Stories Audio Drama The Lost Stories Return of the Cybermen 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Written by John Dorney, Gerry Davis Runtime 131 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Disease Location (Potential Spoilers!) Nerva Beacon Synopsis The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan return to Space Station Nerva in search of the TARDIS. Instead, they find peril, disease and... Cybermen! These cybernetic monsters have devised a plan to eliminate the greatest threat to their existence. And if the Doctor and his human compatriots do not play their part in this scheme, they are to be destroyed. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Sarah Jane Smith Cybermats Cybermen Cyber-Leader Harry Sullivan Show All Characters (6) How to listen to Return of the Cybermen: Big Finish Audio Return of the Cybermen Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 15 January 2025 · 260 words Review by KnuppMello 1 Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) Não sei se já declarei no canal ou aqui na página que a Season 12 (4° Doutor) talvez seja a minha temporada favorita de toda a série. Eu tenho um enorme apego e carinho pelas histórias inicias do Tom Baker me divirto muito com “Robot”, amo demais “The Ark In Space”, “The Sontaran Experient” talvez seja minha história Sontaran favorita, o genial “Genesis Of The Daleks” que dispensa comentários. Mas infelizmente a temporada finaliza com uma grande mancha chamada “Revenge Of The Cybermen” que na minha opinião é a pior história Cybermen do Classic Who e uma das piores de toda a Série. Eis que vem a BIG FINISH com sua linha “The Lost Stories” para definitivamente salvar e melhorar o Finale usando o protótipo, ou melhor dizendo o roteiro inicial de “Gerry Davis” para “Revenge Of The Cybermen” que infelizmente sofreu alterações se resultando no que já conhecemos e vemos no Série de TV. O que posso dizer é que o resultado final é maravilhoso e muito superior ao “Revenge Of The Cybermen” em todos os quesitos. O áudio segue mais ou menos a mesma proposta do arco, só que seguindo caminhos diferentes com várias alterações bem positivas. Sério...de verdade, eu fiquei muito feliz com “Return Of The Cybermen” ele correspondeu ao mesmo nível de qualidade dos arcos da Temporada de estreia do Tom Baker com direito a uma ótima produção da BIG FINISH. Agora eu o considero como o verdadeiro Finale da minha querida Season 12! I don't know if I've already declared this on the channel or here on the page, but Season 12 (4th Doctor) is perhaps my favourite season of the entire series. I have a huge attachment and affection for Tom Baker's early stories and have a lot of fun with “Robot”, I absolutely love “The Ark In Space”, and “The Sontaran Experiment” might be my favourite Sontaran story, and the brilliant “Genesis Of The Daleks” which needs no comment. But unfortunately, the season ends with a big stain called “Revenge Of The Cybermen” which in my opinion is the worst Cybermen story of Classic Who and one of the worst in the entire Series. Then comes BIG FINISH with their “The Lost Stories” line to definitively save and enhance the Finale by using the prototype or rather the initial script by Gerry Davis for “Revenge Of The Cybermen” which unfortunately underwent changes resulting in what we already know and see in the TV Series. What I can say is that the final result is wonderful and far superior to “Revenge Of The Cybermen” in all aspects. The audio follows roughly the same premise of the arc, only taking different paths with several very positive changes. Seriously...truly, I am very happy with “Return Of The Cybermen” it matched the same level of quality of the arcs from Tom Baker's debut season with a great production from BIG FINISH. Now I consider it as the true Finale of my beloved Season 12! (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 1 24 November 2024 · 13 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 You can polish a turd but it’s still a turd but glossy Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating50 members 3.54 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating78 votes 3.32 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 85 Favourited 4 Reviewed 2 Saved 4 Skipped 0 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S12 • Serial 5 · (4 episodes) Revenge of the Cybermen Rating: 2.76 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 12 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fourth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote