Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #968 in VHS
• Released on: 1999-04-12
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: HiFi Sound, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Synopsis
Space station Nerva is beset by a plague and manned by only a few survivors. The good Doctor finds that the station has been taken over by the Cybermen. Will he be able to defeat them...

Customer Reviews

REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN
This action-packed story wraps up season twelve and the space station, Nerva, story arc. I remember watching this cybermen story as a child and being utterly enthralled. Now, so many years down the line, I am still in love with it. Tom Baker,my favourite Doctor,Sarah-Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan, my two favourite companions, arrive on the Beacon by way of the Time-Ring. Hoping to rendezvous with the TARDIS, the trio find Nerva in the past and later discover Cybermats poisoning the crew. Voga, the planet of gold, is the target of annihilation by the Cybermen.
Overall, this is the weakest of the five stories making up this season. But, apart from some risible effects and the odd duff performance,(no Oscar winners here), Revenge Of The Cybermen has some great sets and location work. A welcome return of Doctor Who's 2nd best monster! By the way, my three children love it.

Excellent
Even though BBC online says Revenge of The Cybermen has a weak plot, and is not all that great, I disagree with them. Revenge of The Cybermen is one of my favorite episodes of Tom Baker, and the Cybermen are a great improvement from there previous appearances. I admit though I think some things in the show could have been better, Revenge of The Cybermen is a great movie, and is not as bad as some viewers describe it.

Underrated and enjoyable.
I will confess that this story is not as good as I thought it would be but as time passes it does grow on me.

The cybermen themselves are back on track after their underused performance in 'The Invasion' and are seen to be a lot more cunning and manipulative. E.g. using human greed to aquire the services of a human agent. However I am disapointed that they don't have much involvement in the story until episode 3 but their performance makes up for that.

Tom Baker is excellent as the Doctor, as usual. His banter with the Cyberleader during episode three is a mixture of seriousness and silliness and thats what makes it so good.

Companions Harry and Sarah are seen to have their own mini adventure in this story trying to avoid capture by the Vogans which in by view is a very good subplot.

On first viewing the vogans arn't very impressive but like the story they do grow on you and the idea of the vogan civil war is another excellent subplot.

Weak points of this story include: quite a slow plot, missing cybermen from most of parts one and two and finally the american accent the Cyberleader appears to have picked up.