Doctor Who season eight

[Aractus]

Regarding the Cybermen... why is it that they need the skeletons, again? Why take the useless part of the body and use that exclusively? Why not just build them robotic and upload the consciousness there? It's not like there's anything particularly unique about human skeletons that they need.

Yep that's exactly what I was thinking. They only need the brain, the vital organs, and some muscles they don't need the skeleton at all! And yet we don't see any of these organs!!

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WARNING: Spoilers

When they revealed who Missy was, I completely bought out of the episode. It could have been so many things, any number of Time Lords/Ladies, and yet they decided to bring back the most boring one. That's not a slight on the classic Masters, just the John Simm one and where we left off with him. There really wasn't anywhere else to take that, and I just know we're not going to get any explanation about what happened to him after last time.

I also have to agree here as well. I was hoping Missy's character would be more interesting - since we only saw her collecting peopled the Doctor failed to save, but then it turns out that actually that was purely incidental to her motives. Also, I had an inkling weeks ago that it would be some form of computer program back when I wrote this:

Whether they are actually saved by Missy or whether they're just computer programs (as in the "echoes" in Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead) and whether she is or is related to River is yet to be seen, however I have a very strong feeling that Clara will "die" and be collected by Missy at the end of the season. I have a strong feeling the story arc will be dismally disappointing, Clara's already died enough times as it!

And as we can see it is just a computer program; although I liked the possibility of saving people the Doctor didn't and where that story could have gone. I didn't seriously think she would be River because I think her character's done now, but it would have been nice if she was going along saving people the Doctor left behind for dead!

The "don't cremate me" nonsense was so poorly done! Yes, that line does explain how the institutes got set up - by convincing investors that the dead needed to be put into nice cosy crypts instead of being burned or buried - but seriously at least make the scene better!! I did however like how Missy read W3's mission statement or company slogan or whatever you want to call it - that was well written.

Also, I don't buy how there's so much space in these open walk-in crypts set up by W3. As if you don't have corridors with the crypts facing each other! And as if they need to be so wide - to utilise space better they'd be much more narrow, but people will still be able to see their deceased relatives. Also, why is there no flowers and nowhere for the family members to put the flowers? Normally in crypts there are concrete vases etc to hold the flowers, there's none of that in this episode - again the attention to detail is lacking.