A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on earth where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid. A second wave hits and the “Gangers” separate. They can remember every second of their “originals” life and feel every emotion they’ve ever experienced, but are these memories stolen or have they been bequeathed? Are the Gangers merely faulty machinery that must be shut down or are they living, breathing, sentient beings? Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these “almost people” and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes?
The Teselecta is one of the most remarkable pieces of engineering the Doctor has ever encountered. A vehicle that can be shape-shifted into any form, it’s operated by a miniaturized crew of 421, maintained in that state by a compression field.
The Doctor believed that the Shakri were a myth, a fiction to keep ‘the young of Gallifrey in their place’. But the Shakri exist: enigmatic, powerful and ruthless slaves to the Tally.
Steel giants with the strength of ten men, the Cybermen were originally human beings, before their weak mortal flesh was replaced with metal and plastic. In the process they lost their compassion, as well as all their other emotions.
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The Rebel Flesh
A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on earth where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid. A second wave hits and the “Gangers” separate. They can remember every second of their “originals” life and feel every emotion they’ve ever experienced, but are these memories stolen or have they been bequeathed? Are the Gangers merely faulty machinery that must be shut down or are they living, breathing, sentient beings? Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these “almost people” and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes?
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The Teselecta
The Teselecta is one of the most remarkable pieces of engineering the Doctor has ever encountered. A vehicle that can be shape-shifted into any form, it’s operated by a miniaturized crew of 421, maintained in that state by a compression field.
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Jon Culshaw is an impressionist and comedian best known for the BBC series ‘Dead Ringers’ and ‘The Impressions Show with Culshaw’ and ‘Stephenson.’
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The Doctor believed that the Shakri were a myth, a fiction to keep ‘the young of Gallifrey in their place’. But the Shakri exist: enigmatic, powerful and ruthless slaves to the Tally.
MoreCybermen
Steel giants with the strength of ten men, the Cybermen were originally human beings, before their weak mortal flesh was replaced with metal and plastic. In the process they lost their compassion, as well as all their other emotions.
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Reg Arwell is the devoted husband of Madge who describes him as ‘the best of men and the bravest of pilots.’
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