The Tomb of the Cybermen

037 – The Tomb of the Cybermen
Doctor Who serial
The Cybermen, emerging from their Tomb.
Cast
Doctor Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor)
Companions Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield)
Others Shirley Cooklin — Kaftan Roy Stewart — Toberman George Pastell — Eric Klieg Aubrey Richards — Professor Parry Cyril Shaps — John Viner Bernard Holley — Peter Haydon George Roubicek — Captain Hopper Clive Merrison — Jim Callum Alan Johns — Ted Rogers Ray Grover — Crewman Peter Hawkins — Cybermen Voices Michael Kilgarriff — Cyber Controller Hans de Vries, Tony Harwood, John Hogan, Richard Kerley, Ronald Lee, Charles Pemberton, Kenneth Seeger, Reg Whitehead — Cybermen
Production
Directed by	Morris Barry
Written by	Kit Pedler Gerry Davis
Script editor	Victor Pemberton
Produced by	Peter Bryant
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer
Production code	MM
Series	Season 5
Length	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
Date started	2 September 1967
Date ended	23 September 1967
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → The Evil of the Daleks The Abominable Snowmen

Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen

Author	Gerry Davis
Cover artist	Jeff Cummins
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	66
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	18 May 1978
ISBN

Music from The Tomb of the Cybermen
Soundtrack album
Released	1997
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	22:40
Label	Via Satellite Records
Doctor Who soundtrack chronology
Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (1993) Music from the Tomb of the Cybermen (1997) Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack Recording (1997)

The Tomb of the Cybermen is the first serial of fifth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the earliest serial starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor known to exist in its entirety and it was the only serial of the fifth season known to survive for many years, from its recovery in 1991 until more missing episodes were found in 2013. It originally aired in four weekly parts from 2 September to 23 September 1967. It also introduces the Cyber Controller and the Cybermats.

On the planet Telos, an archeological expedition uncovers a hidden entrance in a mountain. The TARDIS lands nearby, and the expedition is joined by the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria. Parry, the expedition's leader, explains that they are here to find the remains of the Cybermen, who apparently died out five centuries before. The expedition is funded by Kaftan, who is accompanied by her giant manservant Toberman and her colleague Klieg. One of the men is electrocuted opening the doors, but the party manages to enter the chamber. They find a control panel and a large, sealed hatch. Parry and Klieg try to open it as Toberman slips out.

The remaining members of the expedition begin to explore. Victoria and Kaftan come across a chamber with a sarcophagus-like wall inset facing a projection device that was apparently used to revitalise the Cybermen. She curiously climbs inside, and Kaftan secretly seals her in the sarcophagus and tries to activate the projector pointing at the sarcophagus but the Doctor frees her, suspecting Kaftan's to blame. Meanwhile, Haydon and Jamie have been experimenting with a control panel in another room; a Cyberman slides into view and a gun fires, killing Haydon. However, the Doctor figures out that it is not a real Cyberman, but a testing range for weapons.