History Recap / DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver

The one where the Cybermen get a '''[[TookALevelInBadass big]]''' upgrade and the Doctor pulls a [[Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]

* ShipSinking: Attempted and subverted. Clara doesn't believe the Doctor would ''ever'' fall in love with her, and even if he did, he would rather die than admit it. As Twelve would prove, one should take this with a grain of salt, not to mention her earlier comments on the subject.

->''"Hail to you, the Doctor -- SAVIOUR of the Cybermen!"''

The one where the Cybermen get a big upgrade and the Doctor pulls a [[Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]]

* TheBusCameBack: The proper return of the Mondasian Cybermen since 1988. [[note]]By WordOfGod, the technology is a merger of Cybus and Mondas-based Cybermen, though the story uses a lot of elements and inspirations from the 1960s incarnations, and appears to follow the Cyber-Wars mentioned in later, but pre-Cybus, seasons[[/note]] Previous appearances going back to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]] have been confirmed to be Mondasian Cybermen by WordOfGod, but the costumes weren't updated (or just had the Cybus logo removed). These ones have updated costumes.

** Mr. Webley's museum of oddities likewise contains several [[invoked]] [[PropRecycling reused props]], including Cybus-brand Cybermen and one of the ventriloquist's dummies from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E11TheGodComplex "The God Complex"]], a very familiar vulture from ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' and [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E1KissKissBangBang that coked-up blowfish]] from ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''.

** The Cyber-Planner, Mr. Clever, says [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Cybermen are waking from their tomb!"]] Their subsequent exit is a mirror of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]] (which was last homaged in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts]]").

** Children's minds are used for the Cyber-Planner because their brains have more potential. A similar logic was used by the Daleks in creating their [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Battle Computer Interface]]. The Krillitanes used the same principle in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion "School Reunion"]].

** The Creator/BigFinish Eighth Doctor audio drama "The Silver Turk" also features Cybermen playing board games. Both episodes reference the original Mechanical Turk (a supposed chess machine which was actually operated by a person inside). That makes the second direct reference in this season to an Eighth Doctor audio from that specific storyline, after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide "Hide"]] name-checked the story "The Witch from the Well" (which comes directly after "The Silver Turk").

** The title is one to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis "Silver Nemesis"]], a Creator/SylvesterMcCoy adventure.

The one where the Doctor becomes Skynet.

Hedgewick's World of Wonders is known as the greatest theme park in the universe. The Doctor takes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror new temporary companions Angie and Artie Maitland]] to the park for a fun day out (he's got a golden ticket and everything), but the TARDIS parks them there a few decades too late and the whole place has been shut down. Instead of the Spacey Zoomer and free ice cream, team TARDIS finds an army platoon that has been sent there (mostly to keep them out of everyone else's way) and a caretaker named Webley. The Doctor runs a BavarianFireDrill and pretends to be a high-up envoy of the emperor, who's been missing for a number of years. He decides to hang out with Webley for a bit just to show the kids a good time.

* AbsenceOfEvidence: Mr Clever notes the Doctor's efforts to remove data on himself from history. He then points out that the Cyberaid can reconstruct who he is from the gaps he's left. The Doctor concedes he'd better do something about that.

* TheEmperor: Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff the 41st, Defender of Humanity, Imperator of Known Space. Porridge, to his mates.

--> '''The Doctor:''' Er, a bit of a good news, bad news, good news again thing going on. ''(Clara brandishes her {{BFG}} at him)'' So, good news, I've kidnapped the Cyberplanner and right now I'm sort of in control of this Cyberman.\\

** The Creator/BigFinish Eighth Doctor audio drama "The Silver Turk" also features Cybermen playing board games. Both episodes reference the original Mechanical Turk (a supposed chess machine which was actually operated by a person inside). That makes the second direct reference in this season to an Eighth Doctor audio from that specific storyline, after "Hide" name-checked the story "The Witch from the Well" (which comes directly after "The Silver Turk").

* LanternJawOfJustice: Creator/WarwickDavis's is called attention to. It's one of the features that reveals his true identity.

