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Hour Of The Cybermen                          


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This continues the UNIT/Daniel Hopkins arc that started with The Helliax Rift.

The Doctor finds himself on Earth after receiving a call from UNIT. The UK is suffering a drought. Deserted streets and people fighting for water.

It is reminiscent of Invasion of the Dinosaurs, which the Doctor mentions himself, and its similar in other ways too. Refreshing his connections with UNIT, the Doctor finds Daniel isn’t as pleased to see him as he thought, though having lost his family he’s not the man he was.

I listened to this after struggling to get into a war Doctor set. It is a pretty run of the mill story. The Cybermen were interesting in their first few tv stories, but the time we get to the eighties versions, they’re a bit dull. Of course its them that have caused the drought, using their new dehydration weapon. There’s also the Cerberus network created to defend the Earth and a couple of aliens thrown into the mix.

It’s an enjoyable story and does exactly what’s it supposed too: entertain you with Doctor Who stories that feels of the era. And it does do that.

A number of plot elements have been done elsewhere, It has its moments, not outstanding. Slightly above average.

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