Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

rory🚶‍♀️5.0

( me seeing twojamie in any context whatsoever ) well well well if it isn’t the Blowjob Brothers

Comicbookfan4.0

Features the scariest looking cybermen I've ever seen and those voices are creepy. This was a great doctor who story and my first Patrick Troughton one I've seen and he was extraordinary, his energy, charm, physical movements and humour and interaction with those around him and how he got people to do what he wanted was fun to watch. It's a adventure story in a tomb that becomes a horror story. That scene where ypu saw the cybermen wake up and get out of the tombs with that great music score will be stuck in my mind.

DrAshleyWho ('Engage!')4.5

The Second Doctor RankedĦɇłłwȺŧȼħ RankedRe-watched on Britbox on 6th October 2023 as part of Troughtothon, a marathon of mid-to-late 1960s Doctor Who, and for 'Hellwatch' of 2023, a marathon of Halloween-related media in OctoberAnother case of me timing a Who marathon just right so a couple of them will coincide with Hellwatch! Though given how much of the Second Doctor/Jamie/Victoria stories turned out can you honestly blame me?The Philip Hincliffe era is renowned for using classic horror movies as templates for Doctor Who stories but it may be a surprise to find out that the Troughton era got there first, here taking cues from 1932’s The Mummy and zombie horror with Cybermen being reimagined as beings of mythical and ancient terror, giants when compared to the mortals who disturbed their slumber. In execution, it’s a genius way to hammer home the inherent tragedy of the creatures in ways that The Moonbase dialled down on, and it’s given massive compliments by the production; the score is a mix between orchestral majesty and electronic creepiness (the iconic moment of the Cyber army bursting out of their tombs is given so much more oomph from that marching theme, even though it’s reused from The Moonbase this is the story I’ll always associate it with) and director Morris Barry uses the freezing claustrophobic atmosphere and strong actors to his advantage. It’s safe to say that Troughton, Hines and Walting are firing on all cylinders - need I mention the quietly beautiful moment of Victoria (who actually gets a solid first true showing as companion, a young woman not willing to let herself be talked down to by the men around her) reflecting on her father’s death and the Doctor’s comforting of her? It’s no wonder this is regarded as a mostly classic story from the fandom and we should all be thankful this is the first fully-surviving story from Troughton’s period.I say ‘mostly classic’ because there’s one huge aspect to this story which has aged damningly. Toberman is written and portrayed as the unintelligent, muscled servant of the explorers … and they got the only black actor in the cast to play him. It’s such a pity considering how both The Tenth Planet/The Moonbase did so well in casting people of colour into less stereotypical roles at the time. I wouldn’t quite say it’s as offensive as The Talons of Weng-Chiang casting a non-Asian man as Chang but out of all the homages to classic cinema, this is one I wish they’d leave in the past.