As for the Cybermen, their low point came when they were defeated by a fat, wimp of a bloke who used ‘thoughts of love’ against them!
They started out so well. They were so frightening in the early days that, for me at least, their menace easily eclipsed anything the Daleks had to offer. When RTD brought them back they still retained their sense of invincibility and menace – up to a point.
However, these attributes have diminished to such a degree that they stumble around like silver clowns just waiting to be knocked to the floor like insignificant nobodies.

I suppose the advent of Star Trek’s Borg race took the Cyberman concept to a higher and more impressive level and the only way I can see the Cybermen returning to their previous level of scariness is to follow the example set by The Borg. They need to have a back story created for them in which they have marched through the universe destroying entire civilisations and creating a mythology of being totally invincible. We have seen them being defeated too easily and too often for them to be feared as much as they used to be.

This new show sounds wonderful and I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending that children should give it a chance. If only my own kids weren’t now in their twenties I’d be be making sure they watched it – if only so I could enjoy it as well
In fact I may even take a look anyway.
Any channel that is a friend of Sarah Jane Smith’s is a friend of mine, David and Sophie have never let me down in the past & neither has CBBC. In fact all the ingredients are there for a fantastic little show in the context of children’s entertainment!