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Top Amazon Review
This one is destined to be a classic. It's hard to believe that "Silver Nemesis" got less than 5 stars average rating. This is an exceptionally good show, especially when you consider that it comes from the Sylvester McCoy era, where most shows were real stinkers! The lovely and attractive Ace is certainly a welcome addition, and the contrasting dialog between her and the Silver Nemesis sent chills up my spine. When Ace says, "Catch you later" to the Silver Nemesis, it's both funny and scary because we know Ace didn't know what to say. If you were faced with the Silver Nemesis you wouldn't know what to say either. It gives us a sense that these characters are very much out of time from each other, and have come together to do what they are suppose to do. Not everyone enjoys this form of entertainment, but don't shoot it down just because you don't get it, or if it seems a little weird or strange. This is not "I Love Lucy". Doctor Who is a very different show.
Customer Review 1
Silver Silliness. Aww, bless.
The Cybermen were trotted out one final time in the "original" series, to mark the 25th (that's Silver, folks) anniversary of the show.
Sadly, the story showed a distinct decline in quality since they had previously been shown in Colin Baker's Attack of the Cybermen. Now appearing to sport some sort of weird baseball-mitt hands, they made an impressive entrance, and then fell over and died rather a lot. How disheartening to find the Cybermen, supposedly the "stuff of nightmares" felled by a catapult and a coin to the chest!
Apart from this, the story appears to sacrifice any coherence of plot to the frantic pace of combining three enemies - Cybermen, Nazis and a mad 16th century aristocrat - with overgenerous heaps of self-referential business about the Doctor's identity and mysterious nature. In the end, you really don't care who wins, you just want it to be over with. A grim send-off for the original series' Cybermen.
Customer Review 2
I've never seen so many cybermen get destroyed before. The Silver Nemesis combines the struggle for total power between a 16th century Lady, a group of post-war Naxis and a large fleet of cybermen. The effect is a runaround story with the Nemesis constantly swapping hands until the Doctor finally manges to take take it back. The cybermen getting destroyed in batches shows their weakness but is there for "showing off" special effects. Adding elements of history, ambition, and the possible destruction of earth, this story, for the "25th Anniversary", marks the (possible?) end of the Cybermen. The moral is that total power brings death to all that seek it. One to deffinitly watch if your Doctor Who fans
Customer Review 3
One of the better examples of late '80s Who. By the late '80s, Doctor Who had long since degenerated into little more than juvenile pantomime with silly stories, ultra-camp performances, awful dialogue and casting decisions that were nothing short of criminal (witness Bonnie Langford's tenure as the Doctor's assistant and guest appearences by the likes of Ken Dodd).That said however, this was one of the better stories from the Sylvester McCoy era. While not on a par with the classic Pertwee and Tom Baker adventures, the fact that it was shot largely outdoors on location and its contemporary Earth setting made a welcome change from the usually wobbly cardboard "futuristic" sets that epitomised much of '80s "Who" and harks back to the show's glory days. As others have pointed out, the plot is somewhat top-heavy with villains (no less than 3 competing factions, including the Cybermen) and as a result loses its way in places, but it is still streets ahead of monstrosities like "Paradise Towers", "The Happiness Patrol" and "The Greatest Show In The Galaxy". The best part though is the one hour of "behind the scenes" material, which provides a fascinating insight into the making of "Doctor Who".One major gripe I have with this tape though is the quality of the transfer - the picture seems very blurry. In fact I watched the 1975 Doctor Who story "The Android Invasion" immediately after watching this tape, and the quality of the picture of this earlier story was light years ahead of "Silver Nemesis".
Customer Review 4
Great - The Stuff of Comic Books. Why moan about plot, poor scripts, etc. Silver Nemesis is pure comic book adventure. The Doctor and Ace are a great double act, neither of them worried about getting dirty or wet when diving for cover during the battle scenes. OK, the battle scenes in Silver Nemesis may not be on the scale of a Hollywood blockbuster, but remember, it was only a three episode BBC TV programme with a limited budget. Besides, who wants to see blood and guts all over the screen, AND it was also pre-watershed family viewing.The Cybermen may not have been as menacing as in Earthshock, but if you recall, one of the Cybermen was killed by using Adric's gold star, so why shouldn't Ace be able to kill them with gold coins and a catapult!I grew up watching Dr Who, I still remember watching the very first episode as a boy, and Silver Nemesis is good old-fashioned Dr Who fair at its best.Did one reviewer get mixed up? The episode where the Doctor and Ace pay £5 for drinks was Battlefield.When you watch Silver Nemesis listen out during the scene in the crypt where the German soldier knocks a Cyberman to the ground. I'm sure I heard the Cyberman say 'OW' as he hit the floor!
