Revenge of the Cybermen
Story: Revenge of the Cybermen – Season 12, Story 79
Year: 1975
Written by: Gerry Davis
Directed by: Michael E. Briant
Synopsis: Sarah, The Doctor and Harry get caught up in the battle between the Vogans and the Cybermen.
Sarah Moments:
• She gets distracted by the TV in the control room
• She and Harry snipe at each other throughout
• She drives a little motorboat
• She operates the transmat by herself
• She sneaks around the beacon and overhears the Cybermen plotting
• She and the Doctor whistle to one another adorably
• She helps the Doctor kill a Cyberman, and then drags him away when he starts unnecessarily quoting Shakespeare...
Capture, Rescue and Mortal Peril:
• She helps stop the Doctor getting his arm trapped in the door
• She gets bitten and poisoned by a Cybermat, and she’ll be dead in ten minutes if they don’t get her into the transmat! (Kudos to whoever did that poison-makeup, it's really icky!)
• The transmat is broken! But the Doctor fixes it just in time to save her
• She and Harry are captured by Vogans while Harry’s blathering on about gold
• Harry gets her out of her chains, and she gets him out of his
• She and Harry get cornered and shot at by some more Vogans
• She goes back to the beacon to warn the Doctor, not realising that he’s on Voga too!
• She tries to stop the Cybermen destroying Voga, and gets thrown on the floor for her trouble, and then tied up and left to explode along with the beacon
• The Doctor comes to the beacon to rescue her
• The Cybermen make the Doctor tie Sarah up, and then they’re tied together!
• They soon get untied, thanks to a trick the Doctor learned from Houdini
Quotes:
• ‘Oh, thank heaven for that, we’ve made it! Haven’t we?’ ‘Of course we’ve made it, did you think we wouldn’t?’ ‘Well, in these past few weeks, yes!’ - Sarah and the Doctor
• ‘Oh, I’m not even going to think about it, I’ll only get a headache.’ - Sarah, when the Doctor tries to explain how the TARDIS is coming back in time to meet them
• ‘If the Doctor’s scented a rat, Commander, he’ll find one.’ - Sarah
• ‘Doctor, she’s not going to last much longer!’ ‘I know, Harry, I know!’ - Sarah's boys worry about her. Aawww
• ‘Sarah!’ ‘Mm? Yeah?’ ‘It’s worked, Doctor, it’s worked!’ ‘Ooh, stop bawling down my ear, you’ve got a voice like a foghorn! Hey!’ ‘What’s the matter?’ ‘What’s going on here?’ ‘Well, that’s marvellous, isn’t it? Here I am, trying to save your life, and all you can...’ ‘Trying to save… I remember!’ - Harry and Sarah, after he saves her life
• ‘The Doctor’ll be worrying about us!’ ‘Well, I’m worrying about us! What is this place, anyway?’ ‘I can tell you what it isn’t – it isn’t uninhabited!’ - Sarah and Harry, after getting captured by the Vogans
• ‘Sarah, these chains are made of solid gold!’ ‘Harry, will you just shut up about your rotten gold!’ ‘Twenty-four carat, by the looks of it!’ ‘It’s because of the gold that we’re in this mess!’ ‘I was just thinking…’ ‘Well, don’t!’ ‘Gold’s a very soft metal, isn’t it, Sarah, so if we can find a decent bit of rock we might be able to file through!’ ‘Well, we can’t just sit here glittering, can we?’ - Harry and Sarah, chained up by the Vogans
• ‘Ow! Careful!’ ‘Sorry! It is flattening, though...’ ‘So’s my ankle!’ - Sarah and Harry, trying to escape
• ‘Tibias – or rather, fetlocks – like a carthorse!’ ‘My ankles aren’t thick!’ - Harry and Sarah
• ‘Oh! Maimed for life!’ ‘Honestly, I don’t know why you’re complaining – I got you free!’ - Harry and Sarah
• ‘This looks like the end, Sarah...’ ‘One thing about you, Harry, you never miss the obvious...’ - Harry and Sarah, in a desparate situation
• ‘I have a young friend on the beacon. Sarah Jane, the girl who was here. She risked her life to save mine, the least I can do is accept the same risk for her.’ - The Doctor
• ‘Doctor?’ ‘Yes?’ ‘It’s good to see you!’ ‘Is it?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘Oh! Well! Come on, quickly, then!’ - Sarah and the Doctor, a touching reunion
• ‘We’re still heading for the biggest bang in history!’ - Gosh, Sarah...
From the Target Novelisation:
Novelised by Terrance Dicks
• Sarah caught a flash of movement in the corner of her eye, spun round and reacted in true feminine style; she let out a loud, hearty scream. - Oh, dear...
• She'd accepted eagerly when Lester had offered her a meal before leaving, but now she was picking unenthusiastically through a plastic box of food concentrates, most of which looked like pink bouillon cubes, and tasted unimaginable. She realized that the crew had been living on pills and concentrates so long they took it for granted, and she thought longingly of steak and French fries. - The Sarah of the novelisations is ALWAYS thinking about food...
• Sarah cheered up at the prospect of action. - Hurrah!
• Harry looked worried, but didn't try to stop her. He knew that Sarah had always refused to accept the role of the helpless heroine, and her mind was obviously made up. - Good for you, Sarah!
Wardrobe Appreciation
Bit of a slow story on the wardrobe front - Sarah wears the same outfit as she did at the end of Genesis of the Daleks. But here's another quick look since it looked so nice:
We do get a closer look at some of the details this time around - the buttons on the top, a glimpse of the boots, and a closer look at the trousers...
Not to mention an unexpected bit of sock, huzzah!
The Panel Said...
Style Watch:
paranoidangel: Those soldier-like clothes are great. And the pink stripy socks! 9/10
Llin: It looks cool, and sensible for all that dashing about! 7/10
Cadi: I can't say enough how much I LOVE this outfit. The whole soldier style thing is just AWESOME. And the socks match her top. Fabulous! 10/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: I love the camoflage, she looks like a lesbian! and those socks are great! 10/10
Sarah Watch:
paranoidangel:It bugs me that she screams at the Doctor when he nearly traps his arm in the door. Apart from that, though, she's quite happily off trying to save everyone else. 8/10
Llin: She's clever and capable and she and Harry have banter! 7/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: Awwwww, dying Sarah is so cute, [wow i'm weird] and i love her bitching at Harry, oh and i love that classic line "My ankles aren't thick!" 10/10
StoryWatch:
paranoidangel: Having watched this twice I'm still not entirely certain what's actually going on with this plot. But I did like Sarah & Harry sniping at each other. 7/10
Llin: Cybermen? Gold? Vogans? What? To be honest I just skip to the Sarah bits... 4/10
Sarah_JaneSmith: Great story, cybermen are awesome! 10/10
Bonus Pictures
You might think it's Supergirl, but actually it's Sarah Jane...
I am Sarah - hear me roar!!!
Apparently there's nothing funnier than mortal peril...
CLUE:
Cybermen look like Lego people...
Harry and Sarah, about to be captured
It's all too much!!
They're pleased to see each other. Aaw.
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