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| |Species name = Cyberman | | |Species name = Cyberman |
| |aka = | | |aka = |
| |type = [[Cyborg]]s (originally [[Near-Human]]) | | |type = [[Cyborg]]s (originally [[Human]]) |
| |affiliation = [[Cyber Empire]] | | |affiliation = [[Cyber Empire]] |
| |origin = [[Mondas]] | | |origin = [[Pete's World|Parallel Earth]] |
| |appearances = See [[#Major appearances|below]] | | |appearances = See [[#Major appearances|below]] |
| |Mentions = [[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'' | | |Mentions = |
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| :''You may be thinking of the [[Cybus Cybermen|Cybermen]] created by [[Cybus Industries]] in an [[Pete's World|alternative timeline]].''
| | The '''Cybus Cybermen''' were [[Pete's World|another universe]]'s version of the [[Mondasian Cybermen|the Cybermen of the Doctor's universe]]. They were created by the [[John Lumic]]'s [[Cybus Corporation]]. |
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| The '''[[Cyberman|Cybermen]] of this [[universe]]''' are a type of artificially modified [[Near-Human]]s.
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| ==Characteristics==
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| ===Physical characteristics===
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| [[Image:649px-Newcyberman.jpg|thumb|200px|Two Cybermen ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')]]
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| The Cybermen were, for the most [[humanoid]] in form, but [[cybernetic]]ally augmented.
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| The Snowcap Cybermen had a quavery voice which pu''t'' certain ''in''flec''tion'' on certain syllables in a seemingly random, sing-song manner. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') Later Cybermen spoke in more of a monotone, emphasizing their lack of emotion. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' onwards)
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| ====Evolution====
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| :''It seems that the evolution of the Mondasian Cybermen has not proceeded in a linear fashion or in the same way in the same places.''
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| The Cybermen and [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] met on [[Snowcap Base]] in [[1986]] had undergone a less radical conversion and still retained biological hands. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| Cybermen encountered on the the [[Moon]]'s surface were entirely covered up in their metallic suits. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
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| :''It is presumed that inside the more advanced Cybermen there are still exist organic components and they are not completely cybernetic, but this has not been confirmed.''
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| Some consistency appear between different kind of Cyberman. Nearly all are silver in colour, with exposed circuitry and tubing which may contain hydraulic fluids for motion covering a rubber or mylar like outer skin. Cybermen frequently attempt to increase their numbers by [[cyber-conversion]].
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| ====Vulnerabilities====
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| Cybermen have a number of major weaknesses, of which the most notable is the element [[gold]]. Gold, having a non-corrosive nature, chokes their respiratory systems, a property exploited by the [[glittergun]], a weapon used during the [[Cyber-Wars]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''. ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'') On occasions, the mere touch of gold seemed toxic to them, with gold coins or gold-tipped bullets able to destroy them. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
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| Other weaknesses of the Cybermen include the combination of solvents known as [[Cocktail Polly]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') and excessive levels of [[radiation]]. (Tenth Planet)
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| Cybermen affected by the [[cerebration mentor]], an emotion enhancing device went "mad". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'').
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| ==Cyber-Technology==
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| [[Image:500px-Cybermenmoon.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Cybermen on the surface of [[the Moon]] (with cannon]) ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')]]
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| ===Weaponry===
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| ====Short range====
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| :''Cybermen have possessed a variety of short range weapons, some in-built.''
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| During their attack on Earth in [[1986]] they had large handheld energy weapons. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''
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| On the [[Moon]] in [[2070]], Cybermen possessed the power to generate arcs of electricity from their hands which had the power to stun and disable. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')
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| In the [[21st century]], the Cybermen who attacked [[Space Station W3]] had death rays built into their chest units. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
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| The Cybermen encountered by [[UNIT]] in the late 20th century had displayed these same built-in weapons as well as also carrying large rifles for medium distance combat. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
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| The Cybermen who attacked the [[Nerva Beacon]] had their weapons built into their helmets, activated with a touch of a hand. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| Other appearances have shown them armed almost exclusively with handheld [[cybergun]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' onwards).
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| ====Other weapons====
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| In [[2070]], the Cybermen possessed a cannon which could operate in vacuum. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mooonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'').
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| Cybermen in [[2526]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') and the Cybermen removed by [[Time Scoop]] to the [[Death Zone]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'') had [[cyberbombs]].
