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[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I think this is the only time a villain screaming "NO!" after their plans have failed has felt natural or in-character.

[@freedomstar3930]

I’d rather be shot by a dalek than be turned into a cyber man.

[@rhiannonwebb6665]

same

[@ethanmcquat]

You already are

[@gaminggoof1542]

Yeah but you can’t deny these are the most cool looking designs for them, ESPECIALLY when you look up the first ones from black and white era

[@JimmyBoy9878]

@@chisompeterson6132 How so?

[@JimmyBoy9878]

@@gaminggoof1542 They look too much like robots.

[@nightowl8477]

0:12 I love that warped reflection and the distorted screaming, it's so uncanny, it's horrifying.

[@Iwantamansonguitar]

That's a Graeme Harper signature :)

[@Gravitraxer_AangCZ]

UNCANNY! That'S a word i was looking for! thaxolotl

[@kingpin6542]

1:41 the guteral scream lumic gives is so sick like it’s almost like he has more emotion than the rest of the cybermen

[@forgotten8936]

Pretty sure The Doctor freed Lumic from the emotion inhibitor as well, thus Lumic attacking The Doctor out of rage instead of keeping his cool.

[@comicop2513]

@@forgotten8936 Yeah, and Lumic wanted to eventually become a Cyberman himself, just not so soon. A lack of emotional inhibition doesn't affect him, because it was his idea all along.

[@OscarOSullivan]

He is the controller after all

[@natschaefer1044]

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thomasnolastname8734]

These Cybermen were programmed to protect and preserve as much of Lumic as possible, including his emotions. He was basically the main part of the Cyberman network, so that scream was most likely a mixture of rage at being defeated and pain from all the feedback he was getting

[@MultiMetar]

Man, 0:11 is heartbreaking. The cyberman realising what it has become, and moaning in existential pain because of it.

[@SpeedstersUnited]

It kinda is sad to behonest, same when the Doctor turns the cyberman off in a few scenes earlier.

[@themostbritishpersonalive868]

He's not special I do it all the time

[@FireBurn256]

I kinda don't understand how this is, like, mind blowing. Yep, like, you don't look like human anymore, you definitely don't feel the world around like you used to be, there are tons of emotions that you really shouldn't feel, and after a while you definitely gonna realise that this crap is gonna be forever and ever. But is this all really head-exploding stuff? Isn't living worth living even with full of shit? Doctor believes that even Daleks are able of good things and peace, and realising that you are no longer a human in flesh is "oh, I am really sorry"?

[@willcroot5528]

@@FireBurn256 Its called overloading the brain. In real life you can overload the brain however your head wouldn't explode but if you measure in the mechanical features in the ear pods, it could lead to an explosion

[@DrKnockers05]

Such an brief but underrated moment in this episode. The music, the Cyberman's cries, the Doctor's solemn expression behind him. Tennant + RTD + Murray Gold = Perfection 👌

[@pointandthink]

Ah, series 2 - if in doubt, reverse bell sound effect.

[@anealingfeeling5356]

Absolutely love that sound. Incredibly iconic 😂

[@usmaniqbal8362]

@@anealingfeeling5356 what sound?

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz385]

Usman Iqbal 0:10

[@tristansteinbomer3256]

Seriously that sound is so very iconic

[@rudenotginger123]

"Mickey where did you learn to fly that thing?!" "Playstation." XD

[@fluxl10]

I must’ve missed the blimp simulator 2005

[@mattegrey2609]

@@fluxl10 it was 2007

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

Yeah always liked that line 😂

[@phillip1054]

is there anything playstation doesn't people to fly lol. this and snakes on the plane, praises to the playstation

[@jakerockznoodles]

0:35 - "I don't get what you guys are getting all worked up about, cyberlads. I'm just here chilling, man."

[@umitencho]

He is so over being human.

[@mack-attack-420]

That is a fucking excellent pose

[@redraptorx1066]

that was so cursed and i love it!

