History Recap / DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen

* CreepyMonotone: Unsurprisingly the Cybermen (partially). Suprisingly with the usually bit flippant David Banks' Cyber-Leader, who is a lot less scenery-chewing this time around, which makes him sound very intimidating.

* {{Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard}}: Whose bright idea was it to lock the Doctor in a room full of explosives? To be fair, he would probably have never worked it out [[ContrivedCoincidence if Flast hadn't been in there as well.]] (And they're not ''technically'' explosives.)
* LaResistance: The Cryons

* ReverseMole
* SelfDestructMechanism

* SequelEpisode: Mostly to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks]]" with the return of Lytton.

* CreepyMonotone: Unsurpisingly the Cybermen (partially). Suprisingly with the usually bit flippant David Banks' Cyber-Leader, who is a lot less scenery-chewing this time around, which makes him sound very intimidating.

* KillEmAll: the most likely qualifier after "Horror of Fang Rock". It's left unclear whether the surviving Cryon resistants might survive the explosion at the end, but given the tone of the story they probably didn't.

* LaResistance: the Cryons

* GirlswithMoustaches: Kind of. You have to go watch the episode in order to find out what this trope means.

Anyway, back to the dead guys. Yeah, since this is a tale penned by Eric “I ❤ Cybermen” Saward, this bit of business won't matter in the slightest and those guys are only the first of ''many'' bodies to be seen in this tale.

Season 22 was an oddity for ''Doctor Who''. Someone decided to kibosh the 25-minute format, leading episodes to be extended to a 45-minute runtime as standard, leading to many two-parters and one three-parter. It goes without saying that 45-minute episodes are such a ridiculous concept that they were [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose never brought back to use]].

* TheXOfY
* YouLookFamiliar: Terry Molloy winds up in a non-Davros role as Russel.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: A consequential example. Eric Saward's knack for writing copious amounts of violence into his stories begins to shine here, as this story was so violent that Australia slapped it with a "M" rating, which they had only done before many years beforehand with the 1970 Third Doctor serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E3TheAmbassadorsOfDeath The Ambassadors of Death]]".

Season 22 was an oddity for ''Doctor Who''. Someone decided to kibosh the 25-minute format, leading episodes to be extended to a 45-minute runtime as standard, leading to many two-parters and one three-parter. It goes without saying that 45-minute episodes are such a ridiculous concept that they were [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose never brought back to use]].

Meanwhile, a lone Cyberman (Cyberperson?) is revived on Telos... only for it to go randomly berserk for no reason and destroy things. Apparently, this is happening to all the Cybermen in stasis, but we're never told why in this story.[[note]]Or any story. It's ''implied'' to be the work of the Cryons, maybe, but never stated outright.[[/note]] Anyway, the TARDIS arrives on Telos, this time turning into a massive ornamental gate that everyone walks through... but they're in the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tombs of the Cybermen]][[note]]Which look nothing like it used to, incidentally.[[/note]] rather than Cyber Control because the Doctor decided to fudge the coordinates. As everyone goes up to Cyber Control, another random Cyberman breaks out of his cryo-freeze chamber and goes berserk because why the f$%ck not? Lytton, Griffiths and Peri escape--only to nearly get killed by ''another'' rogue Cyberman because... well just because it's been a while since something ''really'' contrived happened. Luckily, they're saved by the Cryons! Peri goes off to get out of the way with one Cryon while another Cryon meets with Lytton and Griffiths. As it turns out, Lytton is really working for the Cryons in their struggle to destroy the Cybermen and prevent them from using B&S' captured time machine. Griffiths joins in, mostly thanks to the fact that the Cryons are filthy rich and offer him £2 Million in diamonds. The two then find B&S, and it is revealed that the pair of criminals are actually [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul failed Cyber-conversions]], left with robot arms and legs.

