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Doctor Who stories featuring the Cybermen

Story
199

I was out of the UK for the Christmas of 2008/09, so spoilers – and a certain Doctor Who Confidential announcement in the New Year – meant I knew David Morrissey was not the next doctor by the time I sat down to watch, ahem, The Next Doctor. …


Aug
26
2023
TW
1.4

After watching Cyberwoman, my son turned to me and said 'Well, that was definitely the worst episode so far!'  …


Jul
24
2022
Story
177

You can call me a sour old grumpy puss if you like, but I've never really believed the Doctor and Rose were in love …


Jul
09
2022
Story
172

It had to happen. There had to be a dip in quality at some point …


Jun
18
2022

Real Time is, much like its predecessor (understandably, given broadband speeds at the time) of the limited animation ilk …


Aug
21
2021

In retrospect, given Destiny of the Doctors features Anthony Ainley's final performance as the Master, perhaps we should imagine this directly precedes the events that lead to his trial on Skaro and transformation into a kind of ectoplasmic slime …


May
29
2021

Doctor Who — The Ultimate Adventure is my last so-called sidestep of the show's classic run  …


Oct
17
2020
Story
150

Although I like a lot of music that is jazz-influenced, I long ago reached the age where it's OK for me to say 'you know what, I don't really like jazz all that much' …


Sep
26
2020
Story
137

Attack of the Cybermen feels like another example of the style of brutal, action-packed, seat-of-the-pants storytelling that Eric Saward employed in Earthshock and Resurrection of the Daleks …


Feb
22
2020
Story
129

They say familiarity breeds contempt, in which case The Five Doctors should be my least favourite Doctor Who story and yet, for all its flaws, it's far too much fun for me ever to tire of watching it …


Aug
10
2019
Story
121

Unfortunately, thanks to the many magazines and Doctor Who reference books that litter the house, my son knew all of the major plot points of Earthshock going in …


Mar
16
2019
Story
079

For the third story in a row, the title gives away the main foe …


Apr
22
2017
Story
046

For this story, I was happy to have with me as guest blogger my son, who'd wanted to watch The Invasion for some time  …


Jun
28
2015
Story
043

It's almost twenty minutes before we see anybody else in The Wheel in Space – before that it's just the Doctor, Jamie and a robot …


May
02
2015
Story
037

I stopped watching Doctor Who in 1983, not because I stopped liking it, but because I moved away from the UK …


Jan
24
2015
Story
033

That it's taken me four attempts to get through The Moonbase should tell you just how enthralling I found it …


Dec
14
2014
Story
029

So here we are then: the final First Doctor story …


Oct
05
2014