Return of the Cybermen (audio story)

Return of the Cybermen was the first release in the sixth series of The Lost Stories. It was based on the original drafts of the TV story Revenge of the Cybermen originally written by Gerry Davis, the scripts were adapted by John Dorney and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan.

	Fourth Doctor
	Sarah, Harry
	Cyber-Leader
	Nerva Beacon
	Big Finish Productions
	Gerry Davis, adapted by John Dorney
	Nicholas Briggs
	David Richardson
	Nicholas Briggs
	Nicholas Briggs
	Ryan Aplin
	4
	6.01
	17 March 2021
	2 CDs Download
	BFPDWLS29
	ISBN 978-1-83868-230-9 (physical) ISBN 978-1-83868-231-6 (digital)
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Publisher's summary

The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan return to Space Station Nerva in search of the TARDIS. Instead, they find peril, disease and... Cybermen!

These cybernetic monsters have devised a plan to eliminate the greatest threat to their existence. And if the Doctor and his human compatriots do not play their part in this scheme, they are to be destroyed.

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Sarah Jane Smith - Sadie Miller
• Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
• Commander Stevenson / Pietersen - Nicholas Asbury
• Bill Lester / Bandenhorst - Robert Whitelock
• Kellman - Nickolas Grace
• Anitra / Coetzee - Amanda Shodeko
• The Cybermen / Cyberleader / Jim Warner - Nicholas Briggs

References

The Cybermen

• The Doctor states that Cybermen are logical. The best way to survive Cybermen is to be useful to them, so that they keep you alive for longer. When a person's usefulness is over, the Cybermen will simply destroy them.
• Upon discovering a body, the Doctor tells Harry that it wasn't a Cybermen as they do not simply murder for gain.
• The Cybermen do not understand the word "insane".
• The Cybermen do not understand "pacts" or "giving your word", claiming them to be merely humanoid constructs.

Individuals

• The Doctor claims he is good friends with Rudolf Nureyev.

Notes

Alternative Cover Art

• This story was recorded on 4 and 11 November 2019 at Audio Sorcery.
• Sadie Miller, who recreates the role of Sarah Jane Smith, is the daughter of the character's original actress, Elisabeth Sladen, as well as Brian Miller, another Doctor Who alumni.
• An alternate ending was written by John Dorney that included the Time Lord messenger from TV: Genesis of the Daleks appearing at the end to explain that the failure of the Doctor's mission on Skaro had caused history to rewrite itself. This was to explained how this story could coincide with TV: Revenge of the Cybermen, , as well as other issues such as the separate accounts of the lives of Mary Shelley and Joan Redfern. The Time Lord would have then vanished after insinuating that the Doctor's actions had caused a Time War.

Continuity

• When trying to identify the Cybermat, he refers to his Five Hundred Year Diary (TV: The Power of the Daleks, et al.) but struggles to remember that "C" stands for "Cyberman", and "T" for "Telos". (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
• The Doctor has seen this Cyber-Virus before. The last one was Neurotrope X. (TV: The Moonbase)
• The team uses gold dust against the Cybermen and Cybermats. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen, Nightmare in Silver)
• Humans believe that the Cybermen all died out hundreds of years ago, presumably during the Vogan War. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
• The Cyber-Leader is summoned. (TV: The Tenth Planet, et al)
• The Doctor finds out from his diary that radiation works against Cybermen. (TV: The Moonbase)
• The Doctor states that it takes a Cyberman a long time to reactivate. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen, et al)
• The Doctor insinuates that not only has he met Sherlock Holmes, but that Arthur Conan Doyle was Sherlock's real identity. (COMIC: Funhouse, PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
• At first, the Cyber-Leader states that the Cybermen do not do make negotiations. (TV: Doomsday, et al)
• The Cybermen use humans as workforce. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)
• The Doctor shows a fondness for buttons. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, A Christmas Carol)
• Harry climbs through the service ducts in the Nerva Beacon. Sarah previously did the same. (TV: The Ark in Space)
• One crewmember compares the TARDIS to "a convenience". (PROSE: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, COMIC: Terrorformer)
• The Doctor has left a Space-Time Telegraph to the Brigadier in case of emergencies. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen, Terror of the Zygons, The Day of the Doctor)

External links

• Official Return of the Cybermen page at bigfinish.com