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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Kellman's true loyalty is with Voga's gold.
* ThePlague: The reason why Nerva Beacon is in quarantine, and what killed most of their crew. Though, in fact it is not a plague at all.
* ThePlague: The reason why Nerva Beacon is in quarantine, and what killed most of their crew. Though, in fact it is not a plague at all.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Doctor knows the Cybermen are going to kill their prisoners as soon as they planted the bombs and drops the trope name almost literally.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The Cybermen's "allergy" to gold is first introduced in this story. Here, because it is an efficient conductor of electricity, getting gold dust in their chest units shorts them out, making it impossible for the Cybermen to breathe. It would become much more ridiculous in future appearances.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The Cybermen's "allergy" to gold is first introduced in this story. Here, because it is an efficient conductor of electricity, getting gold dust in their chest units shorts them out, making it impossible for the Cybermen to breathe. It would become much more ridiculous in [[DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis future appearances.appearances]].
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. Upon their arrival on Voga, they're captured by Vogans (no, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]]) working for the power-hungry head of security, Vorus. Vorus is confronted by the Vogan leader, Tyrum, who chastises him for making contact with humans when the Vogans have been strictly isolationist for centuries, because their planet was nearly destroyed by Cybermen in the last war. Vorus insists on taking action, leading to a brief civil war between his faction and Tyrum's.
When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the remaining crew from the beacon are forced to carry Cyber bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. It seems that Kellman is in fact working for Vorus, luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vorus had planned to destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon to save Sarah Jane, [[PoorCommunicationKills who had returned there to save him]].
When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the remaining crew from the beacon are forced to carry Cyber bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. It seems that Kellman is in fact working for Vorus, luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vorus had planned to destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon to save Sarah Jane, [[PoorCommunicationKills who had returned there to save him]].
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen Cybermen. They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. Upon their arrival on Voga, they're captured by Vogans (no, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]]) working for the power-hungry head of security, Vorus. Vorus is confronted by the Vogan leader, Tyrum, who chastises him for making contact with humans when the humans. The Vogans have been strictly isolationist for centuries, centuries because their planet was nearly destroyed by Cybermen in the last war. Vorus insists on taking action, leading to a brief civil war between his faction and Tyrum's.
When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the remaining crew from the beacon are forced to carry Cyber bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. It seems that Kellman is in fact working for Vorus, luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vorus had planned to destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon to save Sarah Jane, [[PoorCommunicationKills who had returned there to savehim]].
him]]. Despite clever repurposing of a Cybermat to attack the Cybermen, the Doctor is captured.
When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the remaining crew from the beacon are forced to carry Cyber bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. It seems that Kellman is in fact working for Vorus, luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vorus had planned to destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon to save Sarah Jane, [[PoorCommunicationKills who had returned there to save
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DividedWeFall/EnemyMine: When it becomes clear that the Cybermen will overrun Voga, Vorus and Tyrum's forces declare a truce to better defend themselves.
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GhostShip: Nerva Beacon is all but this when the TARDIS crew arrive.
*HeroicSacrifice
HeroicSacrifice: One of the surviving Beacon crew sacrifices himself to destroy the Cybermen on Voga, buying the Doctor and Harry time to save Sarah Jane.
*KillEmAllKillEmAll: Of the human characters in the story, only Commander Stevenson survives. The Vogans also end up with a high body count while fighting the Cybermen invaders.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The Cybermen's "allergy" to gold is first introduced in this story. Apparently, it "suffocates" them. Yeah.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The Cybermen's "allergy" to gold is first introduced in this story. Apparently, Here, because it "suffocates" them. Yeah.
is an efficient conductor of electricity, getting gold dust in their chest units shorts them out, making it impossible for the Cybermen to breathe. It would become much more ridiculous in future appearances.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, a painfully obvious Saturn V rocket being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is launched), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. Upon their arrival on Voga, they're captured by Vogans (no, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]]) working for the power-hungry head of security, Vorus. Vorus is confronted by the Vogan leader, Tyrum, who chastises him for making contact with humans when the Vogans have been strictly isolationist for centuries, because their planet was nearly destroyed by Cybermen in the last war. Vorus insists on taking action, leading to a brief civil war between his faction and Tyrum's.
When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and theothers remaining crew from the beacon are forced to carry cobalt Cyber bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', Vorus, luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then Vorus had planned to destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the to save Sarah Jane, [[PoorCommunicationKills who had returned there to save him]].
The Cybermen, realizing their plan has failed, load the beacon with explosives andevacuate. aim it for Voga, evacuating and leaving the Doctor and Sarah Jane aboard to die. The Skystriker is launched (well, a painfully obvious Saturn V rocket being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is launched), but the Doctor manages Vogans manage to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using ship. Though the beacon's radio signals.
Cybermen locked the controls of the beacon before their departure, the Doctor manages to enable the secondary controls just in time to keep the beacon from destroying Voga.
