This title was released in March 2025. It will be exclusively available to buy from the Big Finish website until 30 April 2025, and on general sale after this date.
A King lies dying in his castle. His eldest son Prince Sylvan is an artist with no desire to inherit a kingdom, while Prince Dega toils in his laboratory, dedicated to saving their dying people from extinction. They will all burn unless he succeeds.
When the TARDIS arrives, its crew believe they can help. But this planet is Mondas. And this is the Genesis of the Cybermen...
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Recorded on: 8-9 July 2024
Recorded at: The Soundhouse
This story takes place before the television adventure Earthshock.
Producer and director David O’Mahony said: "The Cybermen have been one of the Doctor's greatest opponents throughout the ages. They are brutal, uncaring and dedicatedly vicious.
"Gerry Davis's ideas about their origin never made it onto TV, so it's a total pleasure to bring this story to life with Peter Davison’s Doctor. Setting it pre-Earthshock gives it the feel of a brilliant prequel to the impending Cybermen stories that we know and love."
Writer David K Barnes said: "The Cybermen book loomed large in my early fandom, because when I was 11 my teacher lent me her husband’s copy of it. I pored over that book: all those wonderful pictures of Cybermen through the ages! That’s the reason I've always had a sneaking preference for the Cybermen over the Daleks.
"The setting that Gerry envisaged is a wonderful fusion of futurism and fairy tale, all kings and castles and rival princes, with the Cybermen representing the perils of science without culture. I've tried to develop Gerry's characters further, giving the story's villain a stronger motivation, while digging into themes that seemed especially resonant today like climate change, mental burnout, and the tension between art and AI."
L-R (back row); Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Evie Ward-Drummond, David K Barnes, Kelly Price, Michael Abubakar, Colin Tierney; (front row) Nuhazet Diaz Cano
