Terry Cooper

Terry Cooper (born December 20 1969) is a Welsh artist and now author of the Kangazang! novel and audio book featuring Ex Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker and Torchwood actress Claire Cage.

He was contracted in 1999 to design and build two full Cyberon costumes for the BBV spin-off movie 'Cyberon'. Og this he says:

"I made 2 'hero' heads for the movie with a very very limited BBV budget and we had many problems. Then I was asked to make another 13 extras for sale in the UK and the USA - the arrangement being that BBV would sell them, and split the money with me. Then I was told that most of them got 'crushed in transit'. Needless to say, I never received a penny."

Found this link reviewing Cyberon, and yes, the costumes get a thrashing:

"But when Cyberon creaks, it creaks heavily. Nowhere more so than the Cyberons themselves. They look like they’ve been lifted from a dodgy cracked copy of Manhunter v Boxhead. The creatures have this sort of weird, melted plastic face that looks halfway between Tomb era Cybermen, and the kiddies plastic voice changer helmets released on the back of the new series. " - from: http://www.behindthesofa..../08/hypo-full-of-lo.html

Cooper adds: "Somewhere nearby, the first vac-form test of one of the helmets is, I think in the cellar of my dear departed mother's house. It's been tested in a gloss white thermoplastic, and is cracked and holey. I'll ask the current house owner if it survived the years. Other than that, I once saw a photo of a dedicated Who prop collector with his table laid out - he had an Ice Warrior, Tenth Planet Cyberman and a Cyberon! So some of them made it!"

Terry's website is www.kangazang.co.uk