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The TARDIS is lured to Earth in 1985 by a distress call sent by Lytton, who has made contact with a group of Cybermen based in London's sewers. The Doctor and Peri are then captured and forced to take Lytton and the Cybermen in the TARDIS to the Cybermen's home planet Telos. The Cybermen have stolen a time vessel from another race and plan to change history by crashing Halley's Comet into Earth and obliterating it before it can bring about the demise of their original home world, Mondas, in 1986.
Special Features
- Commentary by Colin Baker [The Doctor], Nicola Bryant [Peri], Terry Molloy [Russell], and Sarah Berger [Rost]
- The Cold War - Cast and crew look back on the making of the story
- The Cyber Story- A breif history of the Cybermen in the classic series
- Human Cyborg - An interview with Professor Kevin Warwick
- The Cyber-Generations - A gallery of Cybermen throughout the history of the series
- PDF materials - Radio Times listings for Attack of the Cybermen and The Invasion, plus a 1969 article from The Listener [PDF DVD-ROM]
- Isolated Score
- Trails and Continuity
- Photo Gallery
- Production information
- Coming Soon Trailer
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This oft-criticised mid 80s offering features Colin Baker as The Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as his Lycra-clad whingeing American botanist travelling companion - with heart-attack inducing shocking pink leotard/shorts combo; only in the eighties! - With guest stars of the calibre of Brian Glover and Maurice Colbourn, plus the eponymous alien threat, this should be classic Doctor Who; but although it's still watchable it's uneven tone and excessive violence mean it doesn't quite live up to its potential. With the late-lamented Michael Kilgariff as an inappropriately portly Cyberleader, and the poorly realised 'Cryons' (including future Blue Peter presenter Sarah Greene among their number), it is easy to see why it gets some flak, however, despite some forgettable moments, (The Doctor rising from the ground wearing the helmet of a fake policeman he'd just battered is just one inexplicable example), this is a pleasingly dark and claustrophobic story with some great moments too - the TARDIS' chameleon circuit (briefly) working provides some good humour.
Perhaps this particular serial would have been better as a three parter instead of the two 45 minute episode format that the production team inexplicably adopted towards the end of The Fifth Doctor's tenure, but as a companion piece to the less impressive 'Resurrection of the Daleks' - both featuring scheming intergalactic mercenary 'Lytton' - and despite its flaws, this is rather satisfying piece of 80s drama.
DVD extras are actually pretty impressive, and include a potted history of the Cybermen from their 1966 debut right through until their most recent appearance in 40 years later; looking at how the costume design has changed, and exploring how Cyber technology may soon become a reality; an intriguing making-of documentary, 'Cold War', that raises the question of who actually wrote the serial; and the obligatory PDF files, stills from the shoot, and commentaries. The package as a whole is okay and if you're a fan like me'll you'll definitely want this in your DVD collection no matter what its shortcomings.
Perhaps this particular serial would have been better as a three parter instead of the two 45 minute episode format that the production team inexplicably adopted towards the end of The Fifth Doctor's tenure, but as a companion piece to the less impressive 'Resurrection of the Daleks' - both featuring scheming intergalactic mercenary 'Lytton' - and despite its flaws, this is rather satisfying piece of 80s drama.
DVD extras are actually pretty impressive, and include a potted history of the Cybermen from their 1966 debut right through until their most recent appearance in 40 years later; looking at how the costume design has changed, and exploring how Cyber technology may soon become a reality; an intriguing making-of documentary, 'Cold War', that raises the question of who actually wrote the serial; and the obligatory PDF files, stills from the shoot, and commentaries. The package as a whole is okay and if you're a fan like me'll you'll definitely want this in your DVD collection no matter what its shortcomings.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Be aware that this is a single disc release not 2 as stated in the description but there are still plenty extras included here, enough for most tastes.
The story has quite a few strands working together the Cybermen trying to use Halley's comet to destroy the Earth, prisoners on Telos trying to steal a ship to escape, a fake bank robbery and Telos' original inhabitants the Cryons seeking revenge on the Cybermen. Not all of these work to the same standard and the first episode is generally viewed as being the better of the two.
Like many people I did not take to the Cryons at all, that might have changed if they were filmed as they were originally conceived but to me they just look silly but the chunky Cyber-controller makes up for some of that disappointment.
With decent actors like Maurice Colbourne and a nice vein of humour largely focused through Brian Glover, both of whom are now sadly deceased, oh and Peri's pink outfit which is fairly well discussed in the very interesting commentary by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy and Sarah Berger who reveal many things including that there was an underwear thief at the BBC at that time.
