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Cyberman (audio drama series)

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Series
  
Cyberman

Length
  
8x70 minutes

Directed by
  
Nicholas Briggs

Written by
  
Nicholas Briggs (Series 1) James Swallow (Series 2)

Produced by
  
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery

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. The series takes place during a fictional time in the Doctor Who universe known as the Orion Wars. During the Orion Wars, humanity is at war with androids who no longer wish to be under human control. The center of the action is Project Scorpius, a "military project gone dark, off the books."

Contents

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

Series 1 (2005)

Series 1 consists of 4 episodes. All 4 episodes were written and directed by Nicholas Briggs and released in 2005.

Cast

  • 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)

    Series 2 consists of 4 episodes and released as a box set in 2009. All 4 episodes were written by James Swallow and directed by Nicholas Briggs.

    Cast

  • 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
  • Synopsis

    Across the planet, the silver legions stand impassive in every city; mankind has sacrificed its freedoms for the sake of a distant conflict against its android creations, and now the price must be paid. On the streets, in the depths of space, a web of lies and deceit draws ever tighter, and the lines between human and android, between enemy and ally, are blurred. Only one choice remains – resist or surrender…

    References

    Cyberman (audio drama series) Wikipedia