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{{Infobox Story

|name=Time of the Cybermen  

|image= Totc.jpg

|series=[[DWBIT comic stories|''DWBIT'' comic stories]]

|doctor= Tenth Doctor

|companions= [[Jayne Kadett]]  

|enemy=[[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]  

|year=[[Centuria Central]], Planet [[Centuria]]|

|writer= [[Steve Cook]]

|artist= [[Lee Sullivan]]|

|colourist= [[Alan Craddock]]

|letterer=  

|editor= [[Ben Robinson]]

|publication= [[DWBIT 11]]

|release date= [[7 February]] [[2007]]

|publisher= [[GE Fabbri Ltd]]

|format= Comic - Part 4 of 4 (4 pages)

|prev= Enemy Mine (comic story)

|next= Beneath the Skin (comic story)  

}}

Cybermen have been using upgraded humans on Centuria to mine special gems called [[Hargstone]]s. But what is their plan?

[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in Centuria Central in a [[temporal stasis]] field. Kadett is caught in the frozen moment but the Doctor, who is a Time Lord, can resist the field. Cybermen in a patrol [[aircar]] spot him moving and pursue him. The Doctor uses his [[sonic screwdriver]] to bring the aircar crashing down. This draws the attention of other Cybermen, who arrive to salvage parts and take them back to base. The Doctor smuggles himself into the base with the salvage.  

The base is the Triplanetary base which the Doctor suspects has been robbed of its Hargstone reserves to enable the Cybermen to maintain a stasis machine. The Doctor learns from the Cybermen that they built the stasis machine from [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] files and used the device to subdue overwhelming opposition. Choosing the most secure place for the machine, the Doctor escapes and heads for the bank's vault, but it is made of [[titanium]] and is protected by laser-proof glass and destructor rays.  

When the Doctor can't get in he uses the sonic screwdriver to turn the destructor rays inwards, destroying the stasis machine. The Cybermen have a mental link with the machine that enables them to move around inside the stasis field, so when the machine is destroyed the temporal feedback overloads their circuits.  

With the Cybermen now no more than ghosts and the stasis field gone, the Doctor says goodbye to Kadett, warning her to keep her eyes peeled. In the shadows, the eyes of Cybermen glow red.

* [[Jayne Kadett]] – investigator who teamed up with the Doctor after tracking an info-thief who had stolen Torchwood files on Cyber conversion.

== Original print details ==

* No reprints to date.

* Supporting the series of collectable ''Doctor Who'' trading cards, the magazine carried a regular four page, individually titled comic strip of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures.

* The artwork and colours were bold and bright, reflecting the tone of the magazine and, as did ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', reflected the appeal to readers younger than those catered to by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.

* The [[Cybermen]] featured in this story are [[Cybermen (Pete's World)|those]] from [[Pete's World]], although it is stated earlier that they were created in the Doctor's universe from files in the Torchwood archives. This comic strip, and the previous three, which piece together the full story, mark the only time these variants of Cybermen have appeared in a comic, and the only time so far the Cybermen have appeared in a new series comic.

== References ==

* The ''Battles in Time'' comic strip sought to associate its Doctor with the one seen on screen by using ‘props’ from the TV series:blue/brown suit, intelligent-looking glasses, [[sonic screwdriver]] and [[psychic paper]].

 

* {{dwrefguide|bitcomic10.htm#bit08|Time of the Cybermen}}