Doctor Who. Attack of the Cybermen

Author

Matthew Robinson

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant.

Publication Information

[London] : BBC Video : BBC Worldwide Ltd. : 2 Entertain Video ; [New York] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2009]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

The TARDIS is lured to Earth, London, 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? For they soon discover there is something far nastier lurking in the sewers--Cybermen. Why do the silver giants need a time machine? What is their devastating plan of attack? And what does it have to do with a catastrophic event that happened long ago in the Doctor's past?

Notes

Title from container.

"Story no. 138"--Container.

Originally broadcast in episodes on the BBC January 5-12th, 1985.

DVD extras: audio commentary with select cast and crew ; The cold war: "making-of" (27 min.) ; The cyber story: a brief history of Cybermen in the classic series (23 min.) ; Human cyborg: interview with Professor Kevin Warwick (8 min.) ; The Cyber-generations: a gallery of Cybermen through the years (7 min.) ; Trails and continuity (3 min.) ; isolated score ; Radio Times listings: Attack of the Cybermen and The invasion, plus a 1969 article from The Listener (PDF DVD-ROM) ; production note subtitles.