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{{Infobox Doctor Who episode
| number             = 037
| serial_name        = The Tomb of the Cybermen
| show               = DW
| type               = serial
| image              =
| caption            = The Cybermen emerge from the sewers.
| doctor             = [[Patrick Troughton]] – [[Second Doctor]]
| companions         = 
* [[Frazer Hines]] – [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Deborah Watling]] – [[Victoria Waterfield]]
| guests             = 
*[[Shirley Cooklin]] – Kaftan
*[[Roy Stewart]] – Toberman
*[[George Pastell]] – Eric Klieg
*[[Aubrey Richards]] – Professor Parry
*[[Cyril Shaps]] – John Viner
*[[Bernard Holley]] – Peter Haydon
*[[George Roubicek]] – Captain Hopper
*[[Clive Merrison]] – Jim Callum
*[[Alan Johns (actor)|Alan Johns]] – Ted Rogers
*[[Ray Grover]] – Crewman
*[[Peter Hawkins]] – Cybermen Voices
*[[Michael Kilgarriff]] – Cyberman Controller
*[[Hans De Vries]], [[Tony Harwood]], [[John Hogan (actor)|John Hogan]], [[Richard Kerley]], [[Ronald Lee (actor)|Ronald Lee]], [[Charles Pemberton]], [[Kenneth Seeger]], [[Reg Whitehead (actor)|Reg Whitehead]] – Cybermen
| director           = [[Morris Barry]]
| writer             = [[Kit Pedler]]<br/>[[Gerry Davis (screenwriter)|Gerry Davis]]
| script_editor      = [[Victor Pemberton]]
| producer           = [[Peter Bryant]]
| executive_producer = None
| composer           = [[Stock music]]
| production_code    = MM
| series             = [[Doctor Who season 5|Season 5]]
| length             = 4 episodes, 25 minutes each
| started            = {{Start date|1967|9|2|df=y}}
| ended              = {{End date|1967|9|23|df=y}}
| preceding          = ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]''
| following          = ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''
}}

'''''The Tomb of the Cybermen''''' is the first serial of the [[Doctor Who season 5|fifth season]] of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which was originally broadcast in four weekly parts on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 2 to 23 September 1967.

In the serial, the [[Time travel in fiction|time traveller]] the [[Second Doctor]] ([[Patrick Troughton]]) and his travelling [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companions]] [[Jamie McCrimmon]] ([[Frazer Hines]]) and [[Victoria Waterfield]] ([[Deborah Watling]]) get caught up in an expedition to the planet Telos. The financiers of the expedition, Eric Klieg ([[George Pastell]]) and Kaftan (Shirley Cooklin), intend to revitalise the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] that are buried on Telos in underground tombs, hoping they will share their power.

''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' is the earliest serial [[Doctor Who missing episodes|known to exist]] in its entirety starring Troughton as the Second Doctor. It is also the only known complete Cyberman story produced in the 1960s, and introduces the concepts of the [[Cyberman#Variants|Cyber Controller]] and the [[Cybermat]]s, both of which would be re-used in later Cyberman stories.

==Plot==
Landing on the planet [[Telos (Doctor Who)|Telos]], the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], and [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] meet Parry, the leader of an archaeological expedition. Funded by Kaftan, who is accompanied by her colleague Klieg and her servant Toberman, the group have found and seek to explore the tomb of the Cybermen, who died out five centuries before. The Doctor helps open the tomb's electrified doors and stays behind with Parry and Klieg to open the crypt while the others explore the building.

After another crewman is killed by a cybergun-testing machine, Parry decides to call off the expedition, only to be informed that someone has sabotaged the [[Spacecraft|rocket ship]], stranding them until repairs are completed. The crew open and enter the crypt; leaving Kaftan and Victoria behind, they find a small army of frozen Cybermen. Kaftan and Klieg betray the group and revive the Cybermen, who they hope to recruit for a conquest of the universe. However, the Cybermen seize the crew, intending to rebuild their invasion force and conquer Earth. The repair crew mount a rescue and recover most of the party, but Toberman is recaptured and partially converted. The group disarm and imprison Kaftan and Klieg, only for them to repair the cybergun, hoping to force the Cybermen into their alliance.

