Attack of the Cybermen is the first serial of the 22nd season of the
British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first
broadcast in two weekly parts on 5 and 12 January 1985. It was
credited to the pseudonymous author "Paula Moore"; there are
conflicting accounts concerning to whom this credit belongs. Beginning
with this serial and continuing for the remainder of Season 22,
episodes were 45 minutes in length (as opposed to previous episodes
which were 25 minutes long); for syndication, in some markets, this
serial is re-edited into four 25-minute segments.Attack of the
Cybermen has a complex plot which reiterates narratives from The Tenth
Planet (1966) and The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967). Set in London in
1985 and the planet Telos in the future, in the serial the Cybermen
intend to change the course of history by destroying Earth with
Halley's Comet in 1985, which would prevent the destruction of the
Cybermen's original home planet Mondas. In addition to its
contemporary London setting, it also features several other references
to the previous season's Resurrection of the Daleks, notably the
return of Lytton (played by Maurice Colbourne) and his henchmen (who
again masquerade as policemen), and is directed by Matthew Robinson in
his second and final contribution to the series.In the sewers of
London, two workers are attacked by an unseen force. The Sixth
Doctor's attempts to repair the TARDIS's systems, in particular the
chameleon circuit, which enables the ship to alter its external form
to something more suitable than the police box, cause the ship to
behave chaotically in-flight. The Doctor eventually manages to pilot
the TARDIS to Earth in the year 1985, where he shows Peri Halley's
Comet, although she is more worried about the prospect of crashing
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