Doctor Who - The Tomb Of The Cybermen (DVD)

...the planet Telos and the Doctor and his companions discover that they are not alone. An archaeological expedition from Earth has arrived to excavate the lost tombs of the Cybermen. The party is led by Professor Parry and a number of associates. One of their party, Klieg, reveals that he is planning to revive the Cybermen and use their strength to take over the world! Soon after the Doctor, and his current companions, Jamie and Victoria join them ...
...from the Tomb. The Doctor and Jamie are at first thought to be from a rival party, but as the archaeological party's craft is disabled they join forces. It’s also obvious that the Doctor has considerable knowledge and will be of use to them. Before too long the Cybermen have been revived and they don’t seem to have enjoyed their long sleep! They use the humans while they are useful and then begin to kill! It is up to the Doctor and his companions ...

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Review of Doctor Who - The Tomb Of The Cybermen (DVD)

...Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor takes us back to the black-and-white era, as the Doctor once again faces his most famous, most lethal and most resoundingly popular foes. Well, out of the robotic ones, that is. Alright, at least out of the ones with handlebars coming out of the sides of their heads. While the less distinctive Cybermen are often, in plot terms, indistinguishable from the more well-known Daleks, thirsting for seemingly endless ...
...substitute for Daleks in ratings-seeking Doctor Who recurring villain terms - Van Damme to the Daleks' Schwarzenegger if you will (though still higher up than the Master's Ralf Möller), this early instalment is among their most effective appearances, even if it's appearances that present one of the biggest drawbacks. It may seem a little nit-picky (yeah, as if scrutinising Doctor Who episodes wasn't already way beyond such a lightweight term), but ...

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Review of Doctor Who - The Tomb Of The Cybermen (DVD)

Doctor Who Tomb Of The Cybermen is a classic Doctor Who episode with the Doctor meeting one of his arch enimies, the cybermen. The story starts with the Doctor, Jamie and new companion Victoria landing on the planet Telos and find a archelogical team trying to find the tombs of the cybermen. After finding there base, the Doctor accompanies the archelogical team down to the cybermens tombs. But after a member of the team awakens the cybermen, they ...
...story for this episode of Doctor Who is excellent. The return of the cybermen was done extremly well. The story was also very original. The special effects for the time were done very well. The cybermen costumes and tombs were done very well even though by todays standards you can obviously see that the costumes were made up of everyday objects. The music was very nice and suited the episode well evn though they could be improved to make the episode ...

seadevil 24.04.2007 (12.04.2007) · Read full review
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