Tardisode 5

Key crew

Writer:

Gareth Roberts

Director:

Ashley Way

Producer:

Sophie Fante, Jo Pearce

Release details

Story number:

Premiere broadcast:

6 May 2006

Format:

Mini-episode

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Tardisode 5 was the fifth of the Tardisode series of mini-episode prologues to Doctor Who series two. This Tardisode was a prelude to the episode Rise of the Cybermen.

Plot

A mission briefing from Gemini calls all Preacher agents into action. It describes Cybus Industries, John Lumic, the head of Cybus Industries, and his latest "upgrade" — the Cybermen. It also tells how thousands of people have gone missing. The briefing ends, and the laptop it was playing on is closed by Ricky Smith (Mickey's counterpart on the parallel Earth), who drives away in a van just as an advertisement for Cybus Industries is heard on the radio, announcing: "Coming soon, the ultimate upgrade"...

Cast

Ricky Smith - Noel Clarke
Voice of Gemini - Robert Booth^[1]

Crew

Worldbuilding

to be added

Notes

Noel Clarke makes his second Tardisode appearance, this time as Ricky Smith. He was the only core cast member to appear in the webcasts.
This minisode features the very first appearance of the Preachers emblem — a spray-painted circle with a "P" drawn inside. The graffiti continues to appear long after the Preachers have completed their work and disbanded, even echoing into the Doctor's universe in the Torchwood episode Captain Jack Harkness)

Continuity

Gemini forewarns the upgrade program. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
The unknown person referred to by the code name "Gemini" here is later revealed to be an alternate version of Pete Tyler. (TV: The Age of Steel)

External links

Tardisode 5 on the BBC Media Selector

Footnotes

↑ DWMSE 14, pg. 61

v • e Tardisodes

Series 2	Tardisode 1 • Tardisode 2 • Tardisode 3 • Tardisode 4 • Tardisode 5 • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 7 • Tardisode 8 • Tardisode 9 • Tardisode 10 • Tardisode 11 • Tardisode 12 • Tardisode 13

Webcasts

Pre-2005 BBC webcasts

BBCi

Death Comes to Time • Real Time • Shada • Scream of the Shalka

TARDIS Cam

TARDIS Cam No.1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6

Post-2005 BBC webcasts

Phones	Tardisode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

iTunes	Web of Lies • Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut • Prequel to The Curse of the Black Spot • Brain Trafficking • Prequel to Let's Kill Hitler • Prequel to The Wedding of River Song • Prequel to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe • Prequel to Asylum of the Daleks • The Making of the Gunslinger • Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel • The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later • She Said, He Said: A Prequel • The Night of the Doctor • The Last Day

BBC website	Monster Files • A Ghost Story for Christmas • Sarah Jane's Alien Files • Prologue • Monster Escape • Another Doctor • Just for Fun: Doctor Who Level One • Just for Fun: Doctor Who Level Two

YouTube	P.S. • Songtaran Carols • The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel • She Said, He Said: A Prequel • Keep Counting • An announcement from the Doctor... • Zygon Stats • Who Are The Silurians? • Who Are The Weeping Angels? • Who Are The Silence? • Who Are The Ood? • Who Is Davros? • Who Is The Master? • Who Are The Zygons? • Who Are The Sontarans? • Who Are The Cybermen? • Who Are The Daleks? • Commander Strax's Q&A • The Doctor Surprises Fans At The Doctor Who Experience • The Monsters Are Coming • Dalek Exploding In Slow Motion • The Daleks Chase Walter the Worm • TARDIS Yule Log • The 12 Doctors of Christmas • Merry Christmas! • Case File One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven • Festive Thirteenth Doctor Yule Log • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas • Merry Christmas from Doctor Who • Mission to the Unknown • Farewell, Sarah Jane • Doctor Who Festive Holiday Yule Log • The Defence Drones • A Message from Yaz • Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture!

Facebook	Incoming Transmission • Zygon • Zygon and Sarah Jane • Zygon and the Tenth Doctor • Doctor Who DoppelClangers

BBC Radio 1	Mind My Minions

The Collection	see more

Twitter	Strax Saves the Day • Daleks invade Weston-super-Mare • The Doctors React to 'Legend of the Sea Devils' • This is Sergeant Robert Dudley. • Dudley here. • Is anyone receiving these transmissions?

UNIT Field Logs	14681 UNIT Field Log • 14682 UNIT Field Log • 14683 UNIT Field Log • 14684 UNIT Field Log

Big Finish webcasts

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LEGO webcasts

YouTube

Supergirl Meets E.T. • Doctor, Doctor, Doctor • What's inside the Doctor Who LEGO set?

The Fan Show

YouTube	Meet Christel • The Old Doctor Who Monsters' Home • Doctor Who Minecraft • Doctor Who is Invading The World! • Christel Gets Caught! • Doctor Who Titles Challenge • Fanwatch • Full Interview with Dr Marek Kukula • Meeting Doctor Who Cosplayers • Minecraft Rollercoaster Full Interview • Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who • Stealing Series 9 Scripts • The Doctor Who Festival • The Magician's Apprentice: What We Know So Far • The Universal Song Contest & Symphonic Spectacular! • The Universal Song Contest • We've Landed At Comic-Con! • We Need You! - San Diego Comic Con • Zygons & Osgood In Series 9! • Thirteenth Doctor Reaction • LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who

Facebook	Incoming Transmission

Doctor Who: Lockdown! webcasts

Twitter	Strax Saves the Day • Message from the Doctor • Incoming Message • United we stand, 2m apart • A New Year's message from the Doctor...

YouTube	The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond • BBC News \| Friday 3 April 2020 • Rory's Story • The Long Song: Fan Cover \| How To Get Involved... • Tests for the Mechanism of Heaven Sent's Confession Dial • Heaven Sent Previsualizations • Farewell, Sarah Jane • The Shadow in the Mirror • The Doctors Say Thank You • Sven and the Scarf • Vincent and the Doctor's Gallery • Pompadour • The Zygon Isolation • The Descendants of Pompeii • Listen • Fear Is a Superpower • Doctors Assemble! • The Secret of Novice Hame • The Best of Days • U.N.I.T. On Call • The Genuine Article

Arcbeatle webcasts

Shadows of Doubt • Cyberon is Back!! • Out of the Shadows • He is Coming... • Cwej: Down the Middle Coda

BBV Productions webcasts

Stacey Facade • Manchester • Peckham Poltergeist • Shadow People • Varunastra • Doctor X • P.R.O.B.E. CASE FILES - TRAILER • Overture to 'Sabbath and the King' • My mate, Erimem • More Than Human... • PROBE: CASE FILES - Vol 2

Radio Static webcasts

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

Cutaway Comics webcasts

Sutekh the Heretic

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

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