1. Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weNP_zxgTtU Heres some advice to the would-be screenwriters out there. When you have a villain with an origin story that exists in the same continuity you are already writing in, do not, DO NOT, create a second set of those villains only with a different origin story. Now the Mondas origin has its problems, Ill admit. But, really, did we need to have yet another version of the Cybermen from an alternate universe? One with, of course, zeppelins? (raise your hand if you can hear the Doctor saying, I fly in a zeppelin now. Zeppelins are cool) This whole concept was pointless on every level. There was just no need to make up new Cybermen in a universe where they already existed! Add to that the fact that it set the stage for all the have your cake and eat it, too, moments that continued on through the rest of Roses time with the Doctor. I honestly am very hard-pressed to come up with anything positive about this set of stories, so Im going to now pretend they never existed. Ill be much happier that way. Speaking of happier things, lets move on to the best of the Cybermen stories!
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