Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Spare Parts 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 18 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Overview Released Wednesday, July 31, 2002 Written by Marc Platt Cover Art by Clayton Hickman Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Gary Russell Runtime 121 minutes Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Monster Origin Story Location (Potential Spoilers!) Mondas Synopsis "I'm not even sure they are people by the end. They're just so many tinned left-overs..." On a dark frozen planet where no planet should be, in a doomed city with a sky of stone, the last denizens of Earth's long-lost twin will pay any price to survive, even if the laser scalpels cost them their love and hate and humanity. And in the Mat-infested streets, round about tea-time, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa unearth a black market in secondhand body parts and run the gauntlet of augmented police and their augmented horses. And just between the tram stop and the picture house, the Doctor's worst suspicions are finally confirmed: the Cybermen have only just begun, and the Doctor will be, just as he always has been, their saviour... 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 Fifth Doctor Peter Davison Nyssa Sarah Sutton Cybermen Nicholas Briggs Cybermats Christine Allan Show All Characters (5) How to listen to Spare Parts: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio Spare Parts Vinyl Spare Parts (Limited Vinyl Edition) 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 18 reviews 6 June 2025 · 31 words Review by Lewis_Cox This is How The Cybermen Should Be Portrayed. Can Easily see why this is NOT just one of THE best Big Finish Stories and just overall Doctor Who Stories in General. Lewis_Cox View profile Like Liked 0 23 May 2025 · 47 words Review by joeymapes21 Something I always love is when a returning enemy is used, but something so new and unique is done with this story, that it feels brand new. And here, this is done to create one of the most brutal, dark, terrifying and distressing Doctor Who stories. Fantastic! joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 0 11 April 2025 · 22 words Review by megaminxwin Spoilers This review contains spoilers! fantastically grim little origin story for the cybermen, with some really haunting and creepy moments. also hey they finally acknowledged adric existed megaminxwin View profile Like Liked 0 18 March 2025 · 50 words Review by KieranCooper 1 A fab story had me on the verge of tears at one point, which I can say is a rarity. Brooding, morbid, and tragic this is a story that has to be experienced. Why can't they animate these stories? I'd kill for a spare parts animation. It's an awesome story! KieranCooper View profile Like Liked 1 13 March 2025 · 41 words Review by atomicpeace Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This was the first Big Finish story I listened to, and it was an incredible one. One of my favorite Cyberman stories, and certainly an amazing origin for them. Found the whole thing really engaging, well written, and well voice acted. atomicpeace View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (18) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating395 members 4.55 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 622 Favourited 166 Reviewed 19 Saved 15 Skipped 0 Related Stories Classic Who S19 • Serial 6 · (4 episodes) Earthshock Rating: 4.11 Story Skipped Television Reviews(3) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 19 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fifth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Classic Who S4 • Serial 2 · (3/4 episodes intact) The Tenth Planet Rating: 3.93 Story Skipped Television Reviews(17) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 4 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: First Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved 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. Doctor Who S2 • Episode 6 The Age of Steel Rating: 3.52 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 2 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Tenth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite NYSSA: I thought we couldn't change history. DOCTOR: This place. All decay and despair. It feels like an end. Yet you and I know what's coming afterwards. So it's not an ending. Just an alternative. NYSSA: So we can't change history. DOCTOR: Who says? I think history's old enough to take care of itself. — Spare Parts Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window
