To this day I think I personally find these the creepiest of all the Cybermen voices. The Cybermen voices from Nicholas Briggs match that disturbing inhuman sing-song quality of the original Cyber voices from The Tenth Planet – reviewed by Sgathaich – making it all the easier to imagine these as precursors to the Cybermen seen there. The entire cast clearly throws themselves into it and the slow inevitable decline is utterly gripping. His performance in one of the more…gut wrenching…scenes was genuinely heartbreaking on first listen. My favourite portrayal however is Paul Copley as Mr Hartley. His desperation to do SOMETHING to help them no matter how little it may be, Nyssa’s desire to prevent the creation of the silver giants while Doctorman Allen – portrayed by Sally Knyvette – slowly drinks herself into a stupor, watching her dream to save the people be corrupted by the Committee and Frank Hartley – played courtesy of a Jim Hartley – watches his sister get the call up papers for the surface missions, not knowing what that will mean. The performances are all perfect for the parts.The Doctor’s slowly creeping dread as it slowly dawns just where they are. And just what happens to the Hartley family twisting the knife in all the harder.
The very sight of the wide open sky driving them mad. The project that begins with so much hope and promise stripping everything away from the everyday people.
You find yourself chilled to the bone as you hear the justifications. Can The Doctor and Nyssa save the Mondasians from their monstrous future as the Cyber Race? Giving away what humanity they have left.
Curfew is enforced by a police force that’s almost human but not quite and their partially mechanical steeds. The story in simple terms is as follows: The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa as voiced by Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton find themselves on a frozen planet in a ruined city with a sky made of stone. Spare Parts does something similar for a human antagonist…almost.
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