This was a much stronger episode in comparison to part 1 in my opinion. The character work was again excellent as was the writing pace and story.
There was just something stronger across the board with this episode. The Cybermen seemed a lot more threatening and were genuinely quite scary. I liked how they focused on the inhumanity and removal of everything that makes us human. I know that sounds like an incredibly obvious statement but there were certain scenes that hit hard with that theme. Rose meeting her Cybermum was tragic as was the scene with the Doctor and CyberSally was also very grim. It really added a whole new level of fear to the Cybermen.
Mickey also got a lot of chance to shine and I am tremendously pleased with how his story went, he will go on to be a real hero and not so useless afterall.
Overall a superb second part and a great introduction for the Cybermen.
There was just something stronger across the board with this episode. The Cybermen seemed a lot more threatening and were genuinely quite scary. I liked how they focused on the inhumanity and removal of everything that makes us human. I know that sounds like an incredibly obvious statement but there were certain scenes that hit hard with that theme. Rose meeting her Cybermum was tragic as was the scene with the Doctor and CyberSally was also very grim. It really added a whole new level of fear to the Cybermen.
Mickey also got a lot of chance to shine and I am tremendously pleased with how his story went, he will go on to be a real hero and not so useless afterall.
Overall a superb second part and a great introduction for the Cybermen.