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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- 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)
Starting where Ep. 4 ended, we now know Tobias Vaughn has been helping the Cybermen plan an invasion of Earth, his factories serving as entrance points to the sewers, where the villainous robots are hiding. Incidentally, the sinister businessman also happens to control one of the big shots at UNIT, thus preventing Brigadier Lethebridge-Stewart from taking any action (not that he would do it anyway: who would believe him?). As usual, the Doctor and his friends seem to be the only people capable of finding a solution.
And that is where the real problem of this episode lies: despite a juicy premise, the good guys have very little to do except listen to Troughton's witticisms (always a pleasure), leaving half of the show floating in the air. As is often the case of genre films and serials, then, it's up to the baddies to save the day, and save it they do: Kevin Stoney uses his entire range of menacing subtlety to steal every scene he is in, as Vaughn's real agenda is revealed, while the Cybermen, though scarcely used, come off as genuinely terrifying, providing some much needed suspense.
Ultimately, good to watch once, but hardly anything special.
- MaxBorg89
- Dec 29, 2007
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- Runtime23 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1