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At the [[end of the universe]], a '''[[Cyber-Controller]]''' ruled an [[asteroid]] [[colony]] of [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. In an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]], [[Rassilon]] approached the Cybermen to propose an alliance, but the Cyber-Controller kept its existence hidden from Rassilon, allowing him to believe he commanded the Cybermen in their alliance to conquer [[Gallifrey]], and by extension, all of [[time]] and [[space]]. Eventually, it revealed itself to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] after the Cybermen attempted to harvest the [[regeneration energy|regenerative energy]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, and revealed its plans to rebirth [[N-Space]] as the "[[Age of the Cyberiad]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')

The Cyber-Controller ruled a remnant force of [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] that existed at the [[end of the universe]]. When [[Rassilon]], exiled from [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], landed his [[bowship]] at the Cybermen's [[asteroid]] [[colony]], the Cyber-Controller kept its presence secret from Rassilon as he consulted [[Cyber-Leader (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|the Cyber-Leader]] over his plan to make the Cybermen the dominant species across all of [[time]] and [[space]]. After Rassilon was [[Cyber-conversion|converted]] into the [[Cyber-President]], he assisted the Cybermen in forging the [[Gallifreyan Cyber Fleet]] to invade Gallifrey, with a particular focus on the [[Capitol]]. While the Cybermen made use of [[Time Lord]] technology to gain complete dominance over the past, the Cyber-Controller allowed Rassilon to believe he was in charge until the final stages of the Cybermen's plan were ready to be enacted.

After Rassilon, the Twelfth Doctor and [[Kenossium|the General]] arrived at the chamber of the [[Eye of Harmony]], the Cybermen eventually forced all three Time Lords into [[loom]]s to harvest their [[regeneration energy|regenerative energy]]. However, the Cyber-Controller then intervened with a new strategy, explaining to the Doctor that the Cybermen intended to ignite the regenerative energy inside the Eye of Harmony at the exact moment the universe would end, rebirthing [[N-Space]] as the "[[Age of the Cyberiad]]", a reality which would be dominated by an ultimate evolution of Cybermen from its very beginning. Noting that Rassilon's regenerative energy readings were too unstable to complete the Cybermen's plan, the Cyber-Controller ordered the Doctor plugged in as a substitute, with the two Time Lords eventually being upgraded.  

[[File:Supremacy Controller destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|The Cyber-Controller is destroyed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')]]

As the universe began to rapidly collapse, the Cyber-Controller ordered the activation of the Eye of Harmony to create the Cybermen's ultimate reality. However, the stored regenerative energy began flowing backwards. It was then that the Doctor and Rassilon revealed that, despite their conversions, they had retained their [[consciousness]]es and had altered the Eye of Harmony's protocols from within the [[Cyberiad]]. With regenerative energy flowing throughout the Cyberiad, which now spanned the whole of history, the Cybermen's conquest of time and space was reversed. The Cyber-Controller, who was directly exposed to the Eye of Harmony, was engulfed in regenerative energy as it screamed in despair, shortly before the timeline reset. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')

[[File:Supremacy Controller body.jpg|thumb|The Cyber-Controller regards [[Rassilon]] the "[[puppet]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')]]

Unlike its subordinate [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], this Cyber-Controller did not resemble the Cybermen that evolved from the [[Cyber Legion]]s and formed the [[Cyberiad]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost in the Machine (short story)|Ghost in the Machine]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') although, like most Cyber-Controllers, its [[brain]] was visible through a [[glass]] covering on its [[Cyber-helmet|helmet]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') The Cyber-Controller, in a similar vein to the [[Cyber-Controller (The Tomb of the Cybermen)|Cyber-Controller]] on [[Telos]] in the [[25th century]] of the original timeline, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') lacked [[side handle]]s on its helmet (possessing a pair of large blank, [[metal]] [[panel]]s where a [[human]]'s [[ear]]s would normally be), a [[chest unit]], or any other kind of external bodily components or mechanisms, aside from a thin, vertical oval-shaped [[electricity|electric]] [[white]] [[light]] on its [[chest]]. Its [[body]] was also significantly more [[muscle|muscular]] than most Cybermen, although not as much as the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-Earth]] in this timeline. The Cyber-Controller's [[face]] featured bright, white [[eye]]s with [[blue]] highlights, and lacked the "[[tear]]-drop" on the corners that were commonly seen on other Cybermen. Its face also featured a [[mouth slit]].

Notably, this Cyber-Controller's appearance was nearly identical to the ultimate evolution that it envisioned the Cybermen achieving upon creating the "[[Age of the Cyberiad]]". However, this Cyberman design lacked the Cyber-Controller's chest light, brain case, or even a traditional Cyber-helmet with side handles; its face also lacked any kind of traditional Cyberman equivalent to a [[mouth]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')