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* As a result of the serial's temporary absence, archive footage from a surviving episode of ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' was used to represent the Second Doctor's confrontation with the Cybermen as the events of ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' were recalled in the 1982 serial ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. | * As a result of the serial's temporary absence, archive footage from a surviving episode of ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' was used to represent the Second Doctor's confrontation with the Cybermen as the events of ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' were recalled in the 1982 serial ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. | ||
* Following the story's recovery in 1991 and return early in 1992 after decades of being presumed wiped, the episodes were screened to a packed audience at BAFTA in Piccadilly on [[26 April (releases)|26 April]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]], along with guests including director [[Morris Barry]], producer [[Peter Bryant]], story editor [[Victor Pemberton]] and actors [[Frazer Hines]], [[Deborah Watling]], [[Shirley Cooklin]], [[Clive Merrison]], [[George Roubicek]] and [[Michael Kilgarriff]]. [[Tony Clark]], one of the audience members, recalled huge rounds of applause and thought that "everyone did love it". The broad verdict of a group of reviewers in ''DWB'' issue 101 agreed that the long-missing story lived up to the hype of its reputation of existing "at the very apex of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s pyramid of masterpiece stories" when it was originally released on VHS. [[Gary Russell]], reviewing the story in [[DWM 187]], gave a "largely positive" review and said he "could go on forever about what's good in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''". ([[TEDW 1]]) | * Following the story's recovery in 1991 and return early in 1992 after decades of being presumed wiped, the episodes were screened to a packed audience at BAFTA in Piccadilly on [[26 April (releases)|26 April]] [[1992 (releases)|1992]], along with guests including director [[Morris Barry]], producer [[Peter Bryant]], story editor [[Victor Pemberton]] and actors [[Frazer Hines]], [[Deborah Watling]], [[Shirley Cooklin]], [[Clive Merrison]], [[George Roubicek]] and [[Michael Kilgarriff]]. [[Tony Clark]], one of the audience members, recalled huge rounds of applause and thought that "everyone did love it". The broad verdict of a group of reviewers in ''DWB'' issue 101 agreed that the long-missing story lived up to the hype of its reputation of existing "at the very apex of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s pyramid of masterpiece stories" when it was originally released on VHS. [[Gary Russell]], reviewing the story in [[DWM 187]], gave a "largely positive" review and said he "could go on forever about what's good in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''". ([[TEDW 1]]) | ||
* | * Toberman's servile nature unfortunately contributed to the now perceived racist stereotypical characterisation of Toberman, due to the casting of a black actor, [[Roy Stewart]], in the role. | ||
* ''Radio Times'' credits [[Peter Hawkins]] as "Cybermen Voices" for episode two, and as "Cyberman Voices" for episodes three and four. All on-screen credits read "Cybermen Voices". | * ''Radio Times'' credits [[Peter Hawkins]] as "Cybermen Voices" for episode two, and as "Cyberman Voices" for episodes three and four. All on-screen credits read "Cybermen Voices". | ||
* Actress Shirley Cooklin (Kaftan) was married to producer Peter Bryant. Her character was written especially for her by Gerry Davis. Frazer Hines actually flirted with her, not realising that she was his boss's wife. | * Actress Shirley Cooklin (Kaftan) was married to producer Peter Bryant. Her character was written especially for her by Gerry Davis. Frazer Hines actually flirted with her, not realising that she was his boss's wife. | ||
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* A Cyberman head from this story was stolen around the same time as a BBC producer quit outside the ''Doctor Who'' production office. | * A Cyberman head from this story was stolen around the same time as a BBC producer quit outside the ''Doctor Who'' production office. | ||
* Eric Klieg's mention of "Whitehead logic" in episode one was an in-joke referring to Cyberman actor Reg Whitehead. ''(It wasn't. This was, in fact, a reference to mathematical logician Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947).)'' | * Eric Klieg's mention of "Whitehead logic" in episode one was an in-joke referring to Cyberman actor Reg Whitehead. ''(It wasn't. This was, in fact, a reference to mathematical logician Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947).)'' | ||
*Toberman was originally intended to be deaf, hence his lack of significant speech; his hearing aid would foreshadow his partial transformation into a Cyberman. ''(The source for this myth is that in the script for episode four, Toberman now has an earpiece as a byproduct of being partially cyberconverted, but this was cut. He did not have a hearing aid in the script, nor is there any mention of him being deaf.)'' | |||
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