- The Moonbase
] [cite web
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author =
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accessdate = 2008-08-30] [cite web
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last = Sullivan
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accessdate = 2008-08-30] The working title of this story was "Cybermen" and "The Return of the Cybermen." It was commissioned before the last episode of "The Tenth Planet" was broadcast, to take advantage of the strong positive response to the Cybermen. Perhaps because of this, the script writer,Kit Pedler , chose to reuse a number of elements of "The Tenth Planet", and the two stories have a number of marked similarities.When Pedler was commissioned to write a second Cyberman story, one of the requirements that the story should have only one large set and a limited number of smaller sets. The producers felt that this would enhance the effects of the limited set budget by allowing most of the money to be spent on the main set. The other requirement was that the episode be set on the moon.
The first draft of the script was written before it was decided that Frazer Hines would be a regular cast member. As a result, the character of Jamie had to be worked into a script that didn't have much room for him. So in the first two episodes, Jamie spends much of the time in sickbay. In the last two episodes, some of Ben's dialog was given to him.
A final clip, used to carry the story into the subsequent adventure, "
The Macra Terror " (1967) was filmed separately during the making of that story, as the Macra prop was too large to be brought into the studio.This story features the debut of actor
John Levene (uncredited) as a Cyberman. Levene would return as a Yeti in "The Web of Fear " (1968), and would go on to play the semi-regular characterSergeant Benton .Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Cybermen
series=Target novelisations
number=14
featuring=
writer=Gerry Davis
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Chris Achilleos
isbn=ISBN 0 426 10575 3
set_between=
pages=
date=20 February 1975
preceding=Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
following=Doctor Who and the Giant Robot|Commercial releases
In July 1992, episodes two and four of this story were released on
VHS as part of the video "Cybermen - The Early Years". In November 2004, they were included in the "Lost in Time" DVD set, along with the audio tracks for episodes one and three.As with all missing episodes, off-air recordings of the soundtrack exist due to contemporary fan efforts. In April 2001 these were released on CD, accompanied by linking narration from Frazer Hines.
In print
A novelisation of this serial, written by Gerry Davis, was published by
Target Books in February 1975 under the title "Doctor Who and the Cybermen". A Turkish translation was published in 1975.Reference
External links
*BBCCDW|id=moonbase|title=The Moonbase
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/moonbase/index.shtml Photonovel of "The Moonbase" on the BBC website]
*Brief |id=hh | title=The Moonbase
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_2h | title=The MoonbaseReviews
*OG review | id=hh | title=The Moonbase
*DWRG | id=moon | title=The MoonbaseTarget novelisation
*DWRG | id=moonnov | title=Doctor Who and the Cybermen
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1975/cybermen/75cyberm.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Cybermen"]
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