The Isos Network delayed to January 2016?

It's the Early Adventure I'm least excited for. Unnecessary sequels, yay.

This was in the "This Week at Big Finish" news story yesterday.

Ditto. Too much of a fanboy indulgence. This year's Cybermen stories have been underwhelming.

Is it really that unneccessary, though? The Early Adventures aim is to expand upon sixties Who - and the Cybermen were a landmark of the Second Doctor's era, so it makes sense for the second series to end on such a story.

Well, they've thus far refrained from pitting One against The Daleks is any of their First Doctor audios, so I wouldn't say the Cybermen are really necessary, per se... They could have easily done the triumphant return of Salamander, or the revenge of The Macra, or Ice Warriors, or Yeti, or something.

But yeah, I'm not terribly bothered about it, but I was definitely more excited about the new Ben stories and The Black Hole. I'm sure I'll find it perfectly enjoyable, I'm just not terribly excited, you know?

True, but none of the stories were direct sequels to previous ones.  I think that if it had no overt connection to any previous story, we'd be a good deal less dubious.

True, but the flip slide is that there are always potential new customers and Big Finish has that hefty back catalog which can be somewhat off putting. A relatively new range, a landmark villian of the era and a tie-in to a beloved TV story is a nice jumping on point and Big Finish need to strike the balance between existing and new customers.

While, yes, they've defiently been overexposed this year, it's something I can live with given that we had the Cybermen never featured in any Second Doctor Companion Chronicles

Also: Big Finish are in a different position from when they launched The Early Adventures in 2014. In 2014, Big Finish was a company which often struggled to get it's products out there and played to a particular loyal audience, so it made sense to reintroduce us to The First Doctor's world in a traditional format  and make us wait for The Daleks, because there was a receptive audience which would appreciate such a move. With the exposure the new series licencise however, it makes sense to reunite (although I'm sure that was also part of the tease of the return of The Daleks) the Second Doctor with the show's second greatest enemy and run it alongside the high profile War Doctor box set and introduce all the prospective new customers to the other Doctor Who ranges.

I'm not sure if we'll see Salamader return, however. I think people are more then happy to experience as a story of it's time, but his return in a new Big Finish tale might rise a few eyebrows. Bring on The Macra, however!