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| [[Neurotrope X]] has acted as a means incapitate Humans before making an overt move. ([[DW]]: [[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''). On some occasions they ahve used a [[cybermat]]s to spread the virus. [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| ==Culture==
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| ===Aims===
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| Cybermen, who cannot reproduce naturally, must reproduce by other means, via [[cyber-conversion]]. They have made "survival" their central objective. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
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| At times they have tended to focus on converting the population of Earth, specifically, at other times with simply destroying it.
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| ===Strategy===
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| Cybermen tended toward covert activity, scheming from hiding and using Human or other agents ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') , cybermats or [[android]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') to act as their proxies until they appear.
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| ===Individuality and emotion===
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| Throughout their history, Cybermen have more for the most part lacked individuality or names.
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| Some Cybermen had individual names such as [[Karg]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') or [[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]] ([[DWM]]: ''[[Throwback - The Soul of a Cyberman]]''.
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| Cybermen in positions of authority have included the ground level [[Cyber-Leader]], sometimes aided by a [[Cyber-Lieutenant]].
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| Immobile [[computer]]-like [[Cyber-Planner]]s have sometimes made decicsions ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'', ''[[The Invasion]]''). The [[Cyber-Controller]]s, with an enlarged cranium, had, possibly, the position of highest possible authority. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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| :''Only one Cyber-Controller ever appeared at one time.''
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| ==History==
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| ===Origin of the Cybermen===
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| Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of [[Near-Human]]s originating on [[Earth]]'s former [[twin planet]], Mondas. which was knocked out of solar orbit and drifted into deep [[space]]. The natives began to implant more and more [[cybernetic]] parts into their bodies. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'').
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| ====Alternative origin of the Cybermen====
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| Another account says that Mondas originated as [[Marinus]] and that the Cybermen originated as [[Voord]]s who experimented with time technology to "quick evolve" themselves. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]'')
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| :''Possibly, Cybermen did evolve on the not very Earth-like Marinus, ventured into space and persuaded the Mondasians to also convert themselves into Cybermen. This theory, however, remains speculative and only an attempt to resolved the conflicting accounts.''
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| ===The 20th century though 2006===
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| ====1940s and 1950s====
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| [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Ace]] fought Cybermen in [[1940]] [[London]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'')
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| The same team would fight them in [[1950s]] [[Nevada]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Good Soldier]]'')
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| ====The first invasion====
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| Mondas acquired a drive propulsion system in place of the [[planet]]'s core to move the entire world. As the original Cybermen limited in numbers and were continually being depleted, the Cybermen decided to invade [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| By [[1970]] or before, Cybermen had established a base on the dark side of [[the Moon]]. The [[Cyber-Planner]] had contacted the industrialist [[Tobias Vaughn]], the head of the [[International Electromatics]] corporation. The Cybermen had him install mind control circuits in electrical appliances manufactured by his company, paving the way for a ground invasion. They had also grafted cybernetic arms onto several of his workers. Vaughn had a [[Cyber-Planner]] installed in his office and communicated with it.
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| The plot was uncovered by the newly formed [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] and by [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] who assisted in beating off the invasion both on the ground and from the Cyberman base on the Moon. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'').
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| :''These Cybermen had evolved considerably from Mondasian form and from the Cybermen which would invade Earth in 1986. The exact date of this first invasion remains unknown, though estimates range of its date ranging from [[1969]] to [[1979]]''
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| ====The 1980s====
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| [[Image:Invasion.jpg|thumb|Cybermen prowl the [[sewer]]s of [[London]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')]]
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| In [[1985]], Cybermen lurked in the sewers below London, awaiting another invasion, which would come in [[1986]].
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| :''Many or all of these had survived from the earlier invasion, though they had a different physical form.''
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| Cybermen in the future, having captured a [[time vessel]], knew that [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] would destroy Mondas, so planned, instead, to divert [[Halley's Comet]] towards Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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| In the [[December]] 1986, [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] met an advance force of Cybermen that landed near [[Snowcap Base]] in [[Antartica]]. This advance force was to prepare for the return of Mondas to the [[Sol system]] and the drain Earth's energy for the use of the Cybermen. Mondas absorbed too much energy and was destroyed, as were the Cybermen on Earth who depended on Mondas for power. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| In [[November]] [[1988]] a fleet of Cyber warships was assembled to turn Earth into New Mondas now that their homeworld had been destroyed. A scouting party was sent to Earth in search of a statue made of [[validium]] and part of [[Nemesis]], a [[Time Lord]] weapon. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'').
