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From interview with RTD..

Amid the action and humour in the forthcoming series, would viewers be asked to sympathise with returning monsters The Cybermen?

"There is a moment with them - it is a very 'feely' show," Mr Davies said. "We want to treat them as real, to discover why they are the way they are."

Long-term Doctor Who fan Tennant added: "Cybermen are part human, in a way. We want to look into that."

NONONONONO!!!!!!

I don't give a flying fig why they are the way they are! Just let the bastards kill stuff and LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!

Yes, yes, yes... let's redeem them from the panto villians of Attack & Silver Nemesis. Let's convert someone... say Mickey snd have it end horribly. Like Lytton, but with a character we have some real emotional atachment to.

Cybermen are not meant to be facelss robotic killers, or droning Borg - in the Tenth Planet they even had names (didn't they?). Straight-forward emotionless killers would be as exciting as a Hollywood action movie - who should be better than that. There should be an air of desperation about them - convert to survive... we will make you like us.

I know 'Dalek' wasn't popular in some quarters - but it was just a slight of hand to bring them back worse than ever in the Bad Wolf two-parter. Dalek was as much about the Doctor's 'time-war syndrome' state of mind as it was about Mr. Nation's infamous creation,

I have faith in RTD and Grahame Harper. The men from Mondas won't be a let down. Chrissie from 'EastEnders' on the other hand will have to work hard!

Oh Christ, I forgot about her.

(Not that I'm not counting the days until I sit glued to the action, you underrstand.)

I'm not saying don't explore their background just don't lumber us with any of this "I'm a bad person, I just want to see the sun" business.

Perhpas I'm just becoming hard in my old age...

Hobbit wrote:I'm not saying don't explore their background just don't lumber us with any of this "I'm a bad person, I just want to see the sun" business.

Such things are irrelevant.

I refer readers to my prediction in a much earlier post.

All I have to say to that is I hope you enjoy next week's episode where the Cybermen open an aromatherapy massage centre Very Happy

No point arguing this one, dude. You thought it was fine, I thought it was a small spoiler in an otherwise good episode. Though I disagree with your view I accept it as a valid one. Just don't blame me when the Sontarans arrive on Earth to hold a yoni cleansing workshop and singing Native American chants to help align our chi.

And this Christmas's award for smug git of the year goes to...

isn;t there some tradition of if you win an award too many times they just give it to you for keeps?


just a thought...

Do you really think there's room on my shelf for ANOTHER one?