May 25, 2023
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (22.1, BBC, 1985)
"Unstable? This is me, Peri! At this very moment I am as stable as you will ever see me."
"Oh dear."
"You must forget how I used to be, I'm a Time Lord! A man of science, temperament and passion!"
"And a very loud voice."
"Yes. Yes, that too. But not unstable."
#classic doctor who#doctor who#attack of the cybermen#1985#paula moore#matthew robinson#six#colin baker#nicola bryant#maurice colbourne#brian glover#terry molloy#james beckett#jonathan david#michael attwell#stephen churchett#stephen wale#sarah berger#esther freud#sarah greene#faith brown#david banks#michael kilgarriff#still catching up on those DW's I missed for various reasons when i was devouring them as a kid; i definitely read the target book but#somehow i never saw the actual eps. i remembered the brave tragic cryons and lytton's heel turn... what i hadn't remembered was how lore#heavy and continuity invested this story is. i mean it's kind of complex as a fan‚ to an outsider this is incomprehensible! but it has some#good bits in it: Robinson's direction is stylish and favours dramatic closeups‚ Colbourne is always great even if Lytton barely makes sense#as a character by the end‚ and his repertoire with Glover is dynamite. there's quite a few plot holes left over at the end and the attempt#at pathos for the close is forced and unconvincing but the cryons are pretty cool looking and some of the references are cute#and Peri! i love Peri‚ even when she's having a tough time of it with a still newly regenerated Doc‚ poor love