Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen Effects Comparison 

I always prefer these when they attempt to make it look ‘real’, as in not obviously CG, so I loved the idea of augmenting some of the model shots instead of fully replacing them, it worked great for the rocket launch and explosions.

That final shot is fantastic

Thank you for uploading this. I've been so eager to see all the updated special effects in this serial since it's re-release in the Season 12 Collection Boxset. I just love the updated shot of the space station pulling up off the surface of Voga.

The new Skystriker scene is brilliant

6:42 the old Bond villain mistake

I love these comparison videos, look forward to seeing the comparisons for the next John Pertwee set 👍

For years and years this was the only episode of Dr Who that you could buy on VHS video, I must have watched my copy about 100 times!

Wish they'd added lasers to the cybermen's head guns and maybe even alter the cybermen's voices to sound more mechanical

I was curious to know how The Mill had handled the Saturn V launch footage being used for the Skystriker; looks as though they settled for adding some fin stabilizers in CGI and blotting out the "United States" clearly painted on the side of the rocket.

hard to make CGI look normal for something that was filmed in the 70s/80s sometimes they did a good job though

I remember as a child getting the Target novelisation of this story in the early 80s. It was the most thrilling, tense and scary thing I had read. It had massive scale and had peril screaming from every page. In an age before mass VHS releases, this soon became my favourite Dr Who story of all time. When I got the VHS release in the mid 90s I was so looking forward to seeing this great, well-paced suspense-filled story in front of my eyes. Disappointed? You bet! But the story always has a place in my heart and I’m pleased to see some of the more dodgy effects have gone (I always found the ‘rolling cylinder’ effect for the surface of Voga being approached at speed to be a little embarrassing). Harry Sullivan is an imbecile! But I love him nonetheless.

I was lucky enough to get Revenge of The Cybermen on Blu ray and it drastically improves what I thought was the weakest classic cybermen story.

This story is one of my favourites. These Cybermen had great weaponry and voices. The voice are part of the evolution of the Cybermen - these voices are the precursor to the best voices for any Cybermen (the Peter Davison and Colin Baker Cybermen had the best dominating voices - there was also echoes of humanity to remind us where the Cybermen came from; the new Doctor Who made the Cybermen too mechanical and lost their cyber aspects). Some of the new effects aren't terribly exciting or imaginative - they're already as dated as the original effects. Hobbyist special effects people have been doing much better for much longer.

03:20 FNAF! Good idea tho. Cyberman FNAF game

I recently rewatched this story and found it very entertaining... the pacing, soundtrack, models and action are great... I don't know why it's so disliked... sure the voices of the cybermen aren't that good but that hardly makes it a bad story... I can think of a dozen classic stories that bore me to death compared to this...

I don’t know I kind of liked the old rocket! Love Tom

Great comparison! Where this story goes wrong in my opinion is that they have a fairly decent atmosphere for Part 1, which still wasn't perfect, then suddenly it all goes out the window with some of the most camp cybermen in history. "It will be a magnificent spectacle, unhappily you will be able to appreciate it!" *Proceeds to walk out with hands-on-hips like a sassy school girl*. I kind of wish they went for a more Wheel in Space style approach. Still, it is nice that you've been able to compare the updated footage with the original footage- I mostly like all the new work particularly with the updated screens etc.

Will someone please do this with Blakes 7

Shame they overlooked one shot of the rocket in episode 2... 🤦‍♂

1975 affects, stand up rather well to 2018, nice work though.

Are the US DW collection sets different from the UK release in terms of bonus content?

When is this story coming to DVD as they are only available on Blu-ray at the moment & I’ve been waiting for this to happen since 2018 any ideas?

That radar effect 100% didn’t need to be changed. Seriously, who was asking for that? All they did was make it more confusing and harder to see.

I wish ‘Nu Who’ would just tell some decent claustrophobic tales with the right CGI like this; doesn’t have to be a _Star Wars_ spectacle, just strike the balance between realistic and stylish like this does.

How i see the full episode

tbh a lot of these seem fairly unessential. Of the original FX only the stock footage of the rocket lift off and one or two of the model shots of the cyberman ship really need attention.

Wonder why they didn't redo the voices.

They surely could have added some improvements to the cybermen weaponry. What’s so scary about a lame little squib sparking out of their heads?

i dont like the cgi, i would like to see updated models made like a ship remodel with paint job or smooth out, and planet making it updated and more real

Some of the older footage is still better

A change to the voices (and some dialogue changes, while they’re at it) could’ve gone a long way to making this story much less embarrassing. Give them more Invasion style voices and get rid of all their weirdly emotional dialogue (I do not ever want to hear a Cyberman talk about anything being “magnificent” ever again).

I wih the original script for this been made for tramsission

Anything would have been better than the spinning globe of Voga in the original. It does have its charm as the best they could do, it was one of weaker effects.

Did the effects people alter the cybermats at all? They were the worst.

the rocket scene in 2018 looks even more like a Model than the cheap toy on the original.

They didn't change the cybermen voices? They sounded werid to me

Am I alone in thinking the original effects actually look better? I think the BBC did a pretty good job with the models, but the CGI looks amateurish, generic and dated given that it's only a few years old.

1975 is beter

There is no comparison! I've watched Doctor Who for 50 years, and I don't agree with all these attempts to "improve" the originals! My nostalgia for Classic Who is best served by watching it EXACTLY as it was originally broadcast! Call me a purist, but that's the way I like it! That said, one can't help but wonder if, 50 years from now, they'll be "computer enhancing" Jodie Whittaker? ....... There's a LOT of room for improvement with THAT particular "TARDIS crash?" 👎😂

Man those 2018 edits are really naff? Why replace timeless effects with CGI vomit?