[@OscarOSullivan]

I think cyber John Lumic retained a lot more of his pre conversion self than the average cyberman

[@TheGreenTaco999]

bro's experiencing pain in the form of exhaustion lmao

[@nixfarrik6214]

I always remember this bit for the Cyberman who looked in the mirror. I know it’s fiction but it always stuck with me that idea of what if that stared back at you?

[@jbcatz5]

It does feel a bit Twilight Zone

[@TowerDemolisher23]

That would be *terrifying.*

[@thecalmsnow00]

I'd rather throw myself into lava than become that thing.

[@KurenaiHideyoshi]

“What have you done!?” “I gave them back their souls. They can see what you’ve done, Lumic-AND IT’S KILLING THEM!” That moment gave me the chills.

[@Wolves1-fd5eq]

I had the same feeling also. Gives me the chills.

[@JackassJunior627]

I loved Micky in this scene. He really proved himself as more than just a tag along for the Doctor and his companion.

[@OscarOSullivan]

Agreed and when he returned at Torchwood he was more assertive

[@iambumbo7534]

0:34 "I'm just relaxing."

[@c0nvict_pleb174]

1:40 At the end of the Cyber controller’s scream of saying “Nooooo!!” You can just hear Lumic’s humanity at the end there which is chilling

[@hgwells1899]

The only way Mickey was ever going to get a ladder on Rose's tights

[@NumberFast]

One answer: PlayStation

[@JoelTConnors]

OOF

[@Squicx]

Imagine waking up after something happened and you feel and see yourself inside a cold metal shell cold and in pain

[@Squicx]

Jason Mistretta tooooo sooooon....

[@rickythereaper1943]

3:17 I love that here you could briefly hear David's Scottish accent when he was yelling

[@DoctorWhoHome1]

The cyber leader climbing the ladder is so sinister I swear it gave me nightmares

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

It is definitely creepy!

[@Howyaduing]

*Cyber controller

[@DoctorWhoKage]

​@@Howyaduing does it matter?

[@Howyaduing]

@@DoctorWhoKage yes

[@TowerDemolisher23]

@@Howyaduing I mean, he is basically the Leader here, as there is no official Cyber Leader in Age of Steel.

[@tomdamoose2461]

Hearing Roger Lloyd Pack - "Trigger's" voice cry out in denial over the machine tone is hauntingly sad. When you boil it all down, he's just a dying man who's afraid of his own mortality and doesn't want to die. Rest well RLP, incredible actor and sorely missed

[@id7873]

I do love it when a Who episode ends with an escape and an explosion. Chuck in a blimp and some screaming cybermen and bosh.

[@Kibouo]

Just shows how insane Lumic is that all the other cyber men completely lose it when the emotional inhibitor is deactivated, but Lumic is perfectly fine being upgraded while still retaining his emotions

[@sdmiii1102]

There’s an inhibitor the Cyberman use to keep the Central Nervous System out of commission. With the inhibitor gone, the Cybermen are being exposed to an unimaginable level of pain.

[@StanCoffee123]

Their suppressed memories probably come back too; they're in pain, they're cold, they're terrified, they're imprisoned in a metal shell, etc. Words can't express what that would be like. You just come to your senses, like waking up from a dream - and that is what greets you when you wake up...

[@Neilhammond64]

It would've been a more satifying ending if more Cybermen reached up and pulled Lumick off the ladder.

[@Jupichan]

Y'know, you're right. It's nice that Pete got to avenge Jackie, but I really think your idea is better.

[@robingrube3495]

Yeah, and they would've dragged him into the flames while shouting in monotoned voices "you put us through hell, now it's OUR turn to return the favor!"

