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{{rename|[[A Status Update (short story)]]: Should have the indefinite article because its full official name is Cybermen: A Status Update and we omit prefixes.
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|image            = Status Update Jacob with pork pie.jpg  
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|main character    = [[Jacob Sowersby]]
|main character    = [[Jacob Sowersby]]
|enemy            = [[Cybermen]]
|enemy            = [[Weapons-grade Cybermen]]
|setting          = [[Tiestus]], [[July]] [[2114]]
|setting          = [[Tiestus]], [[July]] [[2114]]
|writer            = [[Joseph Lidster]]
|writer            = Joseph Lidster
|editor            = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|editor            = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|read by          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|illustrator      = [[Neil Roberts (artist)|Neil Roberts]]
|illustrator      = [[Neil Roberts (artist)|Neil Roberts]]
|release date      = [[31 July (releases)|31 July]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|release date      = 31 July 2014
|publisher        = BBC Worldwide
|publisher        = BBC Worldwide
|format            = ebook short story
|format            = ebook short story
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Jacob Sowersby]]
* [[Jacob Sowersby]]
* [[Meena (Status Update)|Meena]]
* [[Meena (Cybermen: Status Update)|Meena]]
* [[Charlie (Status Update)|Charlie]]
* [[Charlie (Cybermen: Status Update)|Charlie]]
* [[Jade Sowersby]]
* [[Jade Sowersby]]
* President [[Morris (Status Update)|Morris]]
* President [[Morris (Cybermen: Status Update)|Morris]]
* [[Sarah Sperger]]
* [[Sarah Sperger]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Jacob likes [[spaghetti bolognese]] and [[pork pie]]s.
* Jacob likes [[spaghetti bolognese]] and [[pork pie]]s.
== Story notes ==
* In keeping with the [[DWU]]’s portrayal of gender and sexual minorities becoming an unremarkable concept in humanity’s future, the only thing Jacob notes about being "fancied" by another male student at school other than the awkward love triangle it creates due to some involvement between him and Jacob’s (female) crush. Jacob is very clearly accepting of Charlie’s sexuality, does not seem to even notice this fact as anything worth any sort of consideration, isn’t embarrassed by being crushed on by somebody of his own gender other than the fact that he has one on a friend of theirs, and indeed doesn’t even clarify if he reciprocates same-sex attraction, nor if the reverse is true for Meena’s attraction to Charlie.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* When given access to cyber-history, Jacob learns that the Cybermen were originally from [[Mondas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') The Cybermen have encountered the Doctor many times; in [[London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') on [[the Moon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') and on [[Telos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
* When given access to cyber-history, Jacob learns that the Cybermen were originally from [[Mondas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') The Cybermen have encountered the Doctor many times; in [[London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') on [[the Moon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') and on [[Telos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')


==External links==
== External links ==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/cybermen-monster-file BBC - BBC Launches New eBook - Doctor Who: Cybermen Monster File]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/cybermen-monster-file BBC - BBC Launches New eBook - Doctor Who: Cybermen Monster File]
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Cybermen: Status Update was an exclusive to ebook short story released with the BBC's Doctor Who: Cybermen Monster File app.

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