Industrial Action - Remembering Silver Nemesis

Industrial Action was a 2|entertain DVD documentary on the making of Silver Nemesis. As a general overview of production it covered many topics.
It opened with Andrew Cartmel explaining that, as the twenty-fifth year or silver anniversary, the central theme should be silver. This was followed by Sylvester McCoy commenting that you can't have silver without the Cybermen. He called them "wonderful".

Next, Kevin Clarke recalled how he had phoned up Andrew Cartmel to ask if he could write a script. He was told that only the twenty-fifth anniversary slot was left and so he took it, claiming to have a story in mind. The next day he met with John Nathan-Turner and proposed an answer to the question: who is the Doctor? With his answer being: he is God. John gave him the job, saying he could do it, but couldn't say it.

One thing Nathan-Turner insisted on was the return of the Cybermen. Sophie Aldred told how, as a child, her mother had stopped her watching Doctor Who around the time of The Tomb of the Cybermen as she was having nightmares and the Cybermen were her greatest fear. Clarke considered how the only tape he had available of the Cybermen was The Moonbase, but Nathan-Turner promised him they would look completely new, having been updated.

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The cast and crew of Silver Nemesis look back on the creation of Doctor Who's 25th Anniversary tale. Actors Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Gerard Murphy (Richard) join director Chris Clough, writer Kevin Clarke, script editor Andrew Cartmel, stunt arranger Nick Gillard and musician Courtney Pine in their analysis of the story. (9 August 2010 - BBC DVD)

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