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the tomb of the cybermen

story 37 : season 5 : serial MM : 4 episodes

Producer: Peter Bryant
Director: Morris Barry
Writer: Kit Pedler
Writer: Gerry Davis
Script Editor: Victor Pemberton
Designer: Martin Johnson

cast information

Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who); Frazer Hines (Jamie MacCrimmon); Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield); George Pastell (Eric Klieg); Shirley Cooklin (Kaftan); Roy Stewart (Toberman); Aubrey Richards (Professor Parry); Cyril Shaps (John Viner); Clive Merrison (Jim Callum); George Roubicek (Captain Hopper); Alan Johns (Ted Rogers); Bernard Holley (Peter Haydon); Ray Grover (Crewman); Michael Kilgarriff (Cyberman Controller); Hans de Vries (Cyberman); Tony Harwood (Cyberman); John Hogan (Cyberman); Richard Kerley (Cyberman); Ronald Lee (Cyberman); Charles Pemberton (Cyberman); Kenneth Seeger (Cyberman); Reg Whitehead (Cyberman); Peter Hawkins (Cybermen Voices);

crew information

Sue Willis (Assistant Floor Manager); Catherine Sykes (Assistant Floor Manager); Sandra Reid (Costumes); Dorothea Wallace (Costumes); Peter Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Alan Martin (Film Editor); Gillian James (Make-Up); Snowy Lidiard-White (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Graham Sothcott (Studio Lighting); Brian Hiles (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Michealjohn Harris (Visual Effects); Peter Day (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Episode 1 2 September 1967 at 17:50 23'58" 6.0mil 16mm telerecording
2 Episode 2 9 September 1967 at 17:50 24'44" 6.4mil 16mm telerecording
3 Episode 3 16 September 1967 at 17:50 24'14" 7.2mil 16mm telerecording
4 Episode 4 23 September 1967 at 17:50 23'22" 7.4mil 16mm telerecording
  1. Episode 1
    » Recovered from TV ASIA, Hong Kong c.1991
  2. Episode 2
    » Recovered from TV ASIA, Hong Kong c.1991
  3. Episode 3
    » Recovered from TV ASIA, Hong Kong c.1991
  4. Episode 4
    » Recovered from TV ASIA, Hong Kong c.1991

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen
Written by: Gerry Davis
Number 066 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1978 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Jeff Cummins
18 May 1978 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Jeff Cummins
ISBN: 0 426 11076 5
15 October 1992 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 11076 5

plot synopsis

An earth expedition is trying to excavate the tombs of the Cybermen on the planet Telos, and when the TARDIS crew arrive, they are immediately suspected as a rival party. One member of the expedition, Klieg, deliberately reactivates the Cybermen, thinking that he can control them, but they attack the humans using the rodent-like Cybermats, which home in on brain waves. The Doctor has to overcome Klieg's schemes, and the ruthless Cybercontroller, and reseal the tombs before the TARDIS can leave the planet...

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