In honour of Roger Lloyd Pack we chose ‘Rise of the Cybermen’ and ‘The Age of Steel’ as our viewing for Day 18 of our year with the Doctor. These episodes which serve as a two part story, boast being the first appearance of the Cybermen since Doctor Who’s return to the BBC in 2005.
In this story the Doctor, Rose and Mickey find themselves
crash landing on a parallel earth in which Rose’s father and Mickey’s grandmother
are still alive. All of the residents of this parallel world are plugged
directly into the internet via silver ear pieces which allow them to download
the daily news reports straight into their mind wherever they are. Whole cities
stop to watch the news at the same time and then continue about their business
as though nothing has happened. As ever though there is something sinister
about these head sets and the man who created them.
