History Recap / DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen

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 story 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. This was Peter Howell's first story to compose the music for, an wouldn't return until John Nathan Turner became producer in 1980. 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.

'''Production code:''' 4D

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

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 story 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.

The TARDIS appears back on the station, having been sent to catch up with them by the Time Lords, and on boarding the ship, the Doctor receives a message from TheBrigadier, requesting assistance back on Earth...

-->-- [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Now go away, Cybermen, or]] '''[[Creator/TomBaker the Doctor]]''' [[IShallTauntYou shall taunt you]] [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail a second time.]]

The Time Ring gets the Doctor and companions off of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Skaro]] and back to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace Nerva Beacon]] all right -- but at the wrong time (typical shoddy Time Lord tech), instead putting them many millennia earlier than their previous visit. 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 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.

--> -- [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Now go away, Cybermen, or]] '''[[Creator/TomBaker the Doctor]]''' [[IShallTauntYou shall taunt you]] [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail a second time.]]

The one with the cursed production.

* KillEmAll: Of the human characters in the story; only Sarah Jane, Harry and Commander Stevenson survive. The Vogans also end up with a high body count while fighting the Cybermen invaders.

* TaintedVeins: A symptom of the "space plague" -- which the Doctor finds suspiciously similar to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace a "space plague" he's seen before]].

The one with the cursed production and the first time the Cybermen have shown their metallic selves in ''seven years''.

The one with the cursed production.

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

* FictionalGenevaConvention: There are space conventions preventing the use of Cyberbombs, but naturally the Cybermen don't give two figs about that.

* RetCon: The swirly symbol later became the Seal Of Rassilon. WordOfGod[[invoked]] has it that the Time Lords visited Voga once and the Vogans liked the design, with the ExpandedMedia going with this idea, though instead having the Time Lords give them the symbol as a sign of allegiance.

* SkywardScream: After learning that Harry caused the rockslide that nearly set off the bomb that the Cybermen strapped to him, the Doctor shouts "HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE" into the sky (with the camera positioned mostly above him) before passing out.

* StrappedToABomb: The Cybermen strap bombs to the Doctor and the surviving members of the beacon crew and force them to march into the heart of Voga.

* UnusualWeaponMounting: This iteration of the Cybermen embed their guns into their foreheads.

* UnusualWeaponMounting: The Cybermen head guns.

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. 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 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.

* RetCon: The swirly symbol later became the Seal Of Rassilon. WordOfGod[[invoked]] has it that the Time Lords visited Voga once, and the Vogans liked the design.