Meanwhile, a lone Cyberman (Cyberperson?) is revived on Telos... only for it to go randomly berserk for no reason and destroy things. Apparently, this is happening to all the Cybermen in stasis, but we're never told why in this story.[[note]]Or any story. It's ''implied'' to be the work of the Cryons, maybe, but never stated outright.[[/note]] Anyway, the TARDIS arrives on Telos, this time turning into a massive ornamental gate that everyone walks through... but they're in the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tombs of the Cybermen]][[note]]Which look nothing like it used to, incidentally.[[/note]] rather than Cyber Control because the Doctor decided to fudge the coordinates. As everyone goes up to Cyber Control, another random Cyberman breaks out of his cryo-freeze chamber and goes berserk because why the fuck not? Lytton, Griffiths and Peri escape--only to nearly get killed by ''another'' rogue Cyberman because... well just because it's been a while since something ''really'' contrived happened. Luckily, they're saved by the Cryons! Peri goes off to get out of the way with one Cryon while another Cryon meets with Lytton and Griffiths. As it turns out, Lytton is really working for the Cryons in their struggle to destroy the Cybermen and prevent them from using B&S' captured time machine. Griffiths joins in, mostly thanks to the fact that the Cryons are filthy rich and offer him £2 Million in diamonds. The two then find B&S, and it is revealed that the pair of criminals are actually [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul failed Cyber-conversions]], left with robot arms and legs.

Anyway, back to the dead guys. Yeah, since this is a tale penned by Eric "I <3 Cybermen" Saward, this bit of business won't matter in the slightest and those guys are only the first of ''many'' bodies to be seen in this tale.

* RunningTheAsylum: Possibly, given the claim by Ian Levine that he had co-written the serial. Eric Saward also applies whenever Cybermen are involved. His insistence that Cybermen are totally awesome has actually ticked off many a writer, including long-time [[Series/DoctorWho Who]] writer Terrance Dicks during the writing of "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]".

* WatchItForTheMeme: Ever wonder where [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] running gag about having a Cyberman say "There Is ''logic'' in what he says" whenever a comic book character says something [[InsaneTrollLogic utterly ridiculous]] came from? This is the serial.

* StandardSnippet: When the TARDIS turns into a pipe organ, the Doctor plays the opening notes to [[JohannSebastianBach Bach]]'s "Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor".

Season 22 was an oddity for ''Doctor Who''. Someone decided to kibosh the 25-minute format, leading episodes to be extended to a 45-minute runtime as standard, leading to many two-parters and one three-parter.

Season 22 was an oddity for ''Doctor Who''. Someone decided to kibosh the 25-minute format after seeing the success it had with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]]. The stories were extended to 45-minute runtime as standard, leading to many two-parters and one three-parter.

* OffWithHisHead: one of the guy plan is to decapitate a cyberman and after 'cleaning' it have him wear the mask and voila. (Luckily it was before the age of even cybermen head can attack you.)

The new Cryon leader, Rost, urges the Doctor to leave before Flast's explosion is triggered. The Doctor prepares to go, but Peri urges him to go back and rescue Lytton who, for once, was helping the right side. The TARDIS materializes in the conversion centre (taking the form of a police box who probably was tired of sticking out like a sore thunb), but it is too late to save Lytton, who begs the Doctor to kill him

Season 22 was an oddity for ''Doctor Who''. Someone decided to kibosh the 25-minute format after seeing the success it had with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]]. The stories were extended to 45-minute runtime as the standard fare, leading to many two-parters and one three-parter.

Predictably, the Doctor and Flast come up with a plan in order to make sure everything on Telos gets [[{{SCTV}} blowed up real good]]--but it seems that Flast cannot leave the room, as Cryons cannot survive at room temperature. But hey, [[HeroicSacrifice she's willing to warm up the explosives]] to the point where they'll automatically explode. The Doctor uses a small amount of the explosive to kill off the Cyberman guard, then just leaves Flast to await her death after thanking her for the help she provided (Though she would have died anyway since she can't leave the room and was ready to sacrifice her life to stop the cybermen.