The extras include a documentary about the making of the show which highlights the disagreements over several plot areas. It was meant to be slightly more violent, the Cryons were written as males, there's even dispute over who was responsible for coming up with the actual plot itself.
There's a nice look at the history of the Cybermen that examines how the design has changed over the years as budgets increased and a brief look at the possible future of cybernetic implants in humans.
As a whole it's a pretty decent package and one that I will be watching fairly often.
The story has quite a few strands working together the Cybermen trying to use Halley's comet to destroy the Earth, prisoners on Telos trying to steal a ship to escape, a fake bank robbery and Telos' original inhabitants the Cryons seeking revenge on the Cybermen. Not all of these work to the same standard and the first episode is generally viewed as being the better of the two.
Like many people I did not take to the Cryons at all, that might have changed if they were filmed as they were originally conceived but to me they just look silly but the chunky Cyber-controller makes up for some of that disappointment.
With decent actors like Maurice Colbourne and a nice vein of humour largely focused through Brian Glover, both of whom are now sadly deceased, oh and Peri's pink outfit which is fairly well discussed in the very interesting commentary by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy and Sarah Berger who reveal many things including that there was an underwear thief at the BBC at that time.
The extras include a documentary about the making of the show which highlights the disagreements over several plot areas. It was meant to be slightly more violent, the Cryons were written as males, there's even dispute over who was responsible for coming up with the actual plot itself.
There's a nice look at the history of the Cybermen that examines how the design has changed over the years as budgets increased and a brief look at the possible future of cybernetic implants in humans.
As a whole it's a pretty decent package and one that I will be watching fairly often.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Okay so Colin Baker's only confrontation with the Cybermen, as with every Doctor except Patrick Troughton, and technically Peter Davison.
The story involves a Cyber plot to change the history of Earth so that Mondas was never destroyed,so the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Byrant) it's a fairly good story but gets kind of convoluted if you haven't seen or read the previous stories, the main one of with is 'Tenth Planet', but as the story goes on it does get less confusing. On top of all this Lytton is back in the story after being stranded when the Dalek's time corridoor was cut-off in 'Resurection of the Daleks'and his character develops extremely well with the story as it goes on which means this story does have quite a back story to it and Colin Baker's massive presence as a Doctor shows in this story, in some cases he's still feeling the effects of a regeneration after 'Caves of Androzani' but overall this story has a good feel, and is a good Cyber story before that mess which was 'Silver Nemesis'.
The only problem i could find with this was the quality of the transfer from the Video to the DVD you can really pick up on the poor quality, but you can easily see past this issue.
Extra's; The extra's are very good on this particular story, from making the story, to the history of the Cybermen, including clips from; The Tenth Plant, Moonbase, Wheel in space, Tomb of the Cybermen, Revenge of the Cybermen and so on through the 80's, so it's fairly detailed, on the disc is a weird take on Cybernectics involving a man who has used Cybernetics, i found it to be extremly strange but rather funny, but at such a low price for this story, and the lack of stories Colin Baker had, this would be an excellent buy.
The story involves a Cyber plot to change the history of Earth so that Mondas was never destroyed,so the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Byrant) it's a fairly good story but gets kind of convoluted if you haven't seen or read the previous stories, the main one of with is 'Tenth Planet', but as the story goes on it does get less confusing. On top of all this Lytton is back in the story after being stranded when the Dalek's time corridoor was cut-off in 'Resurection of the Daleks'and his character develops extremely well with the story as it goes on which means this story does have quite a back story to it and Colin Baker's massive presence as a Doctor shows in this story, in some cases he's still feeling the effects of a regeneration after 'Caves of Androzani' but overall this story has a good feel, and is a good Cyber story before that mess which was 'Silver Nemesis'.
The only problem i could find with this was the quality of the transfer from the Video to the DVD you can really pick up on the poor quality, but you can easily see past this issue.
Extra's; The extra's are very good on this particular story, from making the story, to the history of the Cybermen, including clips from; The Tenth Plant, Moonbase, Wheel in space, Tomb of the Cybermen, Revenge of the Cybermen and so on through the 80's, so it's fairly detailed, on the disc is a weird take on Cybernectics involving a man who has used Cybernetics, i found it to be extremly strange but rather funny, but at such a low price for this story, and the lack of stories Colin Baker had, this would be an excellent buy.
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