Nightmare in Silver

When I heard that Neil Gaiman was writing an episode for this series I got very excited. Aside from being a fan of his work anyway, The Doctor's Wife was a classic and easily the best Matt Smith episode so far. So, did this episode live up to my expectations?

So, what's to like about Nightmare in Silver?

• The Cybermen: scarier than they've been in a while. And the latest "upgrade" looks great too.
• The nods to The Moonbase, Revenge of the Cybermen, Earthshock and Tomb of the Cybermen
• Matt. As ever. Especially having to play two different versions of the Doctor.
• Warrick Davies. For a while I thought Clara was going to marry him after all!
• And everything else really.

I short (sorry Warrick!) it wasn't quiet in the same league as The Doctor's Wife. But still a great episode.

A post-script. I was recently listening to the Splendid Chaps podcast Four/Comedy (and if you aren't following their podcast I urge you to do so). And one of the contributors was talking about a conversation he'd has with Neil Gaiman where he'd asked if Steven Moffat stepped down as Doctor Who producer, would he consider taking over. Gaiman initially said he'd decline citeing other commitments of his own. But when pressed if he could, his answer was "Hell yeah!" A Neil Gaiman produced Doctor Who. Now that would be something to see!