Day 171: The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode 2

Dr Eric Klieg is one of the men on this expedition, and he comes across as an interesting character. Driven by science and logic to his goals, he is actually quite poor at his work and frequently received the help of the Doctor in order to achieve his goals. And the Doctor is quite willingly helping as well, as Troughton plays the role in his slightly dark and devious character that we've seen him develop over the past couple of stories. But Klieg is also of interest here, because it transpires that he has been in search of the Cybermen to revive them and use their power for his own devices. And the surprising fact here is that he appears to be competent, an evil character out for his own motives and not those of his fellow archaeologists. But he is mercilessly crushed by the Cybermen, a plotline that looks as if it is over. Pedler and Davis, the writers of this story, clearly know that the arrival of the monsters means that everything else needs to move aside, because they need the audience's full attention on the threat, drawing more attention to the fear that the Cybermen bring. The Cybermen have been awoken, and we shall now see how they will work in this story.