IT’S CYBERSHIP SUNDAY!
This week I take a look at the Cybership from The Invasion. A prop that turns up in four Doctor Who stories (as far as I know) and a couple of other places too. So let’s fire those missiles and dive right in. JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN, 1968 The earliest appearance I am aware of is from this Hammer Films science fiction anthology series. Just the fact this was TV production from Hammer makes me think this is not the origin of the prop/s. It could well have turned up on a film somewhere but as of yet I have not seen it anywhere else. THE INVASION, 1968 It’s the first Doctor Who appearance, and it’s the ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ cameo as the Cybership at the end of The Invasion. It’s not the clearest of screen grabs. But you can just about see the rectangular blocks and central sphere top left. If you squint. SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE, 1970 We get a much clearer view of the prop in the next season. However if you compare to the Journey to the Unknown image above, it’s lost its topper and ha...