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This page lists '''appearances of the [[Cybermen (Mondas)|Mondesian Cybermen]]s in the order in which they experienced them'''. This timeline is based upon observations of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] and the events that occur during each of these stories.
This page lists '''appearances of the [[Cybermen]] in the order in which they experienced them'''. This timeline is based upon observations of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] and the events that occur during each of these stories.
 
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==Origins==
==Origins==
There are several conflicting origin stories for the Cybermen, including Mondisians converting themselves to deal with deteriorating planetary conditions ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]''), ancient Cybermen predating the Mondesian Cybermen ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cybermen (comic story)|The Cybermen]]''), and [[Mondas]] being another name for [[Marinus]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]''). These accounts seem impossible to reconcile.
There are several conflicting origin stories for the Cybermen, including Mondasians converting themselves to deal with deteriorating planetary conditions ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]''), ancient Cybermen predating the Mondasian Cybermen ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cybermen (comic story)|The Cybermen]]''), and [[Mondas]] being another name for [[Marinus]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]''). These accounts seem impossible to reconcile. However, [[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' and ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'' establish that Cybermen are subject to Parallel Evolution, explaining contradictory sources of their origins.  
For more information, consult [[Creation of the Cybermen]].
For more information, consult [[Creation of the Cybermen]].


==Timeline (partial)==
==Appearance==
* [[Distant past|65,500,000 BC]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'' (Prehistoric scenes)
*The original Cyberman of [[Mondas]], which the [[Twelfth Doctor]] identifies on sight as a "Mondasian Cyberman" ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') first appear in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' ([[1966 (releases)|1966]]), set in [[1986]]. These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "CyberMondasian".
:These Cybermen time traveled from the year [[2526]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
*A second Cyberman look debuts in [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' ([[1967 (releases)|1967]]), set in [[2070]]. They are later seen on [[Telos]] in ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.  These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "[[CyberTelosian]]".
*A third Cyberman look debuts in [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' ([[1968 (releases)|1968]]), set in [[2079]]. These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "Late CyberFaction".
*A fourth Cyberman look debuts in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' ([[1969 (releases)|1969]]); set prior to ''The Tenth Planet'', these Cybermen are led by a [[Cyber-Planner]] who recognises the Doctor from [[Planet 14]]. These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "Early [[CyberFaction]]".
*A fifth Cyberman look debuts in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' ([[1975 (releases)|1975]]), where they are reeling from their defeat in "the [[Cyber-War]]". These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "[[CyberNomad]]".
*A sixth Cyberman look, the last of the classic series, debuts in [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' ([[1982 (releases)|1982]]); set in the year [[2526]], the Cybermen fail to stop a conference which will lead to a war they know that cannot win. These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "[[CyberNeomorph]]".
**A variant of "CyberNeomorph" features in [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'' ([[1988 (releases)|1988]]). These Cybermen are identified in ''The ArcHive Tapes'' as "[[CyberIsomorph]]".
*The first Cyberman look of the new series is introduced in [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' ([[2006 (releases)|2006]]) as a product of [[Cybus Industries]] from a [[Pete's World|parallel Earth]].  With the Cybus logo on their chest plate, such Cybermen appear to be a space-faring power, while making a reference to multiple universes, in [[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''; meanwhile, however, near-identical Cyberman appear in [[GAME]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]'' ([[2010 (releases)|2010]]), distinguished by an engraving of a Cyberman face in place of the Cybus plate.
**[[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'' ([[2011 (releases)|2011]]) marks the on-screen debut of a "Cybus" variant that is a space-faring power within our universe, organised into [[Cyber Legion]]s; the "Cybus" logo is absent, replaced by a generic chest plate rather than the engraving from ''Blood of the Cybermen''. These Cybermen, otherwise identical to the Cybus versions, would appear multiple times afterwards.
*The second Cyberman look of the new series is introduced in [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' ([[2013 (releases)|2013]]) following the "[[Cyber-Wars]]" in the [[far future]]. They are associated with the [[Cyberiad]].
*A third design, known as the [[Cyber-Warrior]], debuted in [[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' ([[2020 (releases)|2020]]). These Cybermen were active during the [[Cyber-Wars]], and had near-identical chest plates to the second design.
 
== Mondasian ==
=== Origins ===
==== Ancient Mondas ====
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dead Heart (comic story)|The Dead Heart]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flesh Unbound (comic story)|The Flesh Unbound]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Black Sky (comic story)|The Black Sky]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Hungry Sea (comic story)|The Hungry Sea]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (comic story)|The Dark Flame]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Future Perfect (comic story)|The Future Perfect]]''
 
==== Later Mondas ====
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Ugly Underneath (comic story)|The Ugly Underneath]]''
: Over 2,000 years after ''The Future Perfect'', Mondas breaks from its [[orbit]]. At this time, the first modern Cybermen are created.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[Jorj (short story)|Jorj]]'' / [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]''
: A [[Mondasian colony ship]] becomes trapped in the orbit of a black hole, while the inhabitants are gradually cyber-converted. As a result of [[time dilation]], the Cybermen rapidly evolve from the original [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|patient]]s to primitive "Mondasians", Cybus-style and ultimately Cyberiad-style Cybermen. Spending the last 491 years of his life aboard the ship, [[Nardole]] ensures that the remaining Mondasian colonists "sort" their conflict with the Cybermen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'')
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts (audio story)|Spare Parts]]''
: In a parallel event, Cybermen also arise on [[Mondas]], a planet which at this stage only has a few thousand inhabitants.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Prodigal Returns (comic story)|The Prodigal Returns]]''
: Following its seperation from Earth, the Cybermen rule Mondas.
 
=== Early invasions ===
* [[1873]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]''
: At this point, Mondas is 200 light years away from Earth. A Mondasian Cyberman scout sent to find Earth crash lands on the planet but fails to report its location.
 
::''In [[1879]], a [[Cybermat]] appears at [[Winston Churchill]]'s 5th [[birthday party]]. It is smashed by the [[Fourth Doctor]].'' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill (short story)|The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill]]'')
 
* [[1925]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Monsters in Metropolis (audio story)|Monsters in Metropolis]]''
: A single [[Cyberman (Monsters in Metropolis)|Cyberman]] of unknown origin became stranded in [[Berlin]] after being displaced from ite original location.
 
* [[1954]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]''
: The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] delay the Mondasian Cybermen's attack on Earth.
 
* [[22 November]] [[1963]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The First Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The First Doctor]]''
: ''In the [[alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] which is ultimately reversed by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Rassilon]], the [[CyberMondasian]]s appear on [[Earth]] where they capture the [[First Doctor]], interrupting the events of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''.''
 
