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'''''The ArcHive Tapes''''' 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: ''[[Origins of the Cybermen (audio story)|Origins of the Cybermen]]'' (1989), ''[[The Early Cybermen (audio story)|The Early Cybermen]]'' (1989), ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'' (1990) and ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'' (1990).
'''''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 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 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Writer || Featuring || Release date
|-
|1
|''[[Origins of the Cybermen (audio story)|Origins of the Cybermen]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[David Banks]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
|[[1989 (releases)|1989]]
|-
|2
|''[[The Early Cybermen (audio story)|The Early Cybermen]]''
|1989
|-
|3
|''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]''
|[[1990 (releases)|1990]]
|-
|4
|''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]''
|1990
|}


== Subsequent releases ==
== Subsequent releases ==
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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.[1]

Stories

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

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.[2]

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