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Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Starring: Colin Baker , Nicola Bryant

Directed by: Matthew Robinson

Produced by: John Nathan-Turner

Written by: Paula Moore

The TARDIS is lured to Earth, 1985, by an alien distress signal. Investigating, the Doctor and Peri stumble upon an attempted bank robbery staged through the London sewers by a familiar foe - ex-Dalek agent, Lytton. But who is he working for this time?

Item Number: 15091

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Format:
DVD Fullscreen
Region:
1 - More Details
Run time:
About 1 1/2 Hours
Number of Discs:
1
Special Features:

English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

Audio Commentary by actors Colin Baker (the Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri) and Terry Molloy (Russell) and Sarah Berger (Rost)

The Cold War "Making Of" (27 mins)

The Cyber Story A brief history of Cybermen in the classic series (23 mins)

Human Cyborg Interview with Professor Kevin Warwick (8 mins)

The Cyber-Generations A gallery of Cybermen through the years (7 mins)

Photo Gallery (8 mins)

Trails and Continuity (3 mins)

Isolated Score

Radio Times Listings: Attack of the Cybermen and The
Invasion, plus a 1969 article from The Listener (PDF DVD-ROM)

Production Note Option

Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

 

"Lured to Earth by an alien distress signal perpetrated by ex-Dalek agent Lytton, the sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and his companion Peri (Nicola Bryant) find themselves in London, 1985. Captured and forced to take Lytton and the Cybermen to their home planet of Telos, the time travelers now must stop the Cybermen's plan to change history by crashing Haley's comet into Earth. What will the Doctor do to prevent this evil plot? Plentiful extras include "making-of" featurettes and other exclusives.

 

 

The TARDIS is lured to Earth in 1985 by a distress call sent by Lytton, who has made contact with a group of Cybermen based in London's sewers. The Doctor and Peri are then captured and forced to take Lytton and the Cybermen in the TARDIS to the Cybermen's home planet Telos. The Cybermen have stolen a time vessel from another race and plan to change history by crashing Halley's Comet into Earth and obliterating it before it can bring about the demise of their original home world, Mondas, in 1986.
Lytton is, however, a double agent employed by the Cryons - a species native to Telos. His mission is to capture the stolen time vessel, but he fails and is partially converted into a Cyberman. The Doctor is unable to save him, but manages to kill the Cyber Controller. The Cryon leader Flast sacrifices her own life and a huge explosion completely destroys the tombs.

 

 

The Doctor --- Colin Baker
Peri --- Nicola Bryant
Bates --- Michael Attwell
Bill --- Stephen Churchett
Cyber Controller --- Michael Kilgarriff
Cyber Leader --- David Banks
Cyber Lieutenant --- Brian Orrell
Cyberman --- John Ainley
David --- Stephen Wale
Flast --- Faith Brown
Griffiths --- Brian Glover
Lytton --- Maurice Colbourne
Payne --- James Beckett
Rost --- Sarah Berger
Russell --- Terry Molloy
Stratton --- Jonathon David
Threst --- Esther Freud
Varne --- Sarah Greene


Directed by Matthew Robinson
Costumes by Anushia Nieradzik
Film Editing by M A C Adams
Incidental Music by Malcolm Clarke
Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Script Editing by Eric Saward
Title Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Peter Howell
Visual Effects by Chris Lawson
Written by Paula Moore

Faith Brown, better known as an impressionist and entertainer, plays the Cryon leader Flast.

Children's television presenter Sarah Greene plays Varne, one of the Cryons.

Former wrestler Brian Glover, well known as the voice of the 'Tetley Tea Folk' in television commercials, plays Griffiths.

Terry Molloy, better known to Doctor Who fans as the third actor to play Davros and to the general public as Mike Tucker in the BBC radio serial The Archers, appears here as Russell.

The TARDIS changes its exterior shape for the first time in the series' history. It takes on the appearance of a cupboard, then a pipe organ and then an ornamental gateway before reverting back to its normal police box shape.