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Davis’s Genesis of the Cybermen comes to Big Finish
Big Finish are bringing Gerry Davis’s proposed Genesis of the Cybermen to life with the Season 19 TARDIS team. The intended origins of the Cybermen never made it to screen; […]
Big Finish are bringing Gerry Davis’s proposed Genesis of the Cybermen to life with the Season 19 TARDIS team.
The intended origins of the Cybermen never made it to screen; their co-creator, Gerry Davis, pitched a story about their creation in the early 1980s, but it was rejected by producer John Nathan-Turner. Details of this adventure being printed in the 1988 book Cybermen by David Banks, with an originally created companion.
The story has been adapted by David K Barnes into a full-cast audio drama. The Lost Stories: Genesis of the Cybermen stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, alongside Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, and Matthew Waterhouse as his companions Tegan, Nyssa, and Adric, with Nicholas Briggs as the Cybermen.
A King lies dying in his castle. His eldest son Prince Sylvan is an artist with no desire to inherit a kingdom, while Prince Dega toils in his laboratory, dedicated to saving their dying people from extinction. They will all burn unless he succeeds.
When the TARDIS arrives, its crew believe they can help. But this planet is Mondas. And this is the Genesis of the Cybermen…
Producer and director David O’Mahony said: “The Cybermen have been one of the Doctor’s greatest opponents throughout the ages. They are brutal, uncaring and dedicatedly vicious.
“Gerry Davis’s ideas about their origin never made it onto TV, so it’s a total pleasure to bring this story to life with Peter Davison’s Doctor. Setting it pre-Earthshock gives it the feel of a brilliant prequel to the impending Cybermen stories that we know and love.”
Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Genesis of the Cybermen is now available to pre-order as a collector’s edition 2-disc CD (+ download for just £16.99) or download only (for just £13.99), exclusively from the Big Finish website.
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The Lost Stories category for Doctor Who and particularly where the Cybermen are concerned are certainly interesting. Especially in contrast to how we remember the 5th Doctor’s original team taking them on in a most unforgettable story like Earthshock. Thank you for this update.