Premise: The Cybermen plan to destroy Earth before their original planet, Mondas, is destroyed. On Telos, the Cryons have found a human to help them stop the Cybermen forever.
Notes: This serial introduced a new format which would be used throughout the rest of this season. Episodes were now forty-five minutes long and had returned to the Saturday night slot as apposed to the twice weekly slot of the three previous seasons. The TARDIS changing it's exterior appearance was a publicity effort by producer John Nathan-Turner to increase interest for the new season. Another effort to increase interest was the return of the Cybermen along with many continuity references, some dating as far back as the first serial, An Unearthly Child.
Verdict: Sagging under the wight of all the continuity, Attack of the Cybermen turns out to be a rather uninteresting spectacle featuring bad music and a lot of needless violence. However, the scenes in the sewers and the tombs are particularly atmospheric and in some scenes the Cybermen are particularly menacing 5/10
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