[@coursaire2628]

0:35 look at the cyberman just chilling on the far left

[@henryam503]

It's kinda hard that, while every other cyber convert is overcome by their emotions, Lumic is so pissed he powers through completely

[@nightowl8477]

1:55 _The all new Blimp Simulator 2006! OUT NOW!!_

[@bradyvanderzz]

Ayyy love David tennant his era and his companions are fantastic alonze

[@doc_lofer]

It's Allons-y actually

[@bradyvanderzz]

I though I spelt it wrong 😂

[@bradyvanderzz]

I was miles off

[@AyushG3112]

Allons-y Alonzo!

[@doc_lofer]

@@AyushG3112 Alonso 😂😂😂 I literally feel like a dictionary

[@ImperialistFan]

3:40 I find this poetic: a villain of high aspirations who sought to achieve immortality, only to fall into the fires of hell.

[@YodaOnABender]

Easily the most iconic cyberman design, fight me

[@rhiannonwebb6665]

i agree the cybus men are great i respect the opinions of the people who hate them personaly if i wrote an episode i would add more details and have less stomping maybe bit of body horror but either way they are good with 8 out of 10

[@notapplicable6985]

​@@FreeTheDonbasI don't think the cybus men designs are lumps, they have a hydraulic enough look to be distinct from other robots

[@dotnetdevni]

Trigger was the perfect actor for the job couldn’t believe how well the ex dell boy actor did not bad for a lad from peckham lol

[@Castrated__]

Alright dave?

[@snipingsauce4234]

Look after you broom

[@dotnetdevni]

sniping sauce ur broom is ur sword

[@julianaylor4351]

Lol. 😆

[@aidanmcdonnell3340]

Trigger didn't play del boy and the show is called only fools and horses

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

Sometimes death doesn’t seem so bad after all, especially when you consider it’s a better alternative than literally being turned into a mechanised monster with your brain jammed inside

[@fluxl10]

I absolutely love the moment at 1:36

[@slitherwing2030]

@UXULF Ikr, it seems that at the end of that "NOOOOOOO" the voice of John Lumic in his human form can be heard. Always liked that bit.

[@DrKnockers05]

Always stuck with me, that moment. Not sure why. Maybe it's the sight of hearing a Cyberman actually give an emotional response, only for them to them immediately turn and move like a Cyberman. Plus that ICONIC theme...

[@gounthers]

I like the detail that Lumic wobbles a bit whenever he stands up, since he was confined to a wheelchair for most of his life.

[@lord_traynwreck2390]

Yep, nothing like the big bad literally tearing himself from his life support just to kill you. One of my favourite moments of this series.

[@prophetofgrunt2088]

Easily my favorite scene

[@ShubaSayori]

I’m would not be surprised if like one or two cyber man got their emotions back and then just went, “alright this is my life now I guess”

[@seekingabsolution1907]

I suspect they'd be part of the disabled community politically speaking.

[@randomarcgunner4543]

One issue is that there would likely be mental trauma from the conversion.

[@m.shields1270]

I do sometimes wonder if their was any cyberman in that explosion that actually could process their change and function. I understand the message and the horror of losing your humanity, but I would like to see some cybermen who actually function like normal people. Like that one Dalek who's mind was freed from the indoctrination of the other Daleks.

[@matiasluukkanen7718]

Considering how much natural human state is related to feedback between nervous system and organs, and how much nerve cells there are in human guts alone, and ingrained to control such basic functions as breathing, feeling hungry and sleep-wake rhytm, deprived of such feedbacks brain and conscious mind can go into a shock it may never recover. Realistically, Cybus cyber-conversed person is not a human anymore, but a brain in an exoskeleton deprived of its most basic functions, and would never be like a normal person again. Especially if it has been conversed against its will.

[@Madman13K]

given the sheer scale of the operation in this case and the implicit lack of any real anasthesia the trauma alone would probably be too damaging in the case of these ones. I agree with the sentiment though, and earlier cybermen, particularly the Mondasian ones, did seem to show more individuality at times. The show has moved further from this over time and turned them more and more robotic, which is a shame because it makes them much less interesting and distinct, and arguably lessens the impact of what they actually are.