* HeroicSacrifice: Quite a few, especially Cryons, who are fully aware that if the cybermen succeed in destroying earth to save Mondas, then they would never colonize Telos, saying they have accepted that it will occur (Seriously they are fighting a guerilla war and yet decide to spare earth instead of having a chance for the cyberman to never come, now that is noble!) and a bigshout out to Flast who stayed behind and hid the Sonic lance so it can cause the mineral to EXPLODE!

* {{Locking MacGyver In The Store Cupboard}}: Whose bright idea was it to lock the Doctor in a room full of explosives?
** To be fair, he probably would never have realize what they were (Or know they could be set if it was warmer) if it wasn't for Flast, (Who i think the cybermen weren't even aware was there.) plus there not TECNICALY explosive there actually more volatile minerals of the planet.

* WatchItForTheMeme: Ever wonder where [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] running gag about having a Cyberman say "There Is ''logic'' in what he says" whenever a comic book character says something [[InsaneTrollLogic utterly ridiculous]] came from? This is the serial.

* ColonyDrop: The Cybermen of the future plan to use halley comet and smash earth in a attempt to destroy it. that way the past cybermen and there planet of Mondas can be saved.

Season 23 was an oddity for ''Doctor Who''. Someone decided to kibosh the 25-minute format after seeing the success it had with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]]. The stories were extended to 45-minute runtime as the standard fare, leading to many two-parters and one three-parter.

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* GirlswithMoustaches: kinda you have to watch the ep to what this trope means.

The Cybermen, meanwhile, show off some remarkably good thinking and decide to lock the Doctor up in a closet doubling as a refrigerator. The closet, which is also imprisoning a Cryon named Flast, [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard contains enough explosives to completely destroy the Cybermen on Telos with little effort]], though it's completely inert at low temperatures, that and the doctor probably wouldn't know what they were if it wasn't for Flast.

Predictably, the Doctor and Flast come up with a plan in order to make sure everything on Telos gets [[{{SCTV}} blowed up real good]]--but it seems that Flast cannot leave the room, as Cryons cannot survive at room temperature. But hey, [[HeroicSacrifice she's willing to warm up the explosives]] to the point where they'll automatically explode. The Doctor uses a small amount of the explosive to kill off the Cyberman guard, then just leaves Flast to await her death after thanking her for what little help she provided.

Lytton is re-captured by the Cybermen, who decide to crush his hands. Then they cyber-convert him. The remaining three Cryon agents finally make it up to the landing pad where that time ship has landed. What's that? You forgot about the time ship? Eh, it doesn't matter anyway, since our three would-be time travelers are randomly killed off by the Cybermen instead. Flast is also killed off by being dragged outside the cold storage room.

Luckily, the Doctor finds Peri and the other Cryons, and they get to the TARDIS. The Doctor informs the Cryons of the incoming explosions, and the Cryons say they'll go down deep into their tunnels to escape the explosions--but not before telling the Doctor that Lytton was working for them all along and wasn't really that big of a dick in the first place. Our two surviving heroes, meanwhile, take the TARDIS up to Cyber Control to save Lytton and talk to the Cyber Controller for a little bit. For her part, the TARDIS has decided [[StatusQuoIsGod to return to being a blue police box again]] for reasons better left unexplained. The Doctor tries to free Lytton, but he's been converted well over most of his body and instead [[MercyKill begs for death]] while the Doctor actually starts to apologize for how he treated him earlier.

* HeroicSacrifice: Quite a few, especially Cryon, who are fully aware that if the cybermen succeed in destroying earth to save Mondas, then they would never colonize Telos, saying they have accepted that it will occur (Seriously they are fighting a guerilla war and yet decide to spare earth instead of having a chance for the cyberman to never come, now that is noble!)

** To be fair, he probably would never have realize what they were (Or know they could be set if it was warmer) if it wasn't for Flast, (Who i think the cybermen weren't even aware was there.)