Cyberman (audio drama series)

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Cyberman

Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Cyberman
Written by	Nicholas Briggs (Series 1) James Swallow (Series 2)
Directed by	Nicholas Briggs
Produced by	Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
Length	8x70 minutes

Cyberman is a series of Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Eight audio plays were produced in 2 series of 4 CDs.^[1] The series takes place during a fictional time in the Doctor Who universe known as the Orion Wars.^[2] During the Orion Wars, humanity is at war with androids who no longer wish to be under human control.^[2] The center of the action is Project Scorpius, a "military project gone dark, off the books."^[3]

The series is produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Managing Director Jason Haigh-Ellery.

Cast

Series 1 (2005)

Samantha – Hannah Smith
Paul Hunt / Comms / Security – Barnaby Edwards
Hendry/Helliton/Glaust/Karen's Father/Protester/Guard – Ian Brooker
Duncan Levinson / Captain / Pilot / Public Address / Soldier – Toby Longworth
SSC Control/Operations Officer/Helm – Samantha Sanns
Comp – Samantha Sanns
Admiral Karen Brett – Sarah Mowat
Captain Liam Barnaby / Nash – Mark McDonnell
Computer – Hannah Smith
Cyberman/CyberPlanner/Control/Guard/Reporter – Nicholas Briggs

Series 2 (2009)

Liam Barnaby – Mark McDonnell
Samantha Thorn – Hannah Smith
Paul Hunt – Barnaby Edwards
Hazel Trahn – Jo Castleton
Yan – Ian Brooker
Chessman – Ian Brooker
Milo Taggart – Andrew Dickens
Louis Richter – Toby Hadoke
Merced – Martin Trent
Becca Trahn – Cal Jaggers
Janice Webb – Jess Robinson
The News – Stuart Crossman
Cybermen/CyberPlanner – Nicholas Briggs

Episodes

Series 1 (2005)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Scorpius"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Paul, Karen, Liam, Samantha, Cybermen, Cyber-Planner	September 2005 (2005-09)
The human race is at war with its own android creations. The story centers around several characters, but mostly concerns Admiral Karen Brett, who is in command of the Redoubtable.^[2] Brett is a character who will do whatever needs to be done to finish the job during wartime.^[2] The Cybermen don't appear until about half way through the audio drama and their own need to survive mirror's Brett's motivations.^[2] The character of Paul Hunt is in league with the Cybermen, though the other characters don't know this yet.^[2]
2	"Fear"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Paul, Karen, Liam, Samantha, Cybermen, Cyber-Planner	October 2005 (2005-10)
The Orion War situation is worsening by the day. The human race is sleepwalking towards extinction. Now, the time is right for the next phase of the Cyber plan to begin.
3	"Conversion"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Paul, Karen, Liam, Samantha, Cybermen, Cyber-Planner	November 2005 (2005-11)
The Cybermen... The great civilisation we could have been... if we'd taken another path. A purer path. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. There will be victory in Orion...
4	"Telos"	Nicholas Briggs	Nicholas Briggs	Paul, Karen, Liam, Samantha, Cybermen, Cyber-Planner	January 2006 (2006-01)
The Earth's government is under Cyber control. The only hope for civilisation is that androids and humans can work together. But the Cybermen intend to activate their Master Hibernation Vault on Telos, releasing billions of Cybermen.

Series 2 (2009)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featuring	Released
1	"Outsiders"	Nicholas Briggs	James Swallow	Samantha, Liam, Paul, Cybermen	December 2009 (2009-12)
Six months after the destruction of the Telos Vaults, Liam and Sam are still stranded in outer space. A chance contact with a civilian vessel, the Novagrad, that has been taken over by the military may offer them some salvation but its paranoid Captain Richter may be more of a threat than the Cybermen. Meanwhile, following the death of Karen Brett, Paul Hunt has now assumed the role of Acting Earth President and planning to help the Cybermen solidify their control over Earth. Cabdriver Hazel Trahn and her boss Jan remain sceptical about the true motives of the Cybermen and soon discovering their horrifying truth.
2	"Terror"	Nicholas Briggs	James Swallow	Samantha, Liam, Paul, Cybermen	December 2009 (2009-12)
Sam escapes from the Novagrad when her android nature is discovered; using an escape shuttle, she makes contact with her android bosses who divulge their plans to decimate both the Cybermen and Earth with a planet-wide nuclear device. Meanwhile Barnaby is imprisoned when his collaboration with Sam is discovered, but is offered a chance of redemption when some of the crew enlist his help to relieve an increasingly unstable Richter of his command. On Earth, Hazel discovers Jan's resistance group and joins them after her sister is murdered by the Cybermen.
3	"Machines"	Nicholas Briggs	James Swallow	Samantha, Liam, Paul, Cybermen	December 2009 (2009-12)
Richter is dead, the result of an apparent suicide. Barnaby remains suspicious and believes that the Captain was murdered, later discovering evidence that the Cybermen have planted a spy about the Novagrad. Paul Hunt learns that Barnaby is still alive and plans to use a fake set of records to discredit his nemesis. Samantha returns to Earth and, after a scuffle with a Cyberman patrol unit, liaises with Hazel and the resistance movement.
4	"Extinction"	Nicholas Briggs	James Swallow	Samantha, Liam, Paul, Cybermen	December 2009 (2009-12)
Barnaby returns to Earth, betrayed by the Cyberman's accomplice on the Novagrad. Samantha, Hazel and the resistance group plan their final assault against the Cybermen. At a stadium, the stage is set for the final battle between Barnaby, Sam, Hazel, Hunt and the Cybermen.

References

^ "Cyberman – Released Items". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mollmann, Steve (9 August 2009). "Cyberman: Scorpius Review". Unreality SF. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^ "A review of the Big Finish audio-drama, 'Cyberman: Project Scorpius.'". The Fireside Table. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

External links

Cyberman at the Big Finish Website

Doctor Who: Cyberman stories

Television

First Doctor

The Tenth Planet

Second Doctor

Fourth Doctor

Revenge of the Cybermen

Fifth Doctor

Earthshock
"The Five Doctors"

Sixth Doctor

Attack of the Cybermen

Seventh Doctor

Silver Nemesis

Tenth Doctor

"Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel"
"Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday"
"The Next Doctor"

Eleventh Doctor

"Closing Time"
"Nightmare in Silver"

Twelfth Doctor

"Dark Water" / "Death in Heaven"
"World Enough and Time" / "The Doctor Falls"

Thirteenth Doctor

Other appearances

Major	"Cyberwoman"
Minor	The War Games The Mind of Evil Carnival of Monsters "Dalek" "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" "A Good Man Goes to War" "The Day of the Doctor" "The Time of the Doctor" "Face the Raven" "Hell Bent" "Once, Upon Time" / "The Vanquishers"