DID IT SUCK? Doctor Who [Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel MEGA REVIEW] 

Gutted you didn't talk about that scene where the dying cyberman talks about how she was supposed to get married. Gave me chills that.

“Each role fitted the characters well. Especially Rose, who was tasked with showing no emotion.” I mean damn.

Did you know that it's illegal in the UK to show a fake broadcast that could be mistaken by someone as real? That's why they do the stupid filming the TV shots because that's the only way they're allowed to do it!

The "breathed 10 years of my life" bit is now redundant since chib made the doctor immortal

I always had nightmares of this 2 parter. The idea of a corpse inside a metal shell first dawned on me in this episode and it gave me vivid pictures in my head on what it would look and feel like.. that alone scares me

That Murray Gold Cyberman theme, so good. It manages to not only give that unstoppable force feel but also manages to give that impression of someone reaching out for help almost. Like notes of the music you highlighted when presented lightly have a sympathetic almost lost sound to it.

As a child i was never scared of the daleks, however these cybermen had me petrified

Aww I wish you appreciated the “some idiot” scene where the doctor references Mickey (and it all ties in to Micky wanting to escape the doctor, being the ‘metal dog’) Brilliant review, as always

The Cybus Industries cybermen were the best

It is a shame you did not bring up the horrifying moment when the doctor and Welsh woman found a cyberman who remembered who she was and that she was about to get married.

11:26 They already had a catchphrase... just look at any 1980s Cyberman story. "Excellent!"

Can we point out the the Doctor has been Calling Mickey “Ricky” since he first met him? Both names are right depending what universe you’re in.

"I will upgrade only with my last breath!" "Come on, grandad, your Motorola is falling apart"

Me: Its Christmas I should wait until tomorrow before watching RU-vid videos. Also me: Hey look, it’s a mega review of Age Of Steel

Ctrl the population. Alt them into machines. Delete hostile elements.

That "We surrender!" ending edit was hilarious!

I was gonna say with the Party scene and Rose and The Doctor getting in with the psychic, I always just assumed it worked because Jackie and Pete hardly knew anyone at the party.

I find it interesting that the villain was almost a parallel to Davros. Bound to a wheelchair and trying to improve life to fit his vision...

Ahh, the unexpected Christmas present.

Bro your "we surrender" bit had me in stitches lmao

Remember when this channel was called "Harry's Moving Castle"?

Idk why, but In my head canon I like to imagine Alison Docherty was our world's version of Angela Price. A tortured character who got the happy ending eventually.

This has to be one of my favorite two parters in the entire series. The Cybermen are freaking terrifying and the setting is really interesting. I always come back to these episodes when I wanna see quality Doctor Who.

Not too sure about the upgrading angle myself. It starts the trend of using Cybermen to explore a fear of technology. There's so much more to these great villains, glad World Enough and Time understood that even if it took a while to get there.

Cybermen in new Who were only good in season 2. Its good to see them reach such heights coupled with good character development.

the cyber conversion scenes traumatised me as a kid to the scale I get anxiety when trying to overcome the trauma bc my dad decided to keep showing it me on purpose to scare me

I love these episodes. The speech the Doctor makes to the Cyber Controller is particularly amazing, I always have that on standby as pretty much the perfect argument against fascism.

i think its rlly cool that these modern cybermen come from a parallel earth and in the classic era the cybermen came from mondas, earths twin planet drawing a clear comparison between the 2.

I've never been in a patron shoutout video, I had a double take when I heard my name!

That “we surrender, surrender, we’re surrendering, listen to me we surrender, surrender, surrender, we’re surrendering”, lmao.

They were in moonbase, the wheel in space and the invasion as well, all Patrick Troughton stories, William Hartnell had 4 dalek stories and Patrick Troughton had 4 cybermen stories

"THIS IS A SURRENDER!" - The Docter 2006

Hate the stompy cyber men. One of the things that made them great originally was the fact that they were silent. It made it so much creepier

I like how you said my name with an accent... When I'm British 😂 but thanks for trying. (If it helps, it's said "crannih-toe-koe")

Okay the “we surrender” lines had me in tears

In the UK, its Illegal to shoe fake new reports full screen. As people flicking through the channels might take note might see them and believe it! (Its a little stupid) but by showing that the new report is on a tv and the characters are watching it is just a get around.

Selwyn Patterson had a pretty good parallel swap, from commissioner of the saint Marie police in our universe to president of the uk in Petes world

When Mickey saw that rose was stuck in the same universe with him and without the doctor he probably thought he had a chance until she started blipping in and out of the other universe to see Donna

Ryan sinclaire would easily be able to sneak through a cybus factory, he never shows any emotions...

“You can even get ahold of a gun in Parallel UK too” Bless your sheltered soul

Hey harry, great review. Super happy I became a patreon this morning to see your fathers day and this review. Keep it up!

Merry Christmas, Harry! Thanks for the brilliant video 💙

When the people are screaming and the guy says put some music on was very dark.

Lumic is one of the most sinister and evil characters in all of Who, until you remember he was in the fucking vicar of Dibley. Try and have the same fear now

14:33 - I pass this on the train every day (before lockdown at least) into Cardiff. It's Aberthaw Cement Works. This exact wall has a train track right in front of it 😂

I got an ad just as the TARDIS was about to explode. Now if that isnt cunning, then i dont know what is

It's only just occuring to me what a roundabout setup this was to bring Cybermen back. Like we really had to go to different universe and give them a whole new origin? I bet the original pitch was for Cybus to happen up in the main universe (where it would turn out the Mondas lot were behind it), and then they made it a parrallel universe thing just to set up the finale/Rose's exit.

Ther's a deleted scene where Jake casually mentions that him and Ricky were a couple

This is the first time I've properly checked out your channel, and I have to say you've got me laughing like an idiot. Not only am I getting a nostalgia trip from having Rise of the Cybermen recorded on DVD since 2006, but getting a modern retrospective is very welcome.

Many years ago I got a cyberman toy for Xmas, and now I get a cyberman review

Oh my GOSH the painting at 0:52 -- I literally have that in my room, it's like, super unsettling and the lions' eyes are horrifying and blank ahahaha

You get a like for that edit at the end of part ones review, god damn hilarious

What a lovely Christmas present

It HAS ARRIVED! My FAVOURITE childhood nightmare two parter!!

Enjoyed Don Wittherington as the President and enjoy him even more as the Police Commissioner in Death in Paradise

Been reading the Berserk manga? That's a review I would really love to see, I love that manga and I don't think it's talked about enough anymore

As a Cyberman fan, I like this as the debut of Cybermen in the modern era

Amazing Review, of my favourite episodes.

One thing I’ve noticed about the cybermen In the more recent Doctor Who (seasons 9-12) they don’t look like robots or cyborgs anymore, when they stand they’re not dead still like these Cybus-Men, but they waver and move around like a human would. Also they’re armor looks like fkn foam and really shows that the attention to detail in doctor who has really fallen over the past years...

We're getting there! Episodes still to review: The Unquiet Dead The Long Game Boom-Town Born-Again New Earth The Idiot's Lanturn The Infinite Quest The Lazerus Experiment Time-Crash Voyage Of The Dammed The Next Doctor Meanwhile In The TARDIS (#1) Victory Of The Daleks Meanwhile In The TARDIS (#2) Amy's Choice The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood The-Lodger The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang Space/Time A Christmas Carol The Impossible Astronaut/Day Of The Moon The Curse Of The Black-Spot The Doctor's Wife The Rebel-Flesh/The Almost-People A Good Man Goes To War Night-Terrors The Girl Who Waited The God-Complex Closing-Time The Wedding Of River-Song The Doctor, The Widow, And The Wardrobe Asylum Of The Daleks Dinosaurs On A Spaceship A Town Called Mercy The Power Of 3 Angles Take Manhattan P.S. The Snowmen The Bells Of Saint John's The Rings Of Akkatan Cold-War Hide Journey To The Center Of The TARDIS The Crimson Horror Nightmare In Silver The Name Of The Doctor An Adventure In Space And Time The Night Of The Doctor The Fiveish Doctors Reboot The Last Day The Day Of The Doctor The Time Of The Doctor Last Christmas If anyone's interested, I'm also reviewing all the Doctor Who stories on my channel, with me already done the first 3 Doctors. No pressure, of course, just might be worth checking out! :)