[@EnderHunter1013]

Well, there is this one who seems to be taking the situation alright at 0:35

[@m.shields1270]

@@EnderHunter1013 Wtf? Lol that ones just vibing in the back! 😆

[@ghastly356]

Maybe there was one converted psychopath who was like ‘neat’

[@MrDibara]

3:24 _I..._ _have had ENOUGH..._ _of_ *YOU!*

[@CRLTV721]

nice star trek reference

[@RGerrard12]

3:40 that sound of Lumic screaming as he falls to his demise is a sound that always stuck with me when i first saw this as a kid and still love it to this day. It honestly gives me goosebumps.

[@mariahdodson633]

This is my brother’s favorite villain and this is his favorite episode! Thank you ❤️

[@analothor]

I love lumics voice, you can still hear the humanity in his voice awesome design too

[@sarahjanecrabtree]

When that cyber man fell into the explosion, I feel very sad about that cyber controller. Poor him. I’d rescue him if I was there. :(

[@GoodKingMort]

Those eyes are definitely just kitchen lights.

[@Ryfangor]

I also think this scene could be called Mickey Saves the day because he absolutely does

[@cesaradorablejr.3864]

0:11 Cyberman is heartbreaking 💔

[@ObviouslyKieran]

Who would have thought that Trigger from OFAH would make such a terrifying villain?

[@self-proclaimednimwit2263]

and who said videogames were useless

[@Pppoopoo4827]

Loved Jake! He should have been a more frequent character

[@Megatronus101]

3:39 Cyberman falls to his doom

[@Redsam121]

Even in another universe, Barty Crouch Jr killed his father.

[@oranmccann2476]

I always have had a slight mandela effect with this scene. When the Cyber Controller falls into the burning building, i remember the music being a big epic crusendo. The crusendo bit is even on the Series 2 soundtrack

[@LSween7573]

0:36 chilling cyber man

[@New-Days-Ahead]

Did anyone notice the Cybetman in the background at 0:35. He's just chilling. 😂

[@pancho3869]

Lol but he’s screaming

[@New-Days-Ahead]

@@pancho3869 the chill out cyberman in the background isn't even doing that hes like. Cybermen: Sup. Ready to be upgraded. 😂 lol

[@morganbailey3231]

He’s probably thinking, ‘Agh to hell with it. If I’m gonna die now, might as well go out chilling.’ Hence chilling on the boxes.

[@New-Days-Ahead]

@@morganbailey3231 lmao.

[@brandonleebewick2186]

Love this episode of series 2 absolutely fantastic

[@sanddagger36]

sometimes you ask yourself how the doctor planned to survive if Mickey hadn't come back for them. Then you remember that his backup plan is always to just die and regenerate if that's what it takes to win.

[@cesaradorable2994]

3:39 Cyberman falling

[@jaketucker2559]

I wonder if someone could be okay with being a cyber man with emotion.

[@Timeward76]

I'm sure some people were... But the vast majority of people seeing what was done to them? Nah...

[@shmikex]

Bill Potts and Danny Pink come to mind.

[@jbcatz5]

The Eighth Doctor once had a companion like this called Kroton. No relation to the aliens from the Second Doctor era.

[@minc1236]

Personally I would prefer to be one.

[@prometheusdazza2485]

The lone cyberman

[@cesaradorablejr.3864]

0:11 Cyberman is heartbreaking

[@danm3882]

Of course the Doctor went up the ladder under Rose. Naughty Doctor

[@vazak11]

I love when Micky got to be cool

[@jamieolberding7731]

(At 1:37 to 1:46 ) John Lumic: [screams in anger and frustration] "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" (Well he looks very PISSED OFF)

[@Rassilon001]

Nah that's just his face now...

[@richie7624]

Ah yes, times where the show was still good.

