Overall it's not as bad as any of the rubbish like Silver Nemesis or Battlefield, instead it's just ''pretty bad'' like Death to the Daleks, Nightmare of Eden and Timelash.


See the Cybermen in their 1970s glory   June 27, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This story was one of the very first to be issued by the BBC on video (I have the original release!). The effects are a little basic and the ships look like those of Blakes 7. That said, the music is well composed and the underground caves (Chiselhurst?) are put to good use.

The acting looks incredibly dated as the actors appear to used to performing Shakespeare at the National - there is some serious overacting!

Although the cybermen appear to have strange firecracker guns on their heads, there is some good cybermat action that make a reappearance from the 3rd doctor. Tom Baker does look a little bored but certainly comes into his own when he delivers lines that he appears to have written himself.

Not the best episode but quite fun.


The first appearance of the Cybermen in colour.   December 28, 2000
1 out of 4 found this review helpful

'Revenge Of The Cybermen' was a bit of a disaster. The Doctor and the human characters are quite good (and you have to remember Tom Baker was still settling in to the role). The plague killing the crew of the Nerva Beacon was quite a good idea as well. Unfortunately this story has nothing else to commend it. The main villains, the Cybermen, have lost the depth of character that made them so effective in the sixties. .... The Vogans are absolute rubbish and the talents of actors like Kevin Stoney and David Collings are completely wasted. The first Cyberman adventure in colour should have been a leap forward for the programme and these particular adversaries, but instead it proved a big disappointment and it hasn't bettered over time.