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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             =  
|image   = Gern Cybermondan.jpeg
|species           = CyberMondan
|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]]'')
'''[[Cyber-Controller]]''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'') '''Gern''' was a [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cyberman]] and one of the four [[Cyber-Leader]]s who led the [[Cyberman invasion of Earth (The Tenth Planet)|invasion]] of [[Earth]].
 
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 Cybermen around the world 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]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Cyber-Controller giving orders in Flower Power.jpg|thumb|The Cyber-Controller as seen in ''Flower Power''.]]
[[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.
* A supreme [[Cyber-Controller (Flower Power)|Cyber-Controller]] of the Mondasian Cybermen 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. It is unclear if he was intended to be a surviving Gern, or his successor following the destruction of Mondas.
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Revision as of 10:48, 28 April 2021

Cyber-Controller (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet) Gern was a Mondasian Cyberman and one of the four Cyber-Leaders who led the invasion of Earth.

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

Behind the scenes

The Cyber-Controller as seen in Flower Power.