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* TheMole: Pete, although he thought he was helping someone more impressive than "the Scooby Doo gang."
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* CurseCutShort: Mr. Crane's last words, words: "Die, you bas-"bas--"
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* MercyKill: The Doctor quietly shuts down the nervous system of Sally, a would-have-been bride "upgraded" into a cyberman and then incapacitated in such a way that her emotional-inhibitor chip was shut down. Particularly merciful in that she never realizes what's been done to her, unlike all the other upgrades.
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* MercyKill: The Doctor quietly shuts down the nervous system of Sally, a would-have-been bride "upgraded" into a cyberman Cyberman and then incapacitated in such a way that her emotional-inhibitor chip was shut down. Particularly merciful in that she never realizes what's been done to her, unlike all the other upgrades.
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* NomDeGuerre: Mrs. Moore works under an alias to protect her family, and reveals her real name name[[labelnote:*]]Angela Price[[/labelnote]] to the Doctor soon before her death. The Doctor tells Jake her real name and asks him to find her family and [[DeathNotification tell them how she died saving the world.]]
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* FacePalm: The Doctor does this during the conversation with the Cyber-Controller.
* FacePalm: The Doctor does this during the conversation with the Cyber-Controller.
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* ChainLinkFence: When Mickey and Ricky are running away from a squad of Cybermen, they have wind up on opposite sides of one. Ricky has to climb a chain-link fence it to escape. Mickey makes it. Ricky doesn't.escape the pursuing Cybermen, but doesn't make it.
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* BehindTheBlack: Parodied. "I've been captured, but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there, ''they'll'' save me -- oh, well, never mind."
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** Parodied. "I've been captured, but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there, ''they'll'' save me -- oh, well, never mind."
** Parodied. "I've been captured, but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there, ''they'll'' save me -- oh, well, never mind."
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: The new Cybermen's letter-C ChestInsignia is commented on by the Doctor, who notes that Lumic's "turned them into a brand".
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* ApologeticAttacker: After shutting down the emotional inhibitors en masse, the Doctor sadly says "I'm sorry" to a Cyberman reacting in horror to the sight of what it's become in a reflective surface.
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-->'''The Doctor''': [[DyingAsYourself I gave them back their souls!]]
-->'''Lumic''': What have you done?!
-->'''The Doctor''': [[DyingAsYourself I gave them back their souls!]]
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When we left off, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]], Rose and the Doctor were unsuccessfully trying to surrender to Cybermen. The Doctor uses a trinket from the TARDIS to give the Cybermen a dose of {{Agony Beam}}s. Pete reveals himself to have been TheMole for the good guys all along, and Ricky reveals himself to be much less of a badass than his friends thought he was (London's Most Wanted... for parking tickets) and promptly manages to get himself killed. The gang flees for now, but massive cyberconversion is already under way.
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When we left off, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]], Rose and the Doctor were unsuccessfully trying to surrender to Cybermen. The Doctor uses a trinket from the TARDIS - [[ChekhovsGun the small Artron cell]] - to give the Cybermen a dose of {{Agony Beam}}s. After the getaway, Pete reveals himself to have been TheMole for the good guys all along, and Ricky reveals himself to be much less of a badass than his friends thought he was (London's Most Wanted... for parking tickets) and promptly manages to get himself killed. The gang flees for now, but massive cyberconversion is already under way.
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* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: An unpleasantly angry voice can be heard calling out through the Cyberconversion factory.
-->[[AC: Chamber 5 now open for human upgrading. Chamber 7 now open for human upgrading. Chamber 12 now closed for sterilisation. All reject stock will be incinerated.]]
-->[[AC: Chamber 5 now open for human upgrading. Chamber 7 now open for human upgrading. Chamber 12 now closed for sterilisation. All reject stock will be incinerated.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Doctor notes that the TARDIS fell through a crack in time to get to Pete's world. Something that won't become important until Series 5.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Lumic forces upgrading on everyone else, but refuses to upgrade himself until he's on his last breath. ([[TemptingFate Too bad for him, the Cybermen took this literally...]])
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* IChooseToStay: Mickey, Mickey stays in the alternate universe because it's a world where his grandmother's still alive and he wants to honour the memory of the fallen Ricky, and one where he doesn't feel useless -- taking up his alternate universe counterpart's mantle to fight the Cybermen.
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* UnwillingRoboticisation: "Upgrading" is mandatory. If you disagree, then you will herded like sheep into the factory anyway. And yes, this applies to the Cybermen's master and creator.
