Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 2 starts as Professor Parry (Aubrey Richards) after the death of Haydon (Bernard Holley) decides the expedition should be abandoned, however Captain Hopper (Geoge Roubicek) scupper's his plans when he says the spaceship has been deliberately damaged & will take at least 72 hours to repair. Professor Parry has no choice but to carry on, Eric Klieg (George Pastell) manages to open the hatch inside the main room which leads to the tomb of the Cybermen & the team venture inside while Victoria (Deborah Watling) & Kaftan (Shirley Cooklin) stay up top. While down below Klieg reveals his evil intentions which starts with reviving the long dormant Cybermen...
Episode 2 from season 5 this Doctor Who adventure originally aired here in the UK during September 1967, one of the few surviving complete Patrick Troughton stories this was directed by Morris Barry & is actually a really good story. The script by Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis is coming along nicely, there's been some betrayal & backstabbing although the bad guy's were pretty easy to spot right from the word go, there's been some Cybermen action too & the story is starting to take shape. As a four part story with each episode only 25 minutes in length this has moved along at a good pace, there hasn't been any really noticeable padding which I'm grateful for at least & it's a simple yet effective & very watchable story that has been well told so far. The bit part character's haven't been that great, they have been poorly fleshed out clichés but most of them have already been killed off so that's something. I'm also not sure about a potential future when anoraks are all the rage amongst space travellers!
At the end of this episode we get to see our first glimpse of the Cybermen in action, in The Tomb of the Cybermen the Cybermen themselves are more or less identical to the one seen in their last story the season before in The Moonbase (1967) although this story sees the first appearance of the Cyber Controller who for some reason has no chest unit (which means to my eyes he doesn't look quite as robotic as your average Cyberman) & an effective looking large cranial dome with a large brain partially visible inside. I must admit I do like Cybermen stories & I really like their harsh electronic voices here, they sound so cold & with their rectangular letterbox mouths, blank hollow eyes & smooth featureless yet obviously human inspired heads they are in my opinion the most effective monster to appear in Doctor Who & these 60's versions look really good.
The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 2 is another great episode in a good story, a must for fans of the show & this is one story which I could see appealing to a wider audience.
Episode 2 from season 5 this Doctor Who adventure originally aired here in the UK during September 1967, one of the few surviving complete Patrick Troughton stories this was directed by Morris Barry & is actually a really good story. The script by Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis is coming along nicely, there's been some betrayal & backstabbing although the bad guy's were pretty easy to spot right from the word go, there's been some Cybermen action too & the story is starting to take shape. As a four part story with each episode only 25 minutes in length this has moved along at a good pace, there hasn't been any really noticeable padding which I'm grateful for at least & it's a simple yet effective & very watchable story that has been well told so far. The bit part character's haven't been that great, they have been poorly fleshed out clichés but most of them have already been killed off so that's something. I'm also not sure about a potential future when anoraks are all the rage amongst space travellers!
At the end of this episode we get to see our first glimpse of the Cybermen in action, in The Tomb of the Cybermen the Cybermen themselves are more or less identical to the one seen in their last story the season before in The Moonbase (1967) although this story sees the first appearance of the Cyber Controller who for some reason has no chest unit (which means to my eyes he doesn't look quite as robotic as your average Cyberman) & an effective looking large cranial dome with a large brain partially visible inside. I must admit I do like Cybermen stories & I really like their harsh electronic voices here, they sound so cold & with their rectangular letterbox mouths, blank hollow eyes & smooth featureless yet obviously human inspired heads they are in my opinion the most effective monster to appear in Doctor Who & these 60's versions look really good.
The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 2 is another great episode in a good story, a must for fans of the show & this is one story which I could see appealing to a wider audience.