A great conclusion to Cyberman Series 1. This last installment maintains the creepiness factor that the previous installments had, and the scenes on Telos reminded me of Tomb of the Cybermen. And Karen’s story was heartbreaking. Very well done.

I also liked that the previews for other Big Finish dramas (included at the end of the file) had a story that featured the Mondasian Cybermen! ( )

I like how each successive installment of the Cyberman series has seen the action become more and more focused. Telos takes place entirely within one asteroid field, over a period of no more than a few hours. It’s a nice sense of increasing claustrophobia that totally works with the Cybermen. Here, Barnaby has teamed up with Prime Reorden (I wish there was a cast list so I wouldn't have misspelled this last time) and his crew of androids to track down the Master Hibernation Vault, which must be drifting somewhere in the remains of Telos, and destroy it. Can they do it before the Cybermen get there?

The Cyberman series definitely peaked with the fantastic Fear, and each subsequent release has been slightly worse. And Telos has a lot to do, in providing its own story as well as capping off an epic of over four hours in length. It achieves all this well, and it was certainly an enjoyable listen, but it also certainly left me with more reservations than any other installment.

You can read a longer version of this review at Unreality SF.