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|genre = Graphic Adventure |
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|previous story = [[City of the Daleks]] |
|previous story = [[City of the Daleks]] |
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| − | '''Blood of the Cybermen''' is the second of [[the Adventure Games]], a series of four games where the player will have the ability to play as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. Though the Cybermen resembled those from [[Pete's World|a parallel universe]], they also donned a different logo on their chests. |
+ | '''Blood of the Cybermen''' is the second of [[the Adventure Games]], a series of four games where the player will have the ability to play as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. Though the Cybermen resembled those from [[Pete's World|a parallel universe]], they also donned a different logo on their chests. It is assumed that these are the Mondasian kind. |
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| − | As with other games in the Adventure Games line, ''Blood of the Cybermen'' was initially released in the UK for free download for PC and Mac users in June 2010. In July 2010 an international version was made available for a fee through Direct2Drive, which has chosen not to release the Mac OS version of the game.<ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/22/forgive-the-tardis-ness-doctor-who-games-arrive-today-in-the-us Forgive the TARDIS-ness, Doctor Who Games Arrive Today in the US</ref> |
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| − | Aside from [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]], the voice cast for this game includes [[Sarah Douglas]], best known as Ursa in ''Superman II''.<ref>[http://www.kasterborous.com/2010/08/12/kneel-before-ursa/ Kneel Before Ursa!]</ref> |
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== Synopsis == |
== Synopsis == |
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The Doctor and Amy head towards the main dome in search of other survivors, and are confronted by a Cyberslave. After defeating it, they head into the dome and discover the director of the project, Professor Elizabeth Meadows, who is working on a cure. The Doctor and Amy then go in search of a Cybermat in order to get a sample of the virus to work from. When they return, they discover that Meadows has vanished. The Doctor completes the cure, and then heads over to the tower to administer it to a partially converted Chisholm. |
The Doctor and Amy head towards the main dome in search of other survivors, and are confronted by a Cyberslave. After defeating it, they head into the dome and discover the director of the project, Professor Elizabeth Meadows, who is working on a cure. The Doctor and Amy then go in search of a Cybermat in order to get a sample of the virus to work from. When they return, they discover that Meadows has vanished. The Doctor completes the cure, and then heads over to the tower to administer it to a partially converted Chisholm. |
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[[File:Cybership.jpg|thumb|The Cybership in the GSO dig site]] |
[[File:Cybership.jpg|thumb|The Cybership in the GSO dig site]] |
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| − | The Doctor and Amy head down a lift to a series of tunnels, leading them to a large Cybership. Heading up to the top, Amy is captured by the Cyberslave, and the Doctor reaches the room containing the Cyber |
+ | The Doctor and Amy head down a lift to a series of tunnels, leading them to a large Cybership. Heading up to the top, Amy is captured by the Cyberslave, and the Doctor reaches the room containing the [[Cyber lord]], and Meadows, who is revealed to be a Cyberslave. She threatens that unless the Doctor revives the Cybermen, Amy will be the first of a new race of Cybermen . The Doctor proceeds in reviving the Cybermen, and succeeds. |
The newly revived Cyberlord states that Meadows is no longer necessary and may now be deleted, and shoots her. He attempts to shoot the Doctor, but the Doctor manages to escape, and heads over to the Cyber-conversion area where Amy is being held. Freeing Amy, they then proceed back to the Cybercommand area via a different route. The Doctor then reverses the revival process, and states that it should be a "good half hour before the thing blows." A Cyber voice is then heard stating that it is 2 minutes until total meltdown, and the Doctor, Amy, and Chisholm make an escape. Back outside the dome, the Doctor states to Chisholm that the Cyberslaves should revert as the virus has been destroyed in the process. The Doctor and Amy then leave in the TARDIS. A group of Cybermen stand still in the snow, and a mechanical movement, just like that of a marching Cyberman, is heard. |
The newly revived Cyberlord states that Meadows is no longer necessary and may now be deleted, and shoots her. He attempts to shoot the Doctor, but the Doctor manages to escape, and heads over to the Cyber-conversion area where Amy is being held. Freeing Amy, they then proceed back to the Cybercommand area via a different route. The Doctor then reverses the revival process, and states that it should be a "good half hour before the thing blows." A Cyber voice is then heard stating that it is 2 minutes until total meltdown, and the Doctor, Amy, and Chisholm make an escape. Back outside the dome, the Doctor states to Chisholm that the Cyberslaves should revert as the virus has been destroyed in the process. The Doctor and Amy then leave in the TARDIS. A group of Cybermen stand still in the snow, and a mechanical movement, just like that of a marching Cyberman, is heard. |
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| − | ==Cast |
+ | == Cast (Voices) == |
*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] |
*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]] |
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*[[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]] |
*[[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]] |
