Trivia / Doctor Who S28 E6 "The Age of Steel"

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• Completely Different Title: The French title is "Le Règne des Cybermen, deuxième partie" (Reign of the Cybermen, Part 2).
• Deleted Scenes: The scene of Mr. Crane ripping off his EarPods had a section cut for time. After Crane rips off his EarPods, he approaches some Cybus guards who are standing stone-faced outside the International Electromatics truck and tries to ask one of them, Jackson, for answers as to what Lumic's done. The guard doesn't even blink or move an inch as Crane gets more demanding. Frustrated by a lack of answers, Crane gripes, "Right. Time I went freelance..." and stomps off to go confront Lumic.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The ending was far different, as the link between the TARDIS and the parallel universe would allow the main Jackie to reunite with the alternate version of Pete. Russell T Davies thought it would be too depressing, and instead saved a similar plot point for the finale.
  • Mrs. Moore was going to be killed when she and the Doctor were escaping from the awakening Cybermen.
  • In the same scene, the two Cybermen who woke the army were going to have different voices.
  • Originally, the emotive Cyberman euthanized by the Doctor was an eleven year-old boy.
  • The climax with the Cyber-Controller was on a lift rather than on the roof, with the converted Lumic trying to break-in through the floor.
• Word of Gay: Ricky and Jake, which puts Jake's reaction to the former's death in a rather different light. Mickey and Jake's final scene originally included a line where Jake referred to Ricky as his boyfriend which was cut before airing.

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