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* DittoAliens: Played for horror; Pete tries to think of a way to reverse what happened to Jackie, only to realize she's already lost in the crowd of identical Cybermen.
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* NomDeGuerre: Mrs. Moore works under an alias to protect her family, and reveals her real name to the Doctor soon before her death. The Doctor tells Jake her real name and asks him to find her family and [[DeathNotification tell them what happened.]]
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* NomDeGuerre: Mrs. Moore works under an alias to protect her family, and reveals her real name to the Doctor soon before her death. The Doctor tells Jake her real name and asks him to find her family and [[DeathNotification tell them what happened.how she died saving the world.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: Complete with [[BriefAccentImitation very brief American accent.]] "Welcome to Mickey Smith Airlines! Please enjoy your flight. WOO!"
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* MercyKill: The Doctor quietly shuts down the nervous system of Sally, a would-have-been bride "upgraded" into a cyberman and then incapacitated in such a way that her emotional-inhibitor chip was shut down. Particularly merciful in that she never realizes what's been done to her, [[spoiler: unlike all the other upgrades.]]
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* HumansAreMorons: The Doctor briefly lapses into this when Lumic activates his mind control.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Y'know, the human race, you aren't half susceptible sometimes. Anyone'd think you ''enjoy'' it. A simpler life.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Y'know, the human race, you aren't half susceptible sometimes. Anyone'd think you ''enjoy'' it. A simpler life.
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[[caption-width-right:350:See ya, Mickey...]]
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* UnwillingRoboticisation: "Upgrading" is mandatory. If you disagree, then you will herded like sheep into the factory anyway.
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The Doctor decides that the best way to stop the invasion is to cancel the emotional inhibitors on the Cybermen, which would [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive the humans inside insane]] and [[YourHeadAsplode kill them]]. Rose and Pete infiltrate the factory by posing as brainwashed people, and encounter Jackie, who's already been turned into a Cyber(wo)man. Mickey and Jake (Ricky's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MzNvT5q6E boyfriend]]) infiltrate the zeppelin that's parked right on top of the factory, and watch from a screen as the Doctor, Rose and Pete are all taken in for questioning. When the Doctor realises that Mickey can see and hear him, he and Pete surreptitiously give Mickey the code needed to hack the system. Mickey texts the solution to Rose's cell phone, the Doctor jams it into the control system, and the Cybermen regain their full consciousness and sanity. The ensuing BodyHorror causes them to overload, and they die in anguish.
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The Doctor decides that the best way to stop the invasion is to cancel the emotional inhibitors on the Cybermen, which would [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive the humans inside insane]] and [[YourHeadAsplode kill them]]. Rose and Pete infiltrate the factory by posing as brainwashed people, and encounter Jackie, who's already been turned into a Cyber(wo)man. Mickey and Jake (Ricky's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MzNvT5q6E boyfriend]]) infiltrate the zeppelin that's parked right on top of the factory, and watch from a screen as the Doctor, Rose and Pete are all taken in for questioning. When the Doctor realises realizes that Mickey can see and hear him, he and Pete surreptitiously give Mickey the code needed to hack the system. Mickey texts the solution to Rose's cell phone, the Doctor jams it into the control system, and the Cybermen regain their full consciousness and sanity. The ensuing BodyHorror causes them to overload, and they die in anguish.
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->'''Mickey:''' Let's go liberate Paris.\\
'''Jake:''' What, you and me? In a van?\\
'''Mickey:''' Nothing wrong with a van. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays I once saved the universe with a big yellow truck.]]
Written by [=Tom MacRae=], this episode was adapted in part from Marc Platt's ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho034SpareParts "Spare Parts"]].
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When we left off, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]], Rose and the Doctor were unsuccessfully trying to surrender to Cybermen. The Doctor uses a trinket from the TARDIS to give the Cybermen a dose of {{Agony Beam}}s. Pete reveals himself to have been TheMole for the good guys all along, and Ricky reveals himself to be much less of a badass than his friends thought he was (London's Most Wanted... for parking tickets) and promptly manages to get himself killed. The gang flees for now, but massive cyberconversion is already under way.