* LosingYourHead: A Cyberman baits one of the soldiers by leaving its own head protruding up from behind some rubble, apparently unaware of the enemy creeping up on it. When the trooper tries to strike the "sentry" from behind, its headless body ambushes him.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Cybermen are able to wake up because the Doctor brought children to the planet, and they alone make suitable processors. Then it turns out the Doctor has even more capacity....

** The Doctor finding out he is no longer immune to their conversion.

'''Clara''' (''grins''): Good enough.

** [[WordOfGod According to]] Creator/NeilGaiman, the "Literature/TheCyberiad" is a reference to the story by Creator/StanislawLem.

** A [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} human empire]] with an "Imperial Guard" that casually destroys whole planets to deal with alien infestation and their Emperor is virtually worshipped? Even the uniforms bear a substantial similarity, and they wield laser weapons. As a MythologyGag within a ShoutOut, the Emperor's full name is Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff ''the 41st''.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Doctor, Artie, Porridge, and Mr. Clever play chess and all of them are very clever. Artie falls for a Fool's Mate, so he's not as smart as the others, but he's also much younger so cut him some slack.

* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick, called Longstaff the 41st, Defender of Humanity, Imperator of Known Space. Initially, he just said "etc. etc." because it was too long.

* AlmostKiss: The HeldGaze, the PuppyDogEyes, the InterruptedDeclarationOfLove when Clara slaps the Doctor across the face because it's an OutOfCharacterAlert....

* WhamLine: "[[AC:Incorporating....]]"

Webley has an empty Cyber-suit in his home, which he uses as a parlour trick when he gets people to play chess with it. Inside is actually a little person nicknamed "Porridge" (Creator/WarwickDavis!) who quickly befriends Clara. Just as the whole gang is about to head back home, the Doctor realises that things are ''very wrong'' on this planet, and goes off to investigate, telling the kids to stay put. They don't, of course, and while Angie, Artie and Webley get kidnapped and put into a "walking coma" by the quickly revived Cyberman, the Doctor is infected by Cybermites (like Cybermats, only quite tiny) and turned into a ''magnificently'' LargeHam in the process. The Cybermen were only looking for clever young children, like Angie and Artie, but a ''Time Lord'' is infinitely more useful. And they really didn't expect to find one here . . . after all, the Doctor has been deleting himself from history across the universe.

* AlmostKiss: The HeldGaze, the PuppyDogEyes, the InterruptedDeclarationOfLove when Clara slaps the Doctor across the face because it's an OutOfCharacterAlert . . .

* DistractedByTheSexy: The Doctor refers to Clara as "a mystery wrapped in an enigma squeezed into a skirt that's just a little bit too . . . tight." He then catches himself thinking aloud and snaps out of it.

'''The Doctor:''' Complicated as in . . . walking coma. ''(hides behind his chessboard)''\\

* HopeSpot: The characters electrify the moat to make sure the Cybermen can't get to the Doctor, and it works . . . until the first one [[AdaptiveAbility adapts to it]].

-->'''The Doctor:''' Impossible girl. [[ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma A mystery wrapped in an enigma]] squeezed into [[DistractedByTheSexy a skirt that's just a little bit too . . .]] ''[[ShipTease tight]]'' . . .

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Cybermen are able to wake up because the Doctor brought children to the planet, and they alone make suitable processors. Then it turns out the Doctor has even more capacity . . .

** The Doctor used to be immune to the cyber conversion on account of being alien . . . up until this episode, where they're improved the process to work on ''any'' lifeform.

** Clara and the soldiers cheer when their electrified moat starts working . . . until the one that sacrificed itself quickly upgrades itself to counter the effect.

* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: The Doctor describes Clara as "A mystery wrapped in an enigma squeezed into a skirt that's just a little bit too . . . tight."

* TagalongKid: Clara has to bring Artie and Angie along for an adventure . . . or they tell their father their nanny's a time traveller.

* WhamLine: "[[AC:Incorporating . . .]]"

Webley has an empty Cyber-suit in his home, which he uses as a parlour trick when he gets people to play chess with it. Inside is actually a little person nicknamed "Porridge" (Creator/WarwickDavis!) who quickly befriends Clara. Just as the whole gang is about to head back home, the Doctor realises that things are ''very wrong'' on this planet, and goes off to investigate, telling the kids to stay put. They don't, of course, and while Angie, Artie and Webley get kidnapped and put into a "walking coma" by the quickly revived Cyberman, the Doctor is infected by Cybermites (like Cybermats, only quite tiny) and turned into a ''magnificently'' LargeHam in the process. The Cybermen were only looking for clever young children, like Angie and Artie, but a ''Time Lord'' is infinitely more useful. And they really didn't expect to find one here... after all, the Doctor has been deleting himself from history across the universe.

