The Doctor and Jamie tell the Brigadier about the Cybermen but with Rutledge under Vaughn's control he is powerless to act.The Doctor and Jamie tell the Brigadier about the Cybermen but with Rutledge under Vaughn's control he is powerless to act.The Doctor and Jamie tell the Brigadier about the Cybermen but with Rutledge under Vaughn's control he is powerless to act.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe character of Major-Gen Rutlidge was supposed to kill himself in a death scene that was never filmed because time ran out
- GoofsThe sewer walls are made from flat panels, as can be seen from the joins, which cut across the brickwork they represent.
- Quotes
Isobel: Well, the answer's simple, surely. Go and get some proof.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: And how do I prove that in the sewers of London there are creatures from outer space waiting to attack us? Go and get one?
Zoe: You wouldn't stand a chance against them, Isobel.
Isobel: Ah, you wouldn't have to go anywhere near them.Photograph them.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: That's not a bad idea... Now wait a minute, it'd be pitch-dark down in those tunnels.
Isobel: You could use infrared film, a twenty-five filter on a thirty-five mil camera with a telephoto lens, and why, you could take frame after frame without getting anywhere near them.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Is all that gibberish or do you really know what you're talking about?
Isobel: Of course I know.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: If you're right, it could well be the sort of proof I need to get some action.
Isobel: Well, all I need is my camera from the house and then I'm all set.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Now, wait a minute, this is hardly a job for you.
Isobel: Why ever not?
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Well... you're a young woman. This is a job for my men.
Isobel: Well, of all the bigoted, anti-feminist... cretinous remarks!
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: This is no job for a girl like you. Now that's final.
Isobel: Oh you... you man!
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: I'll get in touch with my photographic unit and get them onto it.
[the Brigadier leaves]
Isobel: Oh, that stupid bigoted idiotic...
Jamie: Ah, well he's right, you know.
Zoe: Jamie McCrimmon!
Jamie: Well, he is!
Zoe: Just because you're a man you think that you're superior, do you?
Jamie: Now I didn't say that. Of course, it's true.
Zoe: Is it really?... Right... Coming, Isobel?
Isobel: What a splendid idea.
Jamie: Where are you going?
Zoe: Do you think we should let him come with us?
Isobel: Oh, I don't know. Men aren't much good in situations like this.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Evolution of the Invasion (2006)
I'm always intrigued by the early years of The Cybermen, I always felt they have a much more interesting evolution and development then the Daleks. They're fairly primitive here, relying on the help of Tobias Vaughn.
I'm struck by just how good the production values are on this episode, it looks so well made, even the sewer sets look good, perhaps benefiting from being shot in black and white. I love how Zoe is Keen to tackle the alien menace wearing a feather boa.
Great scenes as The Cyberman bursts out of its cocoon and goes rogue. More action imminent as Isabel, Jamie and Zoe set off to photograph a Cyberman.
It's been a slow build up, but this is so good 9/10
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Oct 17, 2019
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- Runtime23 minutes
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