Doctor Who: The Age of Steel

"Good luck, Mickey the idiot."

- The Doctor

Notes & Trivia

 * Production code number: 19.


 * The Cybermen were created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis.


 * The events of this episode take place on February 1st-2nd, 2006.


 * This is the second episode of Doctor Who written by Tom McCrae. He previously wrote "Rise of the Cybermen". He next writes the series six episode, "The Girl Who Waited".
 * This is the second and final appearance of Ricky Smith, who is the parallel world counterpart to Mickey Smith; dies in this episode.

Quotes

 * John Lumic: My everlasting children. Tell me, how does it feel?
 * Cyberman: We feel nothing.
 * John Lumic: But in your mind, what do you think?
 * Cyberman: We think the same. We are uniform.
 * John Lumic: But you think of what?
 * Cyberman: We think of the humans. We think of their difference and their pain. They suffer in the skin. They must be upgraded.

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 * Cyber-Controller: I will bring peace to the world. Everlasting peace. And unity. And uniformity.
 * The Doctor: And imagination? What about that? The one thing that led you here. Imagination? You’re killing it dead.
 * Cyber-Controller: What is your name?
 * The Doctor: I'm the Doctor.
 * Cyber-Controller: A redundant title. Doctors need not exist. Cybermen never sicken.
 * The Doctor: But that's it! That’s exactly the point! Oh, Lumic, you're a clever man. I'd call you a genius, except I'm in the room. But everything you've invented you did to fight your sickness. And that's brilliant. That is so human. But once you get rid of sickness and mortality, then what’s there to strive for? Eh? The Cybermen won't advance. You'll just stop. You'll stay like this forever. A metal Earth with metal men and metal thoughts. Lacking the one thing that makes this planet so alive. People. Ordinary, stupid, brilliant people.

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 * Cyber-Controller: You are proud of your emotions?
 * The Doctor: Oh yes.
 * Cyber-Controller: Then tell me, Doctor, have you known grief and rage and pain?
 * The Doctor: Yes. Yes, I have.
 * Cyber-Controller: And they hurt?
 * The Doctor: Oh yes.
 * Cyber-Controller: I can set you free. Would you not want that? A life without pain?
 * The Doctor: You might as well kill me.
 * Cyber-Controller: Then I take that option.
 * The Doctor: It's not yours to take; you're a Cyber-Controller. You don't control me or anything with blood in it's heart!

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 * Mickey Smith: I know it's not easy with my face looking exactly like Ricky. But I’m a different man. I'm not replacing him. But we can remember him by fighting in his name. (Jake nods) With all those Cyber factories out there, do you think there’d be one in Paris?
 * Jake Simmonds: Yeah.
 * Mickey Smith: Then let;s go liberate Paris.
 * Jake Simmonds: What, you and me? In a van?
 * Mickey Smith: Nothing wrong with a van. I once saved the universe with a big yellow truck

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 * Rose Tyler: You're alive! Oh, Mum, you're alive!
 * Jackie Tyler: Well, I was the last time I looked. What is it, what's happened, sweetheart? What's wrong? Where did you go?
 * The Doctor: Far away. That was... far away.
 * Jackie Tyler: Where's Mickey?
 * The Doctor: He's gone home.