* [[1970]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Cyber-Mole (comic story)|Cyber-Mole]]''
: The Second Doctor and his grandchildren thwart an attempt by the Mondasian Cybermen take over Earth using a [[Cyber-Mole]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Test Flight (comic story)|Test Flight]]''
: The Mondasian Cybermen attempt to hijack an [[American]] [[B-52]] bomber but are defeated by the Second Doctor.
 
* [[1976]] (projection) - [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
: Subject to [[UNIT dating controversy|UNIT dating]] but roughly between c.[[1969]] and c.[[1979]]. The early [[CyberFaction]], led by a [[Cyber-Planner]] who recognises the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] from [[Planet 14]], invade Earth but are destroyed by [[UNIT]]. This is the [[Cyberman invasion of Earth (The Invasion)|first invasion of Earth]] recorded by both the Faction's [[history computer]] and the independent [[CyberHive|ArcHive]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]''
: Shortly following ''The Invasion'', a [[Cyber-Controller]], identical to the one later seen in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'', leads the Cybermen in a second attempt to invade Earth, from [[Isos II]], but they are destroyed by the Second Doctor and his companions.


* [[1940]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
* [[1945]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]''
: During the former's [[exile on Earth]], the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]] encounter a ship of Cybermen.
* [[1979]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''
* [[1985]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'' (Earth scenes)
* [[1986]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''
* [[1988]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]''
* [[2005]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]''
* [[2006]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''
* [[2006]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources]]''


:It is unclear in what order [[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]] and [[Human Resources]] go.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Third Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Third Doctor]]''
: ''In the [[alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] which is ultimately reversed by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Rassilon]], a [[time distortion]] interrupts one of the many battles between the Earth-bound Third Doctor and {{Delgado}}, converting the latter into a [[CyberNomad]].''
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Piper (short story)|The Piper]]''
: The Third Doctor and [[Jo Grant]] stop a [[Cyberman (The Piper)|Cyberman]] leftover from ''The Invasion''.
 
* [[1984]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]''
: The Sixth Doctor briefly meets a Cyberman on Mondas.
 
::''As [[Hegelia]] suggests, the early [[CyberFaction]], still based on the [[dark side of the Moon]], are contacted by [[future]] [[CyberNeomorph]]s or "[[CyberIsomorph]]s". Having already failed to change history by destroying [[Earth]] in [[1985]], the Neomorphs convince their ancestors not to interfere in the coming Mondasian invasion and instead move to the [[asteroid belt]]. The Isomorphs themselves remain on the Moon and are apparently all destroyed in [[1988]].'' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'')
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]''
: The [[Second Doctor]] and his grandchildren fight the Mondasian Cybermen who, led by a [[Cyber-Controller]], have established a [[Cyber-City (Flower Power)|Cyber-City]] on an [[Planet (Flower Power)|unidentified planet]]. These Cybermen fail to recognise the Second Doctor and his companions.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Cyber Empire (comic story)|The Cyber Empire]]''
: The Mondasian [[Cyber-Empire]] is at its height. The Cybermen capture thousands of Earthmen to build a [[Cyber-City (The Cyber Empire)|Cyber-City]] in honour of the [[Cyber-Controller]], who now sports a [[cape]]. The Second Doctor and his grandchildren topple the city and enable the humans to return home.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Coming of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Coming of the Cybermen]]''
: The [[Second Doctor]] and his grandchildren thwart a plot by the Mondasian Cybermen to destroy Earth with a bomb. The Cybermen mistake the Doctor for an [[Earthling]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mondas Crystals (short story)|The Mondas Crystals]]''
: Leads directly into ''The Tenth Planet'' from the Cybermen's perspective.
 
* [[1986]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''/[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]''
: Mondas, where the [[Cyber-Controller (Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet)|Cyber-Controller]] resides, returns to the [[solar system]]. The CyberMondasians launch a failed invasion of Earth which ends with the destruction of Mondas.  This is the [[Cyberman invasion of Earth (The Tenth Planet)|second invasion of Earth]] recorded by both the Faction's [[history computer]] and the independent [[CyberHive|ArcHive]]. The encounter with the [[First Doctor]] is recalled by the Neomorphs in ''Earthshock''.
 
=== Lying low ===
::''Around the year [[1990]] by [[Hegelia]]'s reckoning, the [[CyberNomad]]s' begin a two [[century]] period of proliferation throughout [[Mutter's Spiral]].'' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'')
* [[1993]] ([[alternate timeline]]) - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]''
 
* [[1990s]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scientific Adviser (short story)|Scientific Adviser]]''
: The Cybermen have been driven from Planet 14.
 
* [[2000]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vrs (short story)|Vrs]]''
: An unidentified Cyber-group unleashes a [[computer virus]].
::''The virus is eradicated by [[P.R.O.B.E.]].'' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dose (short story)|The Last Dose]]'')
 
* [[2006]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]''
: The survivors of ''The Tenth Planet'' have settled on [[Lonsis]], however they are depicted as the Cybermen from ''The Invasion''. They have never heard of [[Telos]] and know only of the Doctor from their meeting in ''The Tenth Planet''
 
* [[2006]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]''
: ''In the [[alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] which is ultimately reversed by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Rassilon]], the Cybermen succeed in conquering Earth.''
 
* [[2006]], [[November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''
: The survivors of ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' plan a second invasion.
 
* [[4 May]] [[2010]] - [[GAME]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]''
: A ship of Cybermen, identical to [[Pete's World]] but with an engraved Cyber face in place of the [[Cybus]] brand, had been caught in a [[time storm]] and crashed in the [[Arctic]] ten thousand years prior. Converting a human expedition into [[Cyberslave]]s, they are destroyed following a confrontation with the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


* [[2011]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
* [[2011]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
* [[2070]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''
: The Eleventh Doctor finds a [[Cyber Legion]] ship has crashed on Earth "centuries ago". Intending to convert Earth, the surviving Cybermen only manage to upgrade several humans before they are destroyed.
 
* [[2012]] - [[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''
: The [[Ninth Cyber Legion]] invade London but are destroyed by the Eleventh Doctor. This event is possibly the same as the later mentioned [[Cybermen invasion of 2012]].
 
* [[2013]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)|The Doctor and the Nurse]]''
: Cybus-style Cybermen surround the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS at [[Roald Dahl Plass]] in [[Cardiff]].
 
* [[2014]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''
: The [[Twelfth Doctor]] finds an army of ''Nightmare in Silver'' Cybermen created by [[Missy]], who intends to upgrade the Earth. However, converted [[Danny Pink]] leads the Cybermen in destroying themselves; soon after, the converted [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] seemingly kills Missy before leaving to parts unknown.
 
* c. [[2015]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]''
: A single ''Nightmare in Silver'' Cyberman, possibly Lethbridge-Stewart, is a resident of the [[Trap Street, London]].
 
* [[October]] [[2021]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]''
 
* [[November]] 2021 - [[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]''
: Following the [[first Flux event]], the [[Cyber-Warrior]]s fight for control of what remains of the universe with the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Sontaran]]s.
 
* [[5 December]] 2021 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]''
: The Cyber-Warriors, along with the Daleks, are tricked into assembling their forces to be destroyed by the [[final Flux event]] by the Sontarans, who are themselves destroyed when they are outwitted by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]].
 
=== Continued conquests ===
* [[15 October]] [[2070]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''/[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]''
: The Second Doctor thwarts a plot by [[CyberTelosian]]s to use the [[Graviton]] to destroy all life on Earth from the Moon. These Cybermen identify as descendants of the first space travellers from [[Mondas]] and represent a "[[Cyberman Empire]]". At this point, humans believe the Cybermen to have died out years ago. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Early Cybermen (audio story)|The Early Cybermen]]'')
:* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Second Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Second Doctor]]''
:: ''In the [[alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] which is ultimately reversed by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Rassilon]], the CyberTelosians successfully upgrade the Second Doctor.''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Masquerade (comic story)|Masquerade]]''
: The Second Doctor, accompanied by his grandchildren, infiltrates the Mondasian Cybermen, based at a [[Cyber Out-post]] on an [[Planet (Masquerade)|unidentified planet]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Eskimo Joe (comic story)|Eskimo Joe]]''
: The Second Doctor fights the Mondasian Cybermen on an [[Planet (Eskimo Joe)|unidentified planet]] with [[Joe (Eskimo Joe)|Joe]]. These Cybermen have a Cyber-Empire and recognise the Doctor.
 
* [[2079]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''
: The Cybermen are of the "late CyberFaction". The encounter with the [[Second Doctor]] is recalled in ''Earthshock''.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|Legend of the Cybermen]]''
:The Cybermen launch a second attack on the Wheel, but are pulled into the [[Land of Fiction]].
 
* [[2114]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cybermen: Status Update (short story)|Cybermen: Status Update]]''
: [[Cyberiad]] Cybermen launch a failed invasion of the human colony world of [[Tiestus]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Museum (comic story)|The Time Museum]]''
: The Second Doctor and his grandchildren elude the Mondasian Cybermen in a [[Time Museum]] with exhibits up to [[2150]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Champion (comic story)|The Champion]]''
: The Second Doctor, accompanied by his grandchildren, engages a Mondasian Cyberman in an arena operated by a race who capture time travellers.
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction (novel)|The Janus Conjunction]]''
: Occurs some time during the second half of the [[22nd century]].
::''Around the year [[2190]] by [[Hegelia]]'s reckoning, the CyberNomads' period of proliferation ends.'' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'')
* [[2191]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]''
: The [[CyberNomad]]s have recently fought the [[Vogan War]].
 
* [[2267]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]''
: CyberNomads make an incursion into the [[Federation universe]] but are thwarted by the [[Fourth Doctor]].
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dreadnought (comic story)|Dreadnought]]''
: Dated 23rd century
 
* [[2368]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]''
: [[Cybus]]-style Cybermen attempt to combine [[N-Space|the Doctor's universe]] with the [[Federation universe]]. Their plot to convert both universes is thwarted by the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Cybermen (audio story)|Last of the Cybermen]]''
: Set during the last days of the [[Great Cyber War]], and ten years later.
 
=== The Great Cyber War ===
* [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Great Cyber-War (audio story)}}
: The Cybermen are defeated on Voga, leading to the end of the great cyber war.
 
=== Post Cyber War===
* [[2284]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Tyrants of Logic (audio story)|The Tyrants of Logic]]''
: The Cyber-War began twenty years ago and has been over for some years.
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Junkyard Demon (comic story)|Junkyard Demon]]''
 
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Junk-Yard Demon II (comic story)|Junkyard Demon II]]''
: [[Joylove]] is working for Eric Klieg and The Brotherhood of Logicians, setting this before ''The Tomb of the Cybermen''.
 
* End of the [[25th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
: The Cybermen have been assumed extinct for five centuries.
 
* End of the [[25th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
: Following their defeat in the [[Cyber-War]], the Cybermen are believed by some to have died out. A [[CyberNomad]] [[Cyber-ship|ship]] attempts to destroy [[Voga]] is thwarted by the [[Fourth Doctor]], resulting in their own destruction.
 
::''As hypothesised by [[Hegelia]], another group of CyberNomads come across Telos and revive the CyberTelosians. Combining their respective [[Cyber-technology]], the two groups of Cybermen form a new [[Cyber-subspecies]], the [[CyberNeomorph]]s, who proliferate throughout the [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cyber Nomads (audio story)|The Cyber Nomads]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]'')''
 
=== The Orion War ===
* [[2503]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]''
: According to the [[Eighth Doctor]], the Cybermen are all tucked away in their tombs on Telos in the aftermath of the Cyber-War. The Orion War has been ongoing for the last eight years. An old Cybermen destroyer class ship is awoken by the crew of the Vanguard.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Kingdom of Silver (audio story)|Kingdom of Silver]]''
: Occurs light years from the [[Orion War]] front lines.
 
::''According to one account, Telos is destroyed by an [[asteroid]] impact in the early [[26th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Telos (audio story)|Telos]]'')''
 
* c. [[2515]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Scorpius (audio story)|Scorpius]]''
:Occurs "over twenty years" into the Orion War, which began in [[2495]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear (audio story)|Fear]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Conversion (Cyberman audio story)|Conversion]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Telos (audio story)|Telos]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outsiders (audio story)|Outsiders]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror (audio story)|Terror]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Machines (audio story)|Machines]]''
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Extinction (audio story)|Extinction]]''
 
=== 26th century war ===
* [[2526]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''
: Thanks to the [[Fifth Doctor]], the Cybermen fail to stop a conference on Earth which they predict will unite powers against them in a war they will not be able to win. The Cyber-Leader recalls the Doctor's involvement in the events of ''The Tenth Planet'', ''The Wheel in Space'' and ''Revenge of the Cybermen''; he is unfamiliar with the [[Fifth Doctor]], only recognising him through the presence of [[the TARDIS]].
 
* [[26th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'' ([[Telos]] scenes)
: According to [[Hegelia]], ''Attack of the Cybermen'' takes place after ''Earthshock''. The Cybermen attempt to leave Telos but are defeated by the [[Sixth Doctor]], who destroys the [[Cyber-Controller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'')
 
=== Neomorphs in the past ===
* [[1985]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'' ([[Earth]] scenes)
: As the Cybermen attempt to leave [[Telos]] in the [[26th century]], other [[CyberNeomorph]]s are planted on [[Earth]]. Their aim is to use [[Halley's Comet]] comet to destroy the Earth of 1985, thus preventing the destruction of [[Mondas]] [[1986]]. However, the plot is thwarted by the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'')
 
::''As [[Hegelia]] suggests, the defeated [[CyberNeomorph]]s abandon their base in the [[London sewers]] and fall back to the [[dark side of the Moon]], where the early [[CyberFaction]] are. Convincing their [[ancestor]]s to leave [[the Moon]] for the [[asteroid belt]], the Neomorphs remain and observe events on Earth. Subtlely changing their form, the Neomorphs become what Hegelia dubs as "[[CyberIsomorph]]s", being isolated from their home time.'' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'')
 
* [[1988]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
: The "CyberIsomorphs" attempt to turn Earth into the [[New Mondas]] but are defeated by the [[Seventh Doctor]], who destroys their [[Cyber-Fleet]], apparently vanquishing this [[Cyber-subspecies]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Cybermen (audio story)|The Ultimate Cybermen]]'')
 
* [[1992]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hour of the Cybermen (audio story)|Hour of the Cybermen]]''
: Dated to 1992 by ''[[Warlock's Cross (audio story)|Warlock's Cross]]''. The Cybermen are Neomorphs.
 
=== Back to the future ===
* [[26th century]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Heliotrope Bouquet (short story)|Heliotrope Bouquet]]''
 
* [[2604]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Silver Lining (audio story)|Silver Lining]]''
: Dated by [[AHistory]].
 
* [[2606]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]''
: Dated by [[AHistory]].
 
* Late [[27th century]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Telos (audio story)|Return to Telos]]''
: Set a couple of centuries after ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' to the best of the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s knowledge. The Cybermen attempt to invade [[Krelos]] but are defeated by the Doctor and [[Leela]].
 
=== 30th century ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]''
: The Cybermen from the [[30th century]] visit [[1940]].
 
=== 4th millennium ===
* [[3286]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''/[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Real Time (audio story)|Real Time]]''*
 
=== 6th millennium ===
* [[52nd century]], some time after [[5145]] - [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''
: The [[Twelfth Cyber Legion]] is destroyed by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Rory Williams]].
 
* c. 6th millennium (see ''[[Theory:Timeline - The Church]]'') - [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''
: The Cybermen, identical to those seen in ''Nightmare in Silver'', participate in the 900 year long [[Siege of Trenzalore]].
 
* [[54th century]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]''.
** As recalled by the [[Ninth Doctor]], the [[Cyber-Empire]] annexed [[Malleon]] in either the [[5300s]] or the [[5310s]].
** Again to the best of the Doctor's knowledge, he is in the year [[5324]] or [[5325]] as he witnesses the Cybermen ravage [[Nomicae]].
 
=== 9th millennium ===
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Kane's Story (comic story)|Kane's Story]]''
: In the [[82nd century]], the Cyber-Empire is led by the [[Cyber-Emperor]]. It is "demolished" during the [[Skeletoid]] invasion of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. The Cybermen are depicted as [[CyberNeomorph]]s.
 
===Third Cyberwar ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scruffy Piper (short story)|The Scruffy Piper]]''
: Set during the early years of the [[Third Cyberwar]], in which the Cybermen face an expanding [[human]] [[empire]]. The Cybermen are of Cyberiad design and use Cybermats of the type used by the [[Cyber Legion|Cyber Legions]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost in the Machine (short story)|Ghost in the Machine]]''
: Cybermen of the Eleventh Cyber Legion, with Cyberiad designs, invade various worlds, including the human colony world [[Agrippina]].
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Girl Called Doubt (short story)|A Girl Called Doubt]]''
:Set in the aftermath of the Cybermen's invasion of Agrippina.
 
''The War is ended when humanity destroys the [[Tiberian Spiral]] galaxy, leading to the presumed extinction of the Cybermen for a thousand years ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver]]'') ''
 
=== Later history ===
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]''
: Highly advanced Cybermen, still unable to convert non-humans, travel back in time to [[2005]], where they attempt to convert Earth. They are destroyed by the [[Eighth Doctor]].
 
=== The Last Cybermen ===
* [[WC]]: ''[[14683 UNIT Field Log (webcast)|14683 UNIT Field Log]]''
: A [[Cyber-Warrior]] emerges through the [[Time Fracture]] to [[Earth]] in [[2020]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''
: Following the Cyber-War, the Cyber-Empire is in ruins. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'') The [[lone Cyberman]], resembling a Cyberiad Cyberman, pursues and ultimately reclaims the [[Cyberium]] from [[Earth]] in [[1816]] before returning to the future with the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] in pursuit.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]''
: In the immediate aftermath of the Cyber-Wars, both humanity and the Cybermen have been nearly wiped out. As surviving humans attempt to flee from the Cybermen, the lone Cyberman returns to this time with the Cyberium and, joined by Cyber Legion models, discovers a Cyber-Army of "warrior class" troops.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''
: Summoning the Cybermen to [[Gallifrey]], the Master kills the lone Cyberman in order to access the Cyberium. Creating the [[CyberMaster]]s from the bodies of the dead [[Time Lord]]s, the Master and his [[Cyber-Army]] are apparently destroyed by [[Ko Sharmus]] with a [[Death particle]].
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''
: Having survived the events on Gallifrey, the Master returns with an army of modified CyberMasters as well as a clone of the lone Cybermen, who assist him in [[the Master's Dalek Plan]]. This plot is thwarted by the Doctor, and the Master's Cybermen are seemingly all destroyed.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''
: Authorial intent places ''Nightmare in Silver'' "a quarter of a million years into the future"<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-05-05/doctor-who-neil-gaiman-sets-the-scene-for-nightmare-in-silver/</ref> The Cyber-Wars, which appear to be different to the one with Voga, were 1,000 years ago when the Tiberian spiral galaxy was destroyed. Both [[Cybus]] and [[Cyber Legion]] suits are seen as relics of the war. A new army of [[Cyberiad]] Cybermen appear at [[Hedgewick's World of Wonders]] but are destroyed, with the exception of a single [[Cybermite]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[Gallifreyan physiology]] barely resists [[cyber-conversion]].
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]''
: The Cyberleader is one of the last Cybermen.
 
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]''
: The cyber-technology from ''The Reaping'' is used to enhance human medical technology.
 
* [[End of the universe]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]''
: Banished from [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Rassilon]] joins forces with the Cybermen. Conquering [[Gallifrey]], the Cybermen attack various points in history in a bid to convert all of time and space. Ultimately, the Cybermen betray Rassilon, who works with the Doctor to regenerate the universe, reverting all the damage they had caused.
 
== Pete's World ==
:''Cybus Industries activities go back as early as [[2004]].'' ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 5]]'')
* [[2007]] ([[Pete's World]]) - [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''
: The [[Tenth Doctor]] discovers the Cybermen in a parallel Earth, created by [[Cybus Industries]] CEO [[John Lumic]]. Converted into [[Cyber-Controller]], Lumic intends to upgrade all of humanity but is killed when London's Cybus factory is destroyed. However, other factories existed across the world. [[Mickey Smith]] decides to "liberate Paris".
:* [[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 6]]''
:: An order is given for the [[upgrade]], and [[deletion]] of the incompatible, to commence across the world.
: ''A [[Harry's dad|Cybus factory worker]] salvages some parts.'' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Off the Rails (short story)|Going Off the Rails]]'')
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Save Paris (video game)|Save Paris]]''
: [[The Preachers]] neutralise the Cybus factory in [[Paris]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Off the Rails (short story)|Going Off the Rails]]''
: The factory worker's [[Harry (Going Off the Rails)|son]] and a [[Sam (Going Off the Rails)|friend]] use the parts to assemble a [[Cyberman]]. Both unfamiliar with the Cyberman, they manage to destroy it before it can upgrade them.
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Cyber Assault (video game)|Cyber Assault]]''
: A war is raged across Earth between the Preachers and the Cybermen. Ultimately, the Preachers win and the Cybermen are sealed in their factories.
* [[2010]] (Pete's World)/[[2007]] (N-Space) - [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''/''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''
: Over a period of three years, approximately 5 million Cybermen travel through the void to [[N-Space]], resulting in the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. These Cybermen are eventually sucked back into the Void by the Tenth Doctor.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''
: A group of Cybermen escape from the Void and end up in [[London]] in the [[1850s]], where they are destroyed by the Tenth Doctor.
* 2007 (N-Space) - [[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]''
: [[Lisa Hallett]], who was partially converted into a Cyberman at Canary Wharf, is found and killed at [[Torchwood Three]].
* [[2008]] (N-Space) - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]''
: Less than half a dozen Cybermen from Canary Wharf attempt to build up the Cyber race but are defeated by the Tenth Doctor.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Power of the Cybermen (comic story)|The Power of the Cybermen]]''/''[[Drones of Doom (comic story)|Drones of Doom]]''/''[[Enemy Mine (comic story)|Enemy Mine]]''/''[[Time of the Cybermen (comic story)|Time of the Cybermen]]''
: A new army of Cybus Cybermen are constructed by a thief who stole information from the [[Torchwood Archive]]. Turning on and converting the thief, the new Cybermen invade [[Centuria]] but are defeated by the Tenth Doctor. However, potential survivors remain.
 
== Third universe ==
* [[2010s]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]''/''[[Master of Worlds (audio story)|Master of Worlds]]''
: Cybermen of a third universe attempt to conquer [[N-Space]] only to be destroyed by {{Jacobi}}.


: It is unclear when [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' occurs other than that it is during the [[21st century]] and after humanity has begun colonizing space.
== Unplaced ==
* [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]''
: A Cyberman of the "early CyberFaction" is captured in a [[miniscope]].
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
: A squad of [[CyberNeomorph]]s are placed in the [[Death Zone]] by [[Borusa]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger (novel)|Warmonger]]''
: The Cybermen are part of [[the Alliance (Warmonger)|the Alliance]] led by the [[Supreme Controller]], actually the [[Fifth Doctor]], in the war against [[Morbius]]. They deem the battle "excellent".
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story)|Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Deathworld (comic story)|Deathworld]]''
: The Cybermen face [[Ice Warrior]]s on [[Yama-10]]. The two [[species]] are unfamiliar with one another.
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Black Legacy (comic story)|Black Legacy]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Exodus (comic story)|Exodus]]''/''[[Revelation! (comic story)|Revelation!]]''/''[[Genesis! (comic story)|Genesis!]]''
<!--Should stories only having the companion Kroton be counted here?-->
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|The Ultimate Adventure]]''
: The CyberNeomorphs work with the Daleks in an attempt to invade 1980s Earth, however it is unclear as to whether time travel is involved with their invasion. The Daleks claim to have invaded Earth in the past.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]''
: Cybermen that sound like those from ''The Tenth Planet'' but have the appearance of those from ''The Invasion''.
: The Doctor encounters a Cybermen timesquad which had been dispatched into "the future" before making an emergency exit from the vortex into 500,002. Their distress signal was unanswered, so they then plan to cyberconvert 1942 Earth and bring restart the cyber race in 500,002. The remnants of the squad move between 20th century and the 5001st century every time there is a storm, until 2008. Their origin time is unknown.
* [[GAME]]: ''[[Dalek Supremacy (video game)|Dalek Supremacy]]''
: Cybus-style Cybermen attempt to capture [[Dalek]] [[weapons base]]s but are wiped out by the [[New Dalek Paradigm]].
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gates of Hell (audio story)|The Gates of Hell]]''
: Early members of the CyberFaction use a crude form of time travel to invade Earth in the [[19th century]].
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Quintessence (audio story)|The Quintessence]]''


:[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen]]'' occurs after ''[[The Wheel in Space]]''
== CyberHive Timeline ==
{{main|Theory:Timeline - CyberHive}}
* [[Gallifrey]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''
* [[1970s]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
* [[1985]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''
* [[1986]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''
* [[1988]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
* c. [[2030]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''
* [[2070]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''
* Late [[25th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* Late [[25th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
* [[2526]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''
* [[26th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''


* [[2191]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]''
== Discontinuity Guide Timeline ==
{{main|Theory:Timeline - The Discontinuity Guide's Cyber History}}
* [[1969]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
* [[1986]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''
* [[1988]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
* [[2070]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''
* [[21st century]] / Early [[22nd century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* Late [[27th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''


