The Early Cybermen was the second instalment of The ArcHive Tapes anthology, narrated and produced by David Banks.
Following the genesis of the Cybermen, it covered the CyberMondans' and CyberFaction's attacks on Earth in the 20th and 21st century, putting forward that, after the destruction of Mondas in The Tenth Planet, the CyberFaction broke into two races, the CyberNomads and the CyberTelosians.
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Plot[]
Welcome To The Cyber Hive[]
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First Invasion Of Earth[]
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Inhuman Killers From Another World[]
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Cyber Mind Control[]
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Destroy Life On Earth[]
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The Quiet Invasion[]
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The Destruction Of Mondas[]
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Cybermondasian[]
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Misery Or Mastery[]
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Second Divergence Of Species[]
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Space Station W3[]
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Late Cyberfaction[]
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The Cybership[]
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The Moonbase[]
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Cast[]
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Worldbuilding[]
- Hegelia believes Space Station W3 was near Earth in 2030.
- The Silver Carrier was a phoenix IV rocket.
- According to Hegelia, the CyberNeomorphs in 1985 were from over 500 years in the future (i.e. post-2485), and returned to Telos over 600 years in the future (i.e. post-2585).
Notes[]
- This instalment makes use of archive audio taken from television serials The Invasion, Attack of the Cybermen, The Tenth Planet, The Wheel in Space and The Moonbase.
- For the TARDIS travellers, Hegelia states it was "months" between The Tenth Planet and The Moonbase
Continuity[]
- The documents cover the "first invasion" by the Faction, (TV: The Invasion) the presence of Neomorphs in 1985, (TV: Attack of the Cybermen) the return and subsequent destruction of Mondas in 1986, (TV: The Tenth Planet) and the 21st century attacks on Space Station W3 (TV: The Wheel in Space) and the Moon. (TV: The Moonbase)
- The narrator acknowledges that UNIT was founded as a result of the Doctor and Lethbridge-Stewart's encounter with the Robot Yeti, (TV: The Web of Fear) the Doctor's friendship with Edward Travers, (TV: The Abominable Snowmen) and Lytton's previous association with the Daleks. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
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