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Notes from Nerdsville.

Since I started watching all the classic Doctor Who espisodes in order, I've come to appreciate the quiet horror of the first Cybermen.

With minimal paraphernalia, and face coverings like bandages, they're easily the most creepy, evoking the sort of body horror their increasingly shiny descendants have lost. The weird, elongated pronunciation adds to the effect.

Bill Potts transforms into one of these monsters in The Doctor Fails.

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We Are Called Cybermen (Doctor Who/ 1966 The Tenth planet)

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David Goldfield
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I agree. I've always found the voices of those earlier Cybermen to be far more horrifying. Some of the later ones almost sound like they're enjoying themselves; listen to them in Earthshock and the Five Doctors.
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