The Doctor decides that the best way to stop the invasion is to cancel the emotional inhibitors on the Cybermen, which would [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive the humans inside insane]] and [[YourHeadAsplode kill them]]. Rose and Pete infiltrate the factory by posing as brainwashed people, and encounter Jackie, who's already been turned into a Cyber(wo)man. Mickey and Jake (Ricky's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MzNvT5q6E boyfriend]]) infiltrate the zeppelin that's parked right on top of the factory, and watch from a screen as the Doctor, Rose and Pete are all taken in for questioning. When the Doctor realises that Mickey can see and hear him, he and Pete surreptitiously give Mickey the code needed to hack the system. Mickey texts the solution to Rose's cell phone, the Doctor jams it into the control system, and the Cybermen regain their full consciousness and sanity. The ensuing BodyHorror causes them to overload, and they die in anguish.
Mickey stays in the alternate reality with his not-dead grandmother and helps the now-dead Ricky's friend destroy the rest of the Cyberfactories. Rose and the Doctor return home.
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!!Tropes:
* AndThisIsFor: JACKIE TYLER!!! THIS IS FOR HER!!!!
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Ricky's group of freedom fighters. Despite claiming to be freedom fighters, stock-piling weapons and hacking into various organisations, Ricky's only most wanted... in London for ''parking violations''. The Doctor backs him on the "park anywhere" thing, for obvious reasons.
* AssimilationPlot: As Cybermen are known to do.
* BehindTheBlack: Parodied. "I've been captured, but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there, ''they'll'' save me -- oh, well, never mind."
* BigNo: Cyber-Controller / Lumic, as he falls to his death.
* BadassGay: Jake in a StraightGay sort of way. He's a freedom fighter in love with his leader, who happens to be the same gender as him.
* BittersweetEnding: Lumic's dead, but the Cybermen are still upgrading, Pete (unlike his main universe counterpart) ''desperately'' wants to get away from the fact he's been followed around by his alternate-universe daughter, the Preachers are down to one, and Mickey decides to stay to replace Ricky.
* CatchPhrase: The Doctor begins using "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." in earnest.
* ChainLinkFence: When Mickey and Ricky are running away from a squad of Cybermen, they have to climb a chain-link fence to escape. Mickey makes it. Ricky doesn't.
* ContinuityNod:
** Rose recognises the Cybermen from the museum piece she saw back in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]".
** Mickey is fed up with being "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion the tin dog]]", and later mentions how [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays he once saved the universe with a big yellow truck]].
** Then there's Lumic's "EXCELLENT!"
** Also, the "above, between, below" nod all the way back to [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]].
* DeadlyDodging: Mickey takes out a Cyberman this way.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[BigBad John Lumic]] falls from the rope-ladder he was climbing into a burning building and to his death when Pete Tyler cut it.
* {{Expolabel}}: The transmitter controls, to Jake's surprise.
* FacePalm: Doctor does this during the conversation with Cyber-Controller.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The army of Cybermen once their emotional inhibitors are switched off.
* HeelFaceTurn / EvenEvilHasStandards: Crane, who watched over most of the Cybermen upgrades and made the mind-controlling ear pods, attempts to kill Lumic after seeing what the Cybermen are doing. Unfortunately, this only results in Crane getting killed and Lumic becoming Cyber-Controller.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lumic's use of PlugNPlayTechnology is what allows Mickey and the Doctor to broadcast the code deactivating the Cyber-army's emotional inhibitors.
* IChooseToStay: Mickey, because it's a world where his grandmother's still alive and he wants to honour the memory of the fallen Ricky, and one where he doesn't feel useless -- taking up his alternate universe counterpart's mantle to fight the Cybermen.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Mickey tells Jake that killing a guard would make them no better than the Cybermen.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Mickey sarcastically responds to his acquired Zeppelin skills with: "[=PlayStation=]".
* ImColdSoCold: Poor Sally Phelan. "Why am I so cold?"
* IndyPloy: Mickey calls the Doctor on it.
-->'''Mickey:''' You're just making this up as you go along!\\
'''The Doctor:''' Yeeep! But I do it brilliantly.
* ISayWhatISay: Mickey and Ricky.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Complete with an oblique ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' (see the page quote).
* LampshadeHanging: The "transmitter controls" exchange.
* OneSceneTwoMonologues: Mickey and Ricky while fleeing the Cybermen.
* ParentalAbandonment: An odd variant. Instead of having a tender moment like his main universe counterpart did, Pete Tyler quickly makes an excuse and runs off when Rose reveals she's his daughter from another universe. Granted, it's understandable, given that Pete has ''never'' had a daughter (save for Jackie's yorkie). This changes some episodes later.
