There's something so perfect about Cybermen, people who had their emotions forcibly taken away, having this teardrop constantly present on their faces. Like it was frozen in time.

Being only 8, I found it pretty terrifying.

Overall, a good adventure

I know this is not from the wheel In space but whenever I hear “ you belong to us, you shall be like us” it chills me to the core

I will never get tired of hearing the Cyber-species names from David Bank's Cybermen book

0:13 Remember whenever Steve and Alex fought giant Cybermen in Minecraft?

I always thought of the 'mouth tear' as the equivalent of a human facial hair feature, the 'soul patch'. On a Cyberman, it could be a 'soulless' patch...

I adore Wheel. It’s so refreshingly weird, and as you mention, has some of the most effective sound design in Doctor Who. It’s brilliantly directed, too.

A show like this must consider that time travel absolutely creates multiple continuities, thus explaining the differences in evolutions. It would be much easier to control story continuities if the TARDIS only traveled in space! Remember, the original reason for time travel on the show was so that The Doctor could help cowboys and Romans in Earth's past.

I was there aged eight for wheel in space,it was confusing and overlong....Yet I loved cybermen

I think you are spot on about the sound, makes this story super eerie, and for me - very memorable. Very much appreciated the breakdown of timelines!

Best cyber episode yet. I too am a big Cyberman fan. Do spare a though for those of us growing up in the 70's who had a VERY confusing time of it all. We had the Tenth Planet and Tomb of the Cybermen novels and the images from the Wheetabix collection but it wasn't until Revenge that we SAW them on screen. And that kinda sucked compared to what our imaginations had summoned up. And, of course, almost none of the book covers featured the right Cybermen. The Tom Baker era 'Monsters' book added to the mystery and every black and white picture was seized upon by fanzine editors who explained exactly where they came from. Then I think Tomb was shown on TV, which put them into context before Earthshock shocked us all into taking them VERY seriously. I saw Wheel in Space quite late on and, to be honest, liked it. It did feel like the Cybermen were a bit of a gimmick but they were in Invasion - hardly featuring except for thrills and scares. But the Wheel Cybermen at least had a creepy presence which I thought did them justice. I think one aspect I appreciate about the earlier Cybermen depictions was the simplicity. They are big and very strong and totally devoid of emotions. No flash gimmicks, no sophisticated dialogue, just out for power and if you meet one your dead. Sometimes simplicity beats expensive CGI by light years. It creates terror in the mind not on the screen.

The little tongue thing on the Cybermen’s mouths were so the actors could get a ciggie more comfortably in their mouths while still in costume on a smoke break.

The cybermen are my favourite Doctor Who monster and so these videos are my favourite to watch!

Prediction: The next video will be focusing on the early 70s Cybermen designs as seen in promotion between 1970 & 1974. (For those who don’t know, just search up The Secret Life of the Hybrid Cybermen - The Mind Robber)

Gerry was a good friend… Kit was an ideas man but every word in the script, according to my chum, was his. And the arm and leg ‘struts’ on the Wheel costumes were so fragile the Cybermen could barely move without them coming apart. Hence the use of the old version for the ballet/space walk sequence.

I hope you cover the 80's Cybermen stories like this. I LOVE to death your Cyber analysis videos. Keep doing them please!

I like the idea these are essentially shake and bake cybermen for infiltration missions. Just add genetic material to the little easy to smuggle spheres and it rapidly grows and converts a new cyberman or cybermat, so in a way they were born on that ship and they were never human to begin with, which is kind of scary and explains their sleeker and almost more organic look. I dunno, head cannons and all that.

I've watched the ""Wheel in Space" for the first time because of the 3D rendering animation (recreation) of episodes 1,2, 4, 5 by Iz Skinner. I bought the two DVD set, "Lost in Time" which contains episodes 3 and 6. I am not at all a Dr. Who scholar so enjoyed it for what it was with a few questions. It did seem to drag on and the captain of the Wheel was willfully ignorant at best. The use of the "prisoner-esque" balloon to give birth to the Cybermen was ludicrous. The other characters were fine as was the unraveling of the plot. Honestly, I am glad I have sen these rare episodes in such a modern way.

Hi, I watched their original story back in 1966 as an 8 year old.

I was terrified as these nasties could climb upstairs to my bedroom.

The music was great in all their 60s appearances and far exceeds the music in their recent adventures.

I liked the Wheel in space

The cybermen evolve and change. They give themselves free upgrades