[@IloveAliBromley]

It is still good some great episodes in series 3 and 4 then some great Matt Smith episodes and Peter Capaldi episodes and Jodie Whittaker episodes

[@richie7624]

@@IloveAliBromley Season 1-4: Awesome Season 5-10: A bit complicated but still very good Season 11-12: Garbage

[@richie7624]

@Scotty Bee Can I ask why? (Just curious)

[@Castrated__]

Richard Semrád i 100% agree with you. This show is not even called Doctor Who anymore (to me)... personally i think they should broadcast it on fckin Cbeebies

[@richie7624]

​@@Castrated__ CBBC would be a perfect opportunity to spread that stupid political correctness on children as well so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And yeah, I personally pretend that 12th Doctor refused to regenerate and died. (And thanks for agreeing with me)

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

2:21 Huh. That lever looks very familiar, doesn't it.

[@DalekCaanOfSkaro]

You mean from the 2005 TARDIS, because yes it is

[@PlexusCaeruleum]

0:23 This is your brain on emotions.

[@IsaacWhittakerDakin]

This story took imagery from both Revenge of the Sith and Chicken Run! 😂

[@LostHorizonz]

I think this came before both of them though sooooo

[@wackywaa1458]

Logan Keen no Revenge of the Sith was a year before not sure on Chicken Run tho

[@J33B_M4CHETE]

WackyWAA ! Chicken Run was released in 2000

[@wackywaa1458]

Zohaib Hussain ah

[@Howyaduing]

My god I feel so led now!!!

[@mxchimeow]

I think I might go and watch this episode rn

[@AnthonyGrain--]

Here we go again

[@jameswazhere3537]

1:42 Darth Cyber Controller

[@DeerRunner]

I have a morbid curiosity to ask him how destroying so much for your civilization to arise just to have yours wiped out now just leaving devestation behind was like.

[@mrangryeyes4789]

We’ve gone from this to “let it go”

[@shmikex]

I feel like there's an alternate cut where Pete sacrifices himself while taking out Lumic (like they both fall).

[@Rassilon001]

I figured that was where it was heading myself towards the end... just to well and firmly give Rose no reason to stay behind. Little did we know it was setup for Doomsday.

[@TheWhovinerd-1963]

I actually feel so much pity for the Cybermen in this episode because they were once normal human people who were taken and upgraded forcefully. Seeing them realise what they had become is terrifying and heart breaking. It’s also a bit callus on the Doctors part because not only was it Genocide but Murder. I loved the design for Lumic’s Cyber controller it was cool 😎 it’s just a shame we didn’t see more of it and I wish the head was black instead of silver to show the leader status. Love this episode 8/10 for me. My only real criticism with it is that the Cybermen are defeated way too easily and the ending feels a bit rushed. Everything else love it. Xx

[@danielcurren2119]

technically, the cybermen were already dead once they became converted.. they lost what had made them... them. Although hacking the emotional inhibitor was cruel, the doctor knew it was the right way, the only way, as being brainwashed then converted against your will into cold, lifeless machines is no way to live.

[@akagurob1ack160]

This is probably one time I wish a cyber controller survived to be a future villain and developed a way to combat the daleks of some kind the cybus men will always be my favourite cybermen/villains in doctor who

[@pkmonashy8775]

Add all the doctor who seasons to Netflix plzzz

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

If you get a vpn and change your location to the uk you can watch

[@bcr4503]

Or get BBC iplayer if you wanna watch all of New Who

[@wackywaa1458]

Well there are 38 of them

[@Nightwain]

Doctor: the sonic doesn’t do wood. yet it does rope.

[@thatonegreenorange7718]

They’re slowly posting the entire plot of every doctor who series

[@jkanvachaunAD]

PERTWEE IS THE BEsT DOCTOR in my opinion

[@nightowl8477]

I love Pertwee!

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

I love pertwee

[@Squicx]

Same!!!

[@zzzombie888]

Definitely one of my top faves

[@doctorcookie]

Here we go again!

[@safirahmed]

Human bodies with souls have lost access to their souls with the transhuman upgrade.

