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Post by John Darnacan on Nov 10, 2005 17:18:04 GMT
I just found the photo of the newly designed Cybermen. Very cool.
A slightly retro look, but not stupidly so. Plus, they look very buff, and therefore terrifying. Not the 'man in silver wetsuit' look at all.
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Post by Tumble Lord on Nov 10, 2005 18:44:36 GMT
[photo deleted - see below]
And here it is;
"They are our saviours"- Doctorman Allan, Spare Parts
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Post by Fitz Kreiner on Nov 10, 2005 18:55:22 GMT
i quite like the new design, very chunky, metallic and solid, armoured.
although i am annoyed that the bbc page (my homepage) plastered this image on the front, as i didnt want to see the new cybermen untill they were revealed on screen!
ah well!
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Post by Cornelia_Africana on Nov 10, 2005 20:17:10 GMT
It's got to be admitted, they look a lot more like robots than the older variety did.
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Post by John Darnacan on Nov 11, 2005 14:56:27 GMT
Kind of retro '50s style. Apparently, Rose's father is going to be in the episode, so it will be occuring in the past. Maybe the '70s.
Perhaps that explains cybermen's flared trousers.
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Post by John Darnacan on Nov 11, 2005 14:59:30 GMT
[photo deleted - see below] And here it is; "They are our saviours"- Doctorman Allan, Spare Parts CyberController, I'm sorry for deleting the cyberman photo, but linking to images on the websites of others (such as the BBC) without permission is theft of bandwidth. Here's one to replace it, (hosted on photobucket.com)  |
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Post by Tumble Lord on Nov 11, 2005 17:59:41 GMT
[photo deleted - see below] And here it is; "They are our saviours"- Doctorman Allan, Spare Parts CyberController, I'm sorry for deleting the cyberman photo, but linking to images on the websites of others (such as the BBC) without permission is theft of bandwidth. Here's one to replace it, (hosted on photobucket.com) Quite understand, John, sorry bout that. |
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Post by John Darnacan on Nov 11, 2005 19:24:15 GMT
No problem.  |
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Post by Claire Voyant on Nov 11, 2005 19:34:24 GMT
Looking at the facial expression, he looks quite tragic, like he's in pain.  But I like the Cyber-Speedo! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Tumble Lord on Nov 12, 2005 0:04:31 GMT
I imagine it's been given this appearance because that's the general public's view of the Cybermen; silver robotic creatures. So effectively the horrible secret about them will be revealed in the two parter. But going into scary designs a moment, on BBC1 now is the film Virus, surely that could have been a much more horrific means of bringing back the Cybermen as more bio-mechanical creatures. Plus the similarities are there too; the spider-like robots working on the transformation and spare parts of people. Skulls enhanced with folds of flesh and muscle interwoven with electronic devices, now that would be very effective, trouble is it might be too scary!  |
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Post by The Doc on Nov 12, 2005 16:32:25 GMT
Darnacan, the part of the press release dealing with Rose's Dad sounds very generalized about the whole season. So, it isn't clear that Rose's Dad will appear in the Cybermen episodes. However, he could. Indeed, I have heard that the Cybermen story (at least the story early in the season) will be in an alternate universe. I also heard the Cybermen will reappear in a story later in the season (probably the season finale). It is unclear if the story late in the season will be in "our" universe or the alternate one.
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Post by John Darnacan on Nov 16, 2005 13:05:39 GMT
Oh well.
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Post by The Doc on Nov 17, 2005 1:36:37 GMT
Deep thought there sir! Make sure you don't fall in! |
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Post by The Bug on Nov 19, 2005 5:20:28 GMT
I've tried. I really have. But it's Robocop darnit!  |
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Post by Fitz Kreiner on Nov 20, 2005 16:12:58 GMT
maybe the Cybermen would have gone down the Robocop route had the BBC had the budget at the time. who knows. i like the lil' fella! he's growing on me.
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