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|image | |image = Hour of the Cybermen.jpg | ||
|range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range =240 | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number | |number in range = 240 | ||
|doctor | |number = 240 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |||
|featuring = [[Lewis Price]] | |||
|featuring | |enemy = [[CyberNeomorph]]s, [[Daniel Hopkins]] | ||
|enemy | |setting = [[London]], [[1992]] | ||
|setting | |writer = Andrew Smith (writer) | ||
|writer | |director = [[Jamie Anderson]] | ||
|director | |producer = [[John Ainsworth]] | ||
| | |music = [[Steve Foxon]] | ||
|music | |sound = Steve Foxon | ||
|sound | |cover = [[Lee Johnson]] | ||
|publisher | |epcount = 4 | ||
|release date | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|format | |release date = 12 July 2018 | ||
|production code =BFPDWCD240 | |format = 2 CDs<br/>Download | ||
|isbn | |production code = BFPDWCD240 | ||
|prev | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-829-5 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78178-830-1 (digital) | ||
|next | |prev = Iron Bright (audio story) | ||
| | |next = Red Planets (audio story) | ||
}}{{ | |trailer = Doctor Who - Hour of the Cybermen | ||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/doctor-who-hour-of-the-cybermen-trailer | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the two hundred and fortieth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Blake Harrison]] as [[Daniel Hopkins]], [[Russ Bain]] as [[Lewis Price]], [[David Banks]] as the [[Cyber-Leader (Hour of the Cybermen)|Cyber Leader]] and [[Mark Hardy]] as the [[Cyber-Lieutenant (Hour of the Cybermen)|Cyber Lieutenant]]. | |||
The story is noted for [[David Banks]] and [[Mark Hardy]] reprising their respective roles of the Cyber-Leader and the Cyber-Lieutenant for the first time for Big Finish, and for the first time in performed ''Doctor Who'' since ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'' 30 years earlier. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Answering a call from [[UNIT]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives in [[London]] to find the | Answering a call from [[UNIT]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives in [[London]] to find the [[street]]s deserted, apart from looters in possession of a valuable [[commodity]] - [[water]]. | ||
[[Britain]] is suffering an extreme and bizarre [[drought]]. The cause is suspected to be extra-terrestrial. | |||
The discovery of a signal being transmitted into space, and of a [[spacecraft]] whose crew are desiccated [[corpse]]s, provides a possible answer. But the true enemy is an old foe of the Doctor's. | |||
The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] have been patient, setting their plans in place over a number of [[year]]s. As the final stage is implemented, in the darkest hour, the Doctor must identify who among his allies he can trust. | |||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Riva]] - [[Frog Stone]] | * [[Riva]] - [[Frog Stone]] | ||
* [[Daniel Hopkins]] - [[Blake Harrison]] | * [[Daniel Hopkins]] - [[Blake Harrison]] | ||
* [[Atriss]]/[[Bill Parker]]/[[Captain Weaver]] - [[Wayne | * [[Atriss]] / [[Bill Parker]] / [[Weaver (Hour of the Cybermen)|Captain Weaver]] - [[Wayne Forester]] | ||
* [[Lewis Price]]/[[Kel (Hour of the Cybermen)|Kel]] - [[Russ Bain]] | * [[Lewis Price]] / [[Kel (Hour of the Cybermen)|Kel]] - [[Russ Bain]] | ||
== Crew == | |||
* Cover Art - [[Lee Johnson]] | |||
* Producer & Director - [[Jamie Anderson]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Steve Foxon]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]] | |||
* Writer - [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] | |||
* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Cybermen created - [[Kit Pedler]] and [[Gerry Davis]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * Riva, Atriss, and Kel are [[Veridian]]s from [[Veridia]]. | ||
* Hopkins lost his family five years ago. He encountered the Cybermen four years ago. | |||
* The Cybermen's attack on Veridia, where they killed or converted tens of thousands of Veridians, occurred three or four years ago. | |||
* [[Cyber-conversion]] begins with changing the biological chemistry of the subject, increasing [[adrenalin]] and [[endorphin]]s. | |||
* The [[Cyber-Force]] is a typical [[Cyber-Fleet]] of at least twenty [[Cyber-Warship]]s, with a conservative estimate of two hundred thousand Cybermen. They hide on the sea bed beneath the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. | |||
* The flagship contains [[Cyber-Control (Telos)|Cyber-Control]]. | |||
* The Cybermen use a [[Cyber-shuttle|shuttle]]. | |||
* Cybermen measure time in "[[cycle]]s." | |||
* Each warship has several vaults, each holding at least a thousand [[cyber-pod]]s, which serve as [[hibernation unit]]s. | |||
* [[Water]] is a compound of [[hydrogen]] and [[oxygen]]. The Cybermen's weapons evaporate hydrogen molecules. | |||
* The Cybermen broadcast a message in all languages to everyone on Earth, giving them one hour to surrender. | |||
* Cyber-[[nanotechnology]] is sentient. UNIT does not have the capability to detect [[cyber-technology]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Hour of the Cybermen alternate cover.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover.]] | |||
* Recording of this story took place on [[15 November (production)|15]] and [[16 November (production)|16 November]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | * Recording of this story took place on [[15 November (production)|15]] and [[16 November (production)|16 November]] [[2017 (production)|2017]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
* A trailer for this story was released [[4 May (releases)|4 May]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]. | |||
* [[Warlock's Cross (audio story)|''Warlock's Cros''s]] takes place in [[1994]], dating ''[[The Helliax Rift (audio story)|The Helliax Rift]]'' to [[1984]]. The original mission to Warlock's Cross occurred in [[1987]], just after Daniel lost his family, which was five years before ''Hour of the Cybermen'', dating this story to 1992. | |||
* Like many other Sixth Doctor Main Range stories, from ''[[Iron Bright (audio story)|Iron Bright]]'' onwards, the credits track contains no [[producer]] readout. [[John Ainsworth]] is credited as producer on the Big Finish website. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor hopes that [[dinosaur]]s are not responsible for a deserted [[London]] again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') | ||
* Price and Hopkins reference previously meeting the Doctor in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Helliax Rift (audio story)|The Helliax Rift]]'') | |||
* The Doctor mentions that Cybermen have utilised the poles before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | |||
* The Cyber-Leader immediately identifies the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') | |||
* The Cybermen are of the design identified by [[ArcHivist]] [[Hegelia]] as "[[CyberNeomorph]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'') | |||
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