With their energy levels running low, the Cybermen return to the crypt whilst their Controller and Toberman meet with the group. The Doctor attempts to sabotage the Controller's revitalization, but it escapes and attacks the group. After it murders Kaftan, Toberman breaks free of the Cybermen's conditioning and disables it. While he, the Doctor, and Jamie return to refreeze the crypt, Klieg, unable to accept that the Cybermen will not forge an alliance, tries to stop them, only to be murdered by a Cyberman. After Toberman destroys it, the Doctor activates the crypt, hoping that the Cybermen will stay there for good.

The Doctor resets the tomb's defences to ensure the Cybermen will not be revived again, only to discover the Controller is still functional. The Doctor flees and tries to enclose it with the survivors' help, but they are overpowered. Toberman sacrifices himself to close the doors, completing the circuit and electrocuting both him and the Controller. With the rocket repaired, the expedition leaves, the Doctor and his companions bidding them goodbye. As they leave, they fail to spot a surviving Cybermat, which approaches Toberman's body.

==Production==

===Writing===
[[Peter Bryant]], who had previously been assistant to [[Gerry Davis (screenwriter)|Gerry Davis]] and been newly promoted to script editor on the preceding story, was allowed to produce this serial in order to prove that he could take over from [[Innes Lloyd]] as producer later on in the season. Bryant's own assistant, [[Victor Pemberton]], acted as script editor on this serial, but left the series after production of the serial was finished, deciding that he didn't want to be a script editor. When Bryant's eventual promotion to producer came, [[Derrick Sherwin]] became script editor. The working titles for this story were ''The Ice Tombs of Telos'' and ''The Cybermen Planet''.<ref name="Howe, Walker, p 184">[[#howewalker|Howe, Walker]], p 184</ref>

Toberman was originally intended to be deaf, hence his lack of significant speech; his hearing aid would foreshadow his transformation into a Cyberman.<ref name="Howe, Walker, p 184"/>

===Recording===
It was produced at the end of the fourth recording block but was deliberately held back to season 5, despite the fact a 'Next Week' caption was prepared for the final episode of ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'', suggesting it was originally intended to end the fourth season.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

The exterior scenes for Telos were recorded at Gerrards Cross Sand and Gravel Quarry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who, Season 5, The Tomb of the Cybermen - The Fourth Dimension |website=BBC |date=2014-06-19 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5jh8tHhvYNJQ5Fzq0dZ80KG/the-fourth-dimension |access-date=2021-09-17 |archive-date=17 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917165936/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5jh8tHhvYNJQ5Fzq0dZ80KG/the-fourth-dimension |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Cybermats]] were controlled by various means&nbsp;– by wires, by wind-up clockwork, by radio-control, and some by simply being shoved into the shot.<ref>{{cite AV media | people = Morris Barry | title = Tombwatch | time = 8:20}}</ref> When the team were not filming, it was known for the people controlling the radio-controlled Cybermats to chase Deborah Watling around on set.<ref>Commentary 2, ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' released 2011, commentary recorded 2010</ref> The scene of the Cybermen breaking out of their tombs was filmed entirely in one take.<ref>{{cite AV media | people = Morris Barry | title = Tombwatch | time= 15:13}}</ref>

In the scene where the group are at the main entrance of the tomb, Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines worked out in secret the brief sequence where both the Doctor and Jamie go to take Victoria by the hand and end up taking each other's. They knew that, with the recording schedule and the likelihood that re-takes would not be possible, it would have to be left in.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/2012/09/23/dvd-review-doctor-who-tomb-of-the-cybermen-special-edition/ |title=DVD REVIEW: Doctor Who – The Tomb of the Cybermen Special Edition |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 September 2012 |website=Geek Syndicate |access-date=30 October 2013 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101110841/http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/2012/09/23/dvd-review-doctor-who-tomb-of-the-cybermen-special-edition/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Broadcast, archive and reception==
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On 24 February 2013, the episode aired in the United States on [[BBC America]] as part of a year-long celebration and acknowledgement of the 50th anniversary of ''Doctor Who''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Fraser|last=McAlpine|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/02/doctor-whos-day-roundup-prepare-a-frosty-reception/|title=Doctor Who's Day Roundup: Prepare A Frosty Reception...|website=[[BBC America]]|date=12 February 2013|access-date=23 March 2013|archive-date=5 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305214432/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/02/doctor-whos-day-roundup-prepare-a-frosty-reception/|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to the episode's airing that evening, a short documentary was aired which featured interviews with former, current and original Doctor Who production staff who shared their memories and perspectives of [[Patrick Troughton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/doctor-who/extras/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisited/the-doctors-revisited-the-second-doctor/|title=The Doctors Revisited: The Second Doctor|website=[[BBC America]]|access-date=23 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227023605/http://www.bbcamerica.com/doctor-who/extras/doctor-who-the-doctors-revisited/the-doctors-revisited-the-second-doctor/|archive-date=27 February 2013}}</ref> It also appeared on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s iView exclusively, part of their celebration for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary.