The Doctor tells the Cyberplanner, who's taking over the Doctor's mind, that he could simply commit HeroicSuicide and regenerate on the spot to destroy the Cyberplanner's implants -- and, via the Cyberiad network, every Cyberman it controls. Instead, they battle it out both in the Doctor's subconscious and over a game of chess. The Doctor's fully aware that the Cyberplanner will betray him no matter who wins, but does what he can to protect the children. Meanwhile, Clara takes full advantage of the Doctor's BavarianFireDrill and takes charge of the platoon. She spends most of it trying to prevent the soldiers from blowing up the planet, since that's been their modus operandi ever since the last war with the Cybermen. They even blew up the Cybermen's entire galaxy. Porridge tells Clara that he feels tremendously guilty over that -- because no matter how much he tries to think about all the lives that were lost that day, all he can really bring himself to care about is the poor man who had to push the button.

The Doctor temporarily manages to short-circuit his cyber parts using his golden ticket and tries to avoid Clara's difficult questions about the things the Cyberplanner has been telling her -- about her being "impossible", for one. When he finally manages to use the platoon's gadgets and his own screwdriver to remove his cyber parts and gets the kids out of their comas, Angie points out what's been glaringly obvious to her all along: Porridge is the missing galactic emperor. Porridge explains that his off-planet army can transmat them all out within seconds, so blowing up the planet was actually a pretty viable idea all along. And he's so impressed by Clara's leadership skills that he asks for her hand in marriage. She declines, to Angie's great annoyance.

* AlmostKiss: The HeldGaze, the PuppyDogEyes, the InterruptedDeclarationOfLove when Clara slaps the Doctor across the face because it's an OutOfCharacterAlert...

--> [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "But you signed for that!"]]

* TheBusCameBack: The proper return of the Mondasian Cybermen since 1988. [[note]]By WordOfGod, the technology is a merger of Cybus and Mondas-based Cybermen, though the story uses a lot of elements and inspirations from the 1960s incarnations, and appears to follow the Cyber-Wars mentioned in later, but pre-Cybus, seasons[[/note]] Previous appearances going back to the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]] have been confirmed to be Mondasian Cybermen by WordOfGod, but the costumes weren't updated (or just had the Cybus logo removed). These ones have updated costumes.

** During the BattleInTheCentreOfTheMind, the Doctor skims through the images of all his previous incarnations, while in the background, there appears to be the same Old High Gallifreyan lettering [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar inscribed on his crib]], depicting his ''true'' name.

** The Cyber-Planner, Mr. Clever says [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Cybermen are waking from their tomb!"]] Their subsequent exit is a mirror of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]] (which was last homaged in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts]]").

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The Doctor's plan to fake his death and remove all evidence of himself from history. As the Cyberplanner notes, it's pretty clear to figure out he's still alive and he exists, due to the "giant Doctor-shaped hole" left behind with nothing to fill it. The Doctor acknowledges the point.

* DistractedByTheSexy: The Doctor refers to Clara as "a mystery wrapped in an enigma squeezed into a skirt that's just a little bit too... tight." He then catches himself thinking aloud and snaps out of it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Captain definitely twigs onto Angie's mention of Porridge, and takes her aside saying they need to talk. On first watch, it seems that the Captain wants to know about squatters living on the planet, but after TheReveal that A) She previously was part of the Emperor's guard detail and B) that Porridge is the Emperor, the reason for her reaction becomes far more clear.

'''The Doctor:''' Complicated as in...walking coma. ''(hides behind his chessboard)''\\

* HiveMind: The Cyberiad is the collective intelligence and processing power of all cybermen everywhere.
* HopeSpot: The characters electrify the moat to make sure the Cybermen can't get to the Doctor, and it works... until the first one [[AdaptiveAbility adapts to it]].

