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Big Finish The War Doctor Rises Cybergene

The War Doctor vs the Cybermen!

Time Lords and Daleks watch out – a new side has joined the Time War. Jonathon Carley stars in The War Doctor Rises: Cybergene, due for release December 2025 from Big Finish Productions.

The adventures of the Doctor’s Time War era incarnation (Jonathon Carley) continue in the next volume of the acclaimed full-cast audio drama series The War Doctor Rises. As if the Doctor hasn’t already got his work cut out in the battle between the Time Lords and the Daleks, now a third power emerges – the Cybermen (Nicholas Briggs).

And not just any Cybermen – it’s every Cyberman ever! In an epic three-hour adventure from writer Jonathan Morris, every variant of the Cybermen yet seen on TV in Doctor Who joins the monumental battle over space and time.

The War Doctor must work to stop their schemes and defend the cosmos, but he’ll have help. Mitra Djalili (known for playing Chloe in Apple TV+’s acclaimed Ted Lasso) joins the fray as Nesta, a battle-hardened surgeon who becomes the Doctor’s latest ally.

The War Doctor Rises: Cybergene is now available to pre-order from just £19.99 (download to own) or £24.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,000 copies and will not be repressed.

As the conflict between Gallifrey and Skaro rages, the Cybermen are gone from the universe. Until now.

The War Doctor finds himself on a world ravaged by battle, where soldiers are kept alive by grimly familiar methods. As time is manipulated, the dead no longer stay dead, and a horrifying evolution begins… Seeking answers across multiple worlds, and in a long-dead Cyber-tomb, the Doctor uncovers the terrible truth.

The ultimate Cyber-form is coming to join the Time War.

Producer David Richardson said: “The Cybermen enter the Time War. And more than that… every kind of Cybermen enters the Time War. Mondasian. Telosian. Whatever their heritage, these half man, half machines will change the stakes in the battle between the Time Lords and the Daleks. But who will this third party favour?”

Writer Jonathan Morris added: “[Script editor] Matt Fitton asked me if I wanted to do a War Doctor story, and I replied going, please can I do the Cybermen? What happened to the Cybermen during the Time War?

“I’ve never done a Cyberman story in twenty-odd years of working for Big Finish. Every now and then I’ve dropped little hints that I’d like to, but this time it’s finally happened. All these ideas I’ve had over the last twenty years about cool things I could do with the Cybermen, I’ve put into this story.”

Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering Cybergene in a multibuy bundle with the previous The War Doctor Rises box set (Fallen Heroes, released May 2025), for just £38 (download to own) or £47 (download to own + collector’s edition CD).

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