Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 5.01.X1

The Lost Giants: The Making of Tomb of the Cybermen (2011)

27 minutes

People interviewed during this documentary feature
  • Peter Day, visual effects designer
  • Shirley Cooklin, Kaftan
  • Victor Pemberton, script editor
  • Frazer Hines, Jamie McCrimmon
  • Bernard Holley, Peter Haydon
  • Deborah Watling, Victoria Waterfield
  • Michael Kilgarriff, Cyber-Controller
Topics discussed included
  • Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis, writers
  • Morris Barry, director
  • Casting
  • Visual Effects
  • Shooting the exterior and interior shots


The Curse of the Cybermen's Tomb (2011)

14 minutes

People interviewed during this documentary feature
  • Sir Christopher Frayling, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, Royal College of Art
  • Dr. Debbie Challis, The Petris Museum
Topics discussed included
  • the influence of the discovery of King Tut's Tomb on Tomb of the Cybermen
  • the use of explosives to excavate in Tomb of the Cybermen
  • the way that Cybermats resemble scarab beetles and Cybermen resemble mummified remains of humans
  • George Pastell (Klieg) appeared in a remake of The Mummy and in other Hammer films
  • writer Kit Pedler had a background in science and and an interest in the supernatural

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