When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the
The Cybermen, realizing their plan has failed, load the beacon with explosives and
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* ActorAllusion: Alec Wallis who plays Communication officer Warner also played the Communications Officer in the Sea Devils.
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[[caption-width-right:344: "Who is [[TomBaker this guy]]? We were expecting to see [[PatrickTroughton someone else]]."]]
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[[caption-width-right:344: "Who is [[TomBaker [[Creator/TomBaker this guy]]? We were expecting to see [[PatrickTroughton [[Creator/PatrickTroughton someone else]]."]]
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, a painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is launched), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, a painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' rocket being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is launched), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, a painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is launched), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, a painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is launched), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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* GenderBlenderName: One of the Vogans is named "Margaret"
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* GenderBlenderName: One of the Vogans is named "Margaret"
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* RetCon: The swirly symbol later became the Seal Of Rassilon. WordOfGod has it that the Time Lords visited Voga once, and the Vogans liked the design.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage is shown), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen They want to destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague, but she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (well, crashingly a painfully obvious Saturn V library footage rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket is shown), launched), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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* [[CityOfGold Planet of Gold]]: Voga
* StockFootageFailure: The painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket.
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* [[CityOfGold Planet of Gold]]: Voga
* StockFootageFailure: The painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket.Voga.
* StockFootageFailure: The painfully obvious Saturn V rocket, right down to the '''BIG HONKING "UNITED STATES" ON THE SIDE''' being palmed off as a Vogan anti-Cyberman rocket.
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--> --Now begone, Cybermen, before '''The Doctor''' taunts you a second time
The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions back to Nerva Beacon all right - but at the wrong time (typical shoddy Time Lord tech), instead putting them many millennia earlier than their previous visit. The station is an active radio beacon controlling space traffic around Earth, particularly with reference to a new asteroid in orbit around Jupiter - a "planet of gold" called Voga. However, all is not going well - a space plague is rife on the station and has killed all but a few of the crew, and the Doctor and friends are of course immediately suspected.
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman on behalf of the Cybermen, who wish to gain access to, and destroy, Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague but is cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions back to Nerva Beacon all right - but at the wrong time (typical shoddy Time Lord tech), instead putting them many millennia earlier than their previous visit. The station is an active radio beacon controlling space traffic around Earth, particularly with reference to a new asteroid in orbit around Jupiter - a "planet of gold" called Voga. However, all is not going well - a space plague is rife on the station and has killed all but a few of the crew, and the Doctor and friends are of course immediately suspected.
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr. Kellman on behalf of the Cybermen, who wish to gain access to, and destroy, Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague but is cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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--> --Now -- Now begone, Cybermen, before '''The Doctor''' taunts you a second time
The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions back to Nerva Beacon all right- -- but at the wrong time (typical shoddy Time Lord tech), instead putting them many millennia earlier than their previous visit. The At this time, the station is an active radio beacon controlling space traffic around Earth, particularly with reference to a new asteroid in orbit around Jupiter - a "planet of gold" called Voga. However, all is not going well - a well. A space plague is rife on the station and has killed all but a few of the crew, and the Doctor and friends are of course immediately suspected.
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr.Kellman Kellman, on behalf of the Cybermen, who wish Cybermen They want to gain access to, and destroy, destroy Voga because of their weakness to gold. Sarah Jane is infected with the plague plague, but is she's cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (crashingly (well, crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage), footage is shown), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions back to Nerva Beacon all right
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr.
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* StockPoses: The Doctor, Lester and Stephenson pull off The Three Monkeys pose while prisoners of the Cybermen.
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* StockPoses: The Doctor, Lester and Stephenson pull off [[MonkeyMoralityPose The Three Monkeys Monkeys]] pose while prisoners of the Cybermen.
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->''"You're nothing but a pathetic bunch of tin soldiers skulking about the galaxy in an ancient spaceship."''
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->''"You've no home planet, no influence, nothing. You're nothing but a pathetic bunch of tin soldiers skulking about the galaxy in an ancient spaceship."''
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The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions back to Nerva Beacon all right - but at the wrong time (typical shoddy Time Lord tech), instead putting them many milennia earlier than their previous visit. The station is an active radio beacon controlling space traffic around Earth, particularly with reference to a new asteroid in orbit around Jupiter - a "planet of gold" called Voga. However, all is not going well - a space plague is rife on the station and has killed all but a few of the crew, and the Doctor and friends are of course immediately suspected.
