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Revenge of the Cybermen
 

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Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen & Ian Marter
By:Gerry Davis
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Editions:  UK UK (1st edited VHS) | UK UK (Betamax) | UK UK (Video 2000) | UK UK (Laserdisc) | Japan Japan (VHS) | UK UK (2nd edited VHS) | US US (VHS) | UK UK (3rd edited VHS) | Australia Australia (edited VHS) | UK UK (unedited VHS) | Australia Australia (unedited VHS)

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Edition: UK UK (1st edited VHS)
Released:  October 1983
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Note:  Movie format, packaged in an oversized plastic & cardboard box. Much to the chagrin of fans, the cover pictured the “wrong” type of Cyberman (from Earthshock) and a 5-years-too-late Season 18 photo of Tom Baker, leading to a reissue several months later in a different cover (see below). Unique to this release was a trailer hosted by Tom Baker for other BBC Video products.

Cover blurb:
From the longest running science fiction series in the world emerged a golden age of classic monsters — memorable grotesques such as the Daleks, Ice Warriors, Mandrels, Nimons... and Cybermen!

It all began in another time, in another world, the far-off planet of Gallifrey, home of the Time Lords. Among that super race was Dr. Who, who stole a Tardis and, with his grand-daughter, fled his home planet. Since that time circumstances have forced the Doctor to regenerate into several different bodies. Now in his 4th regeneration, Dr. Who (Tom Baker) launches into one of the greatest trans-dimensional experiences the series has ever known — the Revenge of the Cybermen!

As the time ring takes the intrepid travellers back to Nerva, the Ark in Space, they find the Tardis has drifted back a few thousand years in time. Only four people are left alive on the space ship, survivors of a mysterious and deadly plague, carried by the rat-like mechanical Cybermats. What else will the Cybermen destroy in their poisonous bid to take over the galaxy?

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Edition: UK UK (Betamax)
Released:  October 1983
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x Betamax
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Edition: UK UK (Video 2000)
Released:  October 1983
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x Video 2000
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Note:  One of only two Doctor Who releases on the largely forgotten Video 2000 format (a.k.a. V2000) — the other being The Brain of Morbius.

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Edition: UK UK (Laserdisc)
Released:  December 1983
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x Laserdisc
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Note:  First of seven Doctor Who stories released in laserdisc format during the 80s and 90s.

Cover blurb:
From the longest running science fiction series in the world emerged a golden age of classic monsters — memorable grotesques such as the Daleks, Ice Warriors, Sontarans, Yeti and Cybermen!

In this adventure the Doctor, with Sarah and Harry, returns to Space Station Nerva (the scene of the Ark in Space adventure) to find that the Tardis has drifted back a few thousand years in time. Plague is raging through the Nerva which is manned by only a handful of frightened survivors. Sarah falls victim to the mystery virus. The Doctor discovers that the Cybermen have taken over the station in order to use it to destroy the planet Voga where there are extensive gold mines. They wish to destroy all the gold in the solar system as it is a deadly metal to them. Will the Doctor manage to defeat the Cybermen and find an antidote to cure Sarah?

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Edition: Japan Japan (VHS)
Released:  December 1983
Publisher:  Pony Video
Format: 1 x VHS NTSC
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Note:  Movie format.

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Edition: UK UK (2nd edited VHS)
Released:  May 1984
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Note:  Re-release in a smaller plastic box and different cover featuring a “correct” Cyberman. However, the same catalogue number was retained from the original VHS release — BBCV 2003.

Cover blurb:
From the longest running science fiction series in the world emerged a golden age of classic monsters — memorable grotesques such as the Daleks, Ice Warriors, Sontarans, Yeti and Cybermen!
In this adventure the Doctor, with Sarah and Harry, returns to Space Station Nerva (the scene of the Ark in Space adventure) to find that the Tardis has drifted back a few thousand years in time. Plague is raging through the Nerva which is manned by only a handful of frightened survivors. Sarah falls victim to the mystery virus. The Doctor discovers that the Cybermen have taken over the station in order to use it to destroy the planet Voga where there are extensive gold mines. They wish to destroy all the gold in the solar system as it is a deadly metal to them. Will the Doctor manage to defeat the Cybermen and find an antidote to cure Sarah?

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Edition: US US (VHS)
Released:  September 1986
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS NTSC
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Note:  Movie format.

Cover blurb:
DOCTOR WHO TAKES ON THE CYBERMEN!

Doctor Who, is the longest running science fiction series in the world. A Time Lord from the advanced world of Gallifrey, the Doctor roams through time and space in his ship, the Tardis, which has taken the shape of a police call booth. Able to regenerate into a new body, over the years he has had five different forms, each played by a different actor.

In this adventure the Doctor, with Sarah and Harry, returns to Space Station Nerva to find that the Tardis has drifted back a few thousand years in time. Plague is raging through the Nerva which is manned by only a handful of frightened survivors. Sarah falls victim to the mystery virus. The Doctor discovers that the Cybermen have taken over the station in order to use it to destroy the planet Voga where there are extensive gold mines. They wish to destroy all the gold in the solar system as it is a deadly metal to them. Will the Doctor manage to defeat the Cybermen and find an antidote to cure Sarah?

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Edition: UK UK (3rd edited VHS)
Released:  October 1986
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Note:  The contents, cover blurb and cover design are identical to the 1984 reissue — the only difference is a new catalogue number (BBCV 4013) and the addition of the “U” video certificate to the cover — mandatory video certification having been introduced in the UK in 1985.

Cover blurb:
Same as 2nd UK edited edition above.

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Edition: Australia Australia (edited VHS)
Released:  January 1987
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Note:  Movie format.

Cover blurb:
Same as 2nd UK edited edition above.

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Edition: UK UK (unedited VHS)
Released:  April 1999
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Note:  Unedited.

Cover blurb:
Arriving on the Nerva Beacon, hoping to find the TARDIS waiting for them, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry find the space station in the grip of a deadly plague that has wiped out most of its crew. But the Doctor soon comes to suspect that the ‘plague’ is no natural illness — and that some of his oldest and most fearsome foes are behind it...

The beacon has been set up to warn space traffic of a new satellite orbiting Jupiter, but one craft is taking no notice of the order to stay clear — a Cybership. The satellite is Voga, Planet of Gold, home to the seemingly harmless Vogans — but why are the Cybermen so determined to destroy it?

Without the TARDIS, the Doctor is unable to return Sarah and Harry to the 20th Century. But then Sarah falls victim to the mystery virus, and unless the Doctor can find a cure — quickly — she will never make it home at all...

Featuring superb location work in Wookey Hole, this action-packed adventure saw a whole new look for the Cybermen. It was originally broadcast 19 April - 10 May 1975.

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Edition: Australia Australia (unedited VHS)
Released:  December 1999
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Cover blurb:
Same as UK unedited edition.


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