Cybermen to return in new series

Monday, 30 June 2014 - Reported by John Bowman

The Cybermen are to return in the new series of Doctor Who, the BBC revealed today.

Following the announcement earlier in the day of the casting of Michelle Gomez as the Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere, the show's official Twitter account subsequently tweeted a behind-the-scenes picture showing Gomez with Peter Capaldi in Cardiff and Cybermen behind them.

It is believed they were shooting scenes for the Series 8 finale.

Doctor Who returns on Saturday 23rd August.

Doctor Who Official : Look who's back . . .

The picture was tweeted again a few hours later with the words: "In case you missed it … Peter Capaldi, Michelle Gomez and some familiar faces, earlier today!"

FILTER: - Filming Reports - Series 8/34

This Week in Doctor Who

Tue 10:47 GMT
(21:47 AEDT)
Mummy On The Orient Expr...

Wed 04:00 GMT
(15:00 AEDT)
Flatline

Wed 09:26 GMT
(20:26 AEDT)
42

Full Details

Subscribe to News

Like us on Facebook
Email

On This Day: 5th November

The Power of the Daleks: Episode One premiered on BBC One in 1966 at 5:49pm GMT, watched by 7.90 million viewers.

Image of the Fendahl: Part Two premiered on BBC One in 1977 at 6:10pm GMT, watched by 7.50 million viewers.

Bigger Inside Than Out premiered on BBC One in 1993 at 7:29pm GMT, watched by 3.60 million viewers.

Cyberwoman premiered on BBC Three in 2006 at 10:00pm GMT, watched by 1.39 million viewers.

Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?: Part Two premiered on CBBC in 2007 at 5:30pm GMT

The Eternity Trap: Episode One premiered on BBC One in 2009 at 4:35pm GMT, watched by 1.14 million viewers.

Front Row: Neil Gaiman premiered on Radio 4 in 2013 at 7:15pm GMT

Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart premiered on BBC Three in 2016 at 10:00am GMT

Birthdays

Andrew Hayden-Smith is 41 today - 7 credits, including Jake Simmonds in Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel

Chris Addison is 53 today - 3 credits, including Seb in The Caretaker

Tamzin Outhwaite is 54 today - 2 credits, including Morton in Forty 1

Sandy McDonald (died 2016 aged 78) would be 87 today - 2 credits, including Footman in The Unicorn and the Wasp

Kenneth Waller (died 2000 aged 72) would be 97 today - credited as Hedges in The Invisible Enemy

Alan Tilvern (died 2003 aged 85) would be 106 today - credited as Forester in Planet of Giants

Deaths

Bob Baker (died 2021 aged 82) - 33 credits, including Writer for The Claws of Axos

John Carson (died 2016 aged 89) - credited as Ambril in Snakedance

R J Bell (died 2006 aged 66) - credited as The Garm in Terminus

Brian McDermott (died 2003 aged 69) - credited as Sheard in Time-Flight

Michael Bilton (died 1993 aged 73) - 3 credits, including Teligny in The Massacre

Cybermen to return in new series

This Week in Doctor Who

ARCHIVE

FILTER