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story name= The Tomb of the Cybermen| | story name= The Tomb of the Cybermen| | ||
image=[[Image:Tomb_of_the_cybermen_tv.jpg|250px]] | | image=[[Image:Tomb_of_the_cybermen_tv.jpg|250px]] | | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[ | series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV Stories]] | | ||
number= [[Season 5]] | | number= [[Season 5]] | | ||
story number= 37| | story number= 37| | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
===[[:Category:Cybermen|Cybermen]]=== | |||
* The Doctor has a book with a picture of a [[Cybermat]] in it, but is unfamiliar with them. There are two sizes of Cybermat. | * The Doctor has a book with a picture of a [[Cybermat]] in it, but is unfamiliar with them. There are two sizes of Cybermat. | ||
* The Cybermen have been frozen for 500 years, and they are familiar with [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]]. | * The Cybermen have been frozen for 500 years, and they are familiar with [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]]. | ||
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* The Doctor says that he 'perfected' the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], which appears to land like a spaceship: 'Something came down over there.' | * The Doctor says that he 'perfected' the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], which appears to land like a spaceship: 'Something came down over there.' | ||
* The Doctor is unusually manipulative in this story; it is only because of his intervention that the expedition is able to get into the base, and he is also indirectly responsible for opening the hatch. | * The Doctor is unusually manipulative in this story; it is only because of his intervention that the expedition is able to get into the base, and he is also indirectly responsible for opening the hatch. | ||
===[[:Category:Spacecraft|Spacecraft]]=== | |||
*When the rocket's fuel pumps were sabotaged, Hopper says that it will take three days to repair them, working non-stop. Then later when he comes up to the Tombs, after far less time than 3 days has passed, he walks in and blithely says, ''"Well, the fuel system's OK. We can blast off any time"''. | |||
==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
*In this story the | *In this story the Cybermats were remote controlled and pull back and go designs.{{fact}} | ||
*This story had the working titles of; '''The Ice Tombs of Telos''' and '''The Cybermen Planet'''. | *This story had the working titles of; '''The Ice Tombs of Telos''' and '''The Cybermen Planet'''. | ||
*This serial was believed lost in 1978 (when the BBC's film archive was first properly audited, although it is absent on earlier 1976 listings) until film telerecordings of all four episodes were returned to the BBC by the Hong Kong television company ATV (formerly called RTV) in late 1991. The serial was released, to much fan excitement and with a specially recorded introduction by director Morris Barry, on VHS in May [[1992]]. | *This serial was believed lost in 1978 (when the BBC's film archive was first properly audited, although it is absent on earlier 1976 listings) until film telerecordings of all four episodes were returned to the BBC by the Hong Kong television company ATV (formerly called RTV) in late 1991. The serial was released, to much fan excitement and with a specially recorded introduction by director Morris Barry, on VHS in May [[1992]]. | ||
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*The scenes on the surface of Telos recorded at Gerrards Cross Sand and Gravel Pit at Waspey's Woods in Buckinghamshire. | *The scenes on the surface of Telos recorded at Gerrards Cross Sand and Gravel Pit at Waspey's Woods in Buckinghamshire. | ||
=== | ===Production errors=== | ||
*In episode one, the Doctor and Jamie hold one of the tomb doors closed with their feet. | *In episode one, the Doctor and Jamie hold one of the tomb doors closed with their feet. | ||
*The Cybercontroller uses a visible harness to lift Toberman over his head. | *The Cybercontroller uses a visible harness to lift Toberman over his head. | ||
*Toberman returns the favor in episode four by spinning a dummy Cybercontroller. | *Toberman returns the favor in episode four by spinning a dummy Cybercontroller. | ||
*The Cybermen retreat into their tombs backwards, the film having been reversed. | *The Cybermen retreat into their tombs backwards, the film having been reversed. | ||
*When Captain Hopper opens the hatch after disarming Kaftan, he pulls an entirely different switch on a different section of the control panel than the one they had identified seconds earlier. | *When Captain Hopper opens the hatch after disarming Kaftan, he pulls an entirely different switch on a different section of the control panel than the one they had identified seconds earlier. | ||
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==DVD, Video, and Other Releases== | ==DVD, Video, and Other Releases== | ||
===DVD releases=== | |||
Released as ''Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen'', this was the first of the releases for [[2002]] and marked the first photomontage cover art by [[Clayton Hickman]] which replaced the generic photo cover art of earlier releases from this point on. | Released as ''Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen'', this was the first of the releases for [[2002]] and marked the first photomontage cover art by [[Clayton Hickman]] which replaced the generic photo cover art of earlier releases from this point on. | ||
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*Editing for DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]]. | *Editing for DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]]. | ||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Mm-dvd.jpg|Region 2 DVD cover | |||
Image:Mm-dvd2.jpg|Region 1 DVD cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Video Releases=== | |||
Released as ''Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen'', the video was rushed to release after its recovery from [[Hong Kong]] at the end of [[1991]]. | Released as ''Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen'', the video was rushed to release after its recovery from [[Hong Kong]] at the end of [[1991]]. | ||
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Notes: The video includes a special video interview with director [[Morris Barry]], speaking about its recent recovery. | Notes: The video includes a special video interview with director [[Morris Barry]], speaking about its recent recovery. | ||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Mm-video.jpg|UK PAL VHS cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Novelisation== | ==Novelisation== | ||
