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'''''Closing Time''''' was the twelfth episode in the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' | '''''Closing Time''''' was the twelfth episode in the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|sixth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It marks the return of Craig Owens and the Cybermen. | ||
== Synopsis == | == 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> | 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> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
It starts in a department store, where a worker is checking the changing rooms for customers before they close. She hears something in one of the changing rooms. It is a [[Cyberman]]. She screams. | It starts in a department store, where a worker is checking the changing rooms for customers before they close. She hears something in one of the changing rooms. It is a [[Cyberman]]. She screams. | ||
About the same time, [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] leaves her house after making sure that Craig can cope with their son, [[Alfie Owens|Alfie]]. Craig hears a knock on the door. It is the Doctor standing on his doorstep who says hello and then turns to leave, until he sees the power flickering on Craig's road. | |||
The next day Craig finds the Doctor working in a shop, searching for the cause of the electrical problems. People have been vanishing, and the Doctor is sure there's a connection to the flickering power. When the Doctor tries to get Craig and Alfie out of the shop in a lift, they arrive in the Cyber-Ship, where a Cyberman stomps towards them. The Doctor | The next day Craig finds the Doctor working in a shop, searching for the cause of the electrical problems. People have been vanishing, and the Doctor is sure there's a connection to the flickering power. When the Doctor tries to get Craig and Alfie out of the shop in a lift, they arrive in the Cyber-Ship, where a Cyberman stomps towards them. The Doctor reverses the teleportation before they are discovered, disabling the teleporter in the process. He tries to get Craig to leave him so he can investigate, but Craig refuses and stays on to help him. He believes the safest place to be for his son is by the Doctor's side. | ||
The Doctor gossips with his coworker, Val | The Doctor gossips with his coworker, Val. She believes Craig to be his romantic partner and Alfie their child. He learns that a "silver rat" has been sighted in the store. The Doctor silently observes Amy and Rory shopping, and finds that Amy is featured in the print ad for a perfume. That night, Craig and Doctor hide in the store and capture a [[Cybermat]]. Ithas been causing the power fluctuations by siphoning power to the Cyberman ship, but the Doctor is surprised by how little power it is drawing. The Doctor survives an attack by a Cyberman; it was made from malfunctioning spare parts. He is at a loss to explain how it could have returned to the store so soon. | ||
The Doctor returns with Craig to his home to work on the Cybermat. When Craig leaves to get milk, the Doctor tends to Alfie's cries, revealing privately to the baby that he knows he will die the next day. The Cybermat becomes active and attacks the Doctor and Craig, but they are able to subdue it, though making a mess of the house. The following morning, the Doctor returns to the store on his own with the reprogrammed Cybermat, but Craig soon follows with Alfie. In the store, the Doctor discovers that the Cyberman ship is not in space; rather, it crashed on Earth centuries earlier and is now buried beneath the store, connected to it via a secret door in a changing room. He realises that the power lines installed for the store have helped to supply power to the ship, and the crew of six have been drawing power slowly and plan to convert the entire human race when there is enough power. The Doctor is soon captured by the Cybermen. | The Doctor returns with Craig to his home to work on the Cybermat. When Craig leaves to get milk, the Doctor tends to Alfie's cries, revealing privately to the baby that he knows he will die the next day. The Cybermat becomes active and attacks the Doctor and Craig, but they are able to subdue it, though making a mess of the house. The following morning, the Doctor returns to the store on his own with the reprogrammed Cybermat, but Craig soon follows with Alfie. In the store, the Doctor discovers that the Cyberman ship is not in space; rather, it crashed on Earth centuries earlier and is now buried beneath the store, connected to it via a secret door in a changing room. He realises that the power lines installed for the store have helped to supply power to the ship, and the crew of six have been drawing power slowly and plan to convert the entire human race when there is enough power. The Doctor is soon captured by the Cybermen. | ||