Yes, the Cybermen wake up... and then there's another two episodes to fill! Agreed that this benefits from being only four episodes long. And the sets certainly look impressive in comparison with some similar stories from this era, e.g. what survives of The Moonbase and The Wheel in Space.
Hmm, I saw that comment on Dreamwidth (I often read the comments there too) and it's not a reading that has ever suggested itself to me, I have to say. I don't know how much is being told by countless DWM articles that this is racist/anti-Arab and that George Pastel as Kleig had made a career playing evil Arabs (that would probably have been more obvious at the time). It doesn't really feel like a Jewish conspiracy vibe to me, although it's hard to say why I feel that way.
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Hmm, I saw that comment on Dreamwidth (I often read the comments there too) and it's not a reading that has ever suggested itself to me, I have to say. I don't know how much is being told by countless DWM articles that this is racist/anti-Arab and that George Pastel as Kleig had made a career playing evil Arabs (that would probably have been more obvious at the time). It doesn't really feel like a Jewish conspiracy vibe to me, although it's hard to say why I feel that way.