:[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'' occurs some time during the second half of the [[22nd century]].
== ''aHistory'' Timeline ==
This timeline is from the ''fourth'' edition of ''[[aHistory]]''. Most of the dates given here are speculative.
*Birth of the Cybermen: [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dead Heart (comic story)|The Dead Heart]]'', ''[[The Flesh Unbound (comic story)|The Flesh Unbound]]'', ''[[The Black Sky (comic story)|The Black Sky]]'', ''[[The Hungry Sea (comic story)|The Hungry Sea]]'', ''[[The Dark Flame (comic story)|The Dark Flame]]'', ''[[The Future Perfect (comic story)|The Future Perfect]]''
*Birth of the Cybermen: [[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]''
*Birth of the Cybermen: [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Ugly Underneath (comic story)|The Ugly Underneath]]''
*Birth of the Cybermen: [[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]''
*Birth of the Cybermen: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts (audio story)|Spare Parts]]''
*1873: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]''
*1954: [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]''
*UNIT Year 1: [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''
*UNIT Year 3: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth (audio story)|The Blue Tooth]]''
*1984: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]''
*1985: [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''
*1986: [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''
*1988: [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''
*2005: [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]''
*2006: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]''
*2006: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gathering (audio story)|The Gathering]]''
*2006: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''
*2008: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]''
*2012: [[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
*2021: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]''
*2070: [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]''
*2079: [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''
*2119: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|Legend of the Cybermen]]''
*2191: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]''
*2296: [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dreadnought (comic story)|Dreadnought]]''
*2485: [[COMIC]]: ''[[Junk-Yard Demon (comic story)|Junkyard Demon]]''
*2485: [[COMIC]]: ''[[Junk-Yard Demon II (comic story)|Junkyard Demon II]]''
*2486: [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
*2495: [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''
*2502: [[COMIC]]: ''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story)|Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]''
*2503: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]''
*2505: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Kingdom of Silver (audio story)|Kingdom of Silver]]''
*2514: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Keepsake (audio story)|Keepsake]]''
*2515: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Scorpius (audio story)|Scorpius]]'' / ''[[Fear (audio story)|Fear]]'' / ''[[Conversion (Cyberman audio story)|Conversion]]'' / ''[[Telos (audio story)|Telos]]''
*2516: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outsiders (audio story)|Outsiders]]'' / ''[[Terror (audio story)|Terror]]'' / ''[[Machines (audio story)|Machines]]'' / ''[[Extinction (audio story)|Extinction]]''
*2526: [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''
*2604: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Silver Lining (audio story)|Silver Lining]]''
*2606: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]''
*2875: [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
*3286: [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''
*3980: [[COMIC]]: ''[[Deathworld (comic story)|Deathworld]]''
*4635: [[COMIC]]: ''[[Kane's Story (comic story)|Kane's Story]]''
*River Song: [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''
*199,900: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''
*500,000: [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]''


* [[25th century]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
== Footnotes ==
* [[2526]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]''
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This page lists appearances of the Cybermen in the order in which they experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

Origins[[edit source]]

There are several conflicting origin stories for the Cybermen, including Mondasians converting themselves to deal with deteriorating planetary conditions (AUDIO: Spare Parts), ancient Cybermen predating the Mondasian Cybermen (COMIC: The Cybermen), and Mondas being another name for Marinus (COMIC: The World Shapers). These accounts seem impossible to reconcile. However, TV: World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls establish that Cybermen are subject to Parallel Evolution, explaining contradictory sources of their origins. For more information, consult Creation of the Cybermen.

Appearance[[edit source]]

Mondasian[[edit source]]

Origins[[edit source]]

Ancient Mondas[[edit source]]

Later Mondas[[edit source]]

Over 2,000 years after The Future Perfect, Mondas breaks from its orbit. At this time, the first modern Cybermen are created.
A Mondasian colony ship becomes trapped in the orbit of a black hole, while the inhabitants are gradually cyber-converted. As a result of time dilation, the Cybermen rapidly evolve from the original patients to primitive "Mondasians", Cybus-style and ultimately Cyberiad-style Cybermen. Spending the last 491 years of his life aboard the ship, Nardole ensures that the remaining Mondasian colonists "sort" their conflict with the Cybermen. (PROSE: Twice Upon a Time)
In a parallel event, Cybermen also arise on Mondas, a planet which at this stage only has a few thousand inhabitants.
Following its seperation from Earth, the Cybermen rule Mondas.

Early invasions[[edit source]]

At this point, Mondas is 200 light years away from Earth. A Mondasian Cyberman scout sent to find Earth crash lands on the planet but fails to report its location.
In 1879, a Cybermat appears at Winston Churchill's 5th birthday party. It is smashed by the Fourth Doctor. (PROSE: The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill)
A single Cyberman of unknown origin became stranded in Berlin after being displaced from ite original location.
The Seventh Doctor and Ace delay the Mondasian Cybermen's attack on Earth.
In the alternate timeline which is ultimately reversed by the Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon, the CyberMondasians appear on Earth where they capture the First Doctor, interrupting the events of An Unearthly Child.
The Second Doctor and his grandchildren thwart an attempt by the Mondasian Cybermen take over Earth using a Cyber-Mole.
The Mondasian Cybermen attempt to hijack an American B-52 bomber but are defeated by the Second Doctor.
Subject to UNIT dating but roughly between c.1969 and c.1979. The early CyberFaction, led by a Cyber-Planner who recognises the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon from Planet 14, invade Earth but are destroyed by UNIT. This is the first invasion of Earth recorded by both the Faction's history computer and the independent ArcHive.
Shortly following The Invasion, a Cyber-Controller, identical to the one later seen in The Tomb of the Cybermen, leads the Cybermen in a second attempt to invade Earth, from Isos II, but they are destroyed by the Second Doctor and his companions.
During the former's exile on Earth, the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw encounter a ship of Cybermen.
In the alternate timeline which is ultimately reversed by the Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon, a time distortion interrupts one of the many battles between the Earth-bound Third Doctor and the Master, converting the latter into a CyberNomad.
The Third Doctor and Jo Grant stop a Cyberman leftover from The Invasion.
The Sixth Doctor briefly meets a Cyberman on Mondas.
As Hegelia suggests, the early CyberFaction, still based on the dark side of the Moon, are contacted by future CyberNeomorphs or "CyberIsomorphs". Having already failed to change history by destroying Earth in 1985, the Neomorphs convince their ancestors not to interfere in the coming Mondasian invasion and instead move to the asteroid belt. The Isomorphs themselves remain on the Moon and are apparently all destroyed in 1988. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Cybermen)
The Second Doctor and his grandchildren fight the Mondasian Cybermen who, led by a Cyber-Controller, have established a Cyber-City on an unidentified planet. These Cybermen fail to recognise the Second Doctor and his companions.
The Mondasian Cyber-Empire is at its height. The Cybermen capture thousands of Earthmen to build a Cyber-City in honour of the Cyber-Controller, who now sports a cape. The Second Doctor and his grandchildren topple the city and enable the humans to return home.
The Second Doctor and his grandchildren thwart a plot by the Mondasian Cybermen to destroy Earth with a bomb. The Cybermen mistake the Doctor for an Earthling.
Leads directly into The Tenth Planet from the Cybermen's perspective.
Mondas, where the Cyber-Controller resides, returns to the solar system. The CyberMondasians launch a failed invasion of Earth which ends with the destruction of Mondas. This is the second invasion of Earth recorded by both the Faction's history computer and the independent ArcHive. The encounter with the First Doctor is recalled by the Neomorphs in Earthshock.