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| ====Early 21st century====
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| In [[2006]], Cybermen once more invaded the [[South Pole]] of Earth. ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'')
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| ===Later Cyber Empire era===
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| ''The chronology of several of these events in relationship to each other remains unclear.''
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| *In [[2070]], by which time Earth's weather was being controlled by the [[Gravitron]] installation on the [[Moon]], Cybermen planned to use the Gravitron to disrupt the planet's weather patterns and destroy all life on the planet. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')
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| *The Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the planet [[Telos]] uncovered their Tombs. In the Tombs, they they waited, in [[cryogenic suspension]], ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
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| :''Though this does not help us in dating this event precisely, the last Cybermen appearance known to Humans had happened five centuries before this date.''
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| *In the middle to late [[21st century]], the [[Space Station W3]] was the site of a takeover by Cybermen on [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
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| *Following the [[Cyber-Wars]] the Cybermen had been reduced to scattered remnants groups around the [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]. One group returned to the [[Sol system]] for revenge against [[Voga]], the "planet of gold". ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| *In [[2526]] several planets would unite in war against the Cybermen. A force of Cybermen tried to devastate Earth using a [[Cyberbomb]] and convert the survivors. Failing this, they hoped to crash the freighter into Earth and cause an ecological disaster. Although the attempt failed, the freighter was catapulted back in time to become the "[[meteor]]" that wiped out the [[dinosaur]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]')
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| *On Telos, the Cybermen plotted to change history and, as already noted, divert Halley's Comet to Earth in order to destroy it and to save Mondas. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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| :''As noted previously, these actions would have repercussions in the year 1985.''
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| *[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] encountered Cybermen in [[2191]] ([[MA]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]'')
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| ===Final evolution===
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| By the [[101st Century]], the Cybermen had nearly died out. Several centuries before that, they choose a new name for their species and became pacifists. ([[DW]]: ''[[Synthespians™]]'')
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| Transcending into pure energy, they would ultimately redeem the whole of sentient life. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]'')
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| ====[[Rassilon Era]]====
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| *[[Borusa]] transported a Cyberman squadron to the [[Death Zone]] to threaten and harry [[the Doctor]]'s various incarnations. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| ===Minor appearances and references===
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| *[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] projected an image of a Cybermen to the Time Lord tribunal as an example of the enemies he had fought to protect the innocent. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
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| * A Cyberman was among the life-forms exhibited in Vorg's [[Miniscope]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'').
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| [[Image:Miniscope.jpg|thumb|200px|A Cyberman inside [[Vorg]]'s [[Miniscope]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')]]
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| *During the [[Dark Times]] on [[Gallifrey]], the Cybermen were excluded from the Death Zone games, possibly out of fear that they would pose a threat to the Time Lords should they escape. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| *In [[2012]], the inert head of a Cyberman was part of [[the Vault]], [[Henry van Statten]]'s artefact collection. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
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| ::''According to its label, it was recovered from the [[London]] sewers in [[1975]], though its design seems subtly anachronistic for its era and more typical of the designs seen in the post-Cyber Wars era.''
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| ==Mysteries and discrepancies==
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| *Several different accounts exist of the origins of the Cybermen which contradict each other in minor or in some cases, major, ways.
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| *The degree to which Cybermen do or do not retain emotions also differs.
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| *On [[Telos]], the Doctor seemed to have knowledge, if not foreknowledge of the Cyber-tombs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') This might suggest that before he met [[Jamie]], the Doctor had encountered the Cybermen before.
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Gallery of Cybermen#Mondasian Cybermen|Cybermen Gallery]]
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| ==Major appearances==
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| ===Television===
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| *''[[The Tenth Planet]]''
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| *''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''
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| *''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
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| *''[[The Wheel in Space]]''
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| *''[[The Invasion]]''
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| *''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
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| *''[[Earthshock]]''
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| *''[[The Five Doctors]]''
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| *''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''
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| *''[[Silver Nemesis]]''
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| ===Stage plays===
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| *''[[Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure]]''
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| ===Audio plays===
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| *''[[Sword of Orion]]''
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| *''[[Spare Parts]]''
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| *''[[Real Time]]''
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| *''[[The Harvest]]''
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| *''[[Bernice Summerfield: Silver Lining]]''
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| ===Novels===
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| *''[[Iceberg]]''
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| *''[[Killing Ground]]''
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| *''[[Illegal Alien]]''
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