===Reception===
Following the transmission of the first episode, the BBC's Head of Drama [[Sydney Newman]] personally congratulated [[Peter Bryant]] on what he had seen, which Bryant later recalled: "Coming from the man who created ''Doctor Who'' that was the ultimate compliment, even more so seeing as it was my first job as producer." However, the serial also attracted controversy. On 26 September 1967, [[Kit Pedler]] appeared on the BBC series ''Talkback'', hosted by [[David Coleman]], to defend the serial against parents who thought it was too violent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Banks |first=David |title=Doctor Who: The Cybermen |year=1990 |publisher=W.H. Allen & Co |isbn=1-85227-338-0}}</ref>

[[Paul Cornell]], [[Martin Day (writer)|Martin Day]], and [[Keith Topping]] wrote favourably of the serial in ''The Discontinuity Guide'' (1995), despite some criticism, "The first two episodes are wonderful, a well directed and expensive looking restating of the series' basics, but once the Cybermen are released from the Tombs, they go back in again."<ref name="discontinuity">{{cite book |title=[[The Discontinuity Guide]] |last1=Cornell |first1=Paul |author-link1=Paul Cornell |last2=Day |first2=Martin |author-link2=Martin Day (writer) |last3=Topping |first3=Keith |author-link3=Keith Topping |year=1995 |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |location=London |isbn=0-426-20442-5 |chapter=The Tomb of the Cybermen |chapter-url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/tombcybermen/detail.shtml |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209115954/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/tombcybermen/detail.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> In ''The Television Companion'' (1998), [[David J. Howe]] and [[Stephen James Walker]] stated that it was similar to previous Cybermen stories, but "manages to develop the idea to greater advantage and, as a result, achieves a considerable success" and was "well-paced, gripping and, in places, genuinely frightening". They praised the Cybermen, but said the noise they made while being attacked was "silly", and also criticised some of the direction and Deborah Watling's Victoria, who they felt was an inconsistent character.<ref name="television companion">{{cite book |first1=David J. |last1=Howe |author-link1=David J. Howe |first2=Stephen James |last2=Walker |author-link2=Stephen James Walker |year=1998 |title=Doctor Who: The Television Companion |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/tombcybermen/detail.shtml |edition=1st |location=London |publisher=[[BBC Books]] |isbn=978-0-563-40588-7 |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209115954/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/tombcybermen/detail.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, Mark Braxton of ''[[Radio Times]]'' wrote that the story "''does'' deserve its reputation" as a classic.<ref name="Radio Times">{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Braxton|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2009-06-20/the-tomb-of-the-cybermen|title=Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=20 June 2009|access-date=23 March 2013|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918230923/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-guide/the-tomb-of-the-cybermen/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[DVD Talk]]'s J. Doyle Wallis, in a review of the original DVD release, gave the serial three and a half out of five stars and called it "a very entertaining story".<ref name="DVD Talk1">{{cite web|first=J. Doyle|last=Wallis|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4402/doctor-who-the-tomb-of-the-cybermen/|title=Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen|website=[[DVD Talk]]|date=16 August 2002|access-date=23 March 2013|archive-date=6 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606112657/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4402/doctor-who-the-tomb-of-the-cybermen/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a review of the special edition DVD for the same website, John Sinnott gave ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' four stars. Sinnot praised Troughton's performance and the subtlety of the guest acting.<ref name="DVD Talk2">{{cite web|first=John|last=Sinnott|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/53509/dr-who-tomb-of-cybermen/|title=Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen|website=[[DVD Talk]]|date=20 March 2012|access-date=23 March 2012|archive-date=23 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323232728/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/53509/dr-who-tomb-of-cybermen/|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing the serial for ''[[The Independent]]'' in 2012, Neela Debnath praised the "impressive production values" and faster pace.<ref name="independent review">{{cite web|first=Neela|last=Debnath|url=http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/02/review-of-doctor-who-%E2%80%98the-tomb-of-the-cybermen%E2%80%99-series-5/|title=Review of Doctor Who 'The Tomb of the Cybermen' (Series 5)|work=[[The Independent]]|date=2 May 2012|access-date=23 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513050529/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/02/review-of-doctor-who-%E2%80%98the-tomb-of-the-cybermen%E2%80%99-series-5/|archive-date=13 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Christopher Bahn of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' was less positive. He said that the story's "flaws are awfully apparent today" due to the "huge gaps in story logic and some really unfortunate racial stereotyping". Bahn was positive towards Troughton and the plot's buildup, but felt that the rest "just kind of peters out" and the villains' motivations were "convoluted".<ref name="AV Club">{{cite web|first=Christopher|last=Bahn|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/tomb-of-the-cybermen,57416/|title=Tomb of the Cybermen|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=12 June 2011|access-date=23 March 2013|archive-date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529034049/http://www.avclub.com/articles/tomb-of-the-cybermen%2C57416/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Charlie Anders|Charlie Jane Anders]] of [[io9]] listed the cliffhanger to the second episode&nbsp;– in which the Cybermen break out of their tombs&nbsp;– as one of the greatest cliffhangers in the history of ''Doctor Who''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Charlie Jane|last=Anders|url=http://io9.com/5625151/greatest-doctor-who-cliffhangers-of-all-time|title=Greatest Doctor Who cliffhangers of all time!|website=[[io9]]|date=31 August 2010|access-date=24 March 2013|archive-date=14 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514031149/http://io9.com/5625151/greatest-doctor-who-cliffhangers-of-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Archive===
When the [[BBC]]'s film archive was first properly audited in 1978, it was one of many believed [[Doctor Who missing episodes|missing]] having been missed in an earlier 1976 listing. It was prepared for release in early 1992 on audio cassette as part of the "Missing Stories" collection, using recordings made by fans at home at the time of transmission, with newly recorded explanatory narration by [[Jon Pertwee]]. Then in late 1991, [[Kinescope|telerecording]]s of all four episodes were returned to the BBC from the [[Hong Kong]]-based [[Rediffusion]] company. In May 1992, it was released on [[VHS]] with a special introduction from director Morris Barry. The VHS release topped the sales charts throughout the country. This was the only ''Doctor Who'' story from the original era to top the UK charts.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}
Between 1991 and 2013, it was believed to be the only complete story from Season 5 (and the only complete serial to feature Deborah Watling) before the complete run of ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' was returned from Nigeria in 2013.

