Stories Television Doctor Who Series 6 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Closing Time 2 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 7 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, September 24, 2011 Production Code 2.12 Written by Gareth Roberts Directed by Steve Hughes Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Companion-Lite Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Spaceship Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Silence Will Fall Location (Potential Spoilers!) Colchester, Earth, England UK Viewers 6.93 million Appreciation Index 86 Synopsis Craig Owens is having enough trouble trying to care for his child; the last thing he needs is the return of his old friend, the Doctor. But, as ever, trouble seems to have followed the Doctor, this time with a silvery shine. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith Craig Owens Cybermats Cybermen Nicholas Briggs Alfie First Appearance River Song Alex Kingston Spoiler!Click to reveal 👀 Show All Characters (6) How to watch Closing Time: Watch on iPlayer Doctor Who Confidential Blu-Ray The Complete Sixth Series [Steelbook] Blu-Ray The Complete Sixth Series DVD The Complete Sixth Series DVD Series 6: Part 2 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 7 reviews 6 June 2025 · 280 words Review by ClydeLangerRules Let's get some stuff out of the way. Firstly, this episode was doomed to fan scorn for the sole reason of not being an hour-long gore montage of cyber-conversion. That's a tremendous pity; people who dismiss this story for "wasting" the Cybermen ignore that a dying, rusting legion whose ship is trapped underground is actually a very cool and evocative image. So, to put it to bed once and for all: the Cybermen thrive across myriad interpretations by their very nature (or un-nature). It's good when they're just robot soldiers, it's *better* when they do body horror, but the best upgrade is when they do both, in different stories and settings. Secondly, this script was puportedly written by vintage DOP piece of humanshit Mx. G*reth Roberts. Any trans homies and allies who wish to review-bomb the story for that reason alone have my full blessing. Anyway! I like Closing Time a lot, and certainly way more than I expected to given the circumstances. It's sharp, it's moving, and it's very, *very* funny. I don't know if Matt Smith is at his best in Series 6 but he's definitely at his most chucklesome; better comedic timing than the previous series, but it comes before he goes into full on caricature arm-waving mode in 2013. Sure, the plot resolution kind of sucks, but that's not the point! The point is the Doctor embedding himself in a toyshop; the point is the sadness in his eyes when he confronts his own mortality; the point is the love that he has for his friends and that they have for him, in that quiet, delicate way that Smith sells so well. How can I dislike that? ClydeLangerRules View profile Like Liked 0 2 June 2025 · 130 words Review by Jann 1 New Who Review #86 Closing Time This story was ok it's a cyberman story trying very hard to be the Lodger. I feel like a story like the Lodger can only be good once and it shouldn't involve cybermen or daleks. Cybermen invading a shop is interesting but cool because it gives up kind of new settings to see the doctor explore. The whole thing and progress with stormageddon was very odd I didn't really like it. The ending with River going into the spacesuit and learning that she was the one in the spacesuit is cool although it was very predictable. Tick tock goes the clock is still very creepy and I wish it would go away. Overall an ok cyberman story that has Craig Owen just sort of there. 7/10 Jann View profile Like Liked 1 15 May 2025 · 9 words Review by GodofRealEstate James Corden is noticeable more insufferable in this one GodofRealEstate View profile Like Liked 0 1 April 2025 · 118 words Review by presidentdisastra 3 A fun and silly story about the Doctor being old and sad, speaking baby, and relearning hope. And also the cybermen are there. I do like the shop setting as a backdrop for both humor and turning the everyday creepy. The cybermat is appropriately goofy for something that first appeared as a tube with googly eyes. I don't even particularly mind the Doctor-taken-for-gay jokes because he is equally confused about and oblivious to all romantic implications. It's nothing mind-blowingly impressive, just a light story, which is fine. I don't like Amy being a famous model, though. If they had to do that an author would tie in better later, but they didn't have to do it at all. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 3 25 February 2025 · 21 words Review by ThePlumPudding 1 turns out you can't do the lodger twice. who would have thought do love stormageddon dark lord of all though ThePlumPudding View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (7) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating853 members 2.76 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1785 Favourited 60 Reviewed 7 Saved 2 Skipped 3 Related Stories Doctor Who S6 (Minisode) Up All Night Rating: 2.61 Story Skipped Minisode Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Minisodes Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Doctor Who S5 • Episode 11 The Lodger Rating: 3.30 Story Skipped Television Reviews(8) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 5 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Eleventh Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite KOVARIAN: By Silencio Lake, on the Plain of Sighs, an Impossible Astronaut will rise from the deep and strike the Time Lord dead. RIVER: It's a story. KOVARIAN: And this is where it begins. — Closing Time Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking [Ladies clothing] (Evening. The Sanderson & Grainger department store sign and the street lights are flickering in the pedestrian area outside. The last customers are leaving.) WOMAN: Thank you.KELLY: Better cash up then. Suppose John Joe can just wait for me.SHONA: No, I'll do it. You head off. (The lights flicker again.) KELLY: When's the council going to fix this? Last night my telly went off in the middle of Top Model.SHONA: John Joe's waiting. I'll do the changing rooms, too.KELLY: Oh, thanks, Shona. Show Full Transcript Open in new window