There’s still, despite all the talk of the end of Doctor Who’s fourth season, one episode to go this year, namely the Russell T Davies-penned Christmas special. If you want to watch that episode with no spoilers at all, then read no further.

Still here? Right then. The talk is that the Cybermen are about to undergo a little bit of a change (again), and that a new mutant variant is on the way. The revived Doctor Who, of course, has already reimagined the Cybermen, having them created by Trigger from Only Fools and Horses in a parallel universe. This time round, though, it’s meet the Cybershade, and the early word is that this is a variant of the Cybermen that’s more deadly than ever. That kind of thing.

Of course, there’s still a suspicion that this is just the wheeling out of one of Doctor Who’s main foes, and no matter how deadly they make the Cybershade, you know that it’ll sell lots of toys, and still be back again in the future. But hell, we liked the revived Cybermen last time, and we wait and see what they’ll do with them this time round.

The new episode will broadcast – you’ve guessed it! – on December 25th, and it’s already been confirmed that it’ll co-star David Morrissey, a potential tip for a future Doctor…