==Commercial releases==

===In print===
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| name              = Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen
| image             = Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen.jpg
| caption           = 
| author            = [[Gerry Davis (screenwriter)|Gerry Davis]]
| cover_artist      = Jeff Cummins
| series            = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book:<br />[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]]
| release_number    = 66
| release_date      = 18 May 1978
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[[Gerry Davis (screenwriter)|Gerry Davis]] novelisation was published by [[Target Books]] in 1978, entitled ''Doctor Who and The Tomb of the Cybermen''. However, due to a lack of source material, the cover, by Jeff Cummins, featured a Cyberman from the later story ''The Invasion''. A reissue of the book featured a new - and correct - cover by Alister Pearson. An audio reading of the novelisation, read by Michael Kilgarriff, was released in March 2013.

A transcript of the transmitted version of the serial, edited by John McElroy, was published by Titan Books in August 1989. It was the second in that publisher's series of ''Doctor Who'' script books, following [[The Tribe of Gum#In print|''The Tribe of Gum'']]. There was no video copy of ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' in the BBC archives at the time that the book was prepared.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Gerry |author-link1=Gerry Davis (screenwriter) |last2=Pedler |first2=Kit |author-link2=Kit Pedler |editor-last=McElroy |editor-first=John |title=Doctor Who&nbsp;– The Scripts: The Tomb of the Cybermen |date=August 1989 |publisher=[[Titan Books]] |location=London |isbn=1-85286-146-0 |pages=2, 5–7}}</ref>

===Home media===
[[File:Tomb of the Cybermen DVD.jpg|thumb|left|UK DVD original release front cover]]
With the recovery of the film prints, the planned soundtrack release was delayed until 1993, when contractual obligations forced its release. See [[List of Doctor Who audio releases|List of ''Doctor Who'' audio releases]].