-->'''The Doctor:''' Impossible girl. [[ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma A mystery wrapped in an enigma]] squeezed into [[DistractedByTheSexy a skirt that's just a little bit too...]] ''[[ShipTease tight]]''...
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Playing with a trope; Porridge admits that he feels worse for the person who had to press the button to destroy a galaxy than the billions of trillions who lived in it, ''because'' they had to live with that kind of guilt.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Cybermen are able to wake up because the Doctor brought children to the planet, and they alone make suitable processors. Then it turns out the Doctor has even more capacity...

** The Doctor used to be immune to the cyber conversion on account of being alien... up until this episode, where they're improved the process to work on ''any'' lifeform.

** Clara and the soldiers cheer when their electrified moat starts working... until the one that sacrificed itself quickly upgrades itself to counter the effect.

* OrangeBlueContrast: This is shown in the mindscape of the Doctor while he is fighting off the Cyberplanner with orange background for the former and a cold blue for the latter.

* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: The Doctor describes Clara as "A mystery wrapped in an enigma squeezed into a skirt that's just a little bit too... tight."
* RunningGag:

* ShipSinking: Attempted and Subverted. Clara doesn't believe the Doctor would ''ever'' fall in love with her, and even if he did, he would rather die than admit it. As Twelve would prove, one should take this with a grain of salt, not to mention her earlier comments on the subject.

** Further averted by the Doctor's comments to himself about being attracted to Clara at the end of the episdoe.

** A [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} human empire]] with an "Imperial Guard" that casually destroys whole planets to deal with alien infestation and their Emperor is virtually worshiped? Even the uniforms bear a substantial similarity and they wield laser weapons. As a MythologyGag within a ShoutOut, the Emperor's full name is Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff ''the 41st''.

* TagalongKid: Clara has to bring Artie and Angie along for an adventure... or they tell their father their nanny's a time traveller.
* TalkingToThemself: The Doctor and Mr. Clever share lips.

** The series' Transmat system shows up again, popping the Doctor from the museum to the Cyber-Planner's headquarters.
** An automatic system saves the day from the EarthShatteringKaboom, provided that the Emperor is nearby.

** The Cybermen took ''many'' over the millenia. They went from being somewhat slow-moving cyborgs that had several methods of taking them down to graduating into {{Lightning Bruiser}}s by means of SuperSpeed, require special guns to even damage them, can now convert races other than human (Time Lords included), and a ''very'' quick AdaptiveAbility. They've also stopped saying "[[RoarBeforeBeating Delete!]]" It seems these Cyberman don't bother with giving advanced warnings, preferring to simply grab people and convert them as quickly as possible, since it's far more ''efficient''. The upgrade is so severe, the Cybermen, a planetful of which were getting [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday mowed down by only four Daleks once upon a time]], appear capable of matching the Daleks in the Time War. Most frightening of all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking they stopped talking in those high-pitched electronic voices and have gone to a]] [[EvilSoundsDeep Deep Baritone]]! It has gotten to the point where if a ''single Cyberman'' is seen, military units have standing orders to kill it on sight, and failing that, flat-out destroy the planet they are on, regardless of any people that may also be on said planet at the time.

* WhamLine: "[[AC:Incorporating...]]"

Hedgewick's World of Wonders is known as the greatest theme park in the galaxy. The Doctor takes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror new temporary companions Angie and Artie Maitland]] to the park for a fun day out (he's got a golden ticket and everything), but the TARDIS parks them there a few decades too late and the whole place has been shut down. Instead of the Spacey Zoomer and free ice cream, team TARDIS finds an army platoon that has been sent there (mostly to keep them out of everyone else's way) and a caretaker named Webley. The Doctor runs a BavarianFireDrill and pretends to be a high-up envoy of the emperor, who's been missing for a number of years. He decides to hang out with Webley for a bit just to show the kids a good time.

Webley has an empty Cyber-suit in his home, which he uses as a parlor trick when he gets people to play chess with it. Inside is actually a little person nicknamed "Porridge" (Creator/WarwickDavis!) who quickly befriends Clara. Just as the whole gang is about to head back home, the Doctor realises that things are ''very wrong'' on this planet, and goes off to investigate, telling the kids to stay put. They don't, of course, and while Angie, Artie and Webley get kidnapped and put into a "walking coma" by the quickly revived Cyberman, the Doctor is infected by Cybermites (like Cybermats, only quite tiny) and turned into a ''magnificently'' LargeHam in the process. The Cybermen were only looking for clever young children, like Angie and Artie, but a ''Time Lord'' is infinitely more useful. And they really didn't expect to find one here... after all, the Doctor has been deleting himself from history across the universe.

