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1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: If Artie is in the chess club, why does he fall for a fool's mate? On the one hand, he never said he was ''good'' at chess. On the other hand, he could have employed a practice used by many chess players when presented with a new chess-playing program of deliberately playing the fool's mate in order to quickly judge how good the program is.
2	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Porridge is a oneshot character and pretty minor even here, but he's played by Creator/WarwickDavis and does a great job so the role is a popular one.
3	* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not that there was doubt, but Creator/WarwickDavis rarely gets the chance to play a character that isn't caked in make-up or where his height isn't a plot point. Neither are relevant to his performance as Porridge, so we get to see what a charming and engaging actor he truly is.
4	* HarsherInHindsight: The Doctor's threat to fry Mr. Clever by regenerating is retconned into being a bluff just a few episodes later -- between the War Doctor and "Handy", he had no regenerations left. Then again, because he has no regenerations left, he could very well have been threatening to commit ''suicide'', just like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma his old mentor, Azmael]].
5	* HilariousInHindsight:
6	** Creator/MattSmith as Mr. Clever serves as this considering two years later in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', Smith would play an avatar of Skynet in charge of an army of killer cyborgs ''and'' TheAssimilator to boot.
7	** Similarly, there was a deleted scene where the Doctor mockingly imitated Prince Philip. A few years later, Smith would play Philip for the first two seasons of ''Series/TheCrown''.
8	** A minor character named Missy is killed by the Cybermen in this episode. The following season, a different Missy would command a whole army of identical Cybermen.
9	* NarmCharm:
10	** The entire episode takes place in a derelict amusement park. Much of the camp is intentional.
11	** The heroes making their LastStand in a "Comical Castle".
12	** Mr. Clever's EvilIsHammy makes a terrifically engaging dialogue with the Doctor.
13	* TheScrappy: Reception to Artie and particularly Angie has been negative because they blackmail Clara so they can be a TagalongKid; the former is bad at chess and the latter complains about everything.
14	* ShockingMoments: The sight of the new Cybermen, especially when they show off their BulletTime abilities. They have seriously taken a level in badass.
15	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Clara gets angry at the Doctor when it seems like Angie and Artie are in danger... when it was ''her'' that asked him to take them aboard the TARDIS in the first place, albeit while under duress herself. Ultimately, it's Angie and Artie's own fault for being in danger by pressuring Clara into taking them in the TARDIS, and then ignoring the Doctor's instructions.
16	* VindicatedByHistory: When this episode first debuted in 2013, it wasn't very well received [[SeasonalRot like most of Series 7]], as many reviewers found it to be a ContestedSequel to Creator/NeilGaiman's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife previous episode]] and especially bogged down by [[TheScrappy Angie and Artie]]. Years later, this episode has become a favourite of many Eleventh Doctor fans due to Creator/MattSmith's wide display of acting talent throughout the episode and for being one last carefree, nonsensical adventure with the Eleventh Doctor before things get serious. Not to mention it being a less, shall we say, [[BrokenBase controversial]] example of the "things get messy in the aftermath of a future Cyber-War" premise than the last arc of Series 12 for people who dislike the latter.

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