We start off season 5 with a visit to the Tomb of the Cybermen! 
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Good story this innit, not much more i can say about this one
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Great serial. Some of the stuff with Toberman didnāt age well, but great villain, great dialogue, some fairly memorable moments.
Good serial for an introduction to the second Doctor, really, if youāre taking things out of order.
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Itās very good and itās very iconic but is still a bit mystified.
Slow in places, especially around Part Two, but still one of the most groundbreaking episodes of the classic era
8/10
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One of my favourite stories of all time. A top tier Troughton. A near flawless classic! A must-see for every proper fan!
Tomb of the Cybermen is a quintessential Second Doctor story: eerie, exciting, fast-paced, and packed with memorable moments. The character dynamics are delightful, the atmosphere chilling, and the Cybermen genuinely terrifying. With strong continuity ties, a brilliant setting, and one of Troughtonās best performances, this stands tall as a true classic of the black-and-white era.
It might have its creaky moments, but when the tomb doors open and the monsters emerge, itās Doctor Who at its very best.
Hereās my non-spoilery review for those of you who fancy a read. Thanks!
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Iāve never got the hype for this one. Itās a solid story, but itās nowhere near the best of the Cybermen. Admittedly, it is hurt by coming after Evil, which is possibly my favourite televised Dalek Story.
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This one benefits from having been one of the first classic who serials I saw (my library has it, so I was able to just randomly pull it off the shelf) so itās possible that fondness colors my opinion, but I think this is a really great piece of television.
I loved the interactions of the TARDIS crew, both amongst themselves and with the other humans. There were some really interesting questions being asked and the suspense and mystery of it was pretty great. I will probably always have a great fondness for this one.
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One of my favourite Troughtons, granted I only have 8 of his and have seen 7 out of those, but still. As you know I never shut up about how these are my favourite Cybermen in terms of design and voice, so thereās that, the setting is also immensely creepy and interesting. The soundtrack for the Cybers is fantastically menacing and itās just overall really fun.
The human villains are a little āforeign heelā-ish to put it in Pro Wrestling terms, but theyāre still quite entertaining. Thereās some sexism unfortunately, even towards Kaftan, though at least for Victoria itās a bit balanced out with her taking out a few Cybermats with a gun, though still an issue. Tobermanās characterization is the worst thing probably. Yes they do give him an arc sort of, but the character is still unfortunately grounded in some rather unsavory stereotypes and even if he turns good-ish towards the end itās not enough to save the characterā¦
Despite those issues, Professor How and the Hideaway of the Cyberfriends is a solid 9/10.
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Itās a good Cybermen story and my first classic Cybermen serial. The 2nd Doctor is amazing and I like Jamie and Victoria. I love the conversation about Victoriaās father. Klieg is a great villain.
Didnāt like the voice of the Cybermen since I have a hard time listening to them but I still enjoyed them.
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Finally TV Club catches up with my (very slow) rewatch. I just watched this last week and marvelled at how brilliant it is.
A huge cast of characters get picked off one by one as we explore an ominous ātombā which adds hugely to the mythos of the Cybermen. They are no longer just silver giants attacking bases - they are legendary figures that people are actively trying to learn about. Actually including visible conversion also adds to their mythos and the true horror behind them.
Klieg and Kaftan are brilliant villains - and are these the first example we have of foolish humans thinking they can enlist the help of monsters to achieve their aims?
Troughton, Hines and Watling are superb. Victoria, I think, gets dismissed as the screamer but in this story sheās extremely human. She stands up to Hopper, has some good scenes with Kaftan and although, yes, she does scream a fair bit, I kind of think anyone would in her position having been dragged from Victorian times to Skaro and then to this nightmare world.
The Cybermen are iconic in this story and the introduction of the imposing Cyberleader is a stroke of genius. The awakening scene is rightly celebrated and the music helps add to it.
A lot of the script is brilliant too - the scene between the Doctor and Victoria about family (doing what Doctor Who in the classic era rarely did and actually spending some time thinking about how traumatic events may affect our regulars); but my favourite is easily the bit where the Doctor goads Klieg just to tear him down with a ājust wanted to check you were totally madā jibe.
One of Doctor Whoās absolute best stories.
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I have seen very few Troughton, like most of us, but this is a classic in the annals of our beloved Gallifreyan.
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Ermā¦..
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Its Cnut all over againā¦
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So does that mean that this is one of the best or one of the crappiest Whos ever?
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Best of courseā¦ 
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Also, I mentioned this in the Currently Watching thread but according to one of the VAM docs, the Cyber-tomb is very similar in its layout to the tomb of Tutankhamun!
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My joint fav Troughton episode so far alongside The Macra Terror! Absolute banger.
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One of the few Cybermen stories I really enjoy. I think it helps that they arenāt the main villains of the piece, and as Delta said, itās maybe Victoriaās best turn as a companion.
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I wrote this a while ago when I last watched this.
It is such a good story!
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Iām interested to know if anyone has heard the original soundtrack version of this story:
It was going to be released as part of the original cassette range, narrated by Jon Pertwee, but was held back when the entire story was discovered in Hong Kong. It was released with little fanfare later on but I never bothered to buy it because, well, why would I - I had the VHS with the actual episodes on it.
But now, Iām curious to hear Pertweeās narration but the only version on Spotify is the updated Frazer Hines narrated edition.
(And of course, the completionist in me is now irritated I have all the other original cassette releases but not this oneā¦)
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