It's interesting to look at "Revenge of the Cybermen" not just as an example of 1970s Doctor Who, but as typical 1970s British TV storytelling. The anti-fascist callback to WWII is still present here.

Ahh, the Cybermen, the other Big Bads of Doctor Who, the complement to the Daleks' monster army. Where the Daleks are genocidal Nazi analogies, the Cybermen are stand-ins for Communists. Instead of ...

As one of the oldest sci-fi shows of all time, Doctor Who has built an impressive array of enemies, both human and extraterrestrial. Some of the villains the Doctor faced appeared only one time but ...

As Doctor Who enemies go, the Cybermen have been remarkably prolific, second only to the Daleks. From a production standpoint, it may have something to do with being able to just shove an actor into a ...

Emma Oakman is a British writer based in Canada who studied film at university. Emma has a proclivity for goop, gore, and all things that go bump in the night. Throughout the history of Doctor Who, ...