4D. Revenge of the Cybermen

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:

398. Part One                      19.04.75   5.35pm - 6.00pm   9.5M/24th/57%
399. Part Two                      26.04.75   5.30pm - 5.55pm   8.3M/28th/---
400. Part Three                    03.05.75   5.50pm - 6.15pm   8.9M/25th/---
401. Part Four                     10.05.75   5.30pm - 5.55pm   9.4M/22nd/58%

COMMANDER STEVENSON: Ronald Leigh-Hunt; LESTER: William Marlowe; VORUS: David Collings; CYBERLEADER: Christopher Robbie; MAGRIK: Michael Wisher (1-2,4); PROFESSOR KELLMAN: Jeremy Wilkin (1-3); WARNER: Alec Wallis (1); TYRUM: Kevin Stoney (2-4); SHEPRAH: Brian Grellis (2-4); FIRST CYBERMAN: Melville Jones (2-4). UNCREDITED: CYBERMEN: Tony Lord, Pat Gorman; MONITOR VOICE: Michael E Briant (1-2); VOGAN VOICE: Michael Wisher (1); VOGANS: David Billa, Roy Caeser, Harry Fielder, David Sulkin, Barry Summerford, Cy Town, Leslie Weekes; STUNTMEN: Alan Chuntz (1,4), Terry Walsh (1,4)

STORY:

The Doctor, Harry and Sarah return to the Nerva Beacon, but some time in the past where it's use is as a beacon. The beacon is in orbit around an unkwon asteroid, known by the natives as Voga - the planet of gold.

The Cybermen plan to destroy the planet, as gold is lethal to them, and use the beacon as a base. To do this they use the cybermats to spread a disease. Sarah is infected, and the Doctor uses the transmat, which woould screen for foreign particles, to cure her.

On Voga the Doctor discovers that Kellmen, who was presumed to have been helping the Cybermen, was in fact helping the Vogams, who has constructed a giant missile. Kellmen had lured the Cybermen to the bae whereby the Vogans' missile would be used to destroy it.

The Cybermen learn of the plan and set the beacon on collision course with Voga, and evacuate to their ship. The Doctor manages to aim the Vogans' bomb at the Cybership, destroying it. The Doctor, Harry and Sarah return to the beacon. The Doctor manages to save the beacon, and when they crew return the Doctor and his companions has already disappeared.

STUDIOS: Television Centre Studio 1

LOCATIONS: Wookey Hole, Somerset

NOTES: This was the first story to be released on BBC Video

NOVELISATION: Revenge of the Cybermen Terrance Dicks

VIDEO: Revenge of the Cybermen