The Doctor, Sarah and Harry return to the space station only to find that they are in a completely different time period. The station, known as Nerva, is now fulfilling its original function as a space beacon, in orbit around a mysterious planetoid. It is in the grip of a strange plague which has reduced the crew to a mere handful. The Doctor discovers that the plague is carried by Cybermats deadly machines built by the Cybermen introduced to the station by a traitor, Kellman. The planetoid is all that is left of Voga, the planet of gold, which was instrumental in the defeat of the Cybermen by the Humans in the Cyberwars centuries ago (gold is deadly to Cybermen). The Vogans have bribed Kellman to attract the remaining Cybermen to Nerva, where they can be blasted out of existence by a Vogan missile, thus freeing the Vogans from a life in hiding. But the Cybermen have other plans. They capture the Doctor and the station crew and, after having attached bombs to them, send them on a deadly errand to the core of Voga. The Doctor eventually helps the Vogans defeat the Cybermen by the use of gold dust. The rest of the Cybermen are destroyed by the Vogan missile. The Doctor prevents Nerva from crashing down on Voga. The TARDIS arrives and the Doctor finds an SOS from the Brigadier.
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The Doctor:  Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith:Elisabeth Sladen
Harry Sullivan: Ian Marter

Guest Appearances:
Warner: Alec Wallis
Stevenson: Ronald Leigh Hunt
Kellman: Jeremy Wilkin
Lester: William Marlowe
Vorus: David Collings
Magrik/Colville/Voices: Michael Wisher
Cyberleader: Christopher Robbie
Cybeman: Melville Jones
Tyrum: Kevin Stoney
Sheprah: Brian Grellis
Cybermen: Tony Lord, Pat Gorman
Monitor voice: Michael E. Briant

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Producer: Phillip Hinchcliffe
Script Editor: Robert Holmes
Writer: Gerry Davis
Director: Michael E. Briant
Designer: David Spode
Costume: Barbara Kidd
Make up: Sylvia James
Visual Effects: Peter Day
Music: Dudley Simpson

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Novelized as "Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen " by Terrance Dicks (0 426 10997 X) first published in May 1976 by Tandem, with cover art by Chris Achilleos. Reprinted by W H Allen (now Virgin Publishing Ltd) in August 1978. Released in 1991 by Virgin and retitled "Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen", with cover by Alister Pearson. Target library number 51.
Pinnacle Books published a version for the American market in May 1979. Number five in their series of 10. Reprinted several times up until 1989 with minor alterations to the cover. Cover art by David Mann.

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Released as "The Revenge of The Cybermen" , in omnibus format, October 1983 in the UK (BBC Video catalogue # 4013). Released in US and Canada (Warner catalogue # E1110) with photomontage cover. Rereleased in episodic format in 1999, in UK (BBC Video catalogue # 6773).

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"Revenge Of The Cybermen" saw the first appearance of the so-called "Seal of Rassilon", a figure-eight-like design created by Roger Murray-Leach. Although the seal appeared in this story as the symbol of the Vogans, Murray-Leach later reused it two years later on his sets for the Doctor's home planet, Gallifrey, in "The Deadly Assassin", from whence it would pass into popular Doctor Who mythology.

All four episodes exist in color on videotape.

Wookey Hole Caves, Wookey Hole, Wells, Somerset.
..• Cathedral Cave. (18 November 1974)
..• Passageway between Cathedral Cave and Witch's Parlor. (18 November 1974)
..• Stairs near entrance to Witch's Parlor. (19-20 November 1974)
..• Witch's Parlor Caves. (19 November 1974)
..• Passageway between Witch's Parlor and Witch's Kitchen. (19-20 November 1974)
..• Witch's Kitchen Cave. (20-21 November 1974)

Episode 3 - Shortly after the Doctor makes his speech to the Cybermen about how pathetic they are, watch for a wobbling Cyberman head.
Episode ? - Lester is wearing his Interplanetary Space Command badge upside-down (compare him to the other Nerva crew members).
Episode ? - Look at the lower windows in the outer hallway of the beacon. It looks like the stars are on a piece of paper that is taped to the outside of the window (they are!).
Episode ? - Watch when the Cybership is approaching. Before it is in visual range, the Nerva Beacon crew say that it is "coming straight at them". But when the ship comes into visual range and they show it on the screen, it's at an angle and is completely stationary. After a minute passes, only then does the ship finally move towards the beacon.
Episode ? - As Nerva Beacon is coming in to crash-land on Voga, the Doctor manipulates the controls just enough to send the Beacon flying over the surface of the planet, but missing it. They take great pride in showing the moving planet surface as this happens, but it's painfully obvious that the mountains and hills are actually on a rotating drum, spinning on its side.
Episode ? - When Sarah gets out of the boat, she nearly falls flat on her face.