The Fear of the Cybermen
Another dark moment from season 12, but one that packs even more of a punch following her rage in “Orphan 55” comes in the climax of “The Haunting of Villa Diodati.” Trapped in a twisting house with an unyielding foe, faced with fulfilling a dire prophecy or breaking time itself, the Doctor lets her mask crack in order to steel herself for an encounter with the Last Cyberman. The Doctor’s companions (her beloved “fam”) have become so important to her that she feels fear and rage about losing another of them to the Cybermen. The threat when she reminds them just How All This Works is perfectly bone-cold.
