""My body may be cybernetic but my mind stays human!" We now come to the end of the black-and-white era! Please be sure to hit that "like" button and leave any comment down below to appease the almighty algorithm!

20:36 I love that the cybermen have boots with shoelaces. I can just imagine them all tying their shoelaces before leaving to conquer Earth.

That shot of the Cybermen walking with ST. Paul’s Cathedral in the background would’ve brought some fear to audiences back in 1968.

This one's great. It's the perfect blueprint for the Pertwee era and the Cybermen would arguably never have a story this grand in scale again. It's essentially their Master Plan.

I love how the Doctor despite being in a hurry still makes sure his tie and hair are right fore the picture XD

I love how you're praising Zoe for calculating the equations needed, and as she slides between the two UNIT soldiers, one of them is clearly checking out her butt. Not shaming, I would have as well. This is where we finally start seeing the Cybermen heads looking more like the version from the 80s, which were my favorite Cybermen. Great video!

This story just breezes by when ever I watch it. It’s eight parts but it just doesn’t feel that long, the same goes for The War Games.

Worth noting how even at the very beginning of UNIT, Sergeant Benton was right there with the Brig, although he wasn’t a sergeant quite yet.

Seeing Nicholas Courtney at the start. Nice touch and what a great guy he was.

NMDs: Doctor Who in 2018 is all about talking down to men! Doctor Who in 1969: 16:02

The score for this story is forever burned into my brain

Just stopping to think; I lived as a 9+ year old kid when Jon Pertwee was Doctor, but I'd never actually realised that he never had a proper Cyberman story during his time! Daleks were back, yes; loads of new and brilliant creations: Silurians, Sea Devils, Mr Potato Head....sorry, Sontarans, Autons, the Master, etc, etc; his tenure was packed with such new and memorable foes that I don't remember ever missing the Cybermen!! :-D

Fun fact: Episode 4 was aired on Doctor Who’s 5th Anniversary. Which is probably why the episode ended with the Cybermen reveal. Weirdly this is the second episode that was animated. Why? It’s an anniversary year.

I remember watching 'The Invasion' when it originally aired on BBC1. I was aged 6. Tobias Vaughan was a fab villain, superbly portrayed by the late Kevin Stoney (RIP), the Cybermen had the best faces imo. To this day, it remains my all time favourite story of the classic series (followed by Genesis of the Daleks and Mind of Evil). Great review.

Next Time: The Cybermen remain disappear for 6 and a half years until they return to fight the 4th Doctor, And it's been a long time coming for William to dig into this, Prepare for their vengeful wrath, For the Revenge of the Cybermen.

It's surprising how much cues Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel take from this story, even the Cybermen being vulnerable to emotion part, further helped by the similar poses and Nick Briggs doing a similar delivery for the screams. Bowlestrek joke was great aside from me having to remember that was an unironic thing that someone actually said.

22:58 Yep I'd pretty much go mad if I had to listen to that on a loop! But in all seriousness The Invasion was my first Troughton story I watched in full and it's still a favourite of mine! The scale of this story just feels enormous and not just because of its eight episode length, but the fact this story does so much on mood, themes and character and I only find it a shame that the Cybermen didn't get a rematch with UNIT in the Pertwee era!

That segment of the Cyberman freaking out listening to that dudes stupid rant was the funniest shit I’ve seen in years.

The Brigadier did have kind of a point. The UNIT Soldiers were trained military officers and Isobel was an amateur photographer. Jaimie was out of line though... Though the sexism here comes off more as playful teasing rather than just sexist rhetoric.

Next time on Cybercember: A story so bad that the Cybermen had to go back into hiding for another 7 years.

Easily the best 60s Cyber story. It utilises its 8 part format to perfection, 1 half spy thriller the other half alien invasion. Great music and great performances throughout.

The music sounds in this story is so good. The story is brilliant. The Cybermen designs in this are my favourite. Honestly one of my favourite Cybermen stories in the classic series.

I don't think it matters that we don't see the Cybermen very much, because they are ultimately behind it all. On that basis, I'd still call this a Cyberman story, and one of the best ever.

One of my first experiences of Classic Who was watching the Cybermen emerge from the Sewers in The Invasion. That, and the scene in which Davros presents a Dalek to the Kaled scientists, the Doctor and Harry in Genesis. An absolutely classic moment of the program's history.

Tobias Vaughn is so chilling.

That bit with the Cyberman reacting to a NMD was brilliant. Can't wait for Revenge of the Mr TARDIS next week!

One of the great quotes from the Doctor: I hate computers and refused to be bullied by them!

Tobias Vaughn is secretly a pre-Delgado Master

Vaughan is one of the best villains in Dr Who..... Shame he never came back as a reoccurring villain or a Timelord.

22:58-If Mr Tardis didn't convince me he was based by Dalekcember making fun of Torys, making fun of Bowlestreak clinched it

The Invasion remains to this day my favourite Cyberman story

22:58 - Side Note Hey, remember when Bowlestrek made a KZfaq video saying that having non-white writers and actors in 'Doctor Who' was a Jewish plot to get rid of all the white people? Because that sounds like something we should never let him live down.

Man I love the edits you do sometimes to the videos Loved the scene with Cyberman listening to “distressing audio”

"Packer!" I like this one. The music is great, and it's really atmospheric with great characters.

Kevin Stoney was the best guest star ever,in all his appearances in the show!

When bowlestrek was made fun of, the like button was clicked.

This is such a great series of episodes, very reminiscent of the Quatermass series. Tobias Vaughn is a great villain akin to a Bond's Blofeld. Thank you for this AWESOME SERIES!!! GREAT JOB!!

@17:06 I was always horrified by the poor Cyberman and it shows how despicable humans can be…to leave a creature so d managed and suffering and just letting it suffer is horrifying to me. Utterly no compassion whatsoever and in many ways even more horrifying than Age of Steel. To think this was a person, converted into a creature with no emotions and perhaps even in pain but conditioned to simply not care ands then to realize what it had been hopelessly converted into and all the fear and pain and hopelessness - I swear it nearly gives me a panic attack thinking about the poor thing! Yes, there are far worse beings out there than Cybermen!

It always sucked there was never a Pertwee Cyberman story.

I love this one. Tobias Vaughn is top-tier Doctor Who villain.

15:05 It's not padding. It's paddling. Waugh Waugh.

Wait, Bret Vyon and the Brigadier were played by the same actor? Now that was surprising.

I can't wait for Mr Tardis's review of all the Third Doctor Cybermen stories...why are you all staring? P.S up yours bowlestrek.

The Cyberman plot to enslave humanity through a hypnotic signal would later form the basis for every episode ever of Pinky and the Brain! :-D

I agree with you about length issues and missed opportunities in terms of some potentially incredible scenes, but The Invasion still remains my favourite Cyberman story to date, and one I always love going back to. Great video and another wonderful series. Cheers

i completely disagree about this story being too long, it doesn’t waste a second and it flies by. i really don’t see your point about part 4 being padded out. they rescued zoe and isobel and needed to make an escape in a helicopter. there’s no time to see the cyberman. the reveal wouldn’t have made an impact if it were a quick introduction and then getting the fuck out of there 8 parts is perfect for this story. parts 1-4 really create a mysterious atmosphere and makes international electromatics and vaughn an equal threat to the cybermen, any less episodes then vaughn would seem like just some random guy. the obvious reason for the lack of the unit rescue of watkins is budget but it works for me. he said that they were in and out and having him just recount the events, sweating and puffing shows the power of unit, it is their first appearance, we need to see how cool they are

I love these videos, so much behind the scenes info mixed into a review format. Brilliant! Can't wait to see what happens next.

While my favourite Cybermen are the Mondasians, this is my favourite Cyberman story... even though the villain is technically Tobias Vaughn, not the Cybermen. I might prefer the Mondasian costumes, but I think these ones are better for practicality reasons. The Mondasians were big and clumsy costumes so I can see why they got the upgrade they did and I think these are simplistic and work just as well. The character of Isobel is so good, I have to remind myself she’s not a recurring character and the rapport she establishes with Zoe is really fun to see. Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines are great as always. Two, Jaimie and Zoe are easily the quintessential Troughton era TARDIS crew.

