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'''''The ArcHive Tapes''''', later released as '''''The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen - The Hypothesised History Of The Cyber Race''''', were an audio adaptation of the [[in-universe]] biographical elements of the [[David Banks]] book ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]''. The tapes recount Banks' interpretation of the history of the [[Cybermen]]. The series comprises a set of four audiocassettes. The series was narrated and produced by [[David Banks]].<ref name=Cybermen>David Banks (1990) [[Doctor Who: Cybermen]], [[W. H. Allen]] & Co plc. ISBN 0-352-32738-3. </ref>
'''''The ArcHive Tapes''''', later released as '''''The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen - The Hypothesised History Of The Cyber Race''''', were an audio adaptation of the [[in-universe]] biographical elements of the [[David Banks]] book ''[[Cybermen (reference book)|Cybermen]]''. The tapes recount Banks' interpretation of the history of the [[Cybermen]]. The series comprises a set of four audiocassettes. The series was narrated and produced by [[David Banks]].<ref name=Cybermen>David Banks (1990) [[Doctor Who: Cybermen]], [[W. H. Allen]] & Co plc. ISBN 0-352-32738-3. </ref>


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
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== Subsequent releases ==
== Subsequent releases ==
''[[The Origins of the Cybermen (audio story)|The Origins of the Cybermen]]'' was re-released on CD in [[2004 (releases)|2004]] in the ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen (CD collection)|Cybermen]]'' tin.
''[[The Origins of the Cybermen (audio story)|The Origins of the Cybermen]]'' was re-released on CD in [[2004 (releases)|2004]] in the ''[[Cybermen (CD collection)|Cybermen]]'' tin.


In [[May (releases)|May]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], the entire ''ArcHive Tapes'' were given a [[CD]] release, remastered and with new music added, in the form of a [[The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen|4-disc box set]].
In [[May (releases)|May]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], the entire ''ArcHive Tapes'' were given a [[CD]] release, remastered and with new music added, in the form of a [[The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen|4-disc box set]].


David Banks released all the audios on [[Spotify]].
[[David Banks]] released all the audios on [[Spotify]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 11:00, 29 August 2024

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The ArcHive Tapes, later released as The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen - The Hypothesised History Of The Cyber Race, were an audio adaptation of the in-universe biographical elements of the David Banks book Cybermen. The tapes recount Banks' interpretation of the history of the Cybermen. The series comprises a set of four audiocassettes. The series was narrated and produced by David Banks.[1]

Stories

# Title Writer Featuring Release date
1 Origins of the Cybermen David Banks Cybermen 1989
2 The Early Cybermen
3 The Cyber Nomads 1990
4 The Ultimate Cybermen

Subsequent releases

The Origins of the Cybermen was re-released on CD in 2004 in the Cybermen tin.

In May 2013, the entire ArcHive Tapes were given a CD release, remastered and with new music added, in the form of a 4-disc box set.

David Banks released all the audios on Spotify.

Notes

  • Over the anthology, the narrator refers to the different incarnations of the Doctor as "Doctor (cardinal number)" rather than "the (ordinal number) Doctor".

External links

Footnotes

  1. David Banks (1990) Doctor Who: Cybermen, W. H. Allen & Co plc. ISBN 0-352-32738-3.