"L. Ross Raszewski" wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 08:00:55 -0700 (PDT), pbowles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <pbowles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Little late, but I've only just got back in the loop. I've been
> > looking forward to this episode. Every good recurring alien needs an
> > origin story, and the Ood make a nice change from the usual Who
> > monsters - don't let on, but Daleks and Cybermen are basically the
> > same thing, and were long before John Lumic and "Delete! Delete!" Plus
> > the pre-episode synopsis looked appropriately dark and foreboding.
> >
>
> That's totally untrue! The cybermen are *clearly* thinly veilled
> stand-ins for communism, while the daleks are clearly thinly veiled
> stand-ins for nazis.
I've never heard the Cybermen yelling "Workers of the world unite, you
have
nothing to lose but your chains!".
