Revenge of the Cybermen

19th April 1975 – 10th May 1975 “You’re nothing but a pathetic bunch of tin soldiers, skulking about the galaxy in an ancient spaceship!” The Doctor to the Cyberleader, episode 3 The Doctor’s party returns back to space station, Nerva (see The Ark in Space synopsis), but years before its conversion into a cryogenic ark. Arriving…

The Sontaran Experiment

22nd February 1975 – 1st March 1975 “I’m a sort of travelling time expert… horologist actually. And chronometrist. Just love clocks…” Doctor to Vural and Erak, episode 1 Tom as The Doctor prepares to fight the Sontaran.Picture © BBC Teleporting themselves down to Earth’s surface from Space Station Nerva (see The Ark in Space synopsis),…

Robot

18th December 1974 – 18th January 1975 “You may be a Doctor, but I’m the Doctor: the definite article, you might say…” The Doctor to Harry Sullivan, episode 1 Tom as the Doctor studies his new identity in a mirror. Picture © BBC After ten years and three identities, British television’s early evening science-fiction hero,…