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It’s a great improvement over the preceding story, Storm Warning; and I understand why this story, with its combination of great acting, great pacing, intense action, and a good Cybermen appearance, has been popular since its release. Of course that was fifty years away at the original broadcast, so the optimism in view is perhaps forgiveable. They had needles which injected poison into humans, but they could also inject gold dust into Cybermen. The Doctor determines it was a rogue, receiving the signal, which is from a Cybermat on the Vanguard.
The Ice Warrior Varga is a relic of an ancient time, having been frozen in the ice with his ship and crew; but this brings us to the major discrepancy with the date, as some supplemental materials indicate that a revived Martian culture is part of the galactic community at this time. She won’t be the last to make that choice; it becomes something of a recurring theme, still happening recently with Martha Jones and, to a lesser degree, Rory Williams. Space is unstable and deadly in the area, but that’s not the strangest part: This planet doesn’t seem tied to any star. The Doctor Who Site also participates in various other affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commission on products purchased through our links. The same model proved vulnerable to the sonic screwdriver, which was able to either stun or fry the Cybermat memory.Grash and Chev find them, and Grash assumes they are the murderers; while he holds them at gunpoint, Kelsey dies.
The Doctor realizes the fully-converted Cybermen would have hibernated to save themselves from the storms. Nyssa talks at length about her lost world and family, even elaborating on Trakenite holidays and festivals.In the mid- 20th century, the Cybermen of Mondas used caterpillar-like creatures which Ace identified as drones. When the Cybermen were reawoken, this Cybermat became active and attacked the Kaftan as she held Victoria at gunpoint, rendering the Logician unconscious and inadvertently saving Victoria, who destroyed it with Kaftan's gun.