Re: No Name? Really?
I sadly haven't seen any cybermen before the current ones, I'm not that terrible versed in Old Who, prior to nine I've only seen Genesis of The Daleks, the first Dalek story and The Five Doctors (well I guess there was some astronaut suited ones there but hardly scary or the main focus of the story). I've read quite a bit about the classics though. That's one of the many things I love about Who, there's such a rich mythology to explore. I do agree some of the older designs are stronger. The most important bits have been worked into the current ones too (circular facial openings, the tear ducts, I'd love to see more wires or boxes tho) But I'm not sure the old cybermen could work today. And can't the Mondasian cybermen be defeated by gold? I'm not sure such a wacky weakness would be tolerated today. I'm sooo close to buying The Invasion. I'd love to see both the live bits and the animated bits. Are the cybermen in their first story considered to be the same ones as later ones? I really don't feel right grouping them and the Mccoy-era ones into the same group (both are classic but they're not nearly the same) as I definetly see a shift there.