The ArcHive Tapes (audio anthology)
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The ArcHive Tapes, later released as The ArcHive Tapes: Cybermen - The Hypothesised History of the Cyber Race, were an audio adaptation of the in-universe biographical elements of the David Banks book Cybermen. The tapes recount Banks' interpretation of the history of the Cybermen. The series comprises a set of four audiocassettes. The series was narrated and produced by David Banks.[1]
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| # | Title | Writer | Featuring | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Origins of the Cybermen | David Banks | Cybermen | 1989 |
| 2 | The Early Cybermen | |||
| 3 | The Cyber Nomads | 1990 | ||
| 4 | The Ultimate Cybermen |
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The Origins of the Cybermen was re-released on CD in 2004 in the Cybermen tin.
In May 2013, the entire ArcHive Tapes were given a CD release, remastered and with new music added, in the form of a 4-disc box set.
David Banks released all the audios on Spotify.
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- Over the anthology, the narrator refers to the different incarnations of the Doctor as "Doctor (cardinal number)" rather than "the (ordinal number) Doctor".
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- ↑ David Banks (1990) Doctor Who: Cybermen, W. H. Allen & Co plc. ISBN 0-352-32738-3.