Attack of the Cybermen: Part Two (1985) User Reviews (6)

"I'm none too clever behind the wheel of a car never mind a time vessel." Second & final episode to a great two parter.

[poolandrews · 7/10 · 28 February 2007]

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen: Part 2 starts as the Doctor(Colin Baker) manages to convince the Cybrleader (David Banks) not to 'destroy' his companion & friend Peri (Nicola Bryant), it's not all good news though as now the evil Cybermen have taken control of the TARDIS & have access to time travel which they intend to use to stop their home planet of Mondos being destroyed, by stopping the events with Earth which lead up to the destruction of Mondos so they think if they destroy Earth their own planet of Mondos will survive. Not if the Doctor has anything to say it though...

This Doctor Who adventure was the first story from season 22 & was Colin Bakers second as the famous Timelord, directed by Matthew Robinson I thought Attack of the Cybermen was a great Doctor Who story for several reasons. The script by Paula Moore moves along at a nice pace, I never found myself getting bored helped by the fact that Attack of the Cybermen is a two part story rather than some of the somewhat drawn out four & six parters that have graced our screens in the past, there's nothing wrong with these longer stories but I liked the fact Attack of the Cybermen breezed along. It makes a few references to previous Doctor Who stories involving the Cybermen for all you anoraks out there to spot (OK, I admit it I'm one!) & it has a nice blend of light hearted comedy as well as the scary sci-fi action, it thankfully never descends into complete farce though. Overall a recommend way to pass 90 odd minutes with the Doctor.

I have to admit Peri is one of my favourite assistant's (I've actually met & spoke to actress Nicola Bryant in real life & she's still pretty hot even now) & the outfit she wears during the first half of Attack of the Cybermen makes it worth watching on it's own, she wears this bright pink neon spandex low cut top, matching shorts & pink high heels to round the look off. Amazing, there's a scene during Part 1 where she's running up & down a London street following the Doctor & I just love the way her boobs bounce up & down! I bet that's the only reason they shot the scene that way! On the negative side an icy seemingly all female alien race called the Cryons make an appearance in Part 2 & they unfortunately let the overall story down as they look very poor & it's difficult to take any scene they're in seriously. It's amazing who turns up in supporting roles in these things & I was pleasantly surprised to see the best thing to come out of Yorshire the late great Brian Glover who has appeared in An American Werewolf in London (1981), Alien 3 (1992) & loads of Tetley Tea adverts! His dumb character gets all the best lines & is pretty funny as he mistakes the pronunciation of a planet & says 'you said you came from Fulham' to an alien! The special effects are OK but there's one or two which look a bit too fake for my liking, the production design is good & it's pretty well made considering this probably had a very low budget & was made by the BBC whom are more often than not cheapskates.

Attack of the Cybermen is a good two parter that delivers plenty of fun & bags of childish entertainment & that's as good a reason as any to give it an impressive 8 stars out of 10 across the two episode's, well worth a watch for fans or if your after some none to serious sci-fi.

Way better than some would have you believe.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 26 February 2021]

The Cybermen want to change the events that led to the destruction of their planet.

I am so surprised that so many have such a downer on this one, I'm not saying it's brilliant, but it does have a lot going for it.

On paper the story is an absolute peach, it's really clever, it's a very interesting look back at the previous twenty years of Cyber history. The Cybermen want to reverse the events that caused the destruction of Mondas, it's a great idea.

The realisation is pretty good, The Cybermen look good in this guise, I particularly like The Cyber controller, the sets are nice, and there's plenty of explosions.

On the downside, the music is horrible at times, it's way too heavy, it perhaps tried to be a little too clever at times, I really liked the nods to the past, and references, but I understand they'd have been off-putting for the casual viewer. I know The Doctor with a gun causes issues for some, but he had no choice.

I can't make my mind up about The Cryons, I like the contrast to The Cybermen, they are very softly spoken and gentle, a real contrast. Visually, perhaps they look like they belong in a Patrick Troughton story.

Decide on the level of violence for yourself, it perhaps features the most violent scenes of Doctor Who, Lytton's torture scene, and The Doctor's confrontation with The Cyber controller.

Overall, I've really enjoyed it. 8/10.

Attack of the Cybermen: Part Two

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 15 February 2024]

Attack of the Cybermen has a decent plot despite being continuity heavy. I think the only Cyberman story I was familiar at the time this was first broadcast was Earthshock.

Here there are nods to William Hartnell's final story The Tenth Planet as well as the Patrick Troughton story. The Tomb of the Cybermen which was believed to be lost at the time.

The Doctor takes the Tardis to Telos. The Cybermen came to this planet after the destruction of Mondas. They killed the native Cryons of Telos.

The Doctor learns that the Cybermen plan to travel in time. To save their planet Mondas from annihilation.

Meanwhile it emerges Lytton was working for the remaining Cryons. Planning to stop the Cybermen to carry out their plans.

Once again some of the production elements. Like the design of the Cryons reminded me of a low budget B movie like Battle Beyond the Stars.

The violence was graphic such as Lytton's hand being crushed and blood emerging. One of the rules of Doctor Who has been no blood to be shown in any graphic way.

Even the characterisation of Lytton was controversial. He is just a mercenary for hire and nasty on his first appearance during Peter Davison's tenure. Here the Sixth Doctor proclaims he has misjudged Lytton. He hardly knew the man.

"ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN" IS THE GREATEST "DOCTOR WHO" STORY OF ALL TIME!

[gabrielwho-44390 · 9/10 · 6 April 2022]

Let's be honest, I'm a huge fan of Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor. He's a larger than life personality. Such an underrated celebrity to the show to be the hero.

The Cybermen were becoming half-pugnacious, allies of Lytton who fought so hard, they almost had an opportunity, until they had unfortunate deaths.

Peri is almost a loser, but the action and reliability of other characters was legit, and in the end, things turned out normal.

A retread

[dalekprimelol · 5/10 · 9 July 2022]

It starts good in episode one it has excellent atmosphere and cast, and I actually quite like all the stuff in the tardis! Also the scenes in the wastelands of telos are very good! But really after part one the story sinks like the titanic, the cyber-controller played by doctor who veteran Michael killgariff is in my opinion embarrassing. With all the studio stuff on telos the design feels a bit dull. The cyber tombs are no where near as good as tomb of the Cybermen, the cryons are awful, some of the music choice is strange and the plot makes no sense to a fan let alone a casual audience member. There is some good though, David banks' cyber leader is excellent! It's just a shame most of the other Cybermen are terrible. The Cybermen invading the tardis is really cool and something I wish they explored a bit more, and the use of the chameleon circuit is also very cool.

Attack of the Bad Writers, hehe.

[wetmars · 5/10 · 5 April 2020]

The Doctor is captured by the Cybermen and taken back to their home planet. There he discovers the source of the signal. Cyrons, original inhabitants of the Cybermen's world survive and they want the Cybermen gone. The Doctor learns the full extent of the Cybermen's plans. Not only are the Cyrons threatened but so too the very future of the human race. This is no war of conquest, but total destruction.

AH DANG, this story was so boring and this should of been a great story but thanks to the writers they made this story not entertaining..