HOLY SHIT THAT BOWLESTREK JOKE WAS FUCKING AMAZING

Vaughn is the best one off villain ever

All these years later and it's still one of the best animated reconstructions they've done. They've really zig-zagged in quality ever since.

I have chills rewatching all the scenes with Tobias Vaughn. He has such a fantastic presence as a villain. It almost doesn't matter that this is weak story for the Cybermen as Tobias and the general tone of the story make up for it completely. And yes the direction in the first animated episode is so good. It just makes such a good use of its black and white nature to really set the dark tone. I remember first watching the animated episodes on DVD in the mid 2000s and being taken aback by how good they were. Watching this in sequence with the rest of Troughton's third series it really is striking how different it is and how much of it is setting up the style for the Third Doctor series.

Holy shit that bowlestrek great replacement edit was fucking gold. Bravo!

Out of all the Cybermen costumes in the classic series 'Yes I said the classic series' The ones from The Invasion are my second favourite ones, In trems of the Patrick Throughton era these are my all time favourite ones in general, In edition to that, This is the first time that the Cybermen helmets are a little bigger than usual, And of course will stay that way throughout the rest of the classic series.

Fun fact: Kevin Stoney would return to sci-fi in 1979 and 1981 in the Blake’s 7 episodes, Hostage & Animals respectively

The Invasion was simply an outstanding 2nd Doctor story in many ways. Kevin Stoney was superb as Vaughn, the Cybermen were at there best and who could forget the iconic scene of them marching steadily down St Paul's Cathedral. The interplay of cat and mouse between the Doctor, Vaughn and Packer were also quite well handled with Troughon's Doctor continually outwitting them both. I do agree however that this story would have been tightened up considerably with 2 less episodes and the better for it. Still this one gets an 8 out of ten from me!

Man that bowlestrek reference had me cracking up. Amazing work so far as always, thanks so much for making this year end on a high! - Rettendonraider 👌

22:57 Had me glad I'm watching this on the floor so I don't have a chair to fall out of.

Hold up, in the classic series there's a character called Kettlewell? I'll deck ya!

Another of the three or four best classic Cybermen stories, while I love the Daleks & Doctor Who wouldn't exactly be Doctor Who without them but the classic Cybermen have always been my favourite, I guess that's why I like the Star Trek's Borg so much because they remind me of the Cybermen, same with the Cylons from classic Battlestar Galactica, which reminds me, I once contacted Universal Pictures and asked if it was possible the BBC could use the Cylons as a guest villain in a story where the Doctor thinks they're dealing with the Cybermen only for the enemy to turn out to actually be the Cylons, what a plot twist that would be... To my surprise, Universal Pictures replied that it was possible for Doctor Who to use them. :)

Really excited for the rest of the stories that you will be reviewing for the rest of the month.

Ah, the first classic Cyberman serial I ever watched. 🙂

Tobias Vaughan may have been an influence on the representation of Deveraux in the Timeslip story 'Time of the Ice box'. Both also had secret back office's with hidden , controlling computers!

The invasion (besides the lost in time and space) was my first Patrick troughtan story and what a heck of a story to watch first

First time the Doctor drives a car/truck, never noticed before

I should mention that this is the first time that late famous story editor/writer Terrance Dicks was involved in anything Dr Who related, I've heard that Dicks didn't like the Cybermen 'at least that's what someone said to me when William discuss the Daleks's cameo last year on Dalekcember' which probably explains why they weren't included in the Pertwee era, Which is a bit of a shame really, I would of love to see the 3rd Doctor go up against the Cybermen, But of course that's history.

cybermen did appear in the 3rd doctors time in the Carnival of Monsters on the miniscope

Another day, Another cuppa Bowlestrek tears... yummy.

