Doctor Who- Dark Water [SPOILERS!]

They don't look quite this dated though..

And the Cybermen aren't the only ones to return with a new look!

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Yes the Master is back! And this time she's Missy! (Short for Mistress. Obvs.)

I honestly came so close to guessing right on that one, as I was convinced she was Time Lady Rani. 

And guess what? Missy wants to conquer humanity! Again! Well a third time! (Maybe this'll be the charm. Though I doubt it.)

So in this episode we see Danny Pink killed in a hit and run(?) and sent to Heaven/Limbo or whatever it's been referred to in this series so far. Where, we learn, Missy has harvested all the minds of the recently deceased to become Cybermen?

I put a question mark by this, because apart from the kiddies- who'll rightly be hiding behind the sofa- anyone over say, ten, will have a few questions.

Like; why are whole bodies being used to build Cybermen? How did Master/Missy escape from being sucked back into Gallifrey's past? If recently deceased are being used, how come Missy makes a gleeful point of saying that the dead outnumber the living? And why the dead? You don't need an organic brain to build a Cyberman, not really- there's no point, and never was. And how are you harvesting the memories and emotions of people who have been dead for a long time? 

Apparently the white noise on your radio/TV translates to the voices of the dead, who are still somehow aware of their old bodies- fine. Go there if you must. But how does that play into the whole "let's make a Cyberman" game?

Admittedly this is a two-parter, and we may get all answers to some of these questions. But it doesn't make any sense.

Yeah, yeah, it's a kids/family show. It's supposed to be scary. 

But didn't Doctor Who used to scare with monsters? 

Not the very real concept of death, and what happens when you die. 

I just think that there are kids out there, who might have suffered a death recently, who might take this sort of idea seriously. And even if they don't, it's more than a little disturbing for what (used to be, seriously BBC? 8:15 at night? This isn't Torchwood ya' know) used to be tea-time TV. Danny coming face-to-face with a boy he killed as a soldier? Jesus!

So. We'll just have to see what comes with next week's instalment. 

Oh and sorry, Missy is not a patch on John Simms Master.