2. DOCTOR, MOVE!
Theres a point in Nightmare in Silver where the Doctor is alone with the Cybermen in the belly of the beast. Now, in the past the Doctor has never been personally threatened with assimilation by the Cybermen. And he thinks itll be the same here. When Webley first threatens him he says Im not human. You cant convert non-humans. And Webley says That was true many years ago, but weve upgraded ourselves. Current Cyber units can use any living components. What is a normal reaction to a statement like that? Run, or look scared, or hide behind something, or at least MOVE. And what does the Doctor do?
Absolutely freaking nothing. He just STANDS THERE while Webley throws the Cybermites at him. Look, the problem with this episode is that no one had any time for nuance in their performance because stuff had to be happening every single second. Angie gets kidnapped? The Doctor instantly knows whats happened, and runs off to fix it. Clara doesnt react at all, just lets the Doctor get away with not being asked questions (really weird for her). The Doctor puts Clara in charge of a platoon of soldiers and NOBODY QUESTIONS THIS, not Clara, not the woman shes replacing, not any of the soldiers. Some random girl starts giving orders, and nobody seems to find that odd? But on the plus side, it gives me a chance to shout at the characters and have a bit of fun mocking them.