evidence. Suddenly, the elevator appears to dissolve around them.

Craig is not immediately aware of it, thinking it another power issue. The Doctor, however, can see that they have stumbled upon the aforementioned teleport and are now onboard an alien spaceship. He tries to distract Craig by claiming to love him, but Craig turns and notices the ship just as a Cyberman approaches. The Doctor quickly explains that he doesn't actually love Craig, except as a friend, and then reverses the teleporter, returning them to the lift. Explaining what a Cyberman is, the Doctor goes outside with Craig and attempts to scan space for a Cyber-ship; there is no positive result. The Doctor orders Craig to take Alfie and leave Colchester, but Craig knows the safest place for him and his son is next to the Doctor. Flattered by Craig's trust in him, the Doctor allows him to stay and help investigate.

He tells Craig to look around, notice everything, and ask questions. He suggests that people will be more open to him because he has a baby; this is why the Doctor usually brings a human companion with him, he says. They separate to cover more ground. The Doctor talks with Val, a chatty perfume saleswoman, who has mistaken him and Craig for romantic partners. Getting their wires crossed, the Doctor thinks she means the word in the professional sense, wondering if "partner" is a better word than "companion". Equally off the same page, Val says the wording is old-fashioned; there's no need to be indirect these days. Val then goes on to talk about a scandal going on with two other employees.

Seeing that he's getting nowhere, the Doctor decides to leave and ask someone else. As he leaves, Val mentions a silver rat with glowing red eyes; this prompts him to turn around in shock, as he saw it as well. She takes him to the toy department, explaining that she wanted the "silver rat" for her nephew, but the stock room says they don't have such a thing. The Doctor, with a net to capture the suspicious "toy", sourly says, "I bet they do".

In the meantime, Craig is less successful, poorly choosing lingerie as his investigation spot. His attempts to talk to Kelly, due to trying to act cool, are misconstrued as harassment and he accidentally knocks over a lingerie display while trying to escape the wrath of George, the burly security guard. He compliments George's uniform to try pacifying him but is unsuccessful. At the same time, the Doctor hears the commotion and runs over to help. He is warmly greeted by Kelly and George. He introduces them to Craig, ending the tension. The Doctor compliments George's uniform, and, unlike Craig, is thanked. Kelly mentions Shona didn't turn up for work, complaining about having to work harder to cover for her. The Doctor suspects Shona has gone missing as well.

The Doctor and Craig look through the changing rooms where Shona was last seen. Craig is furious; following the Doctor's orders humiliated him in front of his son. The Doctor tells Craig that Alfie thinks he should believe in himself more. He uses the sonic to scan the changing room and deduces that a Cyberman took Shona the night before. The "silver rat" that Val saw is a Cybermat, an infiltrator that's been responsible for the electrical fluctuations; it's harvesting power. The Doctor doesn't understand why the Cybermen would target a shop as opposed to a nuclear power station. To answer his questions, the Doctor decides to capture the Cybermat.

Increasingly distressed by these recent events, Craig wonders why aliens only turn up in Colchester when the Doctor is around. The Doctor claims that it's merely a coincidence, which is "what the universe does for fun". As Craig goes to change Alfie, the Doctor then notices Amy and Rory walking in his direction from across the shop, unaware of his presence. A little girl named Allie stops Amy and asks for her autograph. As the Doctor hides so they don't see him, he notices Amy's photo on an ad for a perfume called "Petrichor", for "the girl who's tired of waiting". The Doctor can only smile.

That night, the Doctor and Craig remain in the store after it closes and wait for the Cybermat. Craig laments telling everyone that he didn't need their help as leaving Alfie with a babysitter would be safer; Alfie wishes it would be a hot one. When the Cybermat shows itself, the Doctor captures it.

Meanwhile, in the basement, George is inspecting the fuse boxes when he is attacked by a Cyberman. The Doctor and Craig hear his screaming. The Doctor immediately rushes to his aid but is knocked out by one of the Cybermen. On regaining consciousness, the Doctor finds Craig looking over him. The Cyberman did not kill him; it was weak and made of spare parts. The Doctor expresses confusion as to how the Cybermen have travelled there, given that he shut down the teleport relay and it should've taken them days to repair it.

They return to Craig's house. As the Doctor examines the Cybermat, Craig tells him he's going to get more milk, leaving the Doctor in charge of Alfie. Alfie begins crying as soon as Craig leaves and the Doctor leaves the Cybermat unattended to go comfort him. The Doctor tells Alfie to save his tears for later as there's a spiritual emptiness of adulthood waiting for him; however, the Doctor realises it's his old age talking, going on to say that he gave everything 110%.

The Cybermat, which has reactivated itself, sneaks up behind the Doctor. He is able to stun it with the sonic and escapes outside with Alfie. However, as he moves to go back into the house, he realises that the door has locked behind him and he has dropped his sonic screwdriver inside. Craig returns home, not realising the danger, and is attacked by the Cybermat. The Doctor hears Craig's cries for help, crashes through the back window and rescues him. Trying several times to hold down their adversary, the Doctor has Craig pin the Cybermat under a baking tray while he fries its memory with the sonic to make it benign.

Later, as the Doctor reprograms the Cybermat, Craig wonders about its presence. The Doctor doesn't understand why the Cyber-ship needs so much power and why the conversions of the missing people are incomplete. He continues to feel guilt for letting Craig stay to help him, referring to himself as a selfish man who puts people in danger. Craig reminds the Doctor that, if not for him, the entire planet would be in ruin, leading the Doctor to tell him sadly that he will not be around for much longer — his time is running out and he is set to die tomorrow. However, when he turns back, Craig and Alfie have fallen asleep. He smiles sadly.

The next morning, the Doctor returns with "Bitey" the Cybermat to the shop. When Craig wakes, he finds a message from the Doctor that he's gone to stop the Cybermen. Sophie calls and leaves a message, saying she will be home soon. Craig readies himself and Alfie to go help the Doctor because, as Craig explains to Alfie, he wouldn't have him or Sophie if not for the Doctor. The Doctor always needs someone to help; he just can't admit it.

At the department store, the Doctor deduces that secondary transport must exist. He runs into Val, barely paying attention to her. She says that he's found the silver rat; the Doctor retorts, "But where are the silver men?". Continuing his search, he finds a passageway behind the mirror in the changing room where Shona was taken. He follows it down to a crashed Cyber-ship. While he investigates the control room, he is confronted by one of the Cybermen.

The Doctor realises what happened; the Cyber-ship crashed centuries earlier with a single, dormant survivor., and when the town council began laying cables, the Cybermat activated and tunnelled to the surface to salvage power for the ship's systems. The Cyberman announces they will reemerge when they are ready and convert the planet; six Cybermen are sufficient. The Doctor offers them a choice: deactivate willingly or be deactivated by force. As he prepares to make good on this threat, a second Cyberman appears and holds him in place.

At the same time, Craig arrives in the shop and leaves Alfie with Val, warning her not to follow him; unfortunately, she misunderstands the reason entirely. He finds the entrance the Doctor used and searches for something he can use as a weapon. Seeing a price gun, he reasons that the Cybermen won't know what it is and he can bluff.

In the ship, the first Cyberman claims the Doctor will be their new leader, but the second recognises that his binary vascular system makes him incompatible. Instead, they will use him for parts and discard what they don't need. Craig appears and threatens the Cybermen with his price gun. The Doctor orders Craig to leave, but it's too late. One of the Cybermen recognises Craig's compatibility and declares him their new leader. They begin preparing him for conversion, despite his protests, telling him that they will take away his fear. The Doctor pleads with Craig to think of Alfie and finally declares that he is going to die tomorrow but he doesn't mind that if Craig can "prove him right". However, Craig is unable to escape or resist. The Doctor can only watch as the Cyber-armour assimilates Craig entirely.

Above, Alfie seems to sense the danger Craig is in and begins to cry. This sound is picked up on the Cyber-ship and heard by all onboard. As the Cybermen declare that Craig's conversion is complete, something changes. Craig's emotional systems begin to reboot themselves after hearing his child crying. His face plate splits down the middle, springing open to reveal Craig. He fights his way out of the armour to get to Alfie. The Doctor realises Craig's rejection of the conversion triggered a feedback loop. The Cybermen begin to feel everything they cut out of themselves and suffer from an overload. This will lead to a very big explosion. As they realise that the way they came in is cut off, the Doctor remembers the teleport and fuses it back together. As they dematerialise, the Cyber-ship explodes.

In the shop above, the lift doors open and Craig runs out, calling for Alfie. The Doctor informs Craig that Alfie has given him a "ten out of ten". Craig boasts about blowing the Cyber-ship up with love. The Doctor begins to explain the exact process in its technical terms but ultimately concedes that Craig indeed blew it up with love.

Later, as Craig converses with Val — who has wrongly concluded that Craig and the Doctor are a couple — he realises that the Doctor has disappeared. He returns home to find the house spotless and the Doctor preparing to leave. The Doctor reveals that Alfie prefers the name Alfie now and is calling Craig "Dad" instead of "not Mum". Craig realises that something is wrong and offers to help the Doctor in any way he can, but the Doctor is certain that no one can help him. He asks if Sophie will mind if he helps himself to some of her TARDIS blue envelopes. Hearing he is going to America, Craig also gives the Doctor a Stetson before leaving.

Sophie returns home and is astonished when Alfie happily calls out the word "Doctor". She then questions Craig, now very sure that something had happened while she was away.

The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, passing a trio of school children playing in the street. They stop their game and stare at him in wonder. He introduces himself, telling them that he was there to help and that they're very, very welcome.

At the Luna University in the 52nd century, River Song reads accounts from these children of the Doctor's last days. She opens her diary to a page that contains only the date and time of his death. Madame Kovarian steps out of the shadows chanting a mysterious nursery rhyme that she claims has to do with the Doctor.

River under Lake Silencio, waiting for the Doctor.

As River tries to remember who the woman is, Kovarian orders her not to bother because they've been far too "thorough" with her memory. Two of the Silence appear behind River. Kovarian introduces them as River's "owners", and calls her "Melody Pond". River is astonished, prompting the woman to declare that she made River who she is: the woman who kills the Doctor. As River protests, two members of the Church enter the library with an Apollo astronaut's suit. They inject River with a sedative, and she loses consciousness.

When River awakes, she finds herself submerged below the surface of Lake Silencio in the Apollo astronaut's suit — awaiting the Doctor.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Clerics - Jon Davey, Chester Durrant^[1]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Executive Producers Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis

Series Producer Marcus Wilson


Written by Gareth Roberts	Produced by Denise Paul	Directed by Steve Hughes	Director of Photography Balazs Bolygo	Production Designer Michael Pickwoad	Visual Effects BBC Wales Graphics The Mill

Make-up Designer Barbara Southcott	Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Costume Designer Barbara Kidd	Edited by Anthony Boys	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales • Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster • Recorded by Gerry O'Riordan • Mixed by Jake Jackson Cybermen created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis

General production staff

Script department

Script Executive - Lindsey Alford

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

Casting Associate - Alice Purser

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound


Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Uncredited crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

SFX Supervisor - Danny Hargreaves^[2]

Millennium FX[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Val believes the Doctor and Craig are in a romantic relationship.
The Doctor mentions that a robot dog is "not as much fun as I remember", referring to K9.
The Doctor can make people quiet by simply saying, "Shh!" Craig suggests this is hypnosis.
The Doctor acknowledges that he and Craig do not have mammary glands.

Earth businesses[[edit] | [edit source]]

There is a Waterstones opposite Sanderson & Grainger.
Also nearby is a House of Fraser.

Cybermen[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Cybermen attempt to convert Craig into a Cyber-Controller.

Culture from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craig has a copy of Can You Choo Choo Too?
Craig asks if the Cybermen's teleport is like "beam me up" from Star Trek.
Kelly complains that the power went out while she was watching Top Model.
"Techno Fan" by The Wombats plays in Sanderson & Grainger.

Fashion and clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor buys Craig a papoose to carry Alfie in.
Craig gives the Doctor a Stetson as a parting gift.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sean and Melinda are mentioned.
Atif Ghosh mysteriously disappeared on a Friday in the department store and Tom Luker mysteriously disappeared on a Sunday.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craig is unfamiliar with the Cybermen, even though they invaded the Earth during the Battle of Canary Wharf.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Working titles were Carry-On Lodging, Everything Must Go, The Last Adventure and Three Cybermen and a Baby.^[4]
In The Impossible Astronaut the different versions of the Doctor give their ages as 909, and 1103. Writer Gareth Roberts confirmed in an interview^{[source needed]} that this is indeed two hundred years after The God Complex for the Doctor and that he spent these years "waving" at Amy and Rory through history books, as established by The Impossible Astronaut.
Part of the nursery rhyme that was heard in Night Terrors is sung by Madame Kovarian, with new lines.
This was the first episode produced by Denise Paul, who had been Associate Producer for several Eleventh Doctor stories.
This is the first time since the series revival in 2005 that episode 12 has not been part of a multi-part story written by the head writer. The end does set up the series finale.
This is the first television story to feature a Cybermat since the Fourth Doctor story Revenge of the Cybermen. They had been redesigned, with biological teeth and gums.
This is also the first regular-season episode since the series revival in which the Doctor does not have an ongoing companion with him at some point.
- Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill were credited in the opener as they had been during the rest of the season. This is the first time in the series that any actor's name has appeared in the opening credits for less than one minute of on-screen appearance.
- The BBC America and Space broadcasts retained the opening sequence narrated by Amy Pond.
Gareth Roberts said in an interview^{[source needed]} that he was considering bringing Craig back when he saw James Corden's performance in The Lodger, saying that "it already felt like he was one of the Who family".
The "app" for disabling the Cybermat used one of the "bonus sounds" found on the toy version of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, unheard on the show until now.
During one of the scenes, BBC Radio 1's Greg James was visible behind Craig. Greg James named his character "Carlos".^{[source needed]}
This is the first television story since the series revival in which the Cybermen are not armed with any type of weaponry. The Cybermen who are seen have visible gaps in their forearm armour where they would normally have blasters and they are not seen electrocuting anyone.
This is the second time where Craig's affection for someone has saved the day. In The Lodger, Craig's love for Sophie motivates his desire to stay where he is, enabling him to destroy the alien time machine. In this case, his love for his son enables him to defeat the Cybermen.
This is the third time that the Cybermen have appeared in the penultimate episode of a series.
This is the first and only televised episode in which River Song appears in that wasn't written by Steven Moffat. However, Moffat did write her scene, albeit uncredited.^{[source needed]}
Steven Moffat was pleased with The Lodger, an episode he called "quite close to my heart", and wanted to bring Craig back. He commented that it was a change of pace for James Corden, who usually was cast as "the funny one"; as Craig he is "the straight man to the wacky Doctor".^{[source needed]}
Keen for the Doctor and Craig's escapades to continue taking place in a mundane, everyday environment, Gareth Roberts considered settings such as a hospital, a police station and a supermarket before finally settling on a department store.^{[source needed]}
Sophie's role was minimalised due to Daisy Haggard's commitment to the play Becky Shaw at the Almeida Theatre in London.^{[source needed]}
Gareth Roberts was instructed to include only a fleeting appearance for Amy and Rory, because the episode would be in production alongside The Girl Who Waited. This was necessary to ensure that there was sufficient time to record all thirteen episodes of the season, as well as the preceding Christmas special.^{[source needed]}
Steve Hughes compared the Doctor and Craig to famous comedic duos such as Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
It was Gareth Roberts's idea to include the Cybermen. He felt that the personal nature of the storyline would benefit from a familiar foe, and he was also aware that, with the exception of some cameo appearances, the season otherwise featured only brand-new enemies, and he thought "there should be a sense of history about the Doctor's final battle to save Earth before he heads off to meet his death". He felt that this was consistent with the theme of "death and lingering darkness" that had run throughout the season.^{[source needed]}
Gareth Roberts decided that the Cybermen should lurk in the background for much of the episode in the manner of Sixties stories like The Moonbase so that they would not detract from the interplay between the Doctor and Craig. As such, he also decided to resurrect the Cybermats.^{[source needed]}
Steven Moffat proposed that the new Cybermat should sport fangs, making it more of a physical threat.^{[source needed]}
Craig and Sophie's child was originally a girl, first named Grace and later Tess.^{[source needed]}
Sanderson & Grainger, was partly devised as an homage to an influential teacher from Gareth Roberts's youth whose surname was Grainger.^{[source needed]}
Originally, the disappearances were not a new phenomenon, but occurred every few decades, to be accompanied by strange graffiti. Various electronic and mechanical components were also going missing, and it was this trail which led the Doctor to the store.^{[source needed]}
Alfie was portrayed by seven different babies, usually paired in twins, because of strict rules about baby hours. Several dummies were used as well. James Corden, who was about to become a father, learned tips from the mothers.^{[source needed]}
The first draft was much different - the disappearances were not a new phenomenon, but occurred every few decades, to be accompanied by strange graffiti. Much was made of the history of a market which had been held for centuries on the site of the shopping centre; the Cybermat would have been found entombed within its foundation stone. It transpired that the being responsible for the kidnappings was a Cyberscout (referred to as "the Guardian"), which had operated on automatic for centuries, with the graffiti part of its reconnaissance procedure. Over the years, the Guardian had gradually replaced its defective parts with human limbs and organs when it periodically awoke from dormancy. Now nothing was left of the original Cyberman, and it was protecting Colchester from the other Cybermen which lay underground in suspended animation. After an ending in which Craig destroys the Cybermen with a wrecking ball was dismissed, the climax subsequently hinged on the Doctor transmitting the Guardian's personality into the reactivated Cybermen, overwhelming them.^{[source needed]}
The Doctor being able to "speak baby" was added late in development. Steven Moffat came up with the idea while writing A Good Man Goes to War.^{[source needed]}
The episode comprised Block Six of season six (actually the seventh to go into production).^{[source needed]}
Beth Willis picked Steve Hughes to direct based on his work on Land Girls.^{[source needed]}
Since the regular producer, Marcus Wilson, would be overseeing The Girl Who Waited, line producer Denise Paul was promoted to producer for this episode.^{[source needed]}
When a check was performed on the Cyberman costumes originally created for Series 2, it was found that many were now in a dilapidated state. Fortunately, this ideally suited the script, which meant that they would eke out one more appearance before being retired.^{[source needed]}
Much of the episode was filmed in Howells department store in Cardiff. As the store had to be closed, they filmed over four or five nights, sometimes going until 6:00 in the morning. Steve Hughes said it was a "drain" on the production team, while James Corden recalled it made the cast and crew "lightheaded" and "hysterical".^{[source needed]}
Craig and Sophie live on the fictional Sheckley Street, in reference to American science-fiction writer Robert Sheckley.
On the first day of filming, Matt Smith broke one of the Cybermat props when he hit it with a frying pan in the scene where Craig is being attacked, and it was subsequently repaired with tape.^{[source needed]}
The couple who owned the house used for Craig and Sophie's new home allowed the filming to take place in order for it to be an experience for their two young boys. Production at the house also went into the early hours of the morning.^{[source needed]}
The window of the sliding door in the house that the Doctor jumps through to save Craig from the Cybermat was too small, so the production team built another one. The new door was too big for shatterglass; instead, glass that breaks into chunks was used, wired with a small explosive that would crack the glass when Matt Smith's stuntman jumped through it. Steve Hughes wanted it to look as if the audience was crashing through the window with the Doctor; he spliced together shots of Smith filmed running up to the door, the stuntman jumping through it, and Smith landing with shards of glass thrown over him.^{[source needed]}
A scene in the stock room in which a warehouseman is killed by a Cyberman while assembling a mannequin was cut.^{[source needed]}
The Cybus Industries logo, which had been used on the Cybermen since their redesign for the revived series was covered up for the Cybermen in this episode, as well as the ones which had previously appeared. This is because the Cybermen in the modern series originated from "Pete's World" — a parallel universe — while the Doctor's universe has its own Cybermen from the planet Mondas, as seen in the classic series. As the Cybermen that feature here were barely surviving, the production team made them look broken down and as if they had been cannibalising parts to survive. The suits were already worn to an extent, as they had been used so often in the five years since they were made.^{[source needed]}
The Cyber Controller conversion equipment was built around James Corden.^{[source needed]}
The Cybermats were redesigned to appear more high-tech. The top was designed to recall the head of a Cyberman, and piranha-like teeth were added to suggest that they were converted animals, just as Cybermen were converted humans.^{[source needed]}
Three versions of the Cybermat were made. The first was simply a "stunt double" which did not have teeth and was meant for being thrown around or laid still. The second was a cable-controlled "close-up" version that had teeth and thrashed, and was used for when the characters handled it. The third was radio-controlled to dash along the floor. The Mill created a computer-generated Cybermat that leapt up to attack Craig.^{[source needed]}

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

UK Overnight: 5.3 Million
UK Final: 6.93 million^[5]

Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

Craig Owens may travel in the TARDIS. ^[6]This proved false.
Craig Owens has had a baby. ^[7]This proved true.
The events in the department store, etc. take place on or about 21st April 2011. A blow-up of the newspaper seen in the episode has the date of April 19, 2011.

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Howell's / House of Fraser, 9 St. Mary's Street, Cardiff, Wales (department store)
Hayes Island / Wharton Street, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales (exteriors around department store)
Hensol Castle, Miskin, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales (library)
2 Church Road, Penarth, Wales (Craig's home)

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

This section needs a cleanup.

As per Forum:Non-valid Continuity sections, categories, and prefixes#Continuity sections, this section needs to be written from an out-of-universe perspective.

The Doctor expresses disappointment that Craig didn’t name his son Doctor. The First Doctor had previously suggested a child be named Doctor, (AUDIO: The Invention of Death) and Jackie Tyler once joked that she had named her son Doctor before revealing that his name was Tony. (TV: Journey's End)
Craig recalls his previous alien encounter with the Doctor. (TV: The Lodger)
The Doctor can speak baby. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
The Doctor has previously expressed annoyance at his opponents for cheating. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)
Posters seen by the Doctor in the department store indicate that Amy has taken up a modelling career. She is seen advertising a fragrance named "Petrichor". (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

The perfume "Petrichor" bears the slogan, "For the girl who's tired of waiting", a reference to the Doctor's description of Amy as "The girl who waited". (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Girl Who Waited)

When the Doctor thinks that Craig has redecorated, he says that he doesn't like it. This is similar to the Second Doctor's comments to the Third Doctor about redecorating the TARDIS (TV: The Three Doctors) and again when the Second Doctor saw UNIT HQ. (TV: The Five Doctors) The Fifth Doctor similarly expressed dislike for a TARDIS redecoration upon meeting the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Time Crash)
The Doctor takes some "TARDIS blue" envelopes from Craig's house, and Craig gives him a Stetson as a parting gift. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)
Aware of his impending death, the Doctor goes on another "farewell tour". (TV: The End of Time)
Craig throws off the conversion process. Mercy Hartigan also did so shortly before her death. (TV: The Next Doctor)
The Doctors says he always gives a choice to his enemies. He's often done so in the recent past, e.g. the Nestene Consciousness in Rose, the Slitheen family in World War Three, the Empress of the Racnoss in The Runaway Bride, the CyberKing in The Next Doctor, the Silence in Day of the Moon, but such offers are rarely taken.
While talking about name tags, the Doctor suggests he sometimes forgets his identity. (TV: Doctor Who, Castrovalva, Time and the Rani, Human Nature, PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
When Craig resists the conversion, a light cuts down the centre of the Cyber head and it opens up, much like the Cyberman head that confronted Amy. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)
The Doctor has had to deal with an alien menace based in (or below) a department store before. However, this time when he blows it up, the store isn't destroyed. (TV: Rose)
The Doctor performs his odd greeting kiss. (TV: The Lodger, Night Terrors)
The Doctor again says, "Not a rat, a Cybermat!" (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
When the Doctor asks if the Cybermen would take the humans out with only six Cybermen, they claim they could take them out with only one Cyberman. The Daleks previously made a similar claim against the Cybermen themselves. (TV: Doomsday)
The Cyberman which captures Shona in the changing rooms moves into the light without making a stomping sound with its feet. The Tenth Doctor asked the Cybermen in 1851 which sneaked up on him if they had their legs on silent. (TV: The Next Doctor)
The Cybermen use the phrase "You will be like us!" (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Rise of the Cybermen, Doomsday; AUDIO: Real Time)
The Doctor says, "Come along, Bitey," a variation on the phrase "Come along, Pond" he was fond of using with Amy and occasionally Rory. He also once said "Come along, Smith," to Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: Victory of the Daleks, The Big Bang, Death of the Doctor, A Christmas Carol, Let's Kill Hitler)
A Cyber-ship also crashed into the town of Klimtenburg during the 19th century and attempted converting the local population. (PROSE: Plague of the Cybermen)
The Cybermen go mad and die from damage to their emotional inhibitors. (TV: The Invasion, The Age of Steel)
Although not visible in the final cut of The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"], one shop in the scenes set in 1925 Soho was given Sanderson & Grainger branding.

Prequel[[edit] | [edit source]]

A brief prequel was filmed featuring Craig, Sophie and Alfie. However, unlike other Series 6 prequels, this one wasn't released online prior to the episode. Instead, it was given the title Up All Night and released as the fifth chapter of the DVD/Blu-ray exclusive mini-episode Night and the Doctor in the Series 6 DVD/BD box set in November 2011.

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 6, part 2 DVD cover

DVD & Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Closing Time was released in Series 6 Part Two on DVD and Blu-Ray in region 1/A on 8 November 2011, in region 2/B on 10 October 2011 and in region 4/B on 3 November 2011.
The episode was later released in the Complete Sixth Series boxset on both DVD and Blu-ray, in region 1/A on 22 November 2011, in region 2/B on 21 November 2011 and in region 4/B on 1 December 2011.

Digital releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the United Kingdom, this story is available on BBC iPlayer.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Closing Time at The Locations Guide
Closing Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[5] Doctor Who Ratings - UK final

[6] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/little-shop-of-horrors-16182.htm

[7] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/hello-cyber-matt-16302.htm

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+{{dab page|Closing Time (disambiguation)}}
+'''''Closing Time''''' was the twelfth and penultimate episode of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 6]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
+A huge time gap in the Doctor's personal timeline is implied to have taken place between this story and the previous. It's also shown how the Doctor got his stetson and TARDIS blue envelopes.
+It also saw the return of the [[Cybermat]]s, and the final time the [[Cybus Industries|Cybus]]-like [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] serve a major role in a television story until 2017's ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]''. It also continues the theme of having Cybermen in the twelfth episode of a series, something that continued through [[Steven Moffat]]'s tenure as showrunner, which started back in ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''.
+Further, it answered the question of who is inside the astronaut suit that kills the Doctor at [[Lake Silencio]]. It's also shown that more than one Silent managed to avoid being killed in ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]''.
+The episode is notable for being more humorous than serious, much like ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]''. In both stories, the comedy comes from the Doctor and Craig's interactions.
 == Synopsis ==
-In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit to his old friend [[Craig_Owens|Craig Owens]], and encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by, the Cybermen wait.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-6-autumn-preview-20767.htm</ref>
+[[Craig Owens]] is having enough trouble trying to care for his child; the last thing he needs is the return of his old friend, [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. But, as ever, trouble seems to have followed the Doctor, this time with a silvery shine.
+== Plot ==
+At a [[Sanderson & Grainger]] store in [[Colchester]], two saleswomen ring up the final customers of the night. When one of the saleswomen, [[Kelly (Closing Time)|Kelly]], laments being late for her date, the other, [[Shona (Closing Time)|Shona]], offers to cash up and clean out the changing rooms for her. The lights in the department store flicker ominously as Kelly leaves. Shona is left annoyed by the clothing and lingerie scattered in the changing room; Kelly had better be thankful she's doing this for her. Shona begins picking up the clothes, noticing that someone is still using the stall at the far end. After repeatedly warning that the store is closing, she pulls back the curtain and screams in terror; a [[Cyberman]] faces her.
+At the same time, [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] prepares to leave for a weekend holiday. She expresses unease at leaving [[Craig Owens|Craig]] in charge of the house, but Craig tells her that she needs this time to rest. Sophie tells him nervously that their respective parents, and "innocent people" may call to check up on him. She leaves and Craig begins calling everyone Sophie phoned to check up on him, telling them that he can handle things on his own. He then hears someone knocking on the door, and thinking Sophie came back, opens it, saying he is coping on his own. In a humorous sense of [[deja vu]], the Doctor is the one at the door instead of Sophie. With a smile, the Doctor says, "Hello, Craig, I'm back!"
+Craig is left dumbfounded by the Doctor's appearance, asking how could Sophie get ahold of him. The Doctor claims he's just popped around to say hello, making a house call is something he's never done before. He comments that Craig has "redecorated", saying he doesn't like it. Craig laughs and tells the Doctor that he lives in a house now. Since they've exchanged pleasantries, the Doctor turns to leave, but then he notices the porch light is flickering. His suspicions raised, he forces himself into the house and begins scanning with the [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], noting that there are increased amounts of sulphur emissions and that the stairs are a mess. Craig tries to silence the Doctor, who ignores him upon noticing the sonic has picked up a life signal. The Doctor rushes upstairs and swings open a door, demanding the occupant leave the planet. Instead of the alien menace he is expecting, he discovers a crying baby — it is [[Alfie (Closing Time)|Alfie]], Craig and Sophie's son.
+The Doctor sits in the kitchen, watching as Craig tries to calm the crying Alfie, whom the Doctor's blunder had woken. Craig admits he can't cope on his own; Alfie cries all the time. Craig even wonders if babies have "off switches", to which the Doctor quips, "Human beings? No; believe me, I checked." The Doctor remedies the problem by shushing Alfie, who immediately quiets. Craig continues to request parenting hints, so the Doctor — who speaks baby — informs him that Alfie prefers to be called Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All; that he refers to Sophie as "Mum"; Craig as "not-Mum"; the Doctor as "also not Mum"; and everyone else as "peasants". Craig wonders why the Doctor has come, refusing to believe that he's merely making a social call. The Doctor explains he thought he might try one out since he never has. Craig says that he checked the upstairs when they moved into their new house, and his next-door neighbours on both sides are humans. He then jokingly asks if aliens are in his fridge.
+The Doctor, however, is merely on a bit of a farewell tour and Craig is his last stop. Nevertheless, as they converse, he is troubled by a story in the newspaper. Craig comments that the Doctor has his "noticing face" on, which he has nightmares about. The Doctor insists he is not noticing anything, and even if he did, he would not get involved this time. The Doctor departs with another goodbye, preparing to go see the [[Alignment of Exodor]] — which is locked in a [[Time stasis field]], preventing him from making more than one attempt at seeing it. As he returns to [[the TARDIS]], he continues to notice the flickering lights, taking more scans with the sonic, but again tells himself that he will not get involved.
-==Plot==
+[[File:Yappy.jpg|thumb|The Doctor shows Craig a robot dog.]]
-In [[Sanderson & Grainger|a department store]], a worker checks the changing rooms for customers before they close. She hears something in one of the changing rooms and assumes that its a lingering customer. She tells the unknown person that they'll have two mintues to finish. However, the lights begin flickering out and a strange shadow comes rfom behind the curtain she head noises from. Concerned, she asks if the person is alright and pulls back the curtain. Instead of person behind the curtain, it is a [[Cyberman]]. Frightened, the worker screams in fear.
+The next day, the Doctor has started a job at [[Sanderson & Grainger]]'s toy department. He demonstrates a toy helicopter to excited children, explaining that while nearly 50 Pounds is a lot to pay for it, it's their parents' cash, which would be wasted on boring things like "lamps and vegetables". Craig arrives with Alfie, and is naturally confused. He asks why the Doctor is still around. The Doctor says that he impulsively decided to get a job, and happily remarks on having been given a [[nametag]], as he does tend to forget his name. Craig accidentally kicks a toy dog, which the Doctor picks up, reminiscing about [[K9|robot dogs]] and claiming that they are not as fun as he remembers. The Doctor places the toy on the ground as he notices a small robotic gadget whiz around the shop. He quickly begins inspecting the area it went past.
-Elsehwere, [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] is telling Craig multiple things to help remind him of where things are and who to call if he has trouble. Craig defiantly tells her that he can handle one weekened without her and that she needs some time to herself to relax. Sophie, having somewhat gained more faith in Craig kisses him goodbye and leaves. Craig begins calling all the contacts that Sophie left numbers for and tells them that he can handle the weekened himself. Craig repeatedly tells himself he can handle it as someone knocks on the door. Thinking it's Sophie, Craig repeats himself as he answers the door. Ironicaly, it's not Sophie, but the Doctor (again). The Doctor greets Craig, but then comments on his dislike of how he "redecorted" his home until Craig tells him that he moved. The Doctor tells Craig that he's making a social call and prepares to leave.
+Craig persists with the idea that the Doctor is in town to investigate something, and the Doctor finally relents, explaining that recent disappearances of people have coincided with power fluctuations. Craig is confused; the incidents haven't been in the news. The Doctor shows Craig a newspaper, explaining the public's attention is more focused on ''Britain's Got Talent''; the disappearances are listed on other pages, therefore nobody sees the pattern. He escorts Craig and Alfie out of the store into a broken lift, which he repairs with the sonic screwdriver. Boarding the lift with them, the Doctor explains that someone has been using a [[Teleport|teleport relay]] inside the shop and that the CCTV footage has been wiped, preventing any evidence. Suddenly, the elevator appears to dissolve around them.
-However, the light s on Craig's street flicker; this causes the Doctor to become concerned that Craig may have gotten house with a hostile alien presence hiding in it again. He begins scanning for other lifeforms with his [[sonic screwdriver]]. Upon getting a signal, the Doctor begins rushing upstairs. Craig begins to try calming the Doctor down and also trying to get him to be quiet. All the while, the Doctor fails to not packages of diapers on the stairs. Locating the room the life sign is coming room, the Doctor throws open the door demanding the life from get off Earth only to find Craig's baby son, whom he awoke.
+Craig is not immediately aware of it, thinking it another power issue. The Doctor, however, can see that they have stumbled upon the aforementioned teleport and are now onboard an alien spaceship. He tries to distract Craig by claiming to love him, but Craig turns and notices the ship just as a Cyberman approaches. The Doctor quickly explains that he doesn't actually love Craig, except as a friend, and then reverses the teleporter, returning them to the lift. Explaining what a Cyberman is, the Doctor goes outside with Craig and attempts to scan space for a Cyber-ship; there is no positive result. The Doctor orders Craig to take Alfie and leave Colchester, but Craig knows the safest place for him and his son is next to the Doctor. Flattered by Craig's trust in him, the Doctor allows him to stay and help investigate.
-After Craig begins quieting his son down, the Doctor wonders what he's named. Craig tells the Doctor that they didn't name their son after him; they named him [[Alfie Owens|Alfie]]. The Doctor says Alfie is a good name, but Alife prefers to be called "Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All". Craig wonders how the Doctor knows that and the Doctor explains that he can speak baby. As Craig rambles on about how poor he does as a father, the Doctor silences Alife with a "shh" so they can talk in peace. Craig wonders if the Doctor can teach him that trick, but the Doctor tells him its highly unlikely and only works once on undeveloped brains. The Doctor bids Craig farewell and leaves. However, as he prepares to leave in the TARDIS for his next stop, the Doctor once agian notices the electricity going out in the street. After arguing with himself, the Doctor decides to stay and investigate.
+He tells Craig to look around, notice everything, and ask questions. He suggests that people will be more open to him because he has a baby; this is why the Doctor usually brings a human companion with him, he says. They separate to cover more ground. The Doctor talks with [[Val (Closing Time)|Val]], a chatty perfume saleswoman, who has mistaken him and Craig for romantic partners. Getting their wires crossed, the Doctor thinks she means the word in the professional sense, wondering if "partner" is a better word than "companion". Equally off the same page, Val says the wording is old-fashioned; there's no need to be indirect these days. Val then goes on to talk about a scandal going on with two other employees.
-The next day, Craig takes Alfie to the department store, only to find the Doctor demonstrating a helicopter toy to children in the toy section. The Doctor explains that he works in a department store now and is amused they actual let him have a nametag saying "the Doctor", which he points out will help him remember who he is as he has forgetten before. Craig changes the subject and tells the Doctor that he knows that he's undercover to investiate the source of the electrical problems. The Doctor takes Craig and Alfie from the toy section and explains people have been vanishing from the department store; the Doctor believes that the disappearances are connected with the flickering power. They arrive at an out of order lift and the Doctor tells Craig to use it after reactivating it with his sonic screwdriver. To make sure Craig does so, the Doctor boards the lift with them. However, it actualy teleports them to an alien ship, which the Doctor tries to hide from Craig by faking attraction to him, but Craig soon notices they're not in the store anymore and that a Cyberman is marching towards them. After panicing, the Doctor manages to refuse the teleportation and fuse the controls so the Cybermen can't come back. While Craig goes on about how much teleporter findeed him of science-fiction, the Doctor tells Craig to leave for Alfie's safety so he can investigate the Cybermen's plan. However, Craig is convinced that the safest place for Alfie is by the Doctor's side. He refuses to leave.
+Seeing that he's getting nowhere, the Doctor decides to leave and ask someone else. As he leaves, Val mentions a silver rat with glowing red eyes; this prompts him to turn around in shock, as he saw it as well. She takes him to the toy department, explaining that she wanted the "silver rat" for her nephew, but the stock room says they don't have such a thing. The Doctor, with a net to capture the suspicious "toy", sourly says, "I bet they do".
-Allowing Craig to stay, the Doctor decides to investigate the women's section fo the store while telling Craig he may have a good chance of getting information because he has a baby with him as people find babies adorable. The Doctor then jokes that's why he usual has a human by his side and sends Craig off to gather intel. For his part gathering intel, the Doctor decides to talk to his co-wokrer Val. However, she thinks the Doctor and Craig are romantic partners. The Doctor misunderstands this as a term for "companion", which leads Val to once again misunderstand. Changing the subject to get back on track, the Doctor asks Val if there is anything strange going on in the store. However, she only tells him idel gossip. Seeing that he is getting nowhere, the Doctor leaves, but Val then calls after him, saying that there is a silver rat people are seeing in the store. This catches the Doctor's interest and they head back to they toy section, where Val explains that she saw "a silver rat with red, glowing eyes". She believes it's a toy and wished to purchase one for her grandson, but the stockroom says there is no such toy. The Doctor jokes that they are right and decides to head back and find Craig.
+In the meantime, Craig is less successful, poorly choosing lingerie as his investigation spot. His attempts to talk to Kelly, due to trying to act cool, are misconstrued as harassment and he accidentally knocks over a lingerie display while trying to escape the wrath of [[George (Closing Time)|George]], the burly security guard. He compliments George's uniform to try pacifying him but is unsuccessful. At the same time, the Doctor hears the commotion and runs over to help. He is warmly greeted by Kelly and George. He introduces them to Craig, ending the tension. The Doctor compliments George's uniform, and, unlike Craig, is thanked. Kelly mentions Shona didn't turn up for work, complaining about having to work harder to cover for her. The Doctor suspects Shona has gone missing as well.
-While on his way back to find Craig, the Doctor catches sight of his old companions, Amy Pond and Rory [[File:Petrichor_perfume.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor seeing Amy's Petrichor perfume advert. ]]Williams, who are shopping in the shop. The Doctor looks on as a litle girl walks up to Amy and asks for an autograph, which Amy happily does. Missing his companions, the Doctor tries to get their attention, but stops himself. Not noticing the Doctor a few meters away, Amy and Rory resume shopping as the mother of the little girl finds her daughter. The girl points in the Doctor;s direction and the Doctor, at first, thinks she's poiting at him. However, he turns around to find a large sign on the wall, reading "Petrichor" has a large picture of Amy's head on it, along with the slogan "The girl who's tired of waiting"; knowing that the words are about him, the Doctor smiles as Amy is now rather famous.
+The Doctor and Craig look through the changing rooms where Shona was last seen. Craig is furious; following the Doctor's orders humiliated him in front of his son. The Doctor tells Craig that Alfie thinks he should believe in himself more. He uses the sonic to scan the changing room and [[deduce]]s that a Cyberman took Shona the night before. The "silver rat" that Val saw is a [[Cybermat]], an infiltrator that's been responsible for the electrical fluctuations; it's harvesting power. The Doctor doesn't understand why the Cybermen would target a shop as opposed to a nuclear power station. To answer his questions, the Doctor decides to capture the Cybermat.
-Happy, the Doctor slips away to find Craig in trouble with the store security after bumbling with his part of the investigation. After getting Craig out of trouble by showing security his nametag to prove he works at the store, the Doctor takes Craig away and explains that the will stay behind after closing to catch the "silver rat". After evading the eyesight of the security gaurd, the Doctor and Craig begin scanning the floor to find their target and are success in catching the "silver rat", which turns out to be a [[Cybermat]]. The Cybermat tries biting them, but the Doctor manages to deactivate it. Afterwhich, they hear the scream of the secruity gaurd and rush to the basment to find him dead. The Doctor is briefly knocked unconious by a Cyberman, but soon recovers to find it gone, but Craig and Alfie sill safe. The Doctor commits that the Cyberman was made from malfunctioning spare parts, but was futher at a loss for words as hwo the Cybermen could have returned to the store so soon.
+Increasingly distressed by these recent events, Craig wonders why aliens only turn up in Colchester when the Doctor is around. The Doctor claims that it's merely a coincidence, which is "what the universe does for fun". As Craig goes to change Alfie, the Doctor then notices [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] walking in his direction from across the shop, unaware of his presence. A little girl named [[Allie (Closing Time)|Allie]] stops Amy and asks for her autograph. As the Doctor hides so they don't see him, he notices Amy's photo on an ad for a perfume called "[[Petrichor (perfume)|Petrichor]]", for "the girl who's tired of waiting". The Doctor can only smile.
-The Doctor returns with Craig to his home to work on the Cybermat. The Doctor explains to Craig that the Cybermat has been causing the power fluctuations by siphoning power to the Cyberman ship, but the Doctor is surprised by how little power it is drawing. When Craig leaves to get milk, the Doctor tends to Alfie's cries, telling the baby he will die the next day. Unbeknownst to the Doctor, the Cybermat reactivates and attacks the Doctor and Alfie. The Doctor quickly takes Alife outside and puts him in a swing before calling Craig, who has just returned, not to enter the house. However, the Doctor soon sees Craig on the kitchen floor, struggling with the Cybermat and crashes through the glass door to rescue him. Craig quickly pins the Cybermat under a pan as the Doctor sets his sonic screwdriver to destory it. Once ready, Craig lifts the pan and the Doctor fries the Cybermat's circuitry. The Doctor then begins to work on reversing the Cybermat's function to help take back the power the Cyber-ship had been receiving. He begins to tell Craig about his life so far, but when he reaches the part about his death, he finds that Craig and Alfie have fallen asleep.
+That night, the Doctor and Craig remain in the store after it closes and wait for the Cybermat. Craig laments telling everyone that he didn't need their help as leaving Alfie with a babysitter would be safer; Alfie wishes it would be a hot one. When the Cybermat shows itself, the Doctor captures it.
-The next morning, the Doctor leaves a note on Craig's fridge about his plan and leaves with his reprogramed Cybermat. A bit later, Craig awakens and wonders where the Doctor has gone until he finds the note. Yelling that the Doctor is an idiot, Craig takes Alfie with him and heads to the department store. At the same time, the Doctor has arrived before the crowds and partialy tells Val his plan before heading off to find the secondary entranec the Cybermen have been using. Right as the Doctor is out of Val's sight, Craig arrives with Alfie and and asks where the Doctor has gone. After Val informs him which direction he went, Craig asks Val to take care of Alfie and heads off to find the Doctor, yelling that the Doctor needs help. Val once again misunderstands this as them needing "alone time".
+Meanwhile, in the [[basement]], George is inspecting the fuse boxes when he is attacked by a Cyberman. The Doctor and Craig hear his screaming. The Doctor immediately rushes to his aid but is knocked out by one of the Cybermen. On regaining consciousness, the Doctor finds Craig looking over him. The Cyberman did not kill him; it was weak and made of spare parts. The Doctor expresses confusion as to how the Cybermen have travelled there, given that he shut down the teleport relay and it should've taken them days to repair it.
-The Doctor uses the Cybermat to find a secret door in the women's changing room that leads to a hidden tunnel and goes down the tunnel to find a Cyber-ship crash-landed. He enters the conversion chamber to find a nametag from the employee that found the Cyberman in the changing room. He is then surrounded by six Cybermen, who explain they have crashed and have been without power until the power lines installed for the store supply were placed near the ship and have been accidently powering it. The crew plan to convert the entire human race when there is enough power. They capture the Doctor.
+They return to Craig's house. As the Doctor examines the Cybermat, Craig tells him he's going to get more milk, leaving the Doctor in charge of Alfie. Alfie begins crying as soon as Craig leaves and the Doctor leaves the Cybermat unattended to go comfort him. The Doctor tells Alfie to save his tears for later as there's a spiritual emptiness of adulthood waiting for him; however, the Doctor realises it's his old age talking, going on to say that he gave everything 110%.
-Craig also finds the tunnel and enters the Cybership, brandishing his cellphone as a weapon and telling the Cybermen to get off his planet. After the Cybermen disarm Craig, he begins to tell them all that he knows about them, which is everything the Doctor said. The Cybermen see Craig as "surperior" to other humans due to his understanding of them and decided to make him [[Cyber-controller]]. They force Craig into the conversion machine as Cyberman suit peices are placed on his body while his head is shocked to remove emoitons. The Doctor pleads with Craig to hang onto his humanity, revealing that he will die soon. At the same time, this causes another power surge in the store, causing Alfie to cry while Val tries to quiet him. However, Alfie's cries can be heard in the Cybermen's ship thanks to a closed-circuit television. Hearing his son's cries, Craig breaks free of the Cyberman suit, which causes the Cybermen to overload as they begin to feel the emoitons that they repressed. The Doctor fixes the teleport and they flee to safety as the ship explodes.
+The Cybermat, which has reactivated itself, sneaks up behind the Doctor. He is able to stun it with the sonic and escapes outside with Alfie. However, as he moves to go back into the house, he realises that the door has locked behind him and he has dropped his sonic screwdriver inside. Craig returns home, not realising the danger, and is attacked by the Cybermat. The Doctor hears Craig's cries for help, crashes through the back window and rescues him. Trying several times to hold down their adversary, the Doctor has Craig pin the Cybermat under a baking tray while he fries its memory with the sonic to make it benign.
-They arrive in the out of order lift, confusing Val as to how they got there. She gives Alfie back as Craig muses on how he defeated the Cybermen with love. The Doctor tries to correct Craig, but gives up and lets him think it was love. Val, still thinking that Craig and the Doctor are partners, tells them its good that they've made up for Alfie. Craig catches this and tries to correct Val with the Doctor's help, but finds that he has disappeared again.
+Later, as the Doctor reprograms the Cybermat, Craig wonders about its presence. The Doctor doesn't understand why the Cyber-ship needs so much power and why the conversions of the missing people are incomplete. He continues to feel guilt for letting Craig stay to help him, referring to himself as a selfish man who puts people in danger. Craig reminds the Doctor that, if not for him, the entire planet would be in ruin, leading the Doctor to tell him sadly that he will not be around for much longer — his time is running out and he is set to die tomorrow. However, when he turns back, Craig and Alfie have fallen asleep. He smiles sadly.
-Craig returns home to find his house is clean. The Doctor walks in to say that he traveled back to when Craig left to help him so Craig wouldn't have to face Sophie's wrath at finding the house a mess. Craig thanks the Doctor, but then wonders about hwo muhc time he has left as there were so many places he wanted to see. The Doctor tells him that this was more important and that Alfie now has a much higher opinion of him, willing to call him dad; Alfie also has stopped calling himself "Stromageddon". The Doctor then holds up four TARDIS blue envelopes and says he toke them from Sophie's stationary. Craig tells the Doctor to wait and minute and returns with a Stetson hat as a parting gift. The Doctor thanks him and leaves through the back as Sophie comes in.
+The next morning, the Doctor returns with "Bitey" the Cybermat to the shop. When Craig wakes, he finds a message from the Doctor that he's gone to stop the Cybermen. Sophie calls and leaves a message, saying she will be home soon. Craig readies himself and Alfie to go help the Doctor because, as Craig explains to Alfie, he wouldn't have him or Sophie if not for the Doctor. The Doctor always needs someone to help; he just can't admit it.
-Sophie is at first shocked that Craig is having such an easy time taking care of Alfie, but finds it an improvement over their previous relationship. She then walks in the den to find everything clean, being further shocked. Craig tries to lie that nothing out of the ordinary happened while she was away. However as Sophie greets her son, he says his first word "Doctor". Sophie now know realizes that the Doctor had paid a visit.
+At the department store, the Doctor deduces that secondary transport must exist. He runs into Val, barely paying attention to her. She says that he's found the silver rat; the Doctor retorts, "But where are the silver men?". Continuing his search, he finds a passageway behind the mirror in the changing room where Shona was taken. He follows it down to a crashed [[Cyber-ship]]. While he investigates the control room, he is confronted by one of the Cybermen.
-Nearby, the Doctor tells the [[TARDIS]] this is their last trip and offers some parting words to a small group of children. Each of them saw the Doctor was putting on a brave face, but inside he was sad.
+The Doctor realises what happened; the Cyber-ship crashed centuries earlier with a single, dormant survivor., and when the town council began laying cables, the Cybermat activated and tunnelled to the surface to salvage power for the ship's systems. The Cyberman announces they will reemerge when they are ready and convert the planet; six Cybermen are sufficient. The Doctor offers them a choice: deactivate willingly or be deactivated by force. As he prepares to make good on this threat, a second Cyberman appears and holds him in place.
-In the far future, [[River Song]], a new Doctor of Archaeology, reviews eyewitness accounts by those children, and also notes the date and location of the Doctor's death. She is interrupted by Madame [[Kovarian]] and agents of [[the Silence]]. Kovarian tells River not to bother trying to remember them as they have been "too thourogh with her little head". River looks at the Silents and ask who they are; Kovarian tells River that the Silence are "her owners". She then examines River's diary to see the date of the Doctor's death and asks River to verify it. River says it's story, but Kovarian tells her "this is were it begins" as soliders from the church enter with an upgraded astronuat's suti. As a shocked River looks on, Kovarian taunts her that she never really escaped them, calling her "Melody Pond" top verify they are the ones who kidnapped and raised her. River begins to fight them, but a solider injects her with a sedative. As River loses conciousness, Kovarian taunts her with a nursery rhyme about killing "her love". River then awakens in the astronuat suit, submerged below [[Lake Silencio]] to await the Doctor.
+At the same time, Craig arrives in the shop and leaves Alfie with Val, warning her not to follow him; unfortunately, she misunderstands the reason entirely. He finds the entrance the Doctor used and searches for something he can use as a weapon. Seeing a price gun, he reasons that the Cybermen won't know what it is and he can bluff.
-==Cast==
+In the ship, the first Cyberman claims the Doctor will be their new leader, but the second recognises that his [[binary vascular system]] makes him incompatible. Instead, they will use him for parts and discard what they don't need. Craig appears and threatens the Cybermen with his price gun. The Doctor orders Craig to leave, but it's too late. One of the Cybermen recognises Craig's compatibility and declares him their new leader. They begin preparing him for conversion, despite his protests, telling him that they will take away his fear. The Doctor pleads with Craig to think of Alfie and finally declares that he is going to die tomorrow but he doesn't mind that if Craig can "prove him right". However, Craig is unable to escape or resist. The Doctor can only watch as the Cyber-armour assimilates Craig entirely.
-*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
-*[[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
-*[[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
-*[[Craig Owens]] - [[James Corden]]
-*[[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
-*[[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]]
-*[[Madame Kovarian]] - [[Frances Barber]]
-*[[Shona]] - [[Seroca Davis]]
-*[[Kelly (Closing Time)|Kelly]] - [[Holli Dempsey]]
-*[[George (Closing Time)|George]] - [[Christopher Obi]]
-*[[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] - [[Lynda Baron]]
-*[[Cybermen]] - [[Paul Kasey]]
-*Voice of the [[Cybermen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
-*[[Silent|The Silence]] - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]]
-==Crew==
+Above, Alfie seems to sense the danger Craig is in and begins to cry. This sound is picked up on the Cyber-ship and heard by all onboard. As the Cybermen declare that Craig's [[Cyber-conversion|conversion]] is complete, something changes. Craig's emotional systems begin to reboot themselves after hearing his child crying. His face plate splits down the middle, springing open to reveal Craig. He fights his way out of the armour to get to Alfie. The Doctor realises Craig's rejection of the conversion triggered a feedback loop. The Cybermen begin to feel everything they cut out of themselves and suffer from an overload. This will lead to a very big explosion. As they realise that the way they came in is cut off, the Doctor remembers the teleport and fuses it back together. As they dematerialise, the Cyber-ship explodes.
+In the shop above, the lift doors open and Craig runs out, calling for Alfie. The Doctor informs Craig that Alfie has given him a "ten out of ten". Craig boasts about blowing the Cyber-ship up with love. The Doctor begins to explain the exact process in its technical terms but ultimately concedes that Craig indeed blew it up with love.
+Later, as Craig converses with Val — who has wrongly concluded that Craig and the Doctor are a couple — he realises that the Doctor has disappeared. He returns home to find the house spotless and the Doctor preparing to leave. The Doctor reveals that Alfie prefers the name Alfie now and is calling Craig "Dad" instead of "not Mum". Craig realises that something is wrong and offers to help the Doctor in any way he can, but the Doctor is certain that no one can help him. He asks if Sophie will mind if he helps himself to some of her [[TARDIS blue]] envelopes. Hearing he is going to [[America]], Craig also gives the Doctor a [[Stetson]] before leaving.
+Sophie returns home and is astonished when Alfie happily calls out the word "Doctor". She then questions Craig, now ''very'' sure that something had happened while she was away.
+The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, passing a trio of school [[Children (Closing Time)|children]] playing in the street. They stop their game and stare at him in wonder. He introduces himself, telling them that he was there to help and that they're very, very welcome.
+At the [[Luna University]] in the [[52nd century]], [[River Song]] reads accounts from these children of the Doctor's last days. She opens her [[River Song's diary|diary]] to a page that contains only the date and time of his death. [[Madame Kovarian]] steps out of the shadows chanting a mysterious nursery rhyme that she claims has to do with the Doctor.
+[[File:River_Spacesuit_1.JPG|thumb|left|River under Lake Silencio, waiting for the Doctor.]]
+As River tries to remember who the woman is, Kovarian orders her not to bother because they've been far too "thorough" with her memory. Two of [[the Silence]] appear behind River. Kovarian introduces them as River's "owners", and calls her "Melody Pond". River is astonished, prompting the woman to declare that she made River who she is: the woman who kills the Doctor. As River protests, two members of [[the Church]] enter the library with an Apollo astronaut's suit. They inject River with a sedative, and she loses consciousness.
+When River awakes, she finds herself submerged below the surface of [[Lake Silencio]] in the Apollo astronaut's suit — awaiting the Doctor.
+== Cast ==
+* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
+* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
+* [[Rory Williams|Rory]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
+* [[Craig Owens]] - [[James Corden]]
+* [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]]
+* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
+* [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] - [[Frances Barber]]
+* [[Shona (Closing Time)|Shona]] - [[Seroca Davis]]
+* [[Kelly (Closing Time)|Kelly]] - [[Holli Dempsey]]
+* [[George (Closing Time)|George]] - [[Chris Obi]]
+* [[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] - [[Lynda Baron]]
+* [[Cyberman]] - [[Paul Kasey]]
+* [[Cyberman|Voice of the Cybermen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+=== Uncredited cast ===
+* [[Cleric]]s - [[Jon Davey]], [[Chester Durrant]]<ref>http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/role.php?code=5050&detail=listing&pg=dwm</ref>
+== Crew ==
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-== References ==
+=== Uncredited crew ===
-===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
+* [[Special effects supervisor|SFX Supervisor]] - [[Danny Hargreaves]]<ref name="Open All Hours">[[CON]]: "'[[Open All Hours (CON episode)|Open All Hours]]''</ref>
-*The Doctor mentions that a robot dog is "not as much fun as I remember" referring to [[K9]].
-*The Doctor can make people quiet by simply saying "shh!". Craig suggests this is [[hypnosis]].
-*The Doctor tells Craig that he has forgotten his identity before.
-===[[:Category:Cybermen|Cybermen]]===
+==== Millennium FX ====
-*The Cybermen attempt to [[Cyber-conversion|convert]] Craig into a [[Cyber-Controller]].
+* [[Prosthetics designer|Prosthetics Designer]] - [[Neill Gorton]]<ref name="Monster File">[[DOC]]: ''[[Monster File - The Cybermats]]''</ref>
-*It appears that at least these Cybermen can't convert [[Time Lord]]s, as [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] describes himself as "not exactly compatible", confirmed by some of the Cybermen not long after he said that. (also see the [[DW]]: [[Rise of the Cybermen]])
+* [[Animatronics operator|Animatronics Operator]] - [[Tim Rose]]<ref name="Monster File" />
-===[[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references from the real world]]===
+== Worldbuilding ==
-*When the Doctor tries to deactivate the Cybermat and discovers it has shielding, he says to Craig "Don't worry. I have an app for that", parodying the slogan used by Apple to advertise the [[wikipedia:iPhone|iPhone]]'s versatility.
+=== The Doctor ===
-*When the Doctor is flying the toy helicopter, he says "It goes up-diddley-up, it goes down-diddley-down." This is a line from the theme song of the movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines".
+* Val believes the Doctor and Craig are in a [[romance|romantic]] [[love|relationship]].
+* The Doctor mentions that a [[Yappy|robot dog]] is "not as much fun as I remember", referring to [[K9]].
+* The Doctor can make people quiet by simply saying, "Shh!" Craig suggests this is [[hypnosis]].
+* The Doctor acknowledges that he and Craig do not have [[mammary gland]]s.
-===[[:Category:Fashion and clothing|Fashion and clothing]]===
+=== Earth businesses ===
-*Craig gives the Doctor a [[Stetson]] as a parting gift. The Doctor is later shown wearing this in [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' when he brings everyone together in America before his death.
+* There is a [[Waterstones]] opposite [[Sanderson & Grainger]].
+* Also nearby is a [[House of Fraser]].
-===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
+=== Cybermen ===
-*It seems Amy has become quite famous as she is seen giving an autograph to a [[Ellie|little girl]].
+* The Cybermen attempt to [[Cyber-conversion|convert]] Craig into a [[Cyber-Controller]].
-*[[Sean (The Lodger)|Sean]] and Melinda are mentioned.
-*[[Kovarian]] does not appear to be affected by the Silence's ability to make people forget their existence.
-*[[River Song]] does not remember Kovarian or the Silence from her childhood.
-===[[:Category:History|History]]===
+=== Culture from the real world ===
-*Craig is unfamiliar with the Cybermen, suggesting that either the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] was erased by the [[Time Field|cracks]] and doesn't exist post-[[Big Bang Two]] or Craig simply didn't see the Cybermen like [[Donna Temple-Noble|Donna Noble]].
+* Craig has a copy of ''[[Can You Choo Choo Too?]]''
+* Craig asks if the Cybermen's [[teleport]] is like "beam me up" from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
+* Kelly complains that the power went out while she was watching ''[[Top Model]]''.
+* "Techno Fan" by The Wombats plays in [[Sanderson & Grainger]].
-===[[:Category:Television series from the real world|Television series]]===
+=== Fashion and clothing ===
-*Craig asks if the Cybermen's [[teleport]] is like "beam me up" from ''[[Star Trek]]''. This is the second consecutive episode to feature a reference to ''Star Trek''.
+* The Doctor buys Craig a [[papoose]] to carry Alfie in.
+* Craig gives the Doctor a [[Stetson]] as a parting gift.
-===[[:Category:Theories and concepts|Theories and concepts]]===
+=== Individuals ===
-*Posters seen by the Doctor in the department store indicate that Amy has taking up a modelling career. She is seen advertising a fragrance named "[[Petrichor]]".
+* [[Sean (The Lodger)|Sean]] and Melinda are mentioned.
+* [[Atif Ghosh]] mysteriously disappeared on a Friday in the department store and [[Tom Luker]] mysteriously disappeared on a Sunday.
-== Story notes ==
+=== History ===
-*Given that in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' the different versions of the Doctor give their ages as 909, and 1103, the Doctor has lived for approximately two hundred years between these two episodes. ''Writer [[Gareth Roberts]] confirmed in an interview that this is indeed two hundred years after [[The God Complex]] for the Doctor, and that he spent these years "waving" at Amy and Rory through history books. ([[The Impossible Astronaut]])''
+* Craig is unfamiliar with the Cybermen, even though they invaded the [[Earth]] during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]].
-*Part of the nursery rhyme that was heard [[DW]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'' is sung by Madame [[Kovarian]], with some new lines added.
-*''Closing Time'' is the first episode produced by Denise Paul, who has been Associate Producer for several Eleventh Doctor stories.
+== Notes ==
-*This is the first time since the series revival in 2005 that episode 12 has not been part of a multi-part story written by the head writer, although the end of this episode does set up the series finale.
+* Working titles were ''Carry-On Lodging'', ''Everything Must Go'', ''The Last Adventure'' and ''Three Cybermen and a Baby''.<ref>''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]''{{which}}</ref>
-*This is the first television story to feature a [[Cybermat]] since the [[Fourth Doctor]] story [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''. They had been redesigned though, with human-like teeth.
+* In ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'' the different versions of the Doctor give their ages as 909, and 1103. Writer [[Gareth Roberts]] confirmed in an interview{{source}} that this is indeed two hundred years after ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'' for the Doctor and that he spent these years "waving" at Amy and Rory through history books, as established by ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
-*This is the first single-parter episode in which [[River Song]] appears, and her first appearance in an episode not written by [[Steven Moffat]]. Her appearance, however, does link directly into the next episode.
+* Part of the nursery rhyme that was heard in ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'' is sung by Madame [[Kovarian]], with new lines.
-*This is also the first regular-season episode since the series revival in which the Doctor does not have an ongoing companion with him at some point.
+* This was the first episode produced by Denise Paul, who had been Associate Producer for several Eleventh Doctor stories.
-**Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill were, however, credited in the opener as they had been during the rest of the season. This marks the first time in the series that any actor's name has appeared in the opening credits for less than one minute of on-screen appearance.
+* This is the first time since the series revival in 2005 that episode 12 has not been part of a multi-part story written by the head writer. The end does set up the series finale.
-**The BBC America and Space broadcasts also retained the opening sequence narrated by Amy Pond.
+* This is the first television story to feature a [[Cybermat]] since the [[Fourth Doctor]] story ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''. They had been redesigned, with biological teeth and gums.
-**Arthur Darvill (Rory) doesn't have any lines in this episode.
+* This is also the first regular-season episode since the series revival in which the Doctor does not have an ongoing companion with him at some point.
-*Based on interpretations of dialogue in the episode, a case can be made for Craig to be considered a companion, as the Doctor indirectly refers to him as one.
+** [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Arthur Darvill]] were credited in the opener as they had been during the rest of the season. This is the first time in the series that any actor's name has appeared in the opening credits for less than one minute of on-screen appearance.
-*The "app" for disabling the Cybermat used one of the "bonus sounds" found on the toy version of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, unheard on the show until now.
+** The BBC America and Space broadcasts retained the opening sequence narrated by Amy Pond.
-*During one of the scenes, BBC Radio 1's Greg James was visible behind Craig. Greg James named his character "Carlos".[[File:GREGJAMES.png|thumb|To the left of Craig, BBC Radio 1's Greg James]]
+* [[Gareth Roberts]] said in an interview{{fact}} that he was considering bringing Craig back when he saw [[James Corden]]'s performance in ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', saying that "it already felt like he was one of the ''Who'' family".
-*This is the first television story since the series revival in which the Cybermen are not armed with any type of weaponary. The Cybermen who are seen have visible gaps in their forearm armour where they would normally have blasters and they are not seen electrocuting anyone.
+* The "app" for disabling the Cybermat used one of the "bonus sounds" found on the toy version of the Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver, unheard on the show until now.
-*This is the second time where Craig's affection for someone has saved the day. In [[DW]] :'' [[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]] '', Craig's love for Sophie motivates his desire to stay where he is, enabling him to destroy the alien Time Machine. In this case, his love for his son enables him to defeat the Cybermen.
+* During one of the scenes, BBC Radio 1's [[Greg James]] was visible behind Craig. Greg James named his character "Carlos".{{fact}}
+* This is the first television story since the series revival in which the Cybermen are not armed with any type of weaponry. The Cybermen who are seen have visible gaps in their forearm armour where they would normally have blasters and they are not seen electrocuting anyone.
+* This is the second time where Craig's affection for someone has saved the day. In ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', Craig's love for Sophie motivates his desire to stay where he is, enabling him to destroy the alien time machine. In this case, his love for his son enables him to defeat the Cybermen.
+* This is the third time that the Cybermen have appeared in the penultimate episode of a series.
+* This is the first and only televised episode in which [[River Song]] appears in that wasn't written by [[Steven Moffat]]. However, Moffat did write her scene, albeit uncredited.{{fact}}
+* Steven Moffat was pleased with ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', an episode he called "quite close to my heart", and wanted to bring Craig back. He commented that it was a change of pace for [[James Corden]], who usually was cast as "[[Double act|the funny one]]"; as Craig he is "the straight man to the wacky Doctor".{{fact}}
+* Keen for the Doctor and Craig's escapades to continue taking place in a mundane, everyday environment, Gareth Roberts considered settings such as a [[hospital]], a [[police station]] and a [[supermarket]] before finally settling on a department store.{{fact}}
+* Sophie's role was minimalised due to [[Daisy Haggard]]'s commitment to the play {{wi|Becky Shaw}} at the Almeida Theatre in [[London]].{{fact}}
+* Gareth Roberts was instructed to include only a fleeting appearance for Amy and Rory, because the episode would be in production alongside ''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]''. This was necessary to ensure that there was sufficient time to record all thirteen episodes of the season, as well as the preceding Christmas special.{{fact}}
+* [[Steve Hughes]] compared the Doctor and Craig to famous comedic duos such as [[Laurel and Hardy]], {{w|Abbott and Costello}}, and [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Nick Frost]].
+* It was Gareth Roberts's idea to include the Cybermen. He felt that the personal nature of the storyline would benefit from a familiar foe, and he was also aware that, with the exception of some cameo appearances, the season otherwise featured only brand-new enemies, and he thought "there should be a sense of history about the Doctor's final battle to save Earth before he heads off to meet his death". He felt that this was consistent with the theme of "death and lingering darkness" that had run throughout the season.{{fact}}
+* Gareth Roberts decided that the Cybermen should lurk in the background for much of the episode in the manner of Sixties stories like ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' so that they would not detract from the interplay between the Doctor and Craig. As such, he also decided to resurrect the Cybermats.{{fact}}
+* Steven Moffat proposed that the new Cybermat should sport fangs, making it more of a physical threat.{{fact}}
+* Craig and Sophie's child was originally a girl, first named Grace and later Tess.{{fact}}
+* Sanderson & Grainger, was partly devised as an homage to an influential teacher from Gareth Roberts's youth whose surname was Grainger.{{fact}}
+* Originally, the disappearances were not a new phenomenon, but occurred every few decades, to be accompanied by strange graffiti. Various electronic and mechanical components were also going missing, and it was this trail which led the Doctor to the store.{{fact}}
+* Alfie was portrayed by seven different babies, usually paired in twins, because of strict rules about baby hours. Several dummies were used as well. James Corden, who was about to become a father, learned tips from the mothers.{{fact}}
+* The first draft was much different - the disappearances were not a new phenomenon, but occurred every few decades, to be accompanied by strange graffiti. Much was made of the history of a market which had been held for centuries on the site of the shopping centre; the Cybermat would have been found entombed within its foundation stone. It transpired that the being responsible for the kidnappings was a Cyberscout (referred to as "the Guardian"), which had operated on automatic for centuries, with the graffiti part of its reconnaissance procedure. Over the years, the Guardian had gradually replaced its defective parts with human limbs and organs when it periodically awoke from dormancy. Now nothing was left of the original Cyberman, and it was protecting Colchester from the other Cybermen which lay underground in suspended animation. After an ending in which Craig destroys the Cybermen with a wrecking ball was dismissed, the climax subsequently hinged on the Doctor transmitting the Guardian's personality into the reactivated Cybermen, overwhelming them.{{fact}}
+* The Doctor being able to "speak baby" was added late in development. Steven Moffat came up with the idea while writing ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''.{{fact}}
+* The episode comprised Block Six of season six (actually the seventh to go into production).{{fact}}
+* [[Beth Willis]] picked Steve Hughes to direct based on his work on {{wi|Land Girls (TV series)|Land Girls}}.{{fact}}
+* Since the regular producer, [[Marcus Wilson]], would be overseeing ''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'', line producer [[Denise Paul]] was promoted to producer for this episode.{{fact}}
+* When a check was performed on the Cyberman costumes originally created for [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]], it was found that many were now in a dilapidated state. Fortunately, this ideally suited the script, which meant that they would eke out one more appearance before being retired.{{fact}}
+* Much of the episode was filmed in Howells department store in [[Cardiff]]. As the store had to be closed, they filmed over four or five nights, sometimes going until 6:00 in the morning. Steve Hughes said it was a "drain" on the production team, while James Corden recalled it made the cast and crew "lightheaded" and "hysterical".{{fact}}
+* Craig and Sophie live on the fictional Sheckley Street, in reference to American science-fiction writer {{w|Robert Sheckley}}.
+* On the first day of filming, [[Matt Smith]] broke one of the Cybermat props when he hit it with a frying pan in the scene where Craig is being attacked, and it was subsequently repaired with tape.{{fact}}
+* The couple who owned the house used for Craig and Sophie's new home allowed the filming to take place in order for it to be an experience for their two young boys. Production at the house also went into the early hours of the morning.{{fact}}
+* The window of the sliding door in the house that the Doctor jumps through to save Craig from the Cybermat was too small, so the production team built another one. The new door was too big for shatterglass; instead, glass that breaks into chunks was used, wired with a small explosive that would crack the glass when Matt Smith's stuntman jumped through it. Steve Hughes wanted it to look as if the audience was crashing through the window with the Doctor; he spliced together shots of Smith filmed running up to the door, the stuntman jumping through it, and Smith landing with shards of glass thrown over him.{{fact}}
+* A scene in the stock room in which a warehouseman is killed by a Cyberman while assembling a mannequin was cut.{{fact}}
+* The Cybus Industries logo, which had been used on the Cybermen since their redesign for the revived series was covered up for the Cybermen in this episode, as well as the ones which had previously appeared. This is because the Cybermen in the modern series originated from "[[Pete's World]]" — a parallel universe — while the Doctor's universe has its own Cybermen from the planet [[Mondas]], as seen in the classic series. As the Cybermen that feature here were barely surviving, the production team made them look broken down and as if they had been cannibalising parts to survive. The suits were already worn to an extent, as they had been used so often in the five years since they were made.{{fact}}
+* The Cyber Controller conversion equipment was built around James Corden.{{fact}}
+* The Cybermats were redesigned to appear more high-tech. The top was designed to recall the head of a Cyberman, and piranha-like teeth were added to suggest that they were converted animals, just as Cybermen were converted humans.{{fact}}
+* Three versions of the Cybermat were made. The first was simply a "stunt double" which did not have teeth and was meant for being thrown around or laid still. The second was a cable-controlled "close-up" version that had teeth and thrashed, and was used for when the characters handled it. The third was radio-controlled to dash along the floor. [[The Mill]] created a computer-generated Cybermat that leapt up to attack Craig.{{fact}}
 === Ratings ===
-*UK Overnight: 5.3 Million
+* UK Overnight: 5.3 Million
+* UK Final: 6.93 million<ref>[http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date Doctor Who Ratings - UK final]</ref>
 === Myths ===
-*[[Craig Owens]] may travel in the TARDIS.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/little-shop-of-horrors-16182.htm</ref>''This proved false''.
+* [[Craig Owens]] may travel in the TARDIS. <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/little-shop-of-horrors-16182.htm</ref>''This proved false''.
-*[[Craig Owens]] has had a baby.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/hello-cyber-matt-16302.htm</ref>''This proved true''.
+* Craig Owens has had a baby. <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/hello-cyber-matt-16302.htm</ref>''This proved true''.
-*The events in the department store, etc. take place on or about 21st April 2011. ''Nothing in the episode supports this. For the Doctor it's the day before his "death" but he's a time-traveller.''
+* The events in the department store, etc. take place on or about 21st April 2011. ''A blow-up of the newspaper seen in the episode has the date of April 19, 2011.''
 === Filming locations ===
-''to be added''
+* [[Howell's]] / [[House of Fraser]], 9 St. Mary's Street, [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] (department store)
+* [[Hayes Island]] / [[Wharton Street]], [[The Hayes]], Cardiff, Wales (exteriors around department store)
+* [[Hensol Castle]], [[Miskin]], [[Pontyclun]], [[Mid Glamorgan]], South Wales (library)
+* 2 Church Road, [[Penarth]], Wales (Craig's home)
 === Production errors ===
-{{Discontinuity}}When the Cyberman is first seen when his feet stomped, there was no noise at all. (''However, the Cyberman have been mentioned to make no noise sometimes with their legs in [[The Next Doctor|DW: The Next Doctor]].'')
+{{Discontinuity}}
+''to be added''
 == Continuity ==
-*Craig recalls his previous alien encounter with the Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
+{{section cleanup|As per [[Forum:Non-valid Continuity sections, categories, and prefixes#Continuity sections]], this section needs to be written from an '''out-of-universe perspective'''.}}
-*The Doctor can speak [[Baby language|baby]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
+* The Doctor expresses disappointment that Craig didn’t name his son Doctor. The [[First Doctor]] had previously suggested a child be named Doctor, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Invention of Death (audio story)|The Invention of Death]]'') and [[Jackie Tyler]] once joked that she had named her son Doctor before revealing that his name was [[Tony Tyler|Tony]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
-*Petrichor is part of the password given by Idris in [[DW]]:'' [[The Doctor's Wife]]''.
+* Craig recalls his previous alien encounter with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
-*The perfume "Petrichor" bears the slogan "For the girl who's tired of waiting", a reference to Amy and has been referenced across several stories. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Girl Who Waited]]'')
+* The Doctor can speak [[Baby (language)|baby]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
-*When the Doctor thinks that Craig has redecorated, he says that he doesn't like it, similar to the [[Second Doctor]]'s comments to the [[Third Doctor]] about redecorating the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' and again when the Second Doctor saw [[UNIT HQ]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]''. The [[Fifth Doctor]] similarly expressed dislike for a TARDIS redecoration on [[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]''.
+* The Doctor has previously expressed annoyance at his opponents for cheating. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
-*The Doctor takes some "TARDIS blue" envelopes from Craig's house, and Craig gives him a [[Stetson]] as a parting gift, which sets up events for [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
+* Posters seen by the Doctor in the department store indicate that Amy has taken up a modelling career. She is seen [[advertising]] a fragrance named "[[Petrichor (perfume)|Petrichor]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
-*Aware of his impending death, the Doctor goes on another "farewell tour". ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
+::* The perfume "Petrichor" bears the slogan, "For the girl who's tired of waiting", a reference to the Doctor's description of Amy as "The girl who waited". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]'')
-*Craig successfully throws off the conversion process. [[Mercy Hartigan]] also did so shortly before her death in [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]''.
+* When the Doctor thinks that Craig has redecorated, he says that he doesn't like it. This is similar to the [[Second Doctor]]'s comments to the [[Third Doctor]] about redecorating [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') and again when the Second Doctor saw [[UNIT HQ]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] similarly expressed dislike for a TARDIS redecoration upon meeting the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'')
-*While talking about name tags, the Doctor suggests he sometimes forgets his identity. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
+* The Doctor takes some "TARDIS blue" envelopes from Craig's house, and Craig gives him a [[Stetson]] as a parting gift. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')
-*When Craig resists the conversion, a light cuts down the centre of the Cyber head and it opens up, much like the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] head that confronted Amy in ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''.
+* Aware of his impending death, the Doctor goes on another "farewell tour". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
-*Though not referenced on screen, this is the second time the Doctor has had to deal with an alien menace based in (or below) a department store ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''), although this time when he blows it up, the store isn't destroyed. [[Torchwood Three]] also dealt with aliens in a department store in [[TWA]]: ''[[Department X]]''.
+* Craig throws off the conversion process. [[Mercy Hartigan]] also did so shortly before her death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')
-*The Doctor preforms his odd greeting kiss. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')
+* The Doctors says he always gives a choice to his enemies. He's often done so in the recent past, e.g. the [[Nestene Consciousness]] in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', the [[Slitheen family]] in ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]] in ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', the [[CyberKing]] in ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'', [[the Silence]] in ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', but such offers are rarely taken.
-*The last time he encountered them, the Doctor also said "not a rat, a Cybermat!" ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
+* While talking about name tags, the Doctor suggests he sometimes forgets his identity. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'')
-*The way the Cybermen are destroyed is similar to the way they were destroyed in [[DW]]: ''[[The Age of Steel]]''
+* When Craig resists the conversion, a light cuts down the centre of the Cyber head and it opens up, much like the Cyberman head that confronted Amy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
+* The Doctor has had to deal with an alien menace based in (or below) a department store before. However, this time when he blows it up, the store isn't destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
+* The Doctor performs his odd greeting [[kiss]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'')
+* The Doctor again says, "Not a rat, a Cybermat!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
+* When the Doctor asks if the Cybermen would take the humans out with only six Cybermen, they claim they could take them out with only one Cyberman. The [[Dalek]]s previously made a similar claim against the Cybermen themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')
+* The Cyberman which captures Shona in the changing rooms moves into the light without making a stomping sound with its feet. The [[Tenth Doctor]] asked the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] in [[1851]] which sneaked up on him if they had their legs on silent. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')
+* The Cybermen use the phrase "You will be like us!" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]], [[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]; [[AUDIO]]: [[Real Time (audio story)|Real Time]]'')
+* The Doctor says, "Come along, Bitey," a variation on the phrase "Come along, Pond" he was fond of using with Amy and occasionally Rory. He also once said "Come along, Smith," to [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
+* A [[Cyber-ship]] also crashed into the town of [[Klimtenburg]] during the [[19th century]] and attempted converting the local population. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]'')
+* The Cybermen go mad and die from damage to their emotional inhibitors. ([[TV]]: [[The Invasion (TV story)|''The Invasion'']], [[The Age of Steel (TV story)|''The Age of Steel'']])
+* Although not visible in the final cut of {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}, one shop in the scenes set in [[1925]] [[Soho]] was given Sanderson & Grainger branding.
-==[[Eleventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
+== Prequel ==
-===For the Doctor===
+A brief prequel was filmed featuring Craig, Sophie and Alfie. However, unlike other Series 6 prequels, this one wasn't released online prior to the episode. Instead, it was given the title ''[[Up All Night (home video)|Up All Night]]'' and released as the fifth chapter of the DVD/Blu-ray exclusive mini-episode ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'' in the Series 6 DVD/BD box set in November 2011.
-*This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]'' and various misadventures noted in [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''
-*This story occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' and ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
-===For River Song===
+== Home video releases ==
-*This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''
+[[File:Series6.2DVD.jpg|thumb|Series 6, part 2 DVD cover]]
-*This story occurs before: [[DW]]:'' [[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' and ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
+=== DVD & Blu-ray releases ===
+* ''Closing Time'' was released in Series 6 Part Two on DVD and Blu-Ray in region 1/A on [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], in region 2/B on [[10 October (releases)|10 October]] 2011 and in region 4/B on [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] 2011.
+* The episode was later released in the Complete Sixth Series boxset on both DVD and Blu-ray, in region 1/A on [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] 2011, in region 2/B on [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] 2011 and in region 4/B on [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 2011.
-===For Amy and Rory===
+=== Digital releases ===
-*This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex]]''
-*This story occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''
-== Home video releases ==
+* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]].
-[[File:Series6.2DVD.jpg|thumb]]The episode will be released on DVD and Blu-ray shortly after the airing of episode 13.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-dvd-releases-15635.htm</ref>
-==External links==
+== External links ==
-''to be added''
+* {{locguide|closingtime|Closing Time}}
+{{dwrefguide|who_tv67.htm|Closing Time}}
-==Footnotes==
+== Footnotes ==
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