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The Cyber Controller. Telos Tum! The one with the big noggin! Ah, how much I love thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m nearly out of cyberman doodles for the time being.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attack Of The Cybermen<\/a> is one of (many, many) things I had no idea some folk have a peculiar dislike for until I crash landed onto the internet, I\u2019ve always loved it pretty wholeheartedly and still confuse people every now and then by saying \u201cgetting a bit rough is it?\u201d whilst delivering a terrible Brian Glover impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the thing with largely just going about your business in life, I guess. For me, Attack is filed under \u201cslapping cybermen\u2019s noggins off, some of my favorite huffy Colin Baker moments, Michael Kilgarriff\u2019s most amazing podge and it being one of the most exchanged and watched stories amongst my little fan group back when nobody biz brained had really considered that folks might want to rewatch Doctor Who\u201d and I remained blissfully unaware that some folks held a particular animus for Saward scripts and especially<\/em> Attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s got Lytton teaming up with the Tetley Tea wrestling dude! What is wrong with you all? It\u2019s brilliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will grant you all the Cryons are really annoying and that whilst integral to the plot, the whole Doctor in the cell bit slows things right down in the most annoying manner possible. We\u2019re talking Time Flight levels of script guff here and all with a bizarre bunch of performances that wouldn\u2019t be out of place in The Web Planet \u2014 or someone\u2019s school play.

But! To counter that, I say \u201cstealth cyberman\u201d and we can all go to a happier place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And yes, if you\u2019re wondering, I can still have a great time just flicking through the pictures in the David Banks\u2019 Cybermen book.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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