Back Angriff der Kybermänner German Attack of the Cybermen Spanish Attack of the Cybermen French Attack of the Cybermen Hungarian Атака киберлюдей Russian Attack of the Cybermen Turkish Tatak Stiravikanas Volapuk
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| 137[1] – Attack of the Cybermen | |||
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| Directed by | Matthew Robinson | ||
| Written by | Paula Moore | ||
| Script editor | Eric Saward | ||
| Produced by | John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Music by | Malcolm Clarke | ||
| Production code | 6T | ||
| Series | Season 22 | ||
| Running time | 2 episodes, 45 minutes each | ||
| First broadcast | 5 January 1985 | ||
| Last broadcast | 12 January 1985 | ||
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Attack of the Cybermen is the first serial of the 22nd season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 5 and 12 January 1985. It was credited to the pseudonymous author "Paula Moore"; there are conflicting accounts concerning to whom this credit belongs. Beginning with this serial and continuing for the remainder of Season 22, episodes were 45 minutes in length (as opposed to previous episodes which were 25 minutes long); for syndication, in some markets, this serial is re-edited into four 25-minute segments.
Attack of the Cybermen has a complex plot which reiterates narratives from The Tenth Planet (1966) and The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967).[2] Set in London in 1985 and the planet Telos in the future, in the serial the Cybermen intend to change the course of history by destroying Earth with Halley's Comet in 1985, which would prevent the destruction of the Cybermen's original home planet Mondas. In addition to its contemporary London setting, it also features several other references to the previous season's Resurrection of the Daleks, notably the return of Lytton (played by Maurice Colbourne) and his henchmen (who again masquerade as policemen), and is directed by Matthew Robinson in his second and final contribution to the series.
- ^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp. 26–29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 138. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
- ^ Harmes, Marcus K. (2014). Doctor Who and the Art of Adaptation: Fifty Years of Storytelling. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1442232846. Retrieved 25 May 2020.