Cybermen: The Early Years

Cybermen: The Early Years
Subject:	Black-and-white era Cybermen
Release date:	6 July 1992
Catalogue number:	BBCV4756
Key crew
Narrator:	Colin Baker
Writer:	John Nathan-Turner
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner
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Cybermen: The Early Years was a video containing rare episodes from early Cybermen stories. It was presented by Colin Baker and contained the following full episodes:

• The Moonbase episode two
• The Moonbase episode four
• The Wheel in Space episode three
• The Wheel in Space episode six

as well as interviews with Roy Skelton, Morris Barry and Wendy Padbury; and clips from The Tenth Planet, The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Invasion.

Credits

• Presented by - Colin Baker
• With - Roy Skelton, Morris Barry, Wendy Padbury
• Doctor Who theme composed by Ron Grainer
• Theme arranged and performed by Keff McCulloch
• Production assistant - Ingrid Taylor
• Make-up - Erika Wareing
• Cameraman - Mike Winser
• Post production - Ace Editing
• Sound - Tim Davies
• Lighting - Ian Dow
• Written and produced by John Nathan-Turner

Notes

Cybermen: The Early Years's title card.

• This was one of a series of videos produced by John Nathan-Turner intended to release rare episodes and incomplete serials, as well as interviews and other extras that wouldn't have seen a video release at the time.
• All British releases were handled by BBC Worldwide, Australasian releases by Polygram and American releases by CBS/Fox.
• The video was classified "U" in the UK and "PG" for "Low Level Violence" in Australia.
• It was released on 06/07/1992 in the UK, 1993 in North America and on 10/03/1993 in Australia.
• The arrangement of the Doctor Who theme used for this and succeeding Years releases was originally arranged by Keff McCulloch for the 1989 album Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme.
• In Colin Baker's introduction to the second episode of The Moonbase, he incorrectly says, "Jamie is seriously unwell, having contracted the disease." (In the story, Jamie had been knocked unconscious after a fall on the lunar surface.)

Six similar videos were later released up to 1994. They were:

• The Hartnell Years
• The Troughton Years
• The Pertwee Years
• Daleks: The Early Years
• The Tom Baker Years
• The Colin Baker Years