Lying low[[edit source]]

Around the year 1990 by Hegelia's reckoning, the CyberNomads' begin a two century period of proliferation throughout Mutter's Spiral. (AUDIO: The Cyber Nomads)
The Cybermen have been driven from Planet 14.
An unidentified Cyber-group unleashes a computer virus.
The virus is eradicated by P.R.O.B.E.. (PROSE: The Last Dose)
The survivors of The Tenth Planet have settled on Lonsis, however they are depicted as the Cybermen from The Invasion. They have never heard of Telos and know only of the Doctor from their meeting in The Tenth Planet
In the alternate timeline which is ultimately reversed by the Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon, the Cybermen succeed in conquering Earth.
The survivors of The Invasion plan a second invasion.
A ship of Cybermen, identical to Pete's World but with an engraved Cyber face in place of the Cybus brand, had been caught in a time storm and crashed in the Arctic ten thousand years prior. Converting a human expedition into Cyberslaves, they are destroyed following a confrontation with the Eleventh Doctor.
The Eleventh Doctor finds a Cyber Legion ship has crashed on Earth "centuries ago". Intending to convert Earth, the surviving Cybermen only manage to upgrade several humans before they are destroyed.
The Ninth Cyber Legion invade London but are destroyed by the Eleventh Doctor. This event is possibly the same as the later mentioned Cybermen invasion of 2012.
Cybus-style Cybermen surround the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS at Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff.
The Twelfth Doctor finds an army of Nightmare in Silver Cybermen created by Missy, who intends to upgrade the Earth. However, converted Danny Pink leads the Cybermen in destroying themselves; soon after, the converted Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart seemingly kills Missy before leaving to parts unknown.
A single Nightmare in Silver Cyberman, possibly Lethbridge-Stewart, is a resident of the Trap Street, London.
Following the first Flux event, the Cyber-Warriors fight for control of what remains of the universe with the Daleks and the Sontarans.
The Cyber-Warriors, along with the Daleks, are tricked into assembling their forces to be destroyed by the final Flux event by the Sontarans, who are themselves destroyed when they are outwitted by the Thirteenth Doctor.

Continued conquests[[edit source]]

The Second Doctor thwarts a plot by CyberTelosians to use the Graviton to destroy all life on Earth from the Moon. These Cybermen identify as descendants of the first space travellers from Mondas and represent a "Cyberman Empire". At this point, humans believe the Cybermen to have died out years ago. (AUDIO: The Early Cybermen)
In the alternate timeline which is ultimately reversed by the Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon, the CyberTelosians successfully upgrade the Second Doctor.
The Second Doctor, accompanied by his grandchildren, infiltrates the Mondasian Cybermen, based at a Cyber Out-post on an unidentified planet.
The Second Doctor fights the Mondasian Cybermen on an unidentified planet with Joe. These Cybermen have a Cyber-Empire and recognise the Doctor.
The Cybermen are of the "late CyberFaction". The encounter with the Second Doctor is recalled in Earthshock.
The Cybermen launch a second attack on the Wheel, but are pulled into the Land of Fiction.
Cyberiad Cybermen launch a failed invasion of the human colony world of Tiestus.
The Second Doctor and his grandchildren elude the Mondasian Cybermen in a Time Museum with exhibits up to 2150.
The Second Doctor, accompanied by his grandchildren, engages a Mondasian Cyberman in an arena operated by a race who capture time travellers.
Occurs some time during the second half of the 22nd century.
Around the year 2190 by Hegelia's reckoning, the CyberNomads' period of proliferation ends. (AUDIO: The Cyber Nomads)
The CyberNomads have recently fought the Vogan War.
CyberNomads make an incursion into the Federation universe but are thwarted by the Fourth Doctor.
Dated 23rd century
Cybus-style Cybermen attempt to combine the Doctor's universe with the Federation universe. Their plot to convert both universes is thwarted by the Eleventh Doctor.
Set during the last days of the Great Cyber War, and ten years later.

The Great Cyber War[[edit source]]

The Cybermen are defeated on Voga, leading to the end of the great cyber war.

Post Cyber War[[edit source]]

The Cyber-War began twenty years ago and has been over for some years.
Joylove is working for Eric Klieg and The Brotherhood of Logicians, setting this before The Tomb of the Cybermen.
The Cybermen have been assumed extinct for five centuries.
Following their defeat in the Cyber-War, the Cybermen are believed by some to have died out. A CyberNomad ship attempts to destroy Voga is thwarted by the Fourth Doctor, resulting in their own destruction.
As hypothesised by Hegelia, another group of CyberNomads come across Telos and revive the CyberTelosians. Combining their respective Cyber-technology, the two groups of Cybermen form a new Cyber-subspecies, the CyberNeomorphs, who proliferate throughout the 26th century. (AUDIO: The Cyber Nomads, PROSE: Killing Ground)

The Orion War[[edit source]]

According to the Eighth Doctor, the Cybermen are all tucked away in their tombs on Telos in the aftermath of the Cyber-War. The Orion War has been ongoing for the last eight years. An old Cybermen destroyer class ship is awoken by the crew of the Vanguard.
Occurs light years from the Orion War front lines.
According to one account, Telos is destroyed by an asteroid impact in the early 26th century. (AUDIO: Telos)
Occurs "over twenty years" into the Orion War, which began in 2495.

26th century war[[edit source]]

Thanks to the Fifth Doctor, the Cybermen fail to stop a conference on Earth which they predict will unite powers against them in a war they will not be able to win. The Cyber-Leader recalls the Doctor's involvement in the events of The Tenth Planet, The Wheel in Space and Revenge of the Cybermen; he is unfamiliar with the Fifth Doctor, only recognising him through the presence of the TARDIS.
According to Hegelia, Attack of the Cybermen takes place after Earthshock. The Cybermen attempt to leave Telos but are defeated by the Sixth Doctor, who destroys the Cyber-Controller. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Cybermen)

Neomorphs in the past[[edit source]]

As the Cybermen attempt to leave Telos in the 26th century, other CyberNeomorphs are planted on Earth. Their aim is to use Halley's Comet comet to destroy the Earth of 1985, thus preventing the destruction of Mondas 1986. However, the plot is thwarted by the Sixth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Cybermen)
As Hegelia suggests, the defeated CyberNeomorphs abandon their base in the London sewers and fall back to the dark side of the Moon, where the early CyberFaction are. Convincing their ancestors to leave the Moon for the asteroid belt, the Neomorphs remain and observe events on Earth. Subtlely changing their form, the Neomorphs become what Hegelia dubs as "CyberIsomorphs", being isolated from their home time. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Cybermen)
The "CyberIsomorphs" attempt to turn Earth into the New Mondas but are defeated by the Seventh Doctor, who destroys their Cyber-Fleet, apparently vanquishing this Cyber-subspecies. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Cybermen)
Dated to 1992 by Warlock's Cross. The Cybermen are Neomorphs.

Back to the future[[edit source]]

Dated by AHistory.
Dated by AHistory.
Set a couple of centuries after The Tomb of the Cybermen to the best of the Fourth Doctor's knowledge. The Cybermen attempt to invade Krelos but are defeated by the Doctor and Leela.

30th century[[edit source]]

The Cybermen from the 30th century visit 1940.