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*[[Chisholm]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]] |
*[[Chisholm]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]] |
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*[[Elizabeth Meadows]] - [[Sarah Douglas]] |
*[[Elizabeth Meadows]] - [[Sarah Douglas]] |
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| − | *Cybermen - [[Nicholas Briggs]] |
+ | *[[Cybermen (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] |
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+ | == Credits == |
''to be added'' |
''to be added'' |
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*The [[Cybermat]]s have the ability to change people into "robots". |
*The [[Cybermat]]s have the ability to change people into "robots". |
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*This episode features a new Cyber-race called [[Cyberslave]]s, which are converted humans. |
*This episode features a new Cyber-race called [[Cyberslave]]s, which are converted humans. |
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+ | *The Cybermen in this story are from our universe resembling the Cybus Cybermen but lacking the logo. It is later revealed that a Cybership was damaged by a time storm and crashed in the Arctic Circle about 10,000 years ago. |
| − | *Because, in [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]], Amy asks the Doctor what a Cyberman is, this story must take place after [[The Big Bang]], though the absence of Rory was not explained. |
+ | *Because, in [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]], Amy asks the Doctor what a Cyberman is, this story must take place after [[The Big Bang]], though the absence of Rory was not explained. |
*The date is the 4th of May. When the Doctor accesses the laptop and looks up about Meadows, it says her daughter's birthday is 5th of May which the Doctor says is tomorrow. |
*The date is the 4th of May. When the Doctor accesses the laptop and looks up about Meadows, it says her daughter's birthday is 5th of May which the Doctor says is tomorrow. |
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*According to the game files, this was originally going to be the first episode. |
*According to the game files, this was originally going to be the first episode. |
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| − | *This episode is similar to the ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode ''[[memoryalpha:Regeneration (episode)|Regeneration]]'', which also shows a project in the [[Arctic Circle]] stumbling upon the ruins of a crashed spacecraft that crashed years ago manned by Cyborgs, the [[memoryalpha:Borg|Borg]]. The Borg have often been compared with the Cybermen. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*When Amy asks the Doctor if he'll be going into the vents, he says "Do I look I'm wearing a Bruce Willis vest?". A reference to the movie ''Die Hard''. |
*When Amy asks the Doctor if he'll be going into the vents, he says "Do I look I'm wearing a Bruce Willis vest?". A reference to the movie ''Die Hard''. |
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| − | ==Promotion== |
+ | == Promotion == |
| − | As part of the promotion of this episode a live talk with [[Phil Ford]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] was broadcast via the BBC website on the 22nd June 2010. Fans were encouraged to write in with questions and read along with two exclusive script extracts. |
+ | ''As part of the promotion of this episode a live talk with [[Phil Ford]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] was broadcast via the BBC website on the 22nd June 2010. Fans were encouraged to write in with questions and read along with two exclusive script extracts.'' |
==Continuity== |
==Continuity== |
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*Amy says the Cybermats are worse than spiders which the Doctor replies "I'd rather you change the subject" which is a reference to his fear of spiders established in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''. |
*Amy says the Cybermats are worse than spiders which the Doctor replies "I'd rather you change the subject" which is a reference to his fear of spiders established in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''. |
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*The virus that converts people into [[Cyberslave]]s may be related to (or the same as) the virus the Cybermen planned to use in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Reaping]]'' to convert flesh into metal. |
*The virus that converts people into [[Cyberslave]]s may be related to (or the same as) the virus the Cybermen planned to use in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Reaping]]'' to convert flesh into metal. |
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| + | *The Mondasian Cybermen were last seen on screen in [[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' (although a head was seen on display in [[Henry van Statten|van Statten's]] museum in [[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''). |
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| − | *[[Cyber-tomb]]s appear in the ruins of the Cyberman ship. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') |
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==Timeline== |
==Timeline== |
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Revision as of 19:48, 14 August 2010
Blood of the Cybermen is the second of the Adventure Games, a series of four games where the player will have the ability to play as the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond. Though the Cybermen resembled those from a parallel universe, they also donned a different logo on their chests. It is assumed that these are the Mondasian kind.
Synopsis
The Doctor and Amy materialize in the Arctic - where members of a survey team are turning from flesh to metal and digging something sinister from under the ice that's been waiting thousands of years - an army of Cybermen!