* AlienSky: Even Angie is impressed for a moment, when it's shown they're not actually on Earth's moon.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Used twice to revert the Doctor to full control of himself.

* AxCrazy: The Cyber-Planner, in contrast to the regular emotionless footsoldiers, is ''insane'' and about thrice as hammy as the Doctor.
* BatmanGambit: Eleven threatening to regenerate, seeing as how he couldn't due to this being his last life
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Played with throughout the episode; while the Doctor and Mr Clever are fighting for the Doctor's mind much of the actual battle is done in the real world through a game of chess.

* BrickJoke: Clara is forced to sign a requisition form just to get the EarthShatteringKaboom controller out of the soldiers' hands. Then Mr Clever manages to snatch it and destroy it, and how do the soldiers handle the news?

** During the BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, the Doctor skims through the images of all his previous incarnations, while in the background, there appears to be the same Old High Gallifreyan lettering [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar inscribed on his crib]], depicting his ''true'' name.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: The reason the emperor has been in hiding for such a long time is because he doesn't like the heavy responsibility of the emperor. At the end he casually offers the role to an underling who turns it down, which he concedes is the right choice.

* ChewingTheScenery: If you thought Matt Smith's usual performance was over the top, wait until you see Mr.Clever! He's delighted at the processing power of this new body and uses it for dramatic speeches and dancing around the room.

* ExactWords: The Doctor said that he would beat Mr Clever in three moves, but didn't say it was through chess.

* EvilCounterpart: Mr Clever is basically an evil version of the Doctor. Same mental prowess, same mannerisms, etc. but he's focused on upgrading.
* EvilIsHammy: Mr Clever, The Cyber-Planer is amazingly over-the-top, as he's melded with the Doctor.
-->'''Mr Clever:''' Good news boys and girls! They're HEEEEREEEE!

** In the opening scene, Angie and Artie are convinced they're on the moon, even though the obvious signs that they aren't are literally on the walls off-camera. They also didn't seem to find anything odd about being able to ''breathe'' on the moon.

* FlipPersonality: Mr Clever and the Doctor are repeatedly taking control of their shared body from each other.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Captain definitely twigs onto Angie's mention of Porridge, and takes her aside saying they need to talk. On first watch, it seems that the Captain wants to know about squatters living on the planet, but after TheReveal that A) She previously was part of The Emperor's guard detail and B) that Porridge is the Emperor, the reason for her reaction becomes far more clear.

* HamToHamCombat: The Doctor and Mr Clever engage in high energy trash talk between their chess turns. Creator/MattSmith had a lot of fun with this episode.
* HandGagging: Artie being abducted by a cyberman, who later detaches his own hand to send after his next victim.

* HelplessGoodSide: Averted. The Doctor manages to beat Mr Clever on his own.
* HitMeDammit: The Doctor writes a note to Clara to hit him so he can break Mr Clever's control.

* HydePlaysJekyll: Mr Clever pretends to be the Doctor to trick Clara at one point. She catches on fairly quickly.

* InsufferableGenius: The Doctor, but Mr Clever even more so. He names himself "Mr.Clever" after all.

** The Creator/BigFinish Eighth Doctor audio episode "The Silver Turk" also features Cybermen playing board games. Both episodes reference the original mechanical turk (a supposed chess machine which was actually operated by a person inside). That makes the second direct reference in this season to an Eighth Doctor audio from that specific storyline, after "Hide" name-checked the story "The Witch from the Well" (which comes directly after "The Silver Turk").

* IShallTauntYou: At the end of his chess game, the Doctor claims he can win in three moves. This is such a bare-faced lie that the Cyber-Planner borrows the computing power of his entire army to definitively prove the Doctor's full of it. This allows Clara and the soldiers to escape an otherwise-imminent demise and the Doctor to modify a pulse glove to free himself. For the record, the Doctor was indeed lying. He did not have mate [[ExactWords in three moves]]. [[http://setsuled.livejournal.com/880790.html He had it]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in six]]. After all,he [[ExactWords didn't say]] he "had mate" in three moves, he said he ''would win'' in three moves.

