Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen [1967]

Date(s) of Broadcast: 2 September 1967 - 23 September 1967
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Peter Bryant

SCRIPT
Script: Gerry Davis, Kit Pedlar
Story Editor: Victor Pemberton

DIRECTION
Director: Morris Barry

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Graham Sothcott
Film Camera: Peter Hamilton

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Alan Martin

MUSIC
Theme Music: Ron Grainer, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Theme Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire

SOUND
Studio Sound: Brian Hiles
Special Sound: Brian Hodgson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Gillian James
Costumes: Sandra Reid, Dorothea Wallace

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Michealjohn Harris, Peter Day

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Martin Johnson

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Snowy Lidiard-White
Assistant Floor Manager: Sue Willis, Catherine Sykes

CAST
Episode 1
Patrick Troughton [The Doctor]
Frazer Hines [Jamie McCrimmon]
Deborah Watling [Victoria Waterfield]
Roy Stewart [Toberman]
Aubrey Richards [Professor Parry]
Cyril Shaps [John Viner]
Clive Merrison [Jim Callum]
Shirley Cooklin [Kaftan]
George Roubicek [Captain Hopper]
George Pastell [Eric Klieg]
Alan Johns [Ted Rogers]
Bernard Holley [Peter Haydon]
Ray Grover [crewman]

Episode 2
Patrick Troughton [The Doctor]
Frazer Hines [Jamie McCrimmon]
Deborah Watling [Victoria Waterfield]
Roy Stewart [Toberman]
Aubrey Richards [Professor Parry]
Cyril Shaps [John Viner]
Shirley Cooklin [Kaftan]
George Roubicek [Captain Hopper]
George Pastell [Eric Klieg]
Bernard Holley [Peter Haydon]
Michael Kilgarriff [Cyberman controller]
Hans De Vries, Tony Harwood, John Hogan, Richard Kerley, Ronald Lee, Charles Pemberton, Kenneth Seeger, Reg Whithead [Cybermen]
Peter Hawkins [Cybermen voices]

Episode 3
Patrick Troughton [The Doctor]
Frazer Hines [Jamie McCrimmon]
Deborah Watling [Victoria Waterfield]
Roy Stewart [Toberman]
Aubrey Richards [Professor Parry]
Clive Merrison [Jim Callum]
Shirley Cooklin [Kaftan]
George Roubicek [Captain Hopper]
George Pastell [Eric Klieg]
Michael Kilgarriff [Cyberman controller]
Hans De Vries, Tony Harwood, John Hogan, Richard Kerley, Ronald Lee, Charles Pemberton, Kenneth Seeger, Reg Whithead [Cybermen]
Peter Hawkins [Cybermen voices]

Episode 4
Patrick Troughton [The Doctor]
Frazer Hines [Jamie McCrimmon]
Deborah Watling [Victoria Waterfield]
Roy Stewart [Toberman]
Aubrey Richards [Professor Parry]
Clive Merrison [Jim Callum]
Shirley Cooklin [Kaftan]
George Roubicek [Captain Hopper]
George Pastell [Eric Klieg]
Michael Kilgarriff [Cyberman controller]
Hans De Vries, Tony Harwood, John Hogan, Richard Kerley, Ronald Lee, Charles Pemberton, Kenneth Seeger, Reg Whithead [Cybermen]
Peter Hawkins [Cybermen voices]

UNCREDITED PERFORMERS
Frankie Dunn [extra]

The TARDIS lands on the planet Telos where the crew meet an archaelogical expedition from Earth who are searching for the lost tombs of the Cybermen. But there are traitors among them who reactivate the dormant Cybermen to aid in their plans for conquest. But the tombs aren't all that they seem and The Doctor must lead the dwindling number of humans in a fight for survival against the silver giants and their Controller.

The classic Cyberman story, lost for many years but still quite remarkable despite never quite living up to the extraordinary reputation it earned during its absence. There are some plot holes and fumbled scenes, but the overall pacing, atmosphere and some genuinely scary moments more than justify its revered position. [Full Review]

UK
Television Distributor: BBC

1967
June
12: UK - location filming takes place
13: UK - studio filming at Ealing Stage 2, London, UK
14: UK - studio filming at Ealing Stage 2, London, UK
15: UK - studio filming at Ealing Stage 2, London, UK
16: UK - studio filming at Ealing Stage 2, London, UK
19: UK - model filming at The Puppet Theatre, London, UK

July
1: UK - studio recording at BBC Lime Grove Studio D, London, UK
8: UK - studio recording at BBC Lime Grove Studio D, London, UK
15: UK - studio recording at BBC Lime Grove Studio D, London, UK
22: UK - studio recording at BBC Lime Grove Studio D, London, UK

September
2: UK - Episode 1 television broadcast [on BBC1]
9: UK - Episode 2 television broadcast [on BBC1]
16: UK - Episode 3 television broadcast [on BBC1]
23: UK - Episode 4 television broadcast [on BBC1]

The Cybermen Planet - working title
The Ice Tombs of Telos - working title

BOOKS

Doctor Who: The Handbook: The Second Doctor pp.97-103
credits, synopsis, review [by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker]

Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.129-133
credits, synopsis, review [by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker]

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

aliens, archaeologists, cybermen, cyborgs, tombs, time travel

Last Updated: 21 April, 2008