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You may wish to consult Cyberman (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Cybermen was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Rise of the Cybermen.

Aspects of production covered[]

  • The logistics of the scene in which the people of Pete's World stop during the daily download.
  • The relevance of the story in terms of present-day concerns about modern technology and information spread.
  • Bringing back the Cybermen and redesigning them for a modern audience.
  • Filming of the Cybermen smashing through the windows into parallel Jackie's home.

Additional topics covered[]

  • The history of the Cybermen in the classic series.
  • Physicality and movement of the Cybermen performers.

People interviewed[]

Music list[]

  • "Title Music (from 'A Clockwork Orange')" by Wendy Carlos, Album: A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack[1]
  • "Where's Your Head At?" by Basement Jaxx, Album: Rooty
  • "Renegade Master '98 (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Remix)" by Wildchild, Album: Ultimate Club Mix
  • "Live Forever" by Oasis, Album: Definitely Maybe
  • "In The Shadows" by The Rasmus, Album: Now That's What I Call Music 58 (also used in CON: Shadow Play)
  • "I Predict A Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs, Album: Employment
  • "Rossini: La gazza ladra - Overture (The Thieving Magpie)" by Gioachino Rossini, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit, Album: Rossini: 8 Overtures
  • "Op. 64 Act I The Knights' Dance (Danse des chevaliers)" by Sergei Prokofiev, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa, Album: Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Highlights
  • "Play Dead" by Björk feat. David Arnold, Album: Debut

Crew[]

General production staff Camera and lighting department


Special and visual effects

General post-production staff

Sound

bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential
BBC Wales
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Not every person who worked on this episode was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


Elements retained in Cut Down[]

  • The logistics of the scene in which the people of Pete's World stop during the daily download.
  • Filming of the Cybermen smashing through the windows into parallel Jackie's home.

Home video releases[]

Series-2-boxset

Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series DVD box set released on 20 November 2006.

Footnotes[]

  1. Episode 5 : Cybermen. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 5 January 2019.
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