Can Neil Gaiman restore the Cybermen to their original greatness?

Since being revived seven twelvemonth ago , Doctor Who has had many awe-inspiring triumphs — but the Cybermen have n’t really been among them . The Cybermen , as reintroduce to the show , were the product of an alternating universe full of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin , and they had a few major drawbacks , include the fact that you could listen them coming a air mile away . By the time we saw Rory Williams and the Doctor blowing up a whole Cyberfleet to make a item , the degeneracy of the Cybermen seemed utter . ( It was a lovely import , do n’t get me awry . ButDavid Banks would have crush some head . ) Oh , and then the Cybermen were kill by a father ’s love for his infant .

In any case , now there ’s a brand new Leslie Townes Hope for Cyber - regaining . Neil Gaiman ’s cryptic 2nd episode , airing this saltation , will bring the Cybermen back — and let ’s hope Gaiman can actually give them some menace and mystique once again . You only have to rewatch “ Tomb of the Cybermen , ” “ Earthshock ” or the surviving episodes of “ The Moonbase ” to see how groovy these cybernetic death troopers can be . Deadline has the details :

The sequence will send next bound and also co - star Life ’s Too Short‘s Warwick Davis , EastEnders ‘ Tamzin Outhwaite and Being Human‘s Jason Watkins . Stephen Woolfenden , a 2d social unit theatre director on some of the Harry Potter films , is helming the instalment .

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Update : We receive a press release from BBC America , which reassert all of the above and includes this quote from head writer Steven Moffat :

Cybermen were always the monsters that scare off me the most ! Not just because they were an awing military force-out , but because sometimes they could be slick and silver and right on behind you without you even sleep together . And with one of the all - time classic teras return , and a book from one of our finest novelists , it ’s no surprisal we have attracted such stellar names as Tamzin , Jason and Warwick .

Oh , and in case there was any doubt , Deadline also say we ’ll get the full foot race of eight episode stay on to season seven this spring — which presumptively imply season eight starts in the gloaming . [ Deadline ]

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