History YMMV / DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen

* HarsherInHindsight: When told that shooting a police officer carries a twenty year prison sentence, the Sixth Doctor confidently boasts that it's a "handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord". Flashforward to the revived series where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent the Twelfth Doctor (technically) spends billions of years isolated in a prison]][[note]]It was closer to a day from his perspective, but it kept happening in loops and he was given at least some memories of previous loops[[/note]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks the Thirteenth Doctor spends at least nineteen years moping about in a space jail]][[note]]And her attitude during that time implies Six's boasting was a bluff[[/note]].

* HarsherInHindsight: When told that shooting a police officer carries a twenty year prison sentence, the Sixth Doctor confidently boasts that it's a "handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord". Flashforward to the revived series where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent the Twelfth Doctor (technically) spends billions of years isolated in a prison]][[note]]It was closer to a day from his perspective, but it kept happening in loops and he was given at least some memories of previous loops[[/note]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks the Thirteenth Doctor spends at least nineteen years moping about in a space jail, which she seems more affected by than Six's boasting would imply]].

* HarsherInHindsight: When told that shooting a police officer carries a twenty year prison sentence, the Sixth Doctor confidently boasts that it's a "handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord". Flashforward to the revived series where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent the Twelfth Doctor (technically) spends billions of years isolated in a prison]][[note]]It was closer to a day from his perspective, but it kept happening in loops and he was given at least some memories of previous loops[[/note]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks the Thirteenth Doctor spends at least nineteen years moping about in a space jail]].

* HarsherInHindsight: When told that shooting a police officer carries a twenty year prison sentence, the Sixth Doctor confidently boasts that it's a "handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord". Flashforward to the revived series where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent the Twelfth Doctor (technically) spends billions of years isolated in a prison]][[note]]It was closer to a day from his perspective, but it kept happening in loops and he was given memories of previous loops[[/note]] [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks the Thirteenth Doctor spends sixteen years moping about in a space prison]].

* HarsherInHindsight: When told that shooting a police officer carries a twenty year prison sentence, the Sixth Doctor confidently boasts that it's a "handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord". Flashforward to the revived series where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent the Twelfth Doctor (technically) spends billions of years isolated in a prison]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks the Thirteenth Doctor spends sixteen years moping about in a space prison]].

* HarsherInHindsight: When told that shooting a police officer carries a twenty year prison sentence, the Doctor confidently boasts that it's a "handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord". Flashforward to the revived series where [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent the Twelfth Doctor spends billions of years isolated in a prison]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks Thirteen spends sixteen years moping about in a space prison]].

* HilariousInHindsight: A Cyberman fluffs his lines and says, "It is a fat controller." In the revival, they would have [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime a fat controller...sort of.]] Not long before this story was broadcast, there was the TV debut of a different [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Fat Controller]]. Even more hilariously, the line actually does fit the description of the the Cyber-Controller in this story, due to his weight and the shape of his headpiece.

* WTHCastingAgency: Bringing back Michael Kilgarriff as the Cyber-Controller, considering that he hadn't played the role in 18 years, was noticeably out of shape, and didn't even provide the Controller's voice in his debut story (Peter Hawkins did). There's some disagreement as to exactly how this casting decision got made, with director Matthew Robinson claiming that he was pressured into giving the role to Kilgarriff by producer Creator/JohnNathanTurner and Ian Levine, but Levine in turn claiming that he only suggested that they give some role (likely thinking of one of Lytton's gangsters) to Kilgarriff as a CastingGag, not that he be brought back as the Controller. Seeing how Nathan-Turner died without ever making any public statement on the matter, odds are we'll never know the truth of this one.

* MemeticMutation: "There is logic in what he says."

** Things which really stand out are the escaping prisoners (one of which is perpetually angry) and the ''noticeably'' overweight Cybercontroller, of course. The fact he is twice as fat as any other Cyberman makes it nearly impossible to take anything he says seriously. A special mention to the Cyberman who seems to have a German accent too.
** Not to be outdone are the Cryons who, despite some prosthetic design (although the less said about their costumes the better), talk in strange fae voices and flutter their absurdly long-nailed hands around like they're attempting to communicate through interpretive dance.

* HilariousInHindsight: A Cyberman fluffs his lines and says, "It is a fat controller." In the revival, they would have [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime a fat controller...sort of.]] Not long before this story was broadcast, there was the TV debut of a different [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Fat Controller]]. Even more hilariously, the Cyber-Controller in this story bears a slight resemblance to him due to his weight and the shape of his headpiece.

* ContinuityLockout: And how! This serial is a SequelEpisode to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]". If you have not watched these serials, you will be totally lost. Worse, the first two serials were lost at the time, and hadn't been broadcast in ''over fifteen years''! To compound matters, this story was originally broadcast at a time where the home video market was only just starting to take off and a VHS player was seen as a luxury. To the vast majority of people who saw the original broadcast, much of this story would have been totally meaningless, and the serial still maintains a reputation as a perfect microcosm of all of 80's ''Who''[='s=] worst traits partly because of this.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** A Cyberman fluffs his lines and says, "It is a fat controller." In the revival, they would have [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime a fat controller...sort of.]]
*** And not long before this story was broadcast, there was the TV debut of a different [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Fat Controller]]. Even more hilariously, the Cyber-Controller in this story bears a slight resemblance to him due to his weight and the shape of his headpiece.
* IdiotPlot: The plot makes no sense at all and is a complete mess. The Cybermen are attempting to save Mondas by blowing up Earth, preventing Mondas from absorbing too much energy from it and self-destructing as it did in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]], but in that serial Mondas ''needed'' energy from Earth to survive!