The Age of Steel
- Episode aired Nov 3, 2006
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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The Cybermen take control of London as the population is enslaved and the Doctor and his friends become fugitives.The Cybermen take control of London as the population is enslaved and the Doctor and his friends become fugitives.The Cybermen take control of London as the population is enslaved and the Doctor and his friends become fugitives.
Nicholas Briggs
- Cybermen
- (voice)
Kevin Hudson
- Cyberman
- (uncredited)
Ruari Mears
- Cyberman
- (uncredited)
Kevin Wickenden
- Cybermen
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe marching of thousands of mind-controlled Londoners to Battersea (referred to by the Doctor as "sheep") echoes the Pink Floyd song "Sheep" from their album Animals, where the sheep are led into the "valley of steel" to be slaughtered. The album also features a shot of Battersea Power Station on its cover, with a pig floating above it just like Lumic's own airship. Pink Floyd is known for incorporating the Doctor Who (1963) theme music into live performances of the song "One of These Days".
- GoofsWhen Mickey decides to stay behind, The Doctor tells him to take Rose's phone since it has the code. Mickey should already have that code on his phone. He sent it to Rose from his phone.
- Quotes
Mickey Smith: You're just making it up as you go along!
The Doctor: Yup. But I do it brilliantly.
- ConnectionsEdited from Doctor Who: Rose (2005)
- SoundtracksRose's Theme
Written by Murray Gold
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Whilst this two part episode from season two doesn't quite match up with the Moffatt written one in the first series, this second episode is an improvement over the first and allows for all of team Tardis to show what they can do.
With London overrun by Cybermen, Lumic (Roger Lloyd Pack) engages the next phase of his plan, and has the earpods take control of their human hosts, and have them trudge to Battersea Power Station for upgrading. The Doctor (David Tennant), Rose (Billie Piper), Pete (Shaun Dingwall), Jake, (Andrew Hayden-Smith), Mrs. Moore (Helen Griffen) Mickey and Ricky (Noel Clarke) head to the Station themselves, with a desperate plan to save as much of the population as they can, expose Lumic's villainy and destroy the conversion chambers.
The episode is better admittedly because of the legwork that the first half did in establishing who the characters were, which pays off here as several of them are killed and it's a little more effecting than it would have been, as we've gotten to know them. There's even more genuinely melancholy in the death of a converted woman, who was due to get married the following day. But I do like that this is worth something, as it provides the Doctor with the key knowledge to defeat this foe.
There's the odd bit of CGI naffness, generally with explosions but as most of the rest of the effects are practical and the cybermen are at their most visually Iconic here, there's lots of striking imagery. Rose is a little light on stuff to do in this one, given the wider cast of heroes. I can remember enough to know that this is not the last we see of Mickey, so I'm not too sad - but his arc of self-realisation is complete.
Excellent, if not quite top tier.
With London overrun by Cybermen, Lumic (Roger Lloyd Pack) engages the next phase of his plan, and has the earpods take control of their human hosts, and have them trudge to Battersea Power Station for upgrading. The Doctor (David Tennant), Rose (Billie Piper), Pete (Shaun Dingwall), Jake, (Andrew Hayden-Smith), Mrs. Moore (Helen Griffen) Mickey and Ricky (Noel Clarke) head to the Station themselves, with a desperate plan to save as much of the population as they can, expose Lumic's villainy and destroy the conversion chambers.
The episode is better admittedly because of the legwork that the first half did in establishing who the characters were, which pays off here as several of them are killed and it's a little more effecting than it would have been, as we've gotten to know them. There's even more genuinely melancholy in the death of a converted woman, who was due to get married the following day. But I do like that this is worth something, as it provides the Doctor with the key knowledge to defeat this foe.
There's the odd bit of CGI naffness, generally with explosions but as most of the rest of the effects are practical and the cybermen are at their most visually Iconic here, there's lots of striking imagery. Rose is a little light on stuff to do in this one, given the wider cast of heroes. I can remember enough to know that this is not the last we see of Mickey, so I'm not too sad - but his arc of self-realisation is complete.
Excellent, if not quite top tier.
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- southdavid
- Sep 24, 2020
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- Albert Embankment, London, England, UK(The Doctor and Rose say goodbye to Mickey)
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- Runtime45 minutes
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