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Doctor Who: The Timeless Children (2020) - Review

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After nine weeks, ten episodes and eight stories, Doctor Who : Series 12 comes to a close in ' The Timeless Children '. With the promise of the unveiling of the Timeless Child mystery; an attack from an army of Cyber Warriors; and a big confrontation between the Doctor and the Master, can writer/showrunner Chris Chibnall provide the series with a satisfying conclusion? Um, no. But he did come close. So after all of the build-up with "the lone Cyberman" and Ashad's foreboding comments about a sinister plan for the universe, it turns out that he's got a macguffin in his chest that can destroy all organic life and allow the Cybermen to become robots. Also, he mentions that the Cyber Warriors are robots, which instantly makes them 85% less cool. I get that the Cybermen have always been about upgrading themselves, but upgrading themselves to just become robots? That's the same Cybermen = robots issue that ' Nightmare in Silver ' fell into. What m