History Recap / DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen

As bad an idea as this would be, it turns out to be irrelevant anyway, as the tomb is just a giant logic puzzle designed to weed out everyone but the smartest people, whom the Cybermen judge worthy to be turned into more Cybermen. The Cybermen punch their way out of the refrigerated tombs and attack the party accompanied by little slug-like Cybermats.

This story was thought to be lost for decades, until a complete copy was discovered in 1991 in Hong Kong -- Prior to October 2013, it was the ''only'' complete story of Season 5, of Victoria, and of the first two years of Troughton.

Also, this serial turned Creator/MattSmith (i.e. The Eleventh Doctor) into a fan of the show, and he has stated that it was watching this serial that inspired his own costume as the Doctor, most notably wearing a bowtie.

* BigBad: The domed Cyber Controller. As Cyber Leaders hadn't been invented yet, this was the first time we saw a chain of command with the Cybermen.

Toberman is captured and partially Cybermodified, but the party manages to escape the tomb area and stall off the (still weakened) Cybermen. The Doctor also uses electricity to disable the Cybermats and later the group finds a single Cyber-prototype weapon to keep the Cybermen at bay. At the same time, the Cybercontroller orders his Cybermen to return to their cryogenic tombs (as they are very low on energy), while Kaftan and Klieg attempt to betray the Doctor and friends by stealing their weapon and using it to seize control over the Cybermen, causing a very uneasy (and temporary) alliance between the Doctor and the Cybercontroller to ensure their mutual survival. Kaftan and Klieg end up being massacred by a lone Cyberman and with the mutual threat gone, the Cybercontroller turns against the Doctor's group, but Toberman's will power allows him to temporarly overcome his Cyberconditioning and destroys one Cyberman, giving everyone the chance to escape. Finally, Toberman makes an HeroicSacrifice by closing the entrance to the tomb and activating the door's defense mechanism, which electrocutes both him and the Cybercontroller, leaving the remaining Cybermen locked inside forever. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria part ways with the surviving expedition's members and each go on their way.

As bad an idea as this would be, it turns out to be irrelevant anyway, as out the tomb is just a giant logic puzzle designed to weed out everyone but the smartest people, whom the Cybermen judge worthy to be turned into more Cybermen. The Cybermen punch their way out of the refrigerated tombs and attack the party accompanied by little slug-like Cybermats.

After one of the expedition's members dies in an accident in the weapon testing chamber, the expedition leader, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Professor Parry]], decides that the expedition should return to Earth and be better prepared for the next expedition. Kaftan, one of the expedition's financial supporters, makes her servant Toberman sabotage the rocket so they can't get off the planet and has to explore further.

* DisproportionateRetribution: After retrieving the experimental cyber-gun, Klieg launches into a lengthy monologue about how much he's going to enjoy killing the Doctor and his friends with with it. At this point, mind, the only thing that the Doctor has done to Klieg is make him look stupid a couple of times.

* YouWillBeAssimilated: [[CreepyMonotone "You beeelong to Uzzz. You shall beee like Uzzz."]]

Also, this serial turned Creator/MattSmith (i.e. The Eleventh Doctor) into a fan of the show.

-> ''Our lives are different to anybody else's. That's the exciting thing. Nobody in the universe can do what we're doing.''

The TARDIS lands on the planet Telos, where a group of Earth archaeologists is trying to uncover the fabled Tomb of the Cybermen.
The Doctor helps them get in, where they discover the creepy silent remains of the Cybermen's city.

Toberman is captured and partially Cybermodified, but the party manages to escape the tomb area and stall off the (still weakened) Cybermen. The Doctor also uses electricity to disable the Cybermats and later the group finds a single Cyber-prototype weapon to keep the Cybermen at bay.
At the same time, the Cybercontroller orders his Cybermen to return to their cryogenic tombs (as they are very low on energy), while Kaftan and Klieg attempt to betray the Doctor and friends by stealing their weapon and using it to seize control over the Cybermen, causing a very uneasy (and temporary) alliance between the Doctor and the Cybercontroller to ensure their mutual survival. Kaftan and Klieg end up being massacred by a lone Cyberman and with the mutual threat gone, the Cybercontroller turns against the Doctor's group, but Toberman's will power allows him to temporarly overcome his Cyberconditioning and destroys one Cyberman, giving everyone the chance to escape. Finally, Toberman makes an HeroicSacrifice by closing the entrance to the tomb and activating the door's defense mechanism, which electrocutes both him and the Cybercontroller, leaving the remaining Cybermen locked inside forever.
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria part ways with the surviving expedition's members and each go on their way.

The story was thought to be lost for decades, until a complete copy was discovered in Hong Kong -- Prior to October 2013, it was the only complete story of Season 5, of Victoria, and of the first two years of Troughton.

Also, this episode turned Creator/MattSmith (i.e. The Eleventh Doctor) into a fan of the show.

** This could be a contrast to the previous story's ''final end'' of the Daleks. The Producers wanted to get rid of the Daleks and use other monsters, so they show the Cybermen are still around.

* AllThereInTheManual: Toberman was intended to be deaf, but during filming they managed to remove every reference to this. This ended up with some {{Unfortunate Implications}} in the portrayal of the story's one black character. The references did make it into the novelization.

* BookSmart: Klieg and Kaftan. You need serious logic skills to join the Brotherhood of Logicians, but apparently they aren't so interested in common sense.

* ObviouslyEvil: Everything Kaftan does screams 'up to something'. The Doctor notices, yet leaves Victoria alone with her.

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* MissingEpisode: The story was lost for decades until 1991, when a copy of all four episodes was returned from Hong Kong of all places, along with a number of other British TV programs.

-->'''The Doctor:''' Well, now I ''know'' you're mad. I just wanted to make sure.

* TheEndOrIsIt: When Jamie asks the Doctor if this is the end of the Cybermen the Doctor says he never likes to make predictions. As they leave a Cybermat is shown moving towards of Toberman.

* TooDumbToLive: Klieg. Most of the others too, seeing as they always leave guns lying around for someone to grab them.

Can be watched [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1nv9p_matrixarchive_the-tomb-of-the-cybermen/1#video=xnvzco here]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Victoria

* HeelFaceTurn: Toberman
* HeroicSacrifice[=/=]YouShallNotPass: "They will not get past Toberman"

* StrawVulcan: The Logicians

* TooDumbToLive: Klieg

* WomenAreWiser: Of a sort; they're both as bad as each other, but of the two Kaftan clearly has her head screwed on a bit better than Klieg.

* AllThereInTheManual: Toberman was intended to be deaf, but during filming they managed to remove every reference to this. This ended up with some {{Unfortunate Implications}} in the portrayal of the story's one black character.

* SmugSnake: Neither Kaftan nor Klieg are nearly as clever as they think they are, but Klieg in particular spends a lot of time strutting around inadvertently letting the Doctor make him look stupid.

Also, this episode turned MattSmith (i.e. The Eleventh Doctor) into a fan of the show.

* ItsQuietTooQuiet

* LookBehindYou: When Kaftan is holding Victoria at gunpoint, Victoria tells her that there's a cybermat sneaking up behind her. Kaftan assumes that Victoria's just trying to distract her right up until the very real cybermat attacks.