* PokeThePoodle: Ricky is most wanted in London... for parking tickets.
* PutOnABus: Mickey, though he was dodging that inevitability since his first appearance anyway.
* SlowMotionFall: The Cyber-Controller's DisneyVillainDeath.
* StealthPun: Lumic's conversion of Battersea Power Station into the Cyber-Factory just ''has'' to be a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song "Sheep" from ''Music/{{Animals}}''.
-->''Meek and obedient, you follow the leader\\
Down well-trodden corridors\\
Into the valley of steel.''
* StockSoundEffect: That "ZORP!" sound Cyber-Controller!Lumic made as he fell to his death? Yeah, that was in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', guess where!
* StuffBlowingUp: When the Doctor deactivates the emotional inhibitors, the Cybermen panicking leads to the entire factory exploding.
* StuffedInTheFridge: Cybus!Jackie is to pile emotional distress on her husband and Alt daughter.
* TemptingFate:
-->'''John Lumic:''' I will upgrade only with my [[ExactWords last breath]]!\\
'''Cyberman:''' Then [[LiteralGenie breathe no more]].
* TitleDrop: "This is the Age of Steel, and I am its creator."
* UnwillingRoboticisation: "Upgrading" is mandatory. If you disagree, then you will herded like sheep into the factory anyway.
* VerbThis: "Upgrade this!"
* WeakWilled: Humans, according to the Doctor.
* TheXOfY: "The Age of Steel"
* YaoiGuys: Ricky and Jake were boyfriends, though the scene explicitly stating this was cut for unspecified reasons.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Pete's reaction to Mickey dropping the rope ladder.
* YourHeadAsplode: One of the Cybermen.
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->'''Mickey:''' Let's go liberate Paris.\\
'''Jake:''' What, you and me? In a van?\\
'''Mickey:''' Nothing wrong with a van. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays I once saved the universe with a big yellow truck.]]
Written by [=Tom MacRae=], this episode was adapted in part from Marc Platt's ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho034SpareParts "Spare Parts"]].
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When we left off, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]], Rose and the Doctor were unsuccessfully trying to surrender to Cybermen. The Doctor uses a trinket from the TARDIS to give the Cybermen a dose of {{Agony Beam}}s. Pete reveals himself to have been TheMole for the good guys all along, and Ricky reveals himself to be much less of a badass than his friends thought he was (London's Most Wanted... for parking tickets) and promptly manages to get himself killed. The gang flees for now, but massive cyberconversion is already under way.
The Doctor decides that the best way to stop the invasion is to cancel the emotional inhibitors on the Cybermen, which would [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive the humans inside insane]] and [[YourHeadAsplode kill them]]. Rose and Pete infiltrate the factory by posing as brainwashed people, and encounter Jackie, who's already been turned into a Cyber(wo)man. Mickey and Jake (Ricky's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MzNvT5q6E boyfriend]]) infiltrate the zeppelin that's parked right on top of the factory, and watch from a screen as the Doctor, Rose and Pete are all taken in for questioning. When the Doctor realises that Mickey can see and hear him, he and Pete surreptitiously give Mickey the code needed to hack the system. Mickey texts the solution to Rose's cell phone, the Doctor jams it into the control system, and the Cybermen regain their full consciousness and sanity. The ensuing BodyHorror causes them to overload, and they die in anguish.
Mickey stays in the alternate reality with his not-dead grandmother and helps the now-dead Ricky's friend destroy the rest of the Cyberfactories. Rose and the Doctor return home.
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!!Tropes:
* AndThisIsFor: JACKIE TYLER!!! THIS IS FOR HER!!!!
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Ricky's group of freedom fighters. Despite claiming to be freedom fighters, stock-piling weapons and hacking into various organisations, Ricky's only most wanted... in London for ''parking violations''. The Doctor backs him on the "park anywhere" thing, for obvious reasons.
* AssimilationPlot: As Cybermen are known to do.
* BehindTheBlack: Parodied. "I've been captured, but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there, ''they'll'' save me -- oh, well, never mind."
* BigNo: Cyber-Controller / Lumic, as he falls to his death.
* BadassGay: Jake in a StraightGay sort of way. He's a freedom fighter in love with his leader, who happens to be the same gender as him.
* BittersweetEnding: Lumic's dead, but the Cybermen are still upgrading, Pete (unlike his main universe counterpart) ''desperately'' wants to get away from the fact he's been followed around by his alternate-universe daughter, the Preachers are down to one, and Mickey decides to stay to replace Ricky.
