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  • The Tenth Planet
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  • The TARDIS touches down at space base in the south pole in 1986. A new planet arrives to drain earth of its power, and brings the Cybermen with it. Say what you will, but I think the original design is horrifying because there are still human parts in there. Their hands are human, and you can see the eyes behind the mask. While I'm sure these simply budget limits, it's still creepy and effective, even 50 years later. Anyway, with the Doctor incapacitated for most of the story, Ben and Polly really get shine, stopping General Cutler and the Cybermen almost single-handedly.
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  • The Tenth Planet
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  • Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
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  • Derek Martinus
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  • The TARDIS touches down at space base in the south pole in 1986. A new planet arrives to drain earth of its power, and brings the Cybermen with it. Say what you will, but I think the original design is horrifying because there are still human parts in there. Their hands are human, and you can see the eyes behind the mask. While I'm sure these simply budget limits, it's still creepy and effective, even 50 years later. Anyway, by episode 2 you can tell the Doctor is nearing the end of his first life. He sleeps through most of episode 3, which have seemed strange to viewers in 1966, but in retrospect makes total sense. Anyway, with the Doctor incapacitated for most of the story, Ben and Polly really get shine, stopping General Cutler and the Cybermen almost single-handedly. The end of episode 4 is poignant, and the quiet, unsettling atmosphere as Hartnell delivers his final lines aboard the Cybership is fitting for both One and Hartnell himself. The look on Hartnell's face during his last scene on board the TARDIS says more than any rousing speech ever could. God. He really didn't want to go.
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