Plot
Present Day, Earth. The Doctor and Amy arrive in the Arctic, where they find a crashed skidoo, and discover an unconscious rider at the bottom of an ice cliff. The Doctor and Amy rescue the rider, who tells them that their base has been invaded. The Doctor, Amy and the rider, Chisholm, then travel by TARDIS to the GSO base, where Chisholm is attacked by a Cybermat. He explains to the Doctor that those infected by Cybermats slowly turn into Cyberslaves. Chisholm then locks himself in a tower to prevent him from attacking the Doctor and Amy.
The Doctor and Amy head towards the main dome in search of other survivors, and are confronted by a Cyberslave. After defeating it, they head into the dome and discover the director of the project, Professor Elizabeth Meadows, who is working on a cure. The Doctor and Amy then go in search of a Cybermat in order to get a sample of the virus to work from. When they return, they discover that Meadows has vanished. The Doctor completes the cure, and then heads over to the tower to administer it to a partially converted Chisholm.
The Cybership in the GSO dig site
The Doctor and Amy head down a lift to a series of tunnels, leading them to a large Cybership. Heading up to the top, Amy is captured by the Cyberslave, and the Doctor reaches the room containing the Cyber lord, and Meadows, who is revealed to be a Cyberslave. She threatens that unless the Doctor revives the Cybermen, Amy will be the first of a new race of Cybermen . The Doctor proceeds in reviving the Cybermen, and succeeds.
The newly revived Cyberlord states that Meadows is no longer necessary and may now be deleted, and shoots her. He attempts to shoot the Doctor, but the Doctor manages to escape, and heads over to the Cyber-conversion area where Amy is being held. Freeing Amy, they then proceed back to the Cybercommand area via a different route. The Doctor then reverses the revival process, and states that it should be a "good half hour before the thing blows." A Cyber voice is then heard stating that it is 2 minutes until total meltdown, and the Doctor, Amy, and Chisholm make an escape. Back outside the dome, the Doctor states to Chisholm that the Cyberslaves should revert as the virus has been destroyed in the process. The Doctor and Amy then leave in the TARDIS. A group of Cybermen stand still in the snow, and a mechanical movement, just like that of a marching Cyberman, is heard.
Cast (Voices)
- The Doctor - Matt Smith
- Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
- Chisholm - Barnaby Edwards
- Elizabeth Meadows - Sarah Douglas
- Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs
Credits
to be added
Story notes
- This game was incorrectly entitled Winter of Terror.
- This games tagline was The Cybermen are Coming.
- A new type Cybermat which have the "cyber head" logo that the Cybermen have on their chests appears. This is the first time Cybermats have appeared since Revenge of the Cybermen.
- The Cybermats have the ability to change people into "robots".
- This episode features a new Cyber-race called Cyberslaves, which are converted humans.
- The Cybermen in this story are from our universe resembling the Cybus Cybermen but lacking the logo. It is later revealed that a Cybership was damaged by a time storm and crashed in the Arctic Circle about 10,000 years ago.
- Because, in The Pandorica Opens, Amy asks the Doctor what a Cyberman is, this story must take place after The Big Bang, though the absence of Rory was not explained.
- The date is the 4th of May. When the Doctor accesses the laptop and looks up about Meadows, it says her daughter's birthday is 5th of May which the Doctor says is tomorrow.
- According to the game files, this was originally going to be the first episode.
References
- Amy asks the Doctor whether he's seen the movie The Thing[1].
- When Amy asks the Doctor if he'll be going into the vents, he says "Do I look I'm wearing a Bruce Willis vest?". A reference to the movie Die Hard.
Promotion
As part of the promotion of this episode a live talk with Phil Ford and Nicholas Briggs was broadcast via the BBC website on the 22nd June 2010. Fans were encouraged to write in with questions and read along with two exclusive script extracts.
Continuity
- The Cybermats return. They were last seen in DW: Revenge of the Cybermen.
- Amy says the Cybermats are worse than spiders which the Doctor replies "I'd rather you change the subject" which is a reference to his fear of spiders established in DW: Planet of the Spiders.
- The virus that converts people into Cyberslaves may be related to (or the same as) the virus the Cybermen planned to use in BFA: The Reaping to convert flesh into metal.
- The Mondasian Cybermen were last seen on screen in DW: Silver Nemesis (although a head was seen on display in van Statten's museum in DW: Dalek).
Timeline
- Blood of the Cybermen occurs after VG: City of the Daleks
- Blood of the Cybermen occurs before DWA: Fashion Victims
References
External links
- The Adventure Games at the BBC Doctor Who site.
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