History Recap / DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen

'''Original air date:''' May 13, 2006

'''Production code:''' 2.5

Written by Tom [=MacRae=], this episode takes some ideas from Marc Platt's AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho episode "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho034SpareParts Spare Parts]]", for which Platt receives acknowledgement in the end credits. This episode also stands out for being the first in the Revival Series to be directed by Creator/GraemeHarper, who'd previously directed the serials [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "The Caves of Androzani"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Revelation of the Daleks"]] in the '80s, making him the only person to direct stories for both incarnations of ''Doctor Who''. Harper would go on to direct not only [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel the immediate follow-up]] to this episode, but also a number of other stories for the remainder of Creator/RussellTDavies' first tenure as head writer (plus a few episodes for ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'').

Oh... oopsie! That's right... We're visiting a ''different'' [[ParallelUniverse parallel universe]] in this one. Although... the ''Series/DoctorWho'' crew ''was'' hopeful at arranging a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' {{Crossover}} with the Tenth Doctor at one point.

JustForFun/{{The one w|ith}}here [[Creator/DavidTennant Barty Crouch Jr.]] [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire learns his dad]] [[ActorAllusion is actually the evil one.]]

* AlternateSpeciesCounterpart: In the alternative universe, Rose is a normal pet dog rather than a human.

Rose, the Doctor and Pete manage to get outside, where they meet up with Mickey and the others, but Ricky and Jake's guns are useless against the Cybermen, who surround them. The Doctor tries to surrender, claiming he volunteers for the upgrade, but the Cybermen refuse; as "ROGUE ELEMENTS", they are to "PERISH UNDER MAXIMUM DELETION."

"DELETE."\\
"'''DELETE.'''"\\
"'''''DELETE.'''''"\\
"'''''DELETEEEEE.'''''"

Rose, the Doctor and Pete manage to get outside, where they meet up with Mickey and the others, but Ricky and Jake's guns are useless against the Cybermen, who surround them. The Doctor tries to surrender, claiming he volunteers for the upgrade, but the Cybermen refuse; as "rogue elements", they are to "perish under maximum deletion."

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: An odd variant in which someone else's question gets turned back on them. When Mickey and Ricky finally meet, a thoroughly confused Jake asks Ricky "What are you doing over there?!" Ricky angrily replies, "'Over here'? What am I doing over ''there''?", at which point Jake finally realises Mickey is an impostor and seizes him.

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[[caption-width-right:350:...[[ThereWasADoor Mr. President, I suppose a remark about "crashing the party" would be appropriate at this point, sir!]]...]]

* CreepyMonotone: "[[AC:Delete.]]"

-->"And now, I leave you in their capable hands, goodnight, sir! Goodnight, Mr. President!"

Pete pulls up to his country manor with flowers to meet his wife Jackie, who is unhappy that he's celebrating her birthday party with a poster that has her correct age (40), not the age she is pretending to be (39, as her biography says she shares a birthday with Cuba Gooding Jr.). She turns down the flowers and wants to know why Peter hasn't got her a personal zeppelin. Jackie also shows off the personalized [=EarPods=] she got from Lumic as a birthday present as she calls for Rose… [[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack the family dog]].

In a laboratory, Dr. Kendrick examines a humanoid metal form and declares, "It's alive"; his wheelchair-bound boss, John Lumic (Roger Lloyd-Pack), expresses his pride in this achievement. However, Dr. Kendrick warns him that they must tell the authorities in Geneva about their new development, as this is a new form of life. Lumic promptly orders his new creation to kill the doctor, which it does via electrocution. Lumic then tell his staff to set sail for Great Britain.

* CastingGag: Roger Lloyd-Pack as John Lumic provides an interesting example. He played Barty Crouch Sr. in the film adaptation of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' and Creator/DavidTennant played Barty Crouch Jr. in the same film.

** Just as in ]]Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "Father's Day"]], Pete is very quick to trust Rose and open up to her and just as quick to realize he's done so.

* CallBack: During the first half of the episode, the Doctor wants nothing more than to escape from the alternate universe. After all, there was that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno one time]] he was in a parallel universe which [[EarthShatteringKaboom did not end well at all]].

[[ActorAllusion The one where]] [[Creator/DavidTennant Barty Crouch Jr.]] [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire learns his dad is actually the evil one.]]