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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5695544" data-attributes="member: 10479">I think part of my problem with this one was that the characters all seemed to lack depth, even the Doctor, but that's a fault of the writing, obviously.  Craig was rather one-note ("You need help, Doctor, and when you're around something is up!)  The rest of the Dept Store Employees were all rather cliche.  Even the moment where the Doctor saw Amy seemed very forced.  It felt like they had a handful of moments they wanted in the episodes and then wrote the script to accomodate them.  The Shhh thing seemed comedically formulaic as did the slapstick-fighting scenes both in the house with the cyber-crawler and in the ship with the overused "You have to fight it!  You can do it!  I know you can!" faux-failure then the baby crying giving renewed strength tripe.  I did like seeing the old cybermen.The episode with the ship-maze-Minotaur-god alien, on the other hand and for example, was loaded with good writing and solid characters from top to bottom and an excellent new take on the classic mythology.  So, too, The Girl Who Waited was phenomenally written and acted from start to finish.  The episode with the kid and the doll house in the cupboard was more in keeping with a filler episode that still manages to work despite being predictable on some levels.  The kid and cupboard reminded me of Time Bandits.  Anyway, the series still has lots to offer even after so many years of massaging the same old premise but this episode just didn't hold up as well for me.  I'm glad some people liked it.</blockquote>

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