Cybermen: The Early Years
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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 episodes:
- The Moonbase, Episodes 2 and 4
- The Wheel in Space, Episodes 3 and 6
and also interviews with Roy Skelton, Morris Barry and Wendy Padbury and clips from The Tenth Planet, The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Invasion.
Behind the scenes
- 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 the 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.
See also
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
In 1993 the BBC refused to fund production of The Davison Years and The McCoy Years.