* KingIncognito: Porridge, the guy operating a cyberman shell in an amusement part that no one visits, is actually the ruler of a thousand galaxies. As with the best examples, he even serves food to his soldiers.

* LargeHam: Mr Clever could feed the entire third world for months with the amount of ham he's exporting, and he would declare it "Incorporated, yes!" while dancing around.

** The Cybermen take this trope up a notch with their AdaptiveAbility by being able to shrug off methods that would have killed them left and right. In particular, the electrified moat only briefly stops one until it adapts, and the gun that ''vaporized'' one Cyberman only gets off two more shots before they're completely immune.

** If you hear the words "Upgrade in progress", you've found an example.

* OrangeBlueContrast: This is shown in the mindscape of the Doctor while he is fighting off the Cyber-planner with orange background for the former and a cold blue for the latter.

** As he did with Rory, Eleven takes a cheap shot at Clara's nose. It also counts as HypocriticalHumor, since Eleven's nose isn't petite (it's possible he's lashing out about all the chin jokes).

** The Cyber-converted Doctor calling himself Mr Clever is a shout-out to ''Literature/RiddleyWalker'', where that is the name Riddley's society has for the Devil.
** The chess-playing Cyberman at the beginning is a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk The Mechanical Turk]], an eighteenth-century automaton that, like the Cyberman, was actually a fake operated by a chess-player hidden inside the cabinet, which used [[DisappearingBox magicians' tricks]] to make the space available appear smaller than it was (yes, it was BiggerOnTheInside).
** Clara is told that if she has a chance to become queen of the universe, [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} she should say yes]].

** The Doctor playing chess with Mr Clever with whom he shares a body, is reminiscent of ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Geri's Game]]''.

--->'''[[EnemyWithout Mr Clever]]:''' [[LargeHam THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY'RE]] ''[[EvilIsHammy HHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!!]]''

** A [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} human empire]] with an "Imperial Guard" that casually destroys whole planets to deal with alien infestation and their Emperor is virtually worshiped? Even the uniforms bear a substantial similarity and they wield laser weapons. As a MythologyGag within a ShoutOut, The Emperor's full name is Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff ''the 41st''.

* SilentAntagonist: Barring Mr Clever, the Cybermen don't say anything other than "Upgrade in Progress" when a) converting others into their own or b) altering themselves so that a previously fatal weakness [[AdaptiveAbility becomes much]] [[NoSell less so]].
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Doctor, Artie, Porridge, and Mr Clever play chess and all of them are very clever. Artie falls for a Fool's Mate so he's not as smart as the others but he's also much younger so cut him some slack.

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Attempted by Mr. Clever but he is a couple percentage points short of full control. It's successful with all the other Cybermen.

* TagalongKid: Clara has to bring Artie and Angie along for an adventure... or they tell their father their nanny's a time traveler.
* TalkingToThemself: The Doctor and Mr.Clever share lips.

** An automatic system saves the day from the EarthShatteringKaboom, provided that the emperor is nearby.

** The Cybermen took ''many'' over the millenia. They went from being somewhat slow-moving cyborgs that had several methods of taking them down to graduating into {{Lightning Bruiser}}s by means of SuperSpeed, require special guns to even damage them, can now convert races other than human (Time Lords included), and a ''very'' quick AdaptiveAbility. They've also stopped saying "[[RoarBeforeBeating Delete!]]" It seems these Cyberman don't bother with giving advanced warnings, preferring to simply grab people and convert them as quickly as possible, since it's far more ''efficient''. The upgrade is so severe, the Cybermen, a planetful of which were getting [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday mowed down by only four Daleks once upon a time]], appear capable of matching the Dalek's in the Time War. Most frightening of all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking they stopped talking in those high-pitched electronic voices and have gone to a]] [[EvilSoundsDeep Deep Baritone]]! It has gotten to the point where if a ''single Cyberman'' is seen, military units have standing orders to kill it on sight, and failing that, flat-out destroy the planet they are on, regardless of any people that may also be on said planet at the time.

