Any thoughts on this classic Who story? It was the first color Cybermen story, but it's generally considered one of the weaker ones. Apparentally the original concept was for a Cybermen origin story, but Robert Holmes changed it to what we have.
It's worth noting for a few reasons:
1) The first appearence of a Cyberleader, although his 'earmuffs' are black as is his 'handlebars'.
2)Final appearence of the Cybermats in the classic series.
3) Introduced the Cybermen's weakness to gold, which got more ridicoulous with almost every following story, especially Silver Nemesis.
4)Earthshock later used footage from this, which opened a continuity error akin to the UNIT problem, although not quite as bad.
5) These Cybermen are interesting as they have built in head weapons. Built-in Cyberstuff wouldn't be reintroduced until the new series.
6) It was this Cybermen design which showed up in "Dalek" as the head.
7) The Time Lord seal also appears for the first time here, but it's the Vogan's symbol(!)
8)Like Long Game/Bad Wolf/The Parting of the ways, this shares the same sets as Ark In Space, as the Doctor had visitied the space station at a different point in time.
Revenge of the Cybermen was also historically notable for being the very first Doctor Who released on video, way back in the mid 80s. It was chosen because the Cybermen were extremely popular at the time.
It's worth noting for a few reasons:
1) The first appearence of a Cyberleader, although his 'earmuffs' are black as is his 'handlebars'.
2)Final appearence of the Cybermats in the classic series.
3) Introduced the Cybermen's weakness to gold, which got more ridicoulous with almost every following story, especially Silver Nemesis.
4)Earthshock later used footage from this, which opened a continuity error akin to the UNIT problem, although not quite as bad.
5) These Cybermen are interesting as they have built in head weapons. Built-in Cyberstuff wouldn't be reintroduced until the new series.
6) It was this Cybermen design which showed up in "Dalek" as the head.
7) The Time Lord seal also appears for the first time here, but it's the Vogan's symbol(!)
8)Like Long Game/Bad Wolf/The Parting of the ways, this shares the same sets as Ark In Space, as the Doctor had visitied the space station at a different point in time.
Revenge of the Cybermen was also historically notable for being the very first Doctor Who released on video, way back in the mid 80s. It was chosen because the Cybermen were extremely popular at the time.