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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>
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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 (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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|''[[Origins of the Cybermen (audio story)|Origins of the Cybermen]]''
|''[[Origins of the Cybermen (audio story)|Origins of the Cybermen]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[David Banks]]
|rowspan="4"|[[David Banks]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Cybermen]]
|[[1989 (releases)|1989]]
|rowspan="2"|[[1989 (releases)|1989]]
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|2
|2
|''[[The Early Cybermen (audio story)|The Early Cybermen]]''
|''[[The Early Cybermen (audio story)|The Early Cybermen]]''
|1989
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|3
|3
|''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]''
|''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]''
|[[1990 (releases)|1990]]
|rowspan=2|[[1990 (releases)|1990]]
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|4
|4
|''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]''
|''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]''
|1990
|}
|}


== 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]].<ref>https://open.spotify.com/album/1EswmxRGY2yKVQjzTrbQx3</ref>
[[David Banks]] released all the audios on [[Spotify]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* Available on [[CD]] http://www.exploremultimedia.co.uk/ExM006.htm
* [http://www.exploremultimedia.co.uk/ExM006.htm Available on CD]
* Available on [[iTunes]] https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-archive-tapes-cybermen/id642987273
* [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-archive-tapes-cybermen/id642987273 Available on iTunes]
* [https://open.spotify.com/album/1EswmxRGY2yKVQjzTrbQx3 Available on Spotify]


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

# 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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