Ding dong, the witch is dead, the wicked witch!
After a 7 year absence from the series, the Cybermen make a big return with a shiny new suit, a dark new CyberLeader with a baritone voice, and bigger plans for universal destruction. Muwahahahaha! The other notable event of the story is the death of Adric. In trying to stop the freighter from crashing into the Earth and killing all the life on it, he stays on board to crack the codes with his mathematical genius. Unfortunately a dying Cyberman blows up the keyboard and Adric never gets to know if he was right. And boom- dead. This is the first time in almost 20 years that the Doctor's companion died in the course of a story (Katrina and Sara Kingdom both bought it in The Dalek Masterplan). Despite Adric being quite annoying this season, it is rather sad that they killed him off. While he was much better with the 4th Doctor, he could have had better chemistry with the 5th. He was a victim of an over crowded TARDIS and bad chemistry in the console room. Of course the beginning of the story has Adric and the Doctor bickering at an all time pitch. If Tegan is acting as the level headed one, something is wrong. It is nice to see some remorse and sadness on Nyssa and Tegan at the end.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthshock
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