Doctor Who's Cyberman episodes often have several recognizable hallmarks, and "The Robot Revolution" boasts a suspicious number of them.

Cyberman storylines have always leaned into body horror, and Ashad is a twisted sight — dead flesh hooked into wires and machines, skin cold and pale but eyes glinting with hate.

“Ascension of the Cybermen,” part one of the two-part season finale, finds the Doctor scrambling to clean up the mess she made back in 19th-century Switzerland, as the half-faced, fully ...