This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

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I'd say this is McCoy's first dud. The fact that I can say that and it's still a pretty solid story says a lot about the quality of his era. There's a fair bit to like here. For starters, this story just looks brilliant. The sets are really nice and there's some great location stuff too. I also don't know what it is but the Cybermen look the best they have since 1966 here. I'm not sure what tweaks were done to the design since we last saw them but they look excellent.

There's a lot of odd stuff here though. The whole neo-nazi plot doesn't really amount to much in the end. Lady Peinforte is an odd character too, she's clearly very knowledgeable in things she shouldn't be. I'd be interested to see her backstory. There's also a lot of hints at the Doctor's unseen adventures which feel a lot like they're supposed to be building up to some big reveal a season or two down the line (but we all know how that turned out). I'm not sure I like the backstories they're hinting at for the Doctor but that's not a complain with this story.

The dialogue was very odd. You can tell the cast are trying their best but there were some really odd sounding lines that even McCoy and Aldred couldn't save. I'm also pretty sure some of it was ADR which really didn't help it sound natural. Other than that though, I had fun with this story but I can't say it's a particularly good one especially after the non-stop bangers we've been having.

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