** The infamous gold allergy. Most of the Cybermen have evolved beyond it, but the cyber-mites' operating system ''still'' contains this glitch buried deep within the source code. This causes the tech to be temporarily scrambled by gold until the Cyber-Planner manages to install a software patch.

* WhamLine: "Incorporating..."

* FridgeHorror: Retroactively applies here. We find out later that Eleven was the last regeneration in his cycle. Therefore, all the threats of regenerating were bluffs, the only way to get rid of Mr. Clever was for the Doctor to die permanently.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Clara does this with the Doctor. When he offers ShipTease as a response, she slaps him to get the real Doctor back. Even if he actually felt that way, he'd never admit it.

** The Cybermen took ''many'' over the millenia. They went from being somewhat slow-moving cyborgs that had several methods of taking them down to graduating into {{Lightning Bruiser}}s by means of SuperSpeed, require special guns to even damage them, can now convert races other than human (Time Lords included), and a ''very'' quick AdaptiveAbility. They've also stopped saying "[[RoarBeforeBeating Delete!]]" It seems these Cyberman don't bother with giving advanced warnings, preferring to simply grab people and convert them as quickly as possible, since it's far more ''efficient''. The upgrade is so severe, the Cybermen, a planetful of which were getting [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday mowed down by only four Daleks once upon a time]], appear capable of matching the Dalek's in the Time War. Most frightening of all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking they stopped talking in those high-pitched electronic voices and have gone to a]] [[EvilSoundsDeep Deep Baritone]]!

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy:
** The first active Cyberman, upon kidnapping the kids for the Cyber-Planner, takes steps to make sure the planet-imploding bomb isn't activated.
** Another of the Cybermen leaves their head out wide open ''knowing'' some soldiers [[SchmuckBait wouldn't be able to resist such an obvious target]].

* ShipSinking: Attempted. Clara doesn't believe the Doctor would ''ever'' fall in love with her, and even if he did, he would rather die than admit it. One should take this with a grain of salt, given her earlier comments on the subject.

'''The Doctor:''' No. You're too short and bossy and your nose is all funny.\\

** Clara is told that if she has a chance to become queen of the universe, [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} she should say yes]].

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Artie being abducted by a cyberman, who later detaches his own hand to send after his next victim.

* LamePunReaction: Clara laughs when Porridge says the power glove might come in handy. The Captain doesn't

* ShipSinking: Clara doesn't believe the Doctor would ''ever'' fall in love with her, and even if he did, he would rather die than admit it. One should take this with a grain of salt, given her earlier comments on the subject.

** Averted when we a Cyberman is seen walking into water, a common example of this trope for robots, but all it does is slow it down before it [[NoSell No Sells]] it.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Clara laughs when Porridge says the power glove might come in handy. The Captain doesn't.

* IShallTauntYou: At the end of his chess game, the Doctor claims he can win in three moves. This is such a bare-faced lie that the Cyber-Planner borrows the computing power of his entire army to definitively prove the Doctor's full of it. This allows Clara and the soldiers to escape an otherwise-imminent demise and the Doctor to modify a pulse glove to free himself. For the record, the Doctor was indeed lying. He did not have mate [[ExactWords in three moves]]. [[http://setsuled.livejournal.com/880790.html He had it]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome in six]]. After all,he [[ExactWords didn't say]] he "had mate" in three moves, he said he ''would win'' in three moves.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The local military contingent is the [[PunishmentDetail "Punishment Brigade"]], [[ReassignedToAntarctica a group of failures and insubordinate soldiers sent there so they won't cause any harm.]]

--->'''[[EnemyWithout Mr Clever]]:''' [[LargeHam THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY'RE]]'' [[EvilIsHammy HHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE]]''!!

* AlmostKiss: The HeldGaze, the PuppyDogEyes, the InterruptedDeclarationOfLove when Clara slaps the Doctor across the face because it's SomethingTheyWouldNeverSay...

** It's [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor}} not the first time]] a strong-willed host manages to retain their personality while cyber-converted.

* HesNotMyBoyfriend: Averted. When Artie refers to the Doctor as "Clara's Boyfriend", [[ShipTease neither of them deny it.]]