Following the 1993 cassette release, on 1 May 2006 the soundtrack was released on a 2-CD set with linking narration by and a bonus interview with Frazer Hines. This was the first existing story to be released on audio in the same format as the missing story range.

A vinyl release of the soundtrack was released in 2018 exclusively for [[Record Store Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/04/vinyl-releases-for-record-store-day.html|title=Vinyl Releases for Record Store Day|publisher=[[Doctor Who News Page]]|author=Marcus|date=2018-04-21|access-date=2018-04-26|archive-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427184532/http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/04/vinyl-releases-for-record-store-day.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the UK the [[DVD]] was released 13 January 2002. This was the first black and white story to be released on this format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5jh8tHhvYNJQ5Fzq0dZ80KG/the-fourth-dimension|title=BBC One - Doctor Who, Season 5, the Tomb of the Cybermen - the Fourth Dimension|access-date=17 September 2021|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917165936/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5jh8tHhvYNJQ5Fzq0dZ80KG/the-fourth-dimension|url-status=live}}</ref> This serial was also released as part of the ''[[List of Doctor Who DVD#Doctor Who DVD Files (2009–2014)|Doctor Who DVD Files]]'' in issue 73 on 19 October 2011. A special edition of the DVD, with new bonus features and the entire story now treated with the [[VidFIRE]] process was released in the UK on 13 February 2012 in the third of the ''Revisitations'' DVD box sets.

In 2013 it was released on DVD again as part of the "Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 1–4" box set, alongside ''[[The Aztecs (Doctor Who)|The Aztecs]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' and ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''. Alongside a documentary on the [[Second Doctor]], the disc features the serial put together as a single feature in [[widescreen]] format with an introduction from then show runner [[Steven Moffat]], as well as its original version. It was then released again (the same VidFIRE restored version), included in a set paired with ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Age of Steel]]'' (a two-part [[Tenth Doctor]] [[David Tennant]] story from 2006), in 2013's "The Monster Collection" series, specifically "The Cybermen" entry.

===Music release===
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[[Stock music]] and sound effects from this story was released on a "mini-album" by Via Satellite in 1997. It had 2 versions of the [[Doctor Who theme music]], sound effects from ''[[Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop]],'' and an incomplete selection of [[stock music]] used in the story. It was planned to be the first in a series of mini-albums, with ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' and ''[[The Edge of Destruction|Inside the Spaceship]]'' being mooted as future albums. Neither was produced.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title = Music from The Tomb of the Cybermen |year = 1997|type = CD Booklet |publisher = Via Satellite Recordings |id= V-Sat ASTRA 3967 |location = [[Glasgow]], Scotland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_Ayres/DWCDcat.htm |title= Doctor Who Compact Disc Catalogue|access-date=11 December 2007 |last=Ayres |first=Mark |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012165221/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_Ayres/DWCDcat.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 12 October 2007}}</ref>

Library tracks used in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' but missing from this CD include "Univers Sidéral" by Paul Bonneau, assorted "Synchro-Stings" by Trevor Duncan, "Sting Tintabuloid 1" by Desmond Leslie, "Eerie Vaults" by Steve Race, "Suspended Animation", "Galaxy" and "Hypnosis" by Eric Siday, "Dramatic Brass Chords" by Wolf Droysen, and from Frank Talley's ''Off Center Suite'': "Dark Pursuit", "Off Center" and "Panic in the Streets".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/pasb/tombcybermen.pdf|title=BBC Running Order : Doctor Who : Music|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221180750/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/pasb/tombcybermen.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although the CD inlay lists only 11 tracks, the actual disc contains 12. This was caused by the ''Astronautics Suite'' being divided into two tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lyratek.com/dwspadv.htm |title=The Space Adventure Releases |publisher=Lyratek.com |access-date=2017-02-22 |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518013247/http://www.lyratek.com/dwspadv.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The table below details the actual tracks as they appear on the CD rather than as listed on the inlay.

