Compared to other episodes in the series, this was absolutely awful, however if this were the first time I'd ever watched Doctor Who I wouldn't have said it was so bad. I thought the whole Pete Tyler thing was awful, we should have left him in the last series, after the fantastic episode with the Reapers. I thought a couple of great touches were the doggy called Rose, and the fact that they had yet ANOTHER woman for Rose to get jealous of, if only briefly (The waitress, Lucy(?), blink and you'll miss her). Seems we're gonna get more and more of these. I thought that the TARDIS breaking thing was absolutely rubbish. I mean, "oooh, look, there's a pretty light and if I blow on it, everything'll be alright". They could have handled that SO much better, like the bit at the end of the last series when they are forced into the Gamestation. The greatest redeeming feature of the episode, obviously, was the Cybermen. Their storyline was awful and should have been handled by Russell T David as opposed to one of these 'Side-writers'. The design team have done an amazing job redesigning them, I think they're absolutely gorgeous. The Mickey/Ricky thing was handled well, but as a story I don't think it's that great. I don't particularly like Mickey, I thought he was necessary in "The Girl in the Fireplace", so that Rose had a distraction from the Doctor, leaving him to romp with Reinette. However, I don't think he should be on the TARDIS for much longer. I don't know what it is about him that I don't like, I just feel the character is really lacking in something. If we need a distraction for Rose, bring back someone Captain-Jack-Like, a character who is more easygoing. Mickey seems to take everything so seriously, and this definitely came off in last nights episode
Review of Rise of the Cybermen
