#1 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:11,119 "Doctor Who and his companions
land on the seemingly deserted
Cybermen planet of Telos."
(Radio Times)
#2 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:18,311 This episode was first shown
on 2 September 1967,
and was seen by 6 million viewers.
#3 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:31,037 We pick up from where
'The Evil of the Daleks' left off,
on the planet Skaro.
#4 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:37,992 The Daleks have just been
finally exterminated
after a disastrous experiment
with human emotions,
#5 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:45,794 and the Doctor now has
a 19th—century orphan
in his care: Victoria,
whose father was recently exterminated.
#6 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:51,990 This sequence was shot in advance
on film rather than
in the videotape studio.
#7 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:57,951 Where are they?
Stage 2 at Ealing Studios,
on 16 June 1967.
#8 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,995 The word "knobs" was Deborah Watling's
unscripted embellishment.
#9 00:01:03,159 --> 00:01:11,669 The week before, she'd learned that
her co—stars were incorrigible
connoisseurs of naughty pranks
and double entendres,
#10 00:01:11,879 --> 00:01:17,476 when, rehearsing a rescue sequence,
Frazer Hines had relished
Jamie's line to Victoria,
"Quick, up your back passage!"
#11 00:01:17,679 --> 00:01:25,632 In 'The Evil of the Daleks',
Maxtible and Waterfield were Victorian
scientists conducting time experiments
with static electricity.
#12 00:01:25,799 --> 00:01:32,272 The back wall,
opposite the Tardis doors,
was a photograph projected
on an 18' x 12' back projection screen.
#13 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:41,672 The scene, on a 25' x 21' set,
was pre—filmed in order to make room
for the other large sets
in the videotape studio.
#14 00:01:41,839 --> 00:01:47,789 "Victoria and Jamie stare embarrassed
at the Doctor," says the script.
#15 00:01:47,999 --> 00:01:54,552 At this time, it was assumed
that the Doctor had rejuvenated himself
when he turned into Patrick Troughton,
#16 00:01:54,719 --> 00:02:01,397 so he claims to be
a markedly younger man
than the reputedly 745—year—old
William Hartnell version.
#17 00:02:01,559 --> 00:02:08,954 At the time of the filming,
the actors were also some way through
making 'The Evil of the Daleks':
#18 00:02:09,118 --> 00:02:17,435 they'd spent the past three days
rehearsing Episode 6,
and were due to record it
the next day, 17 June.
#19 00:02:20,038 --> 00:02:26,876 We've now gone back in time four days,
to the location shoot on 12 June,
the first day of the filming week.
#20 00:02:27,078 --> 00:02:33,790 The model spaceship is shot
in false perspective:
it's a lot closer to the camera
than it seems.
#21 00:02:33,958 --> 00:02:42,115 The music is 'Universe Sideral',
written by the French classical composer
Paul Bonneau (1918—95),
#22 00:02:42,318 --> 00:02:50,635 followed by a brief musical "sting"
written by Trevor Duncan (1924—2005),
#23 00:02:50,838 --> 00:02:58,426 who is best known as the composer
of A Little Suite (1959),
which became the theme music
to Doctor Finlay’s Casebook.
#24 00:02:58,638 --> 00:03:04,554 All the serial's music
was selected from modern stock tracks
by director Morris Barry.
#25 00:03:04,758 --> 00:03:11,106 The aim was to create
individual soundscape "atmospheres"
for the various settings,
indoor and out.
#26 00:03:14,238 --> 00:03:22,509 This is the sand and gravel quarry
at Wapsey's Wood, Gerrards Cross,
Buckinghamshire,
around 20 miles from London.
#27 00:03:22,718 --> 00:03:28,111 Morris Barry later used it
as another alien planet
in 'The Dominators' (1968).
#28 00:03:28,318 --> 00:03:35,553 The upcoming explosion
ended up being an even bigger bang
than planned.
#29 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:42,674 The charges were set
in an open crack in the rock,
early that morning.
#30 00:03:42,837 --> 00:03:51,233 Then there was a delay,
so the explosion wasn't filmed
straight away as first intended.
#31 00:03:51,437 --> 00:03:59,071 As the cast and crew
moved around the quarry,
dust and debris fell into the crack,
packing the explosive tighter.
#32 00:03:59,277 --> 00:04:06,308 The result was that
the force of the charge was increased
when they finally did the shot.
#33 00:04:06,517 --> 00:04:12,786 It was the usual practice to film
two takes of everything,
just to be on the safe side,
#34 00:04:12,957 --> 00:04:19,635 but since the explosion
obviously couldn't be restaged,
it was shot with two cameras.
#35 00:04:19,797 --> 00:04:27,715 The closer shot was taken by the
"synch" camera, with sound equipment,
and the long master shot (with
foreground actors) by the silent one.
#36 00:04:27,917 --> 00:04:36,188 The doors are another
false perspective model,
about six feet from the camera (though,
obviously, the actors are closer).
#37 00:04:40,077 --> 00:04:45,754 The music is another
Trevor Duncan track.
#38 00:04:45,917 --> 00:04:52,595 The BBC Wardrobe Department
often serviced historical drama series
as well as contemporary ones,
#39 00:04:52,757 --> 00:04:59,230 so it was standard practice
for the costume designer
to specify on her paperwork
the date of the fictional action.
#40 00:04:59,397 --> 00:05:04,312 According to this,
'The Tomb of the Cybermen' takes place
in either 2020 or 2067 —
but those were just nominal dates.
#41 00:05:07,037 --> 00:05:14,387 The BBC's promotional document,
drawn up by the production office,
refers only to a setting
in "the distant future".
#42 00:05:14,597 --> 00:05:20,229 Translated from 1967 values
into modern money,
£50 would be worth around £700.
#43 00:05:20,437 --> 00:05:26,034 (That tells us nothing about
the fictional value of Kaftan's offer
in "the distant future",
#44 00:05:26,237 --> 00:05:32,710 but it does indicate
how temptingly generous
it would have sounded
to 1967 ears.)
#45 00:05:32,917 --> 00:05:39,516 This sequence was filmed
on Stage 2 at Ealing on 13 June
(while the regulars were away
rehearsing with the Daleks),
#46 00:05:39,717 --> 00:05:46,316 and this, more than five minutes in,
is the episode's first sequence
made on videotape.
#47 00:05:51,797 --> 00:05:58,953 At this time, it was assumed
that the Tardis flew in through the air
rather than fading into existence.
#48 00:06:01,597 --> 00:06:06,432 Back to Buckinghamshire now,
#49 00:06:06,596 --> 00:06:13,274 and the long shadows reveal
that this scene was shot
towards the end of the summer afternoon.
#50 00:06:13,436 --> 00:06:21,116 The regulars' few location scenes
were scheduled for late in the day,
whereas everyone else
had an eight—o'—clock start.