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Doctor Who: The Moonbase

Doctor Who: The Moonbase

by Kit Pedler; dir. Morris Barry (BBC, 1967/2014)

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An effective story for the first two episodes, which are spent building the tension and establishing the (vital but ludicrously understaffed and without built-in redundancy) moonbase. Then the Cybermen bust out their dance moves and some very, very daft plans. Logic, schmogic.

 

 

Doctor Who: The Silver Turk

Doctor Who: The Silver Turk

by Marc Platt (Big Finish, 2011)

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Mary Shelley encounters badly damaged Cybermen; thus, Frankenstein. The idea would later find its way to television in The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020), but Mary also echoes Rose Tyler’s empathy from Dalek (2005), the resonances circling back through TV and literature.

 

 

Dr. First

Dr. First

by Adam Hargreaves (Puffin, 2017)

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Doctor Who purists may not approve of this playful rewriting of the programme’s origin story. There’s no denying, however, that the characters are beautifully drawn – from Susan, to William Hartnell’s cantankerous purple and grey Doctor, to the jiving, sports mascot, continuity-defying Cybermen!