Vol shot it, disabling its weapons, but the Cybermen reprogrammed it to take control of the crew's minds. The Web of Fear revisits the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, this time placing them in the London Underground of the 1970s. Somewhere, an explorer named Donald Philpott steps onto a planet’s surface, the first in many years to do so. She meets the Doctor at the TARDIS, but refuses to leave; she wants to change the Cybermen’s history, though the Doctor says it can’t be done.

This version could bite humans and infect them with a virus, similar to the ones found on Nerva Beacon. Nyssa, Frank, and Allan are all captured and taken to the processing lines, but the Doctor succeeds in contaminating the Cyber-Planner’s nutrient feed.

The Cybermats of the Mondasian colony ship contained a failsafe system - that they inherited from the patients, and was shared with the evolved Cybermen - that, if turned on, would force them to stay on Floor 1056 of the colony ship; their programming could be hacked to deadlock this system on, trapping them at the bottom of the ship. The entire story is very much in the vein of Blade Runner; Jansen is an android, but passes for human, much like that film’s replicants. They could also be disabled with electric charges, although this weakness seems to have been eliminated later; one was used to siphon electricity from power sources instead. Homing in on the brain's electrical activity these palm-sized cybernetic organisms incorporate sophisticated anti-surveillance capabilities. Pre-Tomb of the Cybermen: Before freezing themselves on Telos, the Cybermats had crystalline eyes and antennae.

I noted that the Ice Warriors use sonic guns as their primary weapons; sure would be nice if the Doctor had some kind of sonic device to counter that…nah, that’s just crazy talk. She does so, but the Cyber-Leader finds them and threatens Charley to get the Doctor to take it aboard the TARDIS.We’ve seen something similar with the Monk’s TARDIS, but it seems odd here, as Jamie and the Doctor are still inside when it happens. Grash of course has a bigger part to play, but even he is your typical ranting, trigger-happy angry mutineer (and I guess it says something about this genre that that can be a recognized stereotype, but I digress).

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Just as they reach the compartment containing the TARDIS, the engines cut off in midflight, which the Doctor considers dangerous. This story was written by Marc Platt, author of the Seventh Doctor serial Ghost Light, and also of the famous (or possibly infamous? Ike explains to the Doctor that the Orion War is between humans and androids; it began when the androids demanded equal rights, and seized the Orion System from the humans. Also in the 21st century, a type of Cybermat that was buried beneath Colchester could drain electrical energy from the lights in town.com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. Back on the bridge, an argument develops; the Doctor insists on rebooting the power by shutting down life support in empty areas, which will draw out the unknown intruder. It lacks the hectic pace of the early Eighth Doctor Adventures audios, but is not harmed by that; the level of action is still perfect. Vampires of Venice later implies that the first Doctor also used the John Smith alias, but as it’s a common name, that is forgiveable. He is a droll, sometimes witty, perceptive, pragmatic, and shrewd man, and one of my favorite characters.