While the classic Doctor Who era serial The Invasion wasnt the first time the Doctor encountered the Cybermen, it was the first occasion that the villains invaded Earth on such a large scale.

Cyber-hypnotic force, Cyber-invasion, Cyber-megatron bomb). Also unintentionally kitsch: The Cybermen are sometimes depicted as a planet-conquering power requiring galaxies be destroyed to stop ...

Classic Doctor Who is filled with alien threats and intergalactic tyrants, but the most unsettling villains were often human. Ruthless businessmen, power-hungry politicians, and mad scientists who ...

The Doctor first encountered Benton when trying to prevent an invasion by the Cybermen. At that time he was in his second incarnation, and Corporal Benton was under the command of the then Colonel ...

Earthshock was first released on DVD in 2003. It was later reissued in 2006 as part of a Cyberman-themed box set alongside 1967's The Tomb of the Cybermen and 1968's The Invasion.