History YMMV / DoctorWhos33e12NightmareinSilver

** 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.

** Similarly, there was a deleted scene where the Doctor mockingly imitated Prince Philip. A few years later, he would play Philip for the first two seasons of Series/TheCrown.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: If Artie is in the chess club, why does he fall for a fool's mate? One 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.

** 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 Cybermen.

* {{Narm}}:
** The Doctor as "Mr. Clever" is supposed to be menacing, but Creator/MattSmith's performance, and the writing of the character, just make him seem... aggressively camp. His sudden and random foray into an OopNorth accent doesn't help matters.
** The chubby soldier who shouts down the Cyberman with his whole "I've heard of the Cybermen since I was in my cradle" speech. It's his first line in the episode, and he doesn't become a significant part of the episode after that. Then again, it seems he's only doing it to distract the Cyberman while Clara prepares to shoot it with the BFG.
** The acting of the kids can provide some of the cringe in this episode. Their accents are all over the place and half the time, their dialogue seems more fitting for adults in their late sixties.
** One of the soldiers is taken down by a Cyberman vaguely grabbing at her shoulders.

* 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]].

* 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 nto taking them in the TARDIS, and then ignoring the Doctor's instructions.
* 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 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.

* HilariousInHindsight: 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.

* 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''. If the latter, then it would seem that he was planning to take a page right out of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma his old mentor Azmael's book]].

** The heroes making their LastStand in a "Comical Castle”.

* 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 is bratty and complains about ''everything''.

* 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.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Clara gets angry at the Doctor when it seems like Angie and Artie are in danger... when it's ''her'' fault they're here in the first place.
** Although surely he could have found SOMEWHERE safe to bring them.

* IdiotPlot: We have to endure Artie and Angie because Clara didn't think to a) confiscate and/or destroy the photograph thus leaving them with no proof; b) claim the photo is doctored or a photoshop; or c) say something along the lines of "Who are they gonna believe? It's my word against yours, I'll say you're kids with too much imagination".

** The Doctor as "Mr. Clever" is supposed to be menacing, but Creator/MattSmith's performance, and the writing of the character, just make him seem... aggressively camp.

* UncannyValley: Not as much as the old series, but the new Mondas Cybermen's faces are more smoothed out and a bit closer to a human's face than the Cybus Cybermen.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not that there was doubt, but Warwick Davis 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.

* WhatAnIdiot: Angie and Artie find a photograph of Clara in the past, come to the conclusion that she's a time traveller and threaten to tell their parents unless they go for a ride in the TARDIS.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Clara to a) confiscate and/or destroy the photograph thus leaving them with no proof; b) claim the photo is doctored or a photoshop; or c) say something along the lines of "Who are they gonna believe? It's my word against yours, I'll say you're kids with too much imagination".\\
'''Instead''': She gives in to their demands and we have to endure them for the episode.

** The chubby soldier who shouts down the Cyberman with his whole "I've heard of the Cybermen since I was in my crib" speech. It's his first line in the episode, and he doesn't become a significant part of the episode after that. Then again, it seems he's only doing it to distract the Cyberman while Clara prepares to shoot it with the BFG.

** The heroes making their LastStand in a "comical" castle.