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👍🏼Recommended!

Thworping through time and space, one adventure at a time!

RETURN OF THE CYBERMEN!

The opening episode has a pretty tense atmosphere; you feel that you are in deep space. At the same time, it brings you to the heat of action with Eight and Charley in top form. They already support each other like old friends, and it's lovely to listen to!

The writing here and the soundscapes are so sharp that you get a great feel for the spaceship setting, the dangers inside, and the crew members.

The Sword of Orion creates an unsettling mystery with a wider connection to the War of Orion, a recurring event in the Main Range. This becomes something of a Wheel in Space of Tomb of the Cybermen for Eight, with a pretty good scope and an action-packed latter half. The plotting can be a bit confusing at times, and it's not very easy to keep track of the various guest actors.

I love the very quick Cyberman reveal at the end of Part 1. I also like the classic style Cybermen used here, with deep mechanical voices. Their presence is effectively felt throughout, even if they aren't actively involved until the latter half.

The last part keeps up the tension and action and throws in an intriguing final twist.