An Invasion Cyberman from walking by ST Paul's Cathedral was my old profile pic showing the impact on me

It's funny how for so long these were Big Finish's default cybermen. Like every audio they did was these oneshot versions.

This is the highlight of 2020 for me! Keep up the good work!

Jesus, I had no idea that Bowlestrek was spreading the great replacement conspiracy theory now

Fun fact: Sally Faulkner who played Isobel was expected to be the next Companion but she turned it down

The only issue I have with this story is the Cybermen don’t do much. They don’t appear until part 4, and even then, all they do is mooch about for a bit then they get destroyed. However, the Cyber-Planner and Tobias Vaughn are very strong villains so the lack of Cybermen doesn’t derail the story too much. Honestly, this story is eight parts and I find it easier to breeze through than a lot of six parters.

This story has everything for me. Can't wait to rewatch it sometime in the future.

The invasion is one my favourite cybermen doctor who story from classic Dr who I love it so much that I have it on dvd and it sets the template for the third doctors era

Fantastic animation, I love the animation camera flare through the driver's window - very true to the live action direction. My memory was jogged watching copies of the story but, for better or worse, it's The Wheel Space that really stuck out (in a good way) !

22:06 I love the reaction of the man on the right. Looks like a mix between "personal space?" and "are those sparkles?"

Interesting fact: Zoe was supposed to fall in love with Jimmy the anti-feminist soldier, while Isobel was supposed to travel with the Doctor. However, Sally Faulkner turned down the Companion role, reversing the scripts having Isobel falling in love with Jimmy.

The obvious next step for the Cybermen and very well executed. The last story in the Cybermen's best years. Not that there aren't good stories after this but the Cybermen's scare factor has been difficult to capture after this point

The gag at 18:55 was one of my favourite editing gags in your #CyberCember!!! /Love your chanel btw 🌟🌟/

love this video, and this series as a whole. but is abzorbalof-cember confirmed for next year?

Doing one favourite quote of the day this time... "Is this what you wanted? To be the ruler of a dead world?!"

Next year "Base Seige-cember"

I loved it when it was first shown and still really like it today. A highlight from a patchy season and full of classic moments.

Did you use Bowlstrek audio in that clip with them testing the emotion device on that Cybermen? cuz it really does feel like the type of dumb bullshit that would make an alien freak out at how stupid mankind can be.

One of my favourite episodes from troughton era

I used to bump into a travelling TARDIS tent at Festivals called Taff's TARDIS and he used to play non stop Dr.Who all through the weekend, which was great if you had nothing else to do in the night but were still buzzing your tits off. That was the first place I saw Invasion as I hadn't yet got on video( yeah mid 90's) I managed to convert about 30 people into Whovians just with this story. Saw him at Glastonbury, Green Gathering and a couple of other festivals, brilliant Idea, you had to walk through the TARDIS doors to get in the tent and he showed them on a black and white telly as well..Taff if you are out there cheers mate!

It takes until the end of Episode Six for The Invasion to begin… In an Eight Episode narrative, entitled ‘The Invasion’.

23:10 By god no creature containing any amount of intelligence should be subjected to that audio

My all time favourite Doctor Who story. :)

Prepare yourselves Fans of Revenge of the Cybermen, For Will's unfinished business will finally pay off.

21:17 Now that's more like it. Giving Scott Cawthon and FNAF a run for their money

29:23 I had a feeling this would be personal

I've still never understood why Zoe insists on running around in this episode wearing that stupid feather boa. I mean she climbs out a window into a helicopter, runs around in the sewers, and she's still got the dumb thing on. It's my little fashion nit pick.

Do like in the BBC ad for the dvd set with Revenge of the Cybermen in it just jokes about a “cyber massage” after its all the twitch chat would go on about during the marathon of who during that episode

Actually, I disagree about the cybermen, the Cyberplanner, an organic computer, a brain within a shell, gets quite a bit of dialogue, surely that is a cyberman?

I'd be insane if I had to listen Bowlsrek as well

I love the music in This story

"Find him, Packer! FIIIIIIIIIIIND HIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!"