Given the name of the episode, we knew the mortal (well, you know what I mean) enemies of the Doctor – of all mankind, in fact – the Cybermen, would be making some sort of appearance.
And the Cybermen are always utterly creepy, so we were in for a ride.
They did, in the personage of Lisa, a former member of the Torchwood London team, the lady love of Ianto Jones. However, she was only half converted into a cyborg, we learn, which explains why she’s basically in some weird bikini bondage version of the Cybermen robot garb.
Because the Cybermen’s sole goal in life is to “upgrade” all mankind, as soon as you see that Ianto has been keeping Lisa secret from Captain Jack and the rest of the Torchwood Cardiff crew, you just know things can’t end well.