4th millennium[[edit source]]

6th millennium[[edit source]]

The Twelfth Cyber Legion is destroyed by the Eleventh Doctor and Rory Williams.
The Cybermen, identical to those seen in Nightmare in Silver, participate in the 900 year long Siege of Trenzalore.

9th millennium[[edit source]]

In the 82nd century, the Cyber-Empire is led by the Cyber-Emperor. It is "demolished" during the Skeletoid invasion of Mutter's Spiral. The Cybermen are depicted as CyberNeomorphs.

Third Cyberwar[[edit source]]

Set during the early years of the Third Cyberwar, in which the Cybermen face an expanding human empire. The Cybermen are of Cyberiad design and use Cybermats of the type used by the Cyber Legions.
Cybermen of the Eleventh Cyber Legion, with Cyberiad designs, invade various worlds, including the human colony world Agrippina.
Set in the aftermath of the Cybermen's invasion of Agrippina.

The War is ended when humanity destroys the Tiberian Spiral galaxy, leading to the presumed extinction of the Cybermen for a thousand years (TV: Nightmare in Silver)

Later history[[edit source]]

Highly advanced Cybermen, still unable to convert non-humans, travel back in time to 2005, where they attempt to convert Earth. They are destroyed by the Eighth Doctor.

The Last Cybermen[[edit source]]

A Cyber-Warrior emerges through the Time Fracture to Earth in 2020.
Following the Cyber-War, the Cyber-Empire is in ruins. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon) The lone Cyberman, resembling a Cyberiad Cyberman, pursues and ultimately reclaims the Cyberium from Earth in 1816 before returning to the future with the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS in pursuit.
In the immediate aftermath of the Cyber-Wars, both humanity and the Cybermen have been nearly wiped out. As surviving humans attempt to flee from the Cybermen, the lone Cyberman returns to this time with the Cyberium and, joined by Cyber Legion models, discovers a Cyber-Army of "warrior class" troops.
Summoning the Cybermen to Gallifrey, the Master kills the lone Cyberman in order to access the Cyberium. Creating the CyberMasters from the bodies of the dead Time Lords, the Master and his Cyber-Army are apparently destroyed by Ko Sharmus with a Death particle.
Having survived the events on Gallifrey, the Master returns with an army of modified CyberMasters as well as a clone of the lone Cybermen, who assist him in the Master's Dalek Plan. This plot is thwarted by the Doctor, and the Master's Cybermen are seemingly all destroyed.
Authorial intent places Nightmare in Silver "a quarter of a million years into the future"[1] The Cyber-Wars, which appear to be different to the one with Voga, were 1,000 years ago when the Tiberian spiral galaxy was destroyed. Both Cybus and Cyber Legion suits are seen as relics of the war. A new army of Cyberiad Cybermen appear at Hedgewick's World of Wonders but are destroyed, with the exception of a single Cybermite. The Eleventh Doctor's Gallifreyan physiology barely resists cyber-conversion.
The Cyberleader is one of the last Cybermen.
The cyber-technology from The Reaping is used to enhance human medical technology.
Banished from Gallifrey by the Twelfth Doctor, Rassilon joins forces with the Cybermen. Conquering Gallifrey, the Cybermen attack various points in history in a bid to convert all of time and space. Ultimately, the Cybermen betray Rassilon, who works with the Doctor to regenerate the universe, reverting all the damage they had caused.

Pete's World[[edit source]]

Cybus Industries activities go back as early as 2004. (WC: Tardisode 5)
The Tenth Doctor discovers the Cybermen in a parallel Earth, created by Cybus Industries CEO John Lumic. Converted into Cyber-Controller, Lumic intends to upgrade all of humanity but is killed when London's Cybus factory is destroyed. However, other factories existed across the world. Mickey Smith decides to "liberate Paris".
An order is given for the upgrade, and deletion of the incompatible, to commence across the world.
A Cybus factory worker salvages some parts. (PROSE: Going Off the Rails)
The Preachers neutralise the Cybus factory in Paris.
The factory worker's son and a friend use the parts to assemble a Cyberman. Both unfamiliar with the Cyberman, they manage to destroy it before it can upgrade them.
A war is raged across Earth between the Preachers and the Cybermen. Ultimately, the Preachers win and the Cybermen are sealed in their factories.
Over a period of three years, approximately 5 million Cybermen travel through the void to N-Space, resulting in the Battle of Canary Wharf. These Cybermen are eventually sucked back into the Void by the Tenth Doctor.
A group of Cybermen escape from the Void and end up in London in the 1850s, where they are destroyed by the Tenth Doctor.
Lisa Hallett, who was partially converted into a Cyberman at Canary Wharf, is found and killed at Torchwood Three.
Less than half a dozen Cybermen from Canary Wharf attempt to build up the Cyber race but are defeated by the Tenth Doctor.
A new army of Cybus Cybermen are constructed by a thief who stole information from the Torchwood Archive. Turning on and converting the thief, the new Cybermen invade Centuria but are defeated by the Tenth Doctor. However, potential survivors remain.

Third universe[[edit source]]

Cybermen of a third universe attempt to conquer N-Space only to be destroyed by the War Master.

Unplaced[[edit source]]

A Cyberman of the "early CyberFaction" is captured in a miniscope.
A squad of CyberNeomorphs are placed in the Death Zone by Borusa.
The Cybermen are part of the Alliance led by the Supreme Controller, actually the Fifth Doctor, in the war against Morbius. They deem the battle "excellent".
The Cybermen face Ice Warriors on Yama-10. The two species are unfamiliar with one another.
The CyberNeomorphs work with the Daleks in an attempt to invade 1980s Earth, however it is unclear as to whether time travel is involved with their invasion. The Daleks claim to have invaded Earth in the past.
Cybermen that sound like those from The Tenth Planet but have the appearance of those from The Invasion.
The Doctor encounters a Cybermen timesquad which had been dispatched into "the future" before making an emergency exit from the vortex into 500,002. Their distress signal was unanswered, so they then plan to cyberconvert 1942 Earth and bring restart the cyber race in 500,002. The remnants of the squad move between 20th century and the 5001st century every time there is a storm, until 2008. Their origin time is unknown.
Cybus-style Cybermen attempt to capture Dalek weapons bases but are wiped out by the New Dalek Paradigm.
Early members of the CyberFaction use a crude form of time travel to invade Earth in the 19th century.

CyberHive Timeline[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - CyberHive

Discontinuity Guide Timeline[[edit source]]

Main article: Theory:Timeline - The Discontinuity Guide's Cyber History

aHistory Timeline[[edit source]]

This timeline is from the fourth edition of aHistory. Most of the dates given here are speculative.

Footnotes[[edit source]]

  1. ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-05-05/doctor-who-neil-gaiman-sets-the-scene-for-nightmare-in-silver/
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