Here is a bunch of behind the scenes information and trivia I've found. When available, I've also added links to story production notes located at Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time (Travel) (The links will open in a new window).

The idea of the Cybermen came to being when Kit Pedler wondered what humanity's fate would be if it became too obsessed with replacement surgery.

When he wrote his first Cybermen story, Kit Pedler had planned on the Cybermen returning in later stories rather than being a one shot monster.

Kit Pedler's full name is Dr. Christopher Magnus Howard Pedler and he was originally a medical doctor.

Jon Pertwee never fought the Cybermen during his original tenure as the Doctor. He only faced them in "The Five Doctors" anniversary show.

After Doctor Who went off the air, Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis and Dalek creator Terry Nation (with rumored backing by Columbia Pictures, Disney and Hanna Barbera) negotiated with the BBC to independently produce Doctor Who.

Trivia:
"The Tenth Planet" featured the first regeneration of the Doctor: William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton.

The Cybermen actually had names in this episode: Krang, Jarl, and Gern.

Production Notes

Trivia:
Slow motion filming and actors attached to kirby wires created the illusion of the moon's lower gravity.

Kit Pedler had to be taken to the hospital for a medical emergency before he could complete the script, so Gerry Davis had to produce the final draft.

The character of Jamie was not part of the Doctor Who cast when the story was written. Not knowing what to do with the new character, Davis wrote Jamie as unconscious for the first two episodes and stole lines from other characters for the rest of the story.

In the original script the Cybermen revealed they were from Telos and the Cyberleader was named Tarn. This information didn't make it into the final show.

Eight Cybermen suits were built for the story. They were designed to be less cumbersome than the original suits.

Director Barry always tried to save money by using stock music and sounds rather than recording new material.

The studio filming at Ealing used the first optical effect seen in Doctor Who. An animated laser beam was overlaid on footage of the Cybermen shooting at the moonbase in Episode 4.

Director Barry did not like the baggy pants that Patrick Troughton wore. He had the costume department slowly take them in over the episodes.

The Cybermen voices were created by fitting Peter Hawkins with a microphone containing dental plate designed for people who had undergone laryngotomies. The plate gave Hawkins headaches and he suffered from nausea.

The effect of a person being shot by Cyberguns was done by superimposing footage of a candle flame over the victim while smoke was pumped through their costume.

Production Notes

Trivia:
This was the first appearance of the Cybermats. Gerry Davis created them as part of a Cybermen merchandising scheme, but toy companies were not interested.

The Cybermen Tomb was built by covering a scaffold with expanded-polystyrene and streched plastic over the doorways for the Cybermen to burst through.

The illusion of cold was accomplished with plastic snow, a frost gun, and silver foil.

Deborah Watling (Victoria) is claustrophobic and couldn't perform the scene where she is trapped inside the Cybermen sarcophagus. Frankie Dunn had to double for her.

The Cybermats were radio controlled and originally wouldn't function right, just spinning in circles. It turns out the sound people were using the same radio frequency and it jammed the Cybermat controls.

Production Notes

Trivia:
This story introduced Zoe Herriet (Wendy Padbury), who would become one of the Doctor's companions.

Production Notes

Trivia:
The former Colonel, now Brigadier, Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) returns as head of the newly formed UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce).

The characters of Professor Travers and Anne from "The Web of Fear" were suppose to return for this story, but the actors were unavailable. The characters were rewritten as Professor Watkins and Isobel.

The original title for the story was "Return of the Cybermen", but it was changed to keep the monster a surprise.

Due to problems on other stories, the initial set of six episodes was expanded to eight.

The six Cybermen costumes were built from two piece rubber wetsuits. A continuing problem with the suits was that the rigid hydraulic lines would pop loose as the actors moved.

The Cyberguns fired smoke charges. As such, they could only be fired outdoors for safety reasons.

The Cyberplanner used in the story was the same one from "The Wheel in Space", but modified with additional tubing.

John Levene (UNIT's Corporal Benton) was originally hired to play a Cyberman. When the actor who was playing Benton was chronically late to work, Levene was given the role.

The military hardware and several of the UNIT extras were provided by the Ministry of Defense. With all of the military hardware used, "The Invasion" was the most expensive Doctor Who story filmed at that time.

The outdoor London shots were filmed early on a Sunday morning to avoid crowds, but there were still problems with onlookers.

Real manhole covers were replaced with lightweight copies so the Cybermen could easy throw them aside as they exited the sewers.

Don Harper composed the music for the story rather the show's regular composer, Dudley Simpson. Director Camfield refused to work with Simpson after a personal argument at a party.

Production Notes

Trivia:
This was the first time the Cybermen's weakness to gold was mentioned.

This story used redressed sets from "The Ark in Space".

Gerry Davis was very unhappy the final story. The Vogans were added to his original script and the budget for the story was extremely limited.

When filming the battle between the Cybermen and Vogans at Wookey Hole, one of the Cybermen actors lost his balance and ended up face down in a pool of muddy water.

