Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)

Legend of the Cybermen was a part of Big Finish Productions' wholly original season for the Sixth Doctor in 2010. It was notable for featuring the first joint appearance of Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury since DW: The Five Doctors in 1983 and the first appearance of Zoe Heriot alongside the Sixth Doctor in performed Doctor Who.

Publisher's summary
The Cybermen are on the march through the Hundred Realms, killing and converting as they go. Resistance is useless.

Trapped on the outermost fringes of the battle, the Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon are astonished to encounter an old friend: astrophysicist Zoe Heriot.

It's the happiest of reunions. But what hope is there of a happy ending against the unstoppable Cybermen?

Cast

 * Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
 * Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
 * Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
 * The Thief / The Young Lord - Steven Kynman
 * The Lieutenant - Abigail Hollick
 * The Commander / The Pirate - Ian Gelder
 * The Captain - Alexander Siddig
 * The Laird - Charlie Ross
 * The Cybermen / The Karkus / Himself - Nicholas Briggs

Books

 * Zoe creates fictionalised versions of her adventures with the Doctor including: Doctor Who and the Dominators and Doctor Who and the Krotons.

Cultural references from the real world

 * The works of Charles Dickens play a part in the metafictional element of the Land of Fiction, as well as the works of other authors.
 * Characters from authors such as Wagner, Carrol, Stoker, Verne, Melville and Arthur Conan Doyle appear. These characters include the Artful Dodger, Oliver Twist, Alice Liddell of Alice in Wonderland, Dracula and Captain Nemo.
 * References are made to "the four colour kingdom" (comics), expanding the literary basis of the Land of Fiction into modern pop culture and superheroes (although by the time of the events the Doctor takes part in, the four colour kingdom has been devoured, and the last of the super-heroes are either dead or converted).

The Doctor

 * The Doctor tells Jamie and Zoe of his trial by the Time Lords, his exile on Earth and his regeneration caused by spectrox toxaemia.

Individuals

 * Zoe Heriot was able to break the locks placed on her memories by the Time Lords.
 * Jamie asks the Doctor the infamous question: "why did you never come back for us?". The Doctor never came up with a valid explanation.
 * Jamie repeatedly shouts "craig a tur!" as he fights the Cybermen.

Species

 * A Cyber-Planner is present within the Land of Fiction.
 * A Cyber Controller is mentioned as having been been destroyed.
 * The Cybermen convert several fictional species into Cybermen including: mermaids, giants and ogres.
 * The Cybermen also attempted to convert woodsmen who were in fact werewolves.
 * Fairies, mermaids and trolls exist within the Land of Fiction.
 * As Jamie regains his memories, he hears the sounds of Daleks' weapons firing and the fire/recharge cycle that Quarks go through.
 * The Doctor is hostile to the Count, saying that his people and "that thing's" have a long history. (DW: State of Decay) Jamie compares it to a Highland blood feud.

Continuity

 * The Karkus, previously seen in DW: The Mind Robber, reappears. He is the only denizen of the Land of Fiction to appear in both stories.
 * The Doctor mentions his trial by the Time Lords (DW: The War Games), his waking up in a hospital on Earth (DW: Spearhead from Space) and his poisoning by spectrox toxaemia and subsequent regeneration (DW: The Caves of Androzani). Notably, the Doctor implies that his exile on Earth began on the same day (relatively speaking) as Jamie and Zoe were returned to their native eras by the Time Lords. This would seem to indicate that the Second Doctor's memories of his activities on behalf of his people during Season 6B were erased. This is consistent with the fact that the Sixth Doctor did not seem to remember his first visit to Space Station Chimera in his second incarnation. (DW: The Two Doctors) To date, the only Big Finish audio drama to be set in Season 6B are CC: Helicon Prime.
 * Zoe mentions the events of DW: The Wheel in Space and refers to Leo Ryan by name.
 * The Land of Fiction has also appeared in NA: Conundrum and NA: Head Games.
 * Zoe created fictionalised versions of her adventures with the Doctor including Doctor Who and the Dominators (DW: The Dominators) and Doctor Who and the Krotons (DW: The Krotons).
 * The Doctor returns Zoe, her memories again locked by the Time Lords, to the Wheel at a point after the events of DW: The Wheel in Space.
 * The Doctor refers to his encounter with Vlad the Impaler in 1462 as well as the nobleman's brief engagement to his former companion Erimem. (BFA: Son of the Dragon)

For the Doctor and Jamie

 * Legend of the Cybermen occurs after BFA: The Wreck of the Titan
 * Legend of the Cybermen occurs before BFA: The Four Doctors

For Zoe Heriot

 * Legend of the Cybermen occurs after DW: The War Games