Talk:Revenge of the Cybermen

I wish there were some indicator in here of how poorly written this episode was, between "Before I kill you, Mr. Bond"-style exposition, Cybermen who tie the Doctor and Sarah up instead of killing them -- why? because the plot demands it! -- and the Vogans' complete lack of ability to notice that gold could hurt the Cybermen (given they had a planet full of it, and they'd met Cybermen before, I mean, really.) I know the series is known for patchy logic, but this is just REALLY BAD. Maybe something in the "notes" section as regards the inconsistency? A. J. Luxton 10:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Sadly (because I don't disagree), that would almost certainly violate WP:NPOV. We report the facts; let others determine how bad it is for themselves. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 10:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Really bad? Better than many stories - certainly not the best, but that's not important. In the meantime your best plan is to get off this beacon.--82.0.207.86 (talk) 09:03, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

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didn't Christopher Robbie who played the Cyberleader have a South African accent? [1] PMA 08:00, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

His voice sounded pretty much straight-down-the-line RP to me (I know him as an announcer on Southern Television). Of course there were plenty of South African/British people with RP accents, but I can find no evidence of him having any links with SA.

Oh, and that was Robin Carmody who wrote the above!

Trivia query

I've read somewhere, that during the shooting of a British SF series, a diver in a cave gave directions to some cast/crew who were lost. Said cast/crew were astonished to learn that there were in fact no divers meant to be in the caves. An anecdote of some sort, any verification (of its status as an actual story, not if the diver was a ghost!) Alastairward 11:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Apparently such an event did happen whilst recording Revenge of the Cybermen at Wookey Hole caves in Somerset, although it was a potholer not a diver. It was the first of a number of "strange" events and accidents that occured during the location filming. The director blamed it on some ironage arrowheads his wife had found in the caves, which he believed to be cursed. I am sure one of the books about the production and history of Doctor Who will have more details about the incidents.SkorponokX 11:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Three Wise Monkeys pose from Episode 3?

I was watching this story again recently, and never noticed before the "Three Wise Monkeys" pose that goes on at the start of episode 3;

Basically, the Doctor and the two Beacon workers are sitting on the floor with their backs to a wall. As the camera tracks over to them, one has his hands on his ears, the Doctor has his hands over his eyes, and the third has his hands over his mouth.

Seems I'm not the only one to have noticed it either; http://www.androzani.com/revengecybermen.shtml mentions it too.

Anyone aware of any significance / "in joke" this is referring to?

Regards

Jams Watton (talk) 13:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

DVD Release

Shouldn't there be something in the article to say why this hasn't been released on DVD yet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.5.10.153 (talk) 07:45, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

There's a reason why? Usually it's just that they haven't gotten to it. Davhorn (talk) 23:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

There IS actually a DVD available to download from the web. It has exactly the same menu/intro as the other "official" DVD releases. I wonder if it was copied from the Laserdisc release?