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|1
|[[Ron Grainer]]<br/> <small>(realised by [[Delia Derbyshire]])</small>
|"Dr. Who Theme"{{efn|name=notfeatured|This recording does not actually feature in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''<ref name=lyratek>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyratek.com/dwspadv.htm|title=The Space Adventure Releases|website=Lyratek.com|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518013247/http://www.lyratek.com/dwspadv.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
|2
|rowspan=2|[[Brian Hodgson]]
|"Tardis Interior"{{efn|name=notfeatured}}
|-
|3
|"Tardis Landing"{{efn|name=notfeatured}}
|-
|4
|Dick Mills
|"Tardis Doors Opening"{{efn|name=notfeatured}}
|-
|5
|M. Slavin
|"Space Adventure (Parts 1–3)"{{efn|Only Parts 2 and 3 appear in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''<ref name=lyratek />}}
|-
|6
|J. Scott
|"Palpitations"
|-
|7
|rowspan=2|E. Sendel
|"Astronautics Theme (Parts 1–3)"{{efn|Only Parts 1 and 2 appear in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''. Part 3 does, however, appear in ''The Space Museum''.<ref name=lyratek />}}
|-
|8
|"Astronautics Theme (Parts 4–7)"{{efn|None of these tracks appear in any ''Doctor Who'' story.<ref name=lyratek />}}
|-
|9
|H. Fleischer
|"Desert Storm"
|-
|10
|[[Wilfred Josephs]]
|"Space Time Music (Parts 1–4)"{{efn|Only Part 1 of this suite is used in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''. Parts 2 and 3 do, however, appear in ''The Web of Fear''. Part 4 is not used in any ''Doctor Who'' story.<ref name=lyratek />}} 
|-
|11
|Brian Hodgson
|"Tardis Take Off"
|-
|12
|Ron Grainer<br/> <small>(realised by Delia Derbyshire)</small>
|"Dr. Who Theme (A New Beginning)"
|}
{{notelist}}

{{see also|Dr Who&nbsp;– Music from the Tenth Planet|Space Adventures&nbsp;– Music from 'Doctor Who' 1963–1968}}

===Other Music Releases===
Music cues from this story have been made available on other releases over the years. Several can be found on the ''[[Space Adventures – Music from 'Doctor Who' 1963–1968]]'' CD. Other sources are listed below.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track titles !! Composer !! Release !! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2| Univers Sidéral
|rowspan=2| Paul Bonneau 
| ''[[Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection]]'' || Remastered by Mark Ayres.
|-
| ''The Prisoner: The Complete Chappell Recorded Music Library Cues''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Prisoner-The-Complete-Chappell-Recorded-Music-Library-Cues/release/8832955|title=Various – The Prisoner: The Complete Chappell Recorded Music Library Cues|publisher=Discogs|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202024947/https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Prisoner-The-Complete-Chappell-Recorded-Music-Library-Cues/release/8832955|url-status=live}}</ref> || Sourced from mono vinyl, with stereo processing.
|-
| Synchro-Stings || Trevor Duncan || ''Vintage Drama'' (JW 2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ringmusik.com/index.php/en/cd-catalogue/cddetail/160 |title=Vintage Drama &#124; CD Catalogue &#124; Ring Musik GMBH &#124; Musik für Visionen |access-date=2017-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202141106/http://www.ringmusik.com/index.php/en/cd-catalogue/cddetail/160 |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> || This deleted library CD contains 17 tracks of the ''Synchro-Stings'', many of which were used in ''Doctor Who''.
|-
| Eerie Vaults || Steve Race || ''Night at the B Movies'' (JW 2072)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ringmusik.com/index.php/en/component/cdcat/titledetail/208/3657?fromsearch=1|title=Ringmusik|website=Ringmusik.com|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071749/http://www.ringmusik.com/index.php/en/component/cdcat/titledetail/208/3657?fromsearch=1|url-status=live}}</ref> || Deleted library CD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Trevor-Duncan-Steve-Race-Van-Phillips-Bruce-Campbell-James-Stevens-9-Wilfred-Josephs-Wolf-Droysen-Gi/release/9079826|title=Trevor Duncan, Steve Race, Van Phillips, Bruce Campbell, James Stevens (9), Wilfred Josephs, Wolf Droysen, Gilbert Vinter, Alfred Ralston – Night at the B Movies|publisher=Discogs|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071859/https://www.discogs.com/Trevor-Duncan-Steve-Race-Van-Phillips-Bruce-Campbell-James-Stevens-9-Wilfred-Josephs-Wolf-Droysen-Gi/release/9079826|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
|| Suspended Animation