I don’t remember that news report scene in Rise. Was that scene only included in the UK releases of the episode? I’m in the USA and don’t ever recall seeing that bit. But I do recognize that news anchor from Army of Ghosts.

Always been a fan of this episode because of the attention to detail and I would love to be a patron Harry but I’m broke lol anyways have a good day everyone

Hey Harry, your Patreon link isn't working. Just wanted to let you know. Love your videos!

Great vid Harry, r u reviewing the revolution of the Daleks New Years special?????

Trigger created the cybermen

Murray Gold is as big, if not the biggest, of a miss to the current series as any of the previous Doctors, showrunners, directors etc

Merry Christmas, i bought some ear pods for you, it would be a great ‘upgrade’ from your ear plugs wouldn’t you say?

I think the reason they filmed the tv screens like that is because apparently it's the law that you cannot have fictional televised news footage look genuine so they had to film it in a way to obviously show it's not real. Not saying they could not have found a better loophole of that law but it explains why they did it.

Favourite who episode ever I remember when I first saw it I remember the Jackie cybermen reveal being so vivid in my head

I kinda think this is my all time favourite doctor who story, definitely top 5 at least.

Thanks for this christmas present 😂

13:14 From what I have heard the BBC have a policy that there can't be anything that can be interpreted as a real news broadcast in something fictional like Doctor Who or other TV programs made by the BBC.

4:49 I took the the wrong way the first time I heard it.

Should have been Torchwood

"I will upgrade only with my last breath!" "Then stop breathing." Good to know that getting turned into emotionless cyborgs does not remove humanity's penchant for dry jokes.

I’ve been looking foreword to this

“Peter and Parallel Peter” Paralleter Arc.

I wasn't a huge fan of the story, but after seeing your videos on the Whitaker Doctor, I'm shocked by 7/10 and 8/10 - that's all?

You should review Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Fun fact: Mr Crane played Holly in tv show Red Dwarf

What if an earpod wearer was driving a car, would it crash or do they stop the car?

that ryan line got me rolling

They didn’t predict Apple AirPods in advance, they’re wireless Bluetooth ear pieces, they were around for years before this episode was made

You can see a lot of the influence of Spare Parts in this 2 parter. I’d rate this story equally, no real difference in ratings for me.

17:00 why is a robot in a chair is my biggest question

Reading berserk I see your a man of culture

You need to update your description links for patreon and twitter they are linking to things that dont exist (harryshauntedhouse)

Never thought I'd see evil Trigger lol

You mentioned your watching clone wars. You should start reviewing that. Especially now you have done mando

This is my 2nd favorite 2 part Dr Who episode next to family of blood.

Was watching Harrys 3 yo review of capaldis finale. Thought he should review old episodes again in 2021. And what do you know.

Only 6 days till the new doctor who special

Asylum of the Daleks did it suck?

The first story I ever watched!

I like Rise of the Cybermen and Age of Steel

7:17 just like our universe.

I think I would have preferred it if the episode names were switched Part 1 being age of steal Part 2 rise of the cybermen

I dont know but I think at the end of the first part the doctor mightve wanted to surrender

I always liked this version/design of the cybermen, I never really liked the redesigns that were given for the 11 and 12th series of doctor who.

See in the episode the cybermen kinda kill themselves by seeing what they become I'd be like hell yeah I'm Robot or is that just me