* CatchPhrase: The Doctor begins using "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." in earnest.
* ChainLinkFence: When Mickey and Ricky are running away from a squad of Cybermen, they have to climb a chain-link fence to escape. Mickey makes it. Ricky doesn't.
* ContinuityNod:
** Rose recognises the Cybermen from the museum piece she saw back in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]".
** Mickey is fed up with being "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion the tin dog]]", and later mentions how [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays he once saved the universe with a big yellow truck]].
** Then there's Lumic's "EXCELLENT!"
** Also, the "above, between, below" nod all the way back to [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]].
* DeadlyDodging: Mickey takes out a Cyberman this way.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[BigBad John Lumic]] falls from the rope-ladder he was climbing into a burning building and to his death when Pete Tyler cut it.
* {{Expolabel}}: The transmitter controls, to Jake's surprise.
* FacePalm: Doctor does this during the conversation with Cyber-Controller.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The army of Cybermen once their emotional inhibitors are switched off.
* HeelFaceTurn / EvenEvilHasStandards: Crane, who watched over most of the Cybermen upgrades and made the mind-controlling ear pods, attempts to kill Lumic after seeing what the Cybermen are doing. Unfortunately, this only results in Crane getting killed and Lumic becoming Cyber-Controller.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lumic's use of PlugNPlayTechnology is what allows Mickey and the Doctor to broadcast the code deactivating the Cyber-army's emotional inhibitors.
* IChooseToStay: Mickey, because it's a world where his grandmother's still alive and he wants to honour the memory of the fallen Ricky, and one where he doesn't feel useless -- taking up his alternate universe counterpart's mantle to fight the Cybermen.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Mickey tells Jake that killing a guard would make them no better than the Cybermen.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Mickey sarcastically responds to his acquired Zeppelin skills with: "[=PlayStation=]".
* ImColdSoCold: Poor Sally Phelan. "Why am I so cold?"
* IndyPloy: Mickey calls the Doctor on it.
-->'''Mickey:''' You're just making this up as you go along!\\
'''The Doctor:''' Yeeep! But I do it brilliantly.
* ISayWhatISay: Mickey and Ricky.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Complete with an oblique ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' (see the page quote).
* LampshadeHanging: The "transmitter controls" exchange.
* OneSceneTwoMonologues: Mickey and Ricky while fleeing the Cybermen.
* ParentalAbandonment: An odd variant. Instead of having a tender moment like his main universe counterpart did, Pete Tyler quickly makes an excuse and runs off when Rose reveals she's his daughter from another universe. Granted, it's understandable, given that Pete has ''never'' had a daughter (save for Jackie's yorkie). This changes some episodes later.
* PokeThePoodle: Ricky is most wanted in London... for parking tickets.
* PutOnABus: Mickey, though he was dodging that inevitability since his first appearance anyway.
* SlowMotionFall: The Cyber-Controller's DisneyVillainDeath.
* StealthPun: Lumic's conversion of Battersea Power Station into the Cyber-Factory just ''has'' to be a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song "Sheep" from ''Music/{{Animals}}''.
-->''Meek and obedient, you follow the leader\\
Down well-trodden corridors\\
Into the valley of steel.''
* StockSoundEffect: That "ZORP!" sound Cyber-Controller!Lumic made as he fell to his death? Yeah, that was in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', guess where!
* StuffBlowingUp: When the Doctor deactivates the emotional inhibitors, the Cybermen panicking leads to the entire factory exploding.
* StuffedInTheFridge: Cybus!Jackie is to pile emotional distress on her husband and Alt daughter.
* TemptingFate:
-->'''John Lumic:''' I will upgrade only with my [[ExactWords last breath]]!\\
'''Cyberman:''' Then [[LiteralGenie breathe no more]].
* TitleDrop: "This is the Age of Steel, and I am its creator."
* UnwillingRoboticisation: "Upgrading" is mandatory. If you disagree, then you will herded like sheep into the factory anyway.
* VerbThis: "Upgrade this!"
* WeakWilled: Humans, according to the Doctor.
* TheXOfY: "The Age of Steel"
* YaoiGuys: Ricky and Jake were boyfriends, though the scene explicitly stating this was cut for unspecified reasons.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Pete's reaction to Mickey dropping the rope ladder.
* YourHeadAsplode: One of the Cybermen.
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