Talk:Revenge of the Cybermen

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

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text:  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)

text: Perhaps some of the really bad aspects of the plot (and there are some whoppers) belong in Continuity. For example, a major plot strand involves the Doctor and two crew members being kept alive and transmatted down to the planetoid with cyberbombs strapped to them – the rationale being that the Cybermen can't take the bombs themselves since the gold on the planet would be injurious to them. But then when the three are transmatted they are accompanied by Cybermen, the very same Cybermen to can't go. Like wise, the Cyberbombs are stated to be the most powerful explosive force in the solar system. Three are reckoned to be enough to destroy the planetoid. And yet when one of the booby-trapped bomb harnesses is detonated the blast radius is only a few meters.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.181.103.146 (talk) 09:37, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Kvetching

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Trivia query 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Three Wise Monkeys pose from Episode 3? 

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

message: Obviously something a bit fishy, if this supposedly took place in 1973, two years after decimalisation. Nick Cooper (talk) 16:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not necessarily: there were still plenty pre-Decimal coins circulating - the sixpence was legal tender until 1980, and the two shilling piece until 1993. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:52, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious Roger Moore annecdote 

message: I've reduced the ridiculously over-detailed plot, but I'm sure it could still be improved. It's been tagged with this problem for 10 years, so I think it was long overdue! Cnbrb (talk) 20:56, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Had another trim and it's looking a lot more respectable. As always, I shall infer adulatory gratitude from the lack of reaction. Cnbrb (talk) 20:31, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot bloat 

message: This Who story would appear to be the inspiration for Mark Gatiss' "Stump Hole Caverns" sketch for the League of Gentlemen (performed both live and on the TV series 1 episode 5 "Love Comes to Royston Vasey"). Gatiss, who later wrote for Doctor Who himself, plays a cavern tour guide who speaks of numerous ill-fated events in the caverns, and that "In 1974 you couldn’t move down here for Cybermen. In fact, in an amusing incident, Tom Baker sprained his ankle on that rock there..." Can we get a good source for this, and include it in the "Curse" section, please?
Script of that LOG episode: http://www.leagueofgentlemen.co.uk/logepisodelists1ep5.shtml
Video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5jf51c from 13 mins 45 secs in
Andrew Oakley (talk) 16:24, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  League of Gentlemen / Mark Gatiss / Stump Hole Caverns sketch