[@ryanwhyte672]

This is for all the people you've converted, for all the PAIN and SUFFERING you've caused and for Jackie Tyler. Goodbye, John Lumic

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Rest in peace Roger Lloyd Pack

[@moviehermit5631]

Kinda funny that the sonic can do rope but not wood

[@APWDUNCAN]

God how I miss the old show

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

What do you mean? This is the new series not classic

[@Castrated__]

Dalek Prime Productions Think he means RTD Era.

[@cytra7435]

this 2 parter is my favourite episode ever anyone else class this as their favourite episode?

[@DRACORIX]

GIVE ME A SONIC !!!!!!!!

[@TheValeyard92]

This is basically the same ending as Chicken Run.

[@elliottnoad1270]

That's not true, that's impossible 1:42😅

[@AleLibRiv]

So, the sonic has done rope before. Nice.

[@AleLibRiv]

@@antcoloniesofearth7295 so?

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

Self Destruct, which blew off their heads and the factory that made them cyborgs.

[@Jrmius]

The Borg Queen is not happy xD

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

Hahahaha

[@QuaiQuack]

GARETH GO BOOM

[@eliangarciapicado7370]

2:56 my favorite part

[@cesaradorablejr.3864]

3:39 3:40 Cyberman falling

[@Browncoat7969]

R.I.P cyberleader. He just wants to try to lived. 3:40

[@xedalpha1]

My LED torch eyes are *enraged*

[@justagamersquad2907]

Them realising what they are destroyed them like if I realised what I am I don’t know what I am

[@iambumbo7534]

Well then.

[@Anton_9987]

This is about 200x better than all of jodies episodes together.

[@alexiswilson2870]

Let me guess. You hate the timeless child twist, you hate the idea of the doctor being a woman, you hate the idea of doctor who dealing with bigger issues.

[@Anton_9987]

No I thought timeless child was alright. But every other episode was dog shit. Stop manipulating what I said...

[@Cyber_Smoke]

BuT JoDiE WhITtAkeR Is ThE BeSt DoCtOR EvA

[@alexiswilson2870]

@@Cyber_Smoke Oh look a incel. Jodie isn't my favourite doctor,that is actually Capaldi. Die mad about it.

[@antcoloniesofearth7295]

Jodie Whitaker isn't my favourite doctor or era but speaking truthfuly, there are a lot of episodes in her era that are better than Rise of the Cybermen. Rise of the Cybermen was a really bad story, infact my least favourites, they butchered the cybermen and their conversion process, but the Cybermen episodes in the Jodie Whitaker era are quite good and much better than the Cybermen episodes in Matt Smith and David Tennant era.

[@kingzilla9859]

Imagine if The Cyber Controller met Devrouse.

[@DalekPrimeProductions]

Devrouse? 🤣 I think you mean Davros

[@Stuntmanforlyf]

Dalek Prime Productions I think that’s davros French cousin

[@Castrated__]

Matthattan lmaoo

[@ayane1976]

1:51 oof

[@Kibouo]

Omg it’s roblox

[@timwright1563]

Thank you

[@deltabilly1]

Hang on. The sonic screwdriver can break rope, but can’t open an led fashioned lock in the Day of the Doctor???

[@kujobananaro6737]

To be fair the lock was already open

[@viiy305]

And it was wood. Sonic Screwdriver is useless against wood

[@deltabilly1]

TheUndeadViper14 so... it s useless on wood, but effective against fiber rope??? Seems Pretty random.

[@deltabilly1]

Say Whovin99 ...or maybe it’s just lazy writing.

[@aymo4555]

Anyone a fan of doctor who!

[@mxchimeow]

Me :)

[@justagamersquad2907]

Why would we be watching this if we weren’t

[@nightowl8477]

@@justagamersquad2907 - I'm just a really dedicated hater.

[@ciarantimothy8081]

I am a fan!

[@Ryanspeer3025]

Been a fan for a long time

[@cesaradorablejr.3864]

0:11 0:26 3:39 3:40

[@AndrewChapman]

The Doctor's sorry.