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{{Merge|Gern|there is only one mention of a "cybercontroller" in the novelisation and it is implied the position is held by Cyberleader Gern}}
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|image   = Gern Cybermondan.jpeg
|species           = Cyberman
|species = CyberMondan
|origin           = [[Mondas]]
|origin = [[Mondas]]
|only             = Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)
|only   = The Tenth Planet (TV story)
|actor  = Gregg Palmer
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In [[1986]], a [[Mondasian]] '''[[Cyber-controller]]''' was based on [[Mondas]] while subordinate [[Cyber-Leader]]s led an [[invasion]] of [[Earth]]. Ultimately, however, the invasion ended in [[defeat]] as Mondas was destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'')
'''Gern''' was one of the four [[Cyber-Leader]]s who led an [[Cyberman invasion of Earth (The Tenth Planet)|invasion]] of [[Earth]] by the [[CyberMondan]]s when [[Mondas]] returned to Earth's [[orbit]] in [[1986]].
 
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Cyber-Controller giving orders in Flower Power.jpg|thumb|The Cyber-Controller as seen in ''Flower Power''.]]
* Previously, a Mondasian [[Cyber-Controller (Flower Power)|Cyber-Controller]] was visualised in the [[TV Comic]] stories ''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]'' and ''[[The Cyber Empire (comic story)|The Cyber Empire]]'', wearing a distinct [[cape]] in the latter.
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== Biography ==
Gern seized control of [[International Space Command]] HQ in [[Geneva]], declaring himself [[Cyber-Controller|Controller]] of Earth. Soon after, however, Gern and all the other invading CyberMondans on Earth and in orbit were eliminated when their home planet and power source, Mondas, disintegrated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]''){{NameSort}}
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Latest revision as of 16:39, 18 April 2023

Gern was one of the four Cyber-Leaders who led an invasion of Earth by the CyberMondans when Mondas returned to Earth's orbit in 1986.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gern seized control of International Space Command HQ in Geneva, declaring himself Controller of Earth. Soon after, however, Gern and all the other invading CyberMondans on Earth and in orbit were eliminated when their home planet and power source, Mondas, disintegrated. (TV: The Tenth Planet; PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet)