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* The episode's title, ''Nightmare in Silver'', is reminiscent of ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'', in that, in both cases, the "Silver" is referring to [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. | * The episode's title, ''Nightmare in Silver'', is reminiscent of ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'', in that, in both cases, the "Silver" is referring to [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. | ||
* A working title for the episode was ''The Last Cyberman''.<ref>http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2013/01/24/neil-gaiman-rhys-anderson/12337/</ref> | * A working title for the episode was ''The Last Cyberman''.<ref>http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2013/01/24/neil-gaiman-rhys-anderson/12337/</ref> | ||
* The Cyber-Doctor answers to Clara's question of "More Cybermen?" with "They're waking from their tomb right now." which is a possible reference to the television story [[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|Tomb of the Cybermen]]. | |||
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Revision as of 01:44, 12 May 2013
Nightmare in Silver was the twelfth regular episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. It features the Mondasian Cybermen, having previously appeared in a cameo role in A Good Man Goes to War and as the primary antagonists in Closing Time, both in series 6.
Synopsis
Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out. And ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection.
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Matt Smith
- Clara - Jenna-Louise Coleman
- Angie - Eve De Leon Allen
- Artie - Kassius Carey Johnson
- Webley - Jason Watkins
- Porridge - Warwick Davis
- Captain - Tamzin Outhwaite
- Beauty - Eloise Joseph
- Brains - Will Merrick
- Ha-Ha - Calvin Dean
- Missy - Zahra Ahmadi
- Cyberman - Aidan Cook
- Voice of the Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs
References
Incarnations
- Whilst under possession by the Cyber-Planner, the Doctor mimics the Ninth Doctor's accent and catchphrase of "Fantastic", as well as the Tenth Doctor's of "Allons-y".
- During the taking over of the Cybermite, the Doctor let them see the regeneration power, by showing him his previous incarnations.
Games
- The game of chess was invented by the Time Lords.
Cultural references from the real world
- Porridge is inside an undefeated "automated" chess player. This is very similar to real-world the Turk, who was too exhibited as an undefeatable chess-playing machine, but was actually controlled by a man inside.
Story notes
- The episode's title, Nightmare in Silver, is reminiscent of Silver Nemesis, in that, in both cases, the "Silver" is referring to Cybermen.
- A working title for the episode was The Last Cyberman.[1]
- The Cyber-Doctor answers to Clara's question of "More Cybermen?" with "They're waking from their tomb right now." which is a possible reference to the television story Tomb of the Cybermen.
Ratings
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Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity
- The Doctor can play chess. (TV: The Wedding of River Song). Also, the Time Lords inventing chess was a query first considered by the Second Doctor. (PROSE: Dreams of Empire)
- This is not the Doctor's first encounter with a Cyberman purported to be an automated game-playing machine. When the Eighth Doctor encountered the Silver Turk, a Cyberman, it too attacked its 'controllers'. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)
- The Doctor mentions the Cybermen's weakness to gold. (TV: Silver Nemesis)
- A dummy from TV: The God Complex and aliens from TV: The Rings of Akhaten can be seen in the background.
- The Doctor says the children are under his protection. (TV: The Bells of Saint John).
- Angie and Artie Maitland travel in the TARDIS, as they had previously blackmailed Clara into taking them along. (TV: The Crimson Horror)
- The Tenth Doctor's regeneration is seen. (TV: The End of Time).
- An Uvodni head is also on display (TV: Warriors of Kudlak).
- Another alien on display is a Chameleon. (TV: The Faceless Ones and PROSE: Face Value).
- A Cybermite spies on the group on the shoulder of what seems to be a Blowfish.
- The Doctor previously visited an amusement park "controlled" by aliens. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
- Clara's mobile phone has no service, indicating that the Doctor didn't give her a superphone, as he had with every one of his regular companions since his ninth incarnation. (TV: The End of the World, 42, The Doctor's Daughter, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
- The Doctor says to the Cybermite, 'Hardly a cybermat'. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen, TV: The Wheel in Space, TV: Revenge of the Cybermen, TV: Closing Time)
- The Doctor echoes a quote from his former companion Rory Williams when confronted by Clara aiming a gun at him. "Don't shoot, I'm nice!"
Home video releases
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External links
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References
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