|rowspan=2| Eric Siday
|rowspan=2| ''The Ultra Sonic Perception''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Eric-Siday-The-Ultra-Sonic-Perception/master/703963|title=Eric Siday – The Ultra Sonic Perception|publisher=Discogs|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025115/https://www.discogs.com/Eric-Siday-The-Ultra-Sonic-Perception/master/703963|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|rowspan=2| Sourced from vinyl, these tracks were reissued on CD and LP by Dual Planet in 2014. 
|-
| Galaxy
|-
| Hypnosis || Eric Siday|| ''Vintage Sci-Fi'' (JW 2073)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ringmusik.com/index.php/en/component/cdcat/titledetail/209/3756?fromsearch=1|title=Ringmusik|website=Ringmusik.com|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071747/http://www.ringmusik.com/index.php/en/component/cdcat/titledetail/209/3756?fromsearch=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> || Deleted library CD containing many ''Doctor Who'' cues from Eric Siday and Desmond Leslie.
|-

| Dramatic Brass Chords || Wolf Droysen || – || This track has never been reissued. However, its companion piece, ''Brass Chords, Staccato Ending'', is available on the photo gallery of the DVD of ''[[The Space Museum]]''.
|-
|| Dark Pursuit
|rowspan=3| Frank Talley
|rowspan=3| ''Drama / Links & Bridges''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/New-Concert-Orchestra-Drama-Links-Bridges/release/2021085|title=The New Concert Orchestra – Drama / Links & Bridges|publisher=Discogs|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025024/https://www.discogs.com/New-Concert-Orchestra-Drama-Links-Bridges/release/2021085|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rowspan=3| These tracks are not available on CD but are most easily available (and in stereo mixes) on this library LP. 
|-
| Off Center
|-
| Panic in the Streets 
|-
| Space-Time Music Pt. 1 || Wilfred Josephs

|rowspan=2| ''[[Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection]]'' 
|rowspan=2| Remastered by Mark Ayres. 
|-
| Space Adventure Pt. 2 || Martin Slavin
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="ArchiveStatus">{{cite web|url= http://gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=mm|title= The Tomb of the Cybermen|website = Outpost Gallifrey|first = Shaun | last= Lyon |date = 31 March 2007|access-date = 30 August 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080618190301/http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=mm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 18 June 2008 |display-authors=etal}}</ref>
<ref name="AllRatings">{{cite web |title=Ratings Guide |url=http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date |website=Doctor Who News |access-date=28 May 2017 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311221653/http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite AV media | people = Andrew Beech (Producer), Peter Finklestone (Editor) |title = Tombwatch | url = https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0408270/combined | medium = Documentary; Special feature on the original 2002 ''The Tomb of the Cyberman'' DVD release | publisher = [[BBC Video]] | location = London, England | access-date = 12 January 2008}}
*{{cite book | first1=David J. |last1=Howe |author-link1=David J. Howe |first2=Stephen James |last2=Walker |author-link2=Stephen James Walker | year = 2003 | title = The Television Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to DOCTOR WHO | edition = 2nd | location = Surrey, UK | publisher = Telos Publishing Ltd. | isbn = 1-903889-51-0 |ref=howewalker}}
*{{cite serial | title = The Tomb of the Cybermen | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writers [[Kit Pedler]], [[Gerry Davis (screenwriter)|Gerry Davis]], Director [[Morris Barry]], Producer [[Peter Bryant]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One|BBC1]] | location = London | date =2–23 September 1967}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote|Second Doctor}}
*{{BBCCDW | id = tombcybermen | title = The Tomb of the Cybermen}}
*[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/tombofthecybermen Doctor Who Locations]&nbsp;– ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''

===Target novelisation===
*{{ISFDB title|id=10642|title=Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020104205540/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1978/tomb/78tomb.htm On Target&nbsp;– ''Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen'']

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