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| Directed by | Stephen Woolfenden | ||
| Written by | Neil Gaiman | ||
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| Music by | Murray Gold | ||
| Series | Series 7 | ||
| Running time | 45 minutes | ||
| First broadcast | 11 May 2013 | ||
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"Nightmare in Silver" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the seventh series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and was first broadcast on BBC One on 11 May 2013. It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Stephen Woolfenden.
In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companion Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman) bring two kids Angie (Eve de Leon Allen) and Artie (Kassius Carey Johnson) to an extraterrestrial theme park, where an army of cyborgs called Cybermen reawaken centuries after their defeat in a war. The Cybermen discover the Doctor, and attempt to transform him into a "Cyber-Planner", which creates a split personality fighting for control of the Doctor's body with a game of chess.
The episode, watched by 6.64 million viewers in the United Kingdom, was the first to feature the Cybermen since the episode "Closing Time" in the previous series. Gaiman later stated that he did not love the experience and that it inspired him to become the showrunner of his series Good Omens (2019–present).