Director Briant and his wife had a conversation with an Irish cave diver while scouting film locations at night in Wookey Hole caves. They were later told by the caretaker that nobody had been in the caves at that time, but that an Irish diver had drowned there a few years previous.

The caves contained a rock formation called the Witch of Wookey Hole, which the crew was told to treat with respect. Ignoring the advice, the crew dressed the rock up in a witch's outfit. Within a few minutes, a series of on set accidents occurred, including the near drowning of Elizabeth Sladen.

In order to save money, mannequins were used as dead crew members rather than paying extras to do the job.

Production Notes

Trivia:
Imagineering Effects Company also worked on Gerry Anderson's "Terrahawks" puppet series.

Eight Cybermen costumes were built for the story.

Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) was killed in this story, one of only three companions to be die in the entire series.

Director Peter Grimwade passed away from leukemia in May 1990.

Production Notes

Trivia:
Tom Baker declined to appear in this story. Instead, footage of him from the unfinished "Shada" story was used. For the publicity photos accompanying the story, a waxwork version of Baker was used.

The story premiered on the actual night of Doctor Who's 20th anniversary - but on Chicago's Channel 11 rather than BBC1. British viewers had to wait two more days in order to accommodate a "Children in Need" telethon.

The BBC print had an extra scene not found in the US version: The master finds the bodies of two Time Lords killed in the Death Zone.

The mist was a continuing problem during the shoot. Many scenes had to be reshot.

The Raston Robot was played by a dancer named Keith Hodiak. He had problems the mask steaming up so he couldn't see.

Production Notes

Trivia:
Paula Moore's real name is Paula Wolsey.

Eric Sward, who was a Script Editor for Doctor Who, wanted to write this story himself. However, the Authors' and Writers' unions frown on editors doing too much writing, so Ms. Moore was given the job.

The mercenary Lytton (Maurice Colbourne) from "Resurrection of the Daleks" returns in this story.

The Doctor returns to the junkyard at 76 Totter Lane from the series premier. However, the new scene was filmed in Acton, while the original was just a set on a soundstage.

Michael Kilgarrif, the actor to play the Cybercontroller, also played the Cybercontroller in "The Tomb of the Cybermen".

Production Notes

Trivia:
The queen, played by Mary Reynolds, makes a cameo.

Production Notes

Trivia:
This was not a broadcast story, but one of the 8th Doctor audio adventures currently being produced by Big Finish for the BBC.

The cover of the CD depicts a Mark IV Cyberman (The artwork seems to be based on this photo from "The Invasion"). This Cybermen type is also pictured in an illustration found on the Big Finish site.

This story marks the return of the Cybermats. They had not appeared in a story since "Revenge of the Cybermen" in 1975.

Trivia:
This is the second Doctor Who audio produced by Big Finish to feature the Cybermen..

The cover of the CD depicts a Mark I Cyberman.

Once again the Cybermen have names, with the Cyberleader being called Zheng.

Trivia:
This is an online animated adventure released by the BBC.

The story was produced with the help of Big Finish audio productions.

Illustrations for the story were produced by Lee Sullivan.

Trivia:
These stories appears to follow the events depicted in "The Sword of Orion".

Trivia:
Many of the story elements used in this story were inspired by the "Spare Parts" audio drama.

Production Notes

Production Notes

Trivia:
The events depicted in this story tie into the Cybermen attack in "Doomsday".

Production Notes

The Tomb of the Cybermen	The exterior excavation scenes were shot at the Wapseys Wood quarry between Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield.
The Invasion	The landing site for the TARDIS was a field in Ruislip, with nearby roads being used as the IE compound. The UNIT Hercules transport plane was filmed at the RAF Northolt Aerodrome in North London. The invading Cybermen marched down the southern steps at St. Paul's Cathedral and the Thames Embankment near Blackfriars. The Doctor and Jamie paddle a canoe down Regents Canal. The Midlands Bank Tower doubled as the headquarters of IE. The Guinness Factory on Western Avenue, Acton was used as the IE factory.
Revenge of the Cybermen	The caves of Vogan were actually Wookey Hole caves, Somerset.
The Five Doctors	Before being taken by the Time Scoop, Jon Pertwee was driving Bessie on Tilehouse Lane near the Denham Aerodrome. A former MOD house on Haylings Lane in Denham was used as UNIT HQ. It is now derelict.
Attack of the Cybermen	A scrapyard at the end of Becklow Road in Acton doubled as 76 Totters Lane. Birkbeck Road, Acton was where the TARDIS materialized disguised as an organ. The Doctor and Peri are tailed by the fake police officer while walking down Davis Road, Acton. Just as in "The Tomb of the Cybermen", the Telos surface scenes were shot at the Wapseys Wood quarry between Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield.
Silver Nemesis	The "South American" villa was Casa Del Mar on Aldsworth Avenue in Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex. Lady Peinforte's home was St. Mary's House, Bramber, West Sussex. Arundel Castle, West Sussex, doubled as Windsor Castle. The town of Arundel was also used for street shots.

IThis information originally came from "Stephen's Doctor Who Locations". Sadly, this site is no longer online.

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