Nightmare in Silver

238 – "Nightmare in Silver"
Doctor Who episode
Promotional poster
Cast
Doctor Matt Smith – Eleventh Doctor
Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman – Clara Oswald
Others Eve de Leon Allen – Angie Maitland Kassius Carey Johnson – Artie Maitland Jason Watkins – Webley Warwick Davis – Porridge Tamzin Outhwaite – Captain Eloise Joseph – Beauty Will Merrick – Brains Calvin Dean – Ha-Ha Zahra Ahmadi – Missy Aidan Cook – Cyberman Nicholas Briggs – Voice of the Cybermen
Production
Directed by	Stephen Woolfenden
Written by	Neil Gaiman
Produced by	Denise Paul Marcus Wilson (series producer)
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 7
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	11 May 2013 (2013-05-11)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Crimson Horror" Followed by → "The Name of the Doctor"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"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).