History Recap / DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen

* {{Corpsing}}: It apparently took ''tens'' of takes before Creator/TomBaker was able to deliver the line "We're headed for the biggest bang in history" without Creator/ElisabethSladen-- and most of the floor crew-- disintegrating into hysterics (the writers had missed the DoubleEntendre, and intended it as a completely straight WhamLine).

* CoversAlwaysLie: This was the first serial to be released by BBC Video, back in 1983. Despite the story being from 1975, [[http://millenniumeffect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BBC-Video-VHS-001-scaled.jpg the VHS and Betamax packagings]] used the show's early 1980's logo and the Cyberman design that was introduced in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]], a ''Fifth'' Doctor serial, likely to capitalize on that story's popularity. [[https://www.beebmaster.co.uk/DrWho/BBCL2003-1.html The LaserDisc packaging]] two months later used the proper logo and design relevant to the serial, with this artwork being carried over to later VHS releases worldwide (barring a 1999 reissue and the Japanese VHS release).
* DividedWeFall[=/=]EnemyMine: When it becomes clear that the Cybermen will overrun Voga, Vorus and Tyrum's forces declare a truce to better defend themselves.

* 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 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis future appearances]].

Written by Gerry Davis. This serial first aired April 19-May 10, 1975.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The Doctor interrogates Kellman with a a cybermat.

* KillEmAll: 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.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Fourth Doctor gets information out of Kellman by threatening him with a cybermat, ''grinning'' while he does so. If this were the Sixth, Seventh, Ninth or Twelfth Doctors it would be fine, but coming from Four, it's downright unsettling.

* [[CityOfGold Planet of Gold]]: Voga.

* TheRemnant: The Cybermen encountered are small group of stragglers from the Cyber War reduced to skulking about the galaxy in a worn-out warship.

* SamePlotSequel: The story is a near-remake of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]": Cybermen using a fake plague attack a human outpost somewhere in the solar system intending to use it as a base for an attack on another planet.

* TheXOfY: An infamous one, since the supposedly emotionless Cybermen should not be capable of feeling the desire for revenge. WordOfGod[[invoked]] is that the Vogans incorrectly assume this to be the Cybermen's motive, but in reality they're just taking the entirely logical step of eliminating the threat that caused them to lose their previous war before starting a new one.

* AllThereInTheManual: Later expanded universe sources, ''Doctor Who: Cybermen'' and its audio adaptation ''AudioPlay/TheArcHiveTapes'', have InUniverse historians identify these Cybermen as [=CyberNomads=] who broke away and spread out into the galaxy from the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion Early CyberFaction]] based on Planet 14 in Earth's solar system.

* CharacterisationMarchesOn: This was Creator/TomBaker's first season and the original draft by Gerry Davis wrote his Doctor as quiet observer akin to Creator/PatrickTroughton. Even with the rewrites, the Doctor gleefully threatening a man with a cybermat is quite jarring.

* CityOfGold: The asteroid Voga is the "planet of gold".

* 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.

* StockFootage: In one of the most [[StockFootageFailure blatant]] ever uses, a video of a Saturn V taking off was used to represent the launch of a rocket that looked nothing like it.

* TheXOfY: An infamous one, since the supposedly emotionless Cybermen should not be capable of feeling the desire for revenge. WordOfGod is that the Vogans incorrectly assume this to be the Cybermen's motive, but in reality they're just taking the entirely logical step of eliminating the threat that caused them to lose their previous war before starting a new one.

->''"You've [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet no home planet]], [[TheRemnant no influence]], nothing. You're nothing but a pathetic bunch of tin soldiers skulking about the galaxy in an ancient spaceship."''

->''"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."''

* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Fourth Doctor gets information out of Kellman by threatening him with a cybermat, ''grinning'' while he does so. If this were the Sixth or Twelfth Doctors it would be fine, but coming from Four, it's downright unsettling.

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Kellman.

* AllThereInTheManual: Later expanded universe sources, ''Doctor Who: Cybermen'' and its audio adaptation ''The ArcHive Tapes'', have InUniverse historians identify these Cybermen as [=CyberNomads=] who broke away and spread out into the galaxy from the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion Early CyberFaction]] based on Planet 14 in Earth's solar system.

* TheXOfY: An infamous one, since the supposedly emotionless Cybermen should not be capable of feeling the desire for revenge. WordOfGod is that the Vogans incorrectly assume this to be the Cybermen's motive, but in reality they're just taking the entirely logical step of eliminating the threat that caused them to lose their previous war before starting a new one.

Barring a cameo in the Third Doctor story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E2CarnivalOfMonsters "Carnival of Monsters"]], this is the only appearance of the Cybermen in TheSeventies, and the only Creator/TomBaker episode to feature them. They [[LongBusTrip hadn't appeared]] since the Second Doctor's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]" in TheSixties and wouldn't return again until the Fifth Doctor's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]" in TheEighties. The serial was written by Cyberman creator Gerry Davis and had uncredited rewrites by script editor Creator/RobertHolmes. This was also the first story to be released on home video at the end of 1983 on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS, Betamax]] and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.

* CoversAlwaysLie: This was the first serial to be released by BBC Video, back in 1983. Despite the episode being from 1975, [[http://millenniumeffect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BBC-Video-VHS-001-scaled.jpg the VHS and Betamax packagings]] used the show's early 1980's logo and the Cyberman design that was introduced in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]], a ''Fifth'' Doctor serial, likely to capitalize on that story's popularity. [[https://www.beebmaster.co.uk/DrWho/BBCL2003-1.html The LaserDisc packaging]] two months later used the proper logo and design relevant to the serial, with this artwork being carried over to later VHS releases worldwide (barring a 1999 reissue and the Japanese VHS release).

Barring a cameo in the Third Doctor story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E2CarnivalOfMonsters "Carnival of Monsters"]], this is the only appearance of the Cybermen in TheSeventies, and the only Creator/TomBaker episode to feature them. They [[LongBusTrip hadn't appeared]] since the Second Doctor's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]" in TheSixties and wouldn't return again until the Fifth Doctor's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]" in TheEighties. The serial was written by Cyberman creator Gerry Davis and had uncredited rewrites by script editor Creator/RobertHolmes. This was also the first story to be released on home video, at the end of 1983 on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS, Betamax]] and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.

* CoversAlwaysLie: This was the first serial to be released by BBC Video, back in 1983. Despite the episode being from 1975, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/9/90/Revenge_of_the_Cybermen_1983_VHS_UK.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140204040942 the VHS packaging]] used the 1980 version of the show's logo and the Cyberman design that was introduced in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]], a ''Fifth'' Doctor serial, likely to capitalize on that story's popularity. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/b/be/Revenge_of_the_Cybermen_1986_VHS_US.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140204042100 The concurrent Betamax release]], meanwhile used the proper logo and design relevant to the serial (using a variant of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/8/85/Revenge_of_the_Cybermen_laserdisc_cover.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100207154932 the design]] created for the equally concurrent UsefulNotes/LaserDisc release), with this artwork being carried over to later VHS releases worldwide (barring a 1999 reissue and the Japanese VHS release).

Barring a cameo in the Third Doctor story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E2CarnivalOfMonsters "Carnival of Monsters"]], this is the only appearance of the Cybermen in the Seventies, and the only Creator/TomBaker episode to feature them. They [[LongBusTrip hadn't appeared]] since the Second Doctor's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]" and wouldn't return again until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]". The serial was written by Cyberman creator Gerry Davis and had uncredited rewrites by script editor Creator/RobertHolmes. This was also the first story to be released on home video.

The only appearance of the Cybermen in the Seventies, and the only Creator/TomBaker episode to feature them. They [[LongBusTrip hadn't appeared]] since the Second Doctor's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]" and wouldn't return again until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]". The serial was written by Cyberman creator Gerry Davis and had uncredited rewrites by script editor Creator/RobertHolmes. This was also the first story to be released on home video.

* {{Corpsing}}: It apparently took ''tens'' of takes before Creator/TomBaker was able to deliver the line "We're headed for the biggest bang in history" without Creator/ElisabethSladen - and most of the floor crew - disintegrating into hysterics. (The writers had missed the DoubleEntendre, and intended it as a completely straight WhamLine.)
* CoversAlwaysLie: This was the first serial to be released by BBC Video, but the cover had the logo & a Cybermen of the early '80s.

* [[EarthShatteringKaboom Voga-Shattering Kaboom]]: The Cybermen's plan is to blow up Voga.

"HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!"

* ButtMonkey: "HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!"

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Oddly not the Cyberman this time, who display excellent aim as they mow down ranks of Vogan soldiers. The Vogans, however, are terrible shots, seemingly unable to ht a target at more than point blank range, and missing Harry by at least three feet when shooting at him.

* TheXOfY: An infamous one, since revenge is an emotion that Cybermen are not supposed to have. WordOfGod is that the Vogans incorrectly assume this to be the Cybermen's motive, but in reality they're just taking the entirely logical step of eliminating the threat that caused them to lose their previous war before starting a new one.

* TheRemnant: The Cyber are small group of stragglers from the Cyber War reduced to skulking about the galaxy in a worn-out warship.

* DividedWeFall/EnemyMine: When it becomes clear that the Cybermen will overrun Voga, Vorus and Tyrum's forces declare a truce to better defend themselves.

* 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]].