The 2009 Cyber Controller collect-and-build wave comprised four different Cyberman figures, each featuring part of the Cyberman Controller from the classic 1967 serial The Tomb of the Cybermen. Issued in special shiny silver ‘cyber’ packaging, they were all based on Cyber-variants from the original run of the series, apart from a figure of the Cyber Leader from The Next Doctor (2008). This was essentially a reissue of the Cyber Controller figure from the Series 2 range, but with the addition of the distinctive black head-handles and face plate, as sported by the leader in this story. This Christmas episode preceded a year featuring only the occasional Special, as opposed to a full season of TV stories – ayear, therefore, in which we went without a whole wave of new Character Options toys.
