Premise: The time ring returns the Doctor, Sarah and Harry to Nerva at a point many years prior to their first visit. They find the crew decimated, apparently by a space plague...
Notes: This story was recorded back-to-back with the second story of the season, The Ark in Space. This was so that they could reuse many of the same sets as that serial to save money, which was always a problem for Doctor Who. Many of the scenes that take place in the caverns of Voga were filmed on location at the Wookey Hole show caves in Somerset. This was the first full appearance of the Cybermen since 1968. Unusually, the voices of the Cybermen were provided by the actors inside the costumes.
Verdict: A rather straight forward serial enhanced by great performances all around. The cave scenes are suitably atmospheric and the space station scenes are nice too but the Cybermen are oddly stale and the Vogans aren't much better 7/10
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