The audio drama draws on the ideas of the Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis. The Fifth Doctor met the Cybermen on television in the fateful ‘Earthshock.’ However, before that storyline became a fixed point in Doctor Who history, an alternative idea explored the origins of the metal men from Mondas. While the Cybermen were first introduced in … >
Sylvester McCoy’s penultimate season as the Seventh Doctor is the next release in the Doctor Who Blu-ray collection. A special trailer containing archive footage from Season 25 and special features from the release was released to mark the announcement. The stories also feature Sophie Aldred who plays iconic 80s companion, Ace, who joins the Doctor … >
The next volume of Big Finish’s The Third Doctor Adventures will pit the Doctor and Jo Jones against the men from Mondas in ‘The Quintessence’. Famously, Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor didn’t encounter the Cybermen during his original television run. While that fact has been remedied a few times, in ‘The Five Doctors’ and on audio, … >
Titan Comics has released the cover images for the first in their Fifteenth Doctor Comic series and they reveal that the Doctor and Ruby Sunday’s first adventure will be with Cybermen. “The Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday have followed a mysterious signal to a shopping mall in the last days of Earth. It’s sure to … >
The 20th anniversary season of Doctor Who, with Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 20. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 20 includes seven stories from 1983; Arc of Infinity, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King’s Demons and The Five Doctors. A specially-shot announcement trailer was … >
The metal men from Mondas are getting their own collected volume of comic adventures. As with his other famous foes, the Cyberman have featured frequently in the Doctor’s comic strip exploits over the years. Now, all those adventures come together in a bumper-sized volume from the Doctor Who Magazine publisher Panini, out this September. Cybermen … >
In a report by Nicola Methven in The Mirror, Doctor Who villains such as the Cybermen, Daleks and Weeping Angels will get their own television series, according to an insider. The Mirror reports that Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has plans to expand the “Whoniverse” with Marvel-style spin-offs with money from Disney, which now … >
The Power of the Doctor, the last Doctor Who special for Jodie Whittker, was wiritten Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. What follows are select behind-the-scenes media from the cast and crew of the making of the 90-minute special. The special began with the Doctor, Yaz and Dan donning spacesuits to rescue an … >
A BBC press release with Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall and some of the main cast of The Power of the Doctor revealed a few more details about the Doctor Who BBC centenary special. According to Chibnall, the pre-credit sequence is the longest ever done – “like a mini movie in itself.” “Stunt-wise, the opening … >
A cast list was released for the Doctor Who BBC centenary special, The Power of the Doctor. Composite synopsis: A bullet train comes under attack on the edges of a distant galaxy. Some of history’s most iconic paintings have gone missing and have been defaced. Seismologists from 21st century Earth disappear without trace. The court … >