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr Kellerman on behalf of the Cybermen, who wish to gain access to, and destroy, Voga because of their weakness to gold. The Doctor and the others are poisoned too, and forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga. The transmatting process, however, eliminates the poison from their systems and the Doctor rids himself of his bomb and makes contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellerman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist, Dr Kellerman on behalf of the Cybermen, who wish to gain access to, and destroy, Voga because of their weakness to gold. The Doctor and the others are poisoned too, and forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga. The transmatting process, however, eliminates the poison from their systems and the Doctor rids himself of his bomb and makes contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellerman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions back to Nerva Beacon all right - but at the wrong time (typical shoddy Time Lord tech), instead putting them many milennia millennia earlier than their previous visit. The station is an active radio beacon controlling space traffic around Earth, particularly with reference to a new asteroid in orbit around Jupiter - a "planet of gold" called Voga. However, all is not going well - a space plague is rife on the station and has killed all but a few of the crew, and the Doctor and friends are of course immediately suspected.
The space plague turns out to be poison, spread by a traitorous scientist,Dr Kellerman Dr. Kellman on behalf of the Cybermen, who wish to gain access to, and destroy, Voga because of their weakness to gold. The Sarah Jane is infected with the plague but is cured by Harry through the use of a transmat system. When the Cybermen arrive, the Doctor and the others are poisoned too, and forced to carry cobalt bombs into the heart of Voga. The transmatting process, however, eliminates the poison from their systems and Voga, but the Doctor exploits the Cybermen's radar system and rids himself of his bomb and makes to make contact with the Vogans. (No, not [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy those Vogons]].) It seems that Kellerman Kellman is in fact working for ''them'', luring the Cybermen onto Nerva Beacon, which the Vogans will then destroy with their Skystriker rocket. The Doctor returns to the beacon and informs the humans, but the Cybermen hear of the plan and evacuate. The Skystriker is launched (crashingly obvious Saturn V library footage), but the Doctor manages to divert it to hit the Cybermen's ship using the beacon's radio signals.
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* TooDumbToLive: The Vogans. They know the Cybermen have a weakness to gold, which exists in ample quantities on Voga, but they never get the idea to ''exploit'' it, even when several of them are getting slaughtered by two Cybermen.
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* RobotBuddy: As with all Cybermen stories, averted to an insane degree.
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** Also doubles as MemeticMutation.
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** In fairness, it's an extremely difficult weakness to exploit in this story, since without specialized weaponry characters have to ''physically force gold into the Cybermen's chest units''.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The 'guns' in the heads of the Cybermen. This could well be the reason the Cybermen didn't return again until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the Fifth Doctor's first season]]. The Cybermat creature is also horrible (and the Cybermats [[strike:never returned at all]] had to wait 35 years to return, and even then only in a video game). Think we can all agree that this serial's effects are among the ''worst'' of the franchise for some reason. Maybe to counter for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment filming at Dartmoor]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks the still awesome previous serial]].
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*** Problem is this weakness rarely gets mentioned in following stories...
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* TaintedVeins: A symptom of the "space plague" -- which the Doctor finds suspiciously similar to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace a "space plague" he's seen before]].
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* Main/RobotBuddy: As with all Cybermen stories, averted to an insane degree.
* Main/SpecialEffectsFailure: The 'guns' in the heads of the Cybermen. This could well be the reason the Cybermen didn't return again until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the Fifth Doctor's first season]]. The Cybermat creature is also horrible (and the Cybermats [[strike:never returned at all]] had to wait 35 years to return, and even then only in a video game). Think we can all agree that this serial's effects are among the ''worst'' of the franchise for some reason. Maybe to counter for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment filming at Dartmoor]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks the still awesome previous serial]].
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* Main/WeaksauceWeakness: The Cybermen's "allergy" to gold is first introduced in this story. Apparently, it "suffocates" them. Yeah.
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* Main/WeaksauceWeakness: The Cybermen's "allergy" to gold is first introduced in this story. Apparently, it "suffocates" them. Yeah.
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*Main/SpecialEffectsFailure: SpecialEffectsFailure: The 'guns' in the heads of the Cybermen. This could well be the reason the Cybermen didn't return again until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the Fifth Doctor's first season]]. The Cybermat creature is also horrible (and the Cybermats [[strike:never returned at all]] had to wait 35 years to return, and even then only in a video game). Think we can all agree that this serial's effects are among the ''worst'' of the franchise for some reason. Maybe to counter for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment filming at Dartmoor]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks the still awesome previous serial]].
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*Main/WeaksauceWeakness: StockPoses: The Doctor, Lester and Stephenson pull off The Three Monkeys pose while prisoners of the Cybermen.
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*Main/SpecialEffectsFailure: The 'guns' in the heads of the Cybermen. This could well be the reason the Cybermen didn't return again until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the Fifth Doctor's first season]]. The Cybermat creature is also horrible (and the Cybermats never [[strike:never returned at all).all]] had to wait 35 years to return, and even then only in a video game). Think we can all agree that this serial's effects are among the ''worst'' of the franchise for some reason. Maybe to counter for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment filming at Dartmoor]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks the still awesome previous serial]].
