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| | :''For the Cybermen of the classic series, see [[Mondasian Cyberman]]. For other meanings of Cyberman, see [[Cyberman]].'' |
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| {{Infobox Species | | {{Infobox Species |
| |image = [[Image:Tomb of the cybermen tv.jpg|250px]] | | |image = [[Image:Cyberman2006.jpg|250px]] |
| |Species name = Cyberman | | |Species name = Cyberman |
| |aka = | | |aka = Human.2 |
| |type = [[Cyborg]]s (originally [[Near-Human]]) | | |type = [[Human]]-derived [[cyborg]] |
| |affiliation = The [[Cyber-Force]] | | |affiliation = [[Cybus Industries]] |
| |origin = [[Mondas]] | | |origin = [[Pete's World|Parallel Earth]] |
| |appearances = See [[Mondasian Cybermen - List of Appearances|List of Appearances]] | | |appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Age of Steel]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]''</li><li> ''[[DW]]: [[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' (appears in flashback)</li><li> [[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'' (partially converted)</li><li>[[TDA]]: ''[[Made of Steel]]''</li><li>''[[DW]]:[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'' (Chest Plate)</li></ul> |
| |Mentions = [[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]''
| | |Mentions = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''</li></ul> |
| |individuals= [[Cyber-Controller]]<br>[[Cyber-Leader]]<br>[[Cyber-Lieutenant]]<br>[[Krang]]<br>[[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]] | | |individuals = [[Cyber-Controller]]<br>[[Cyber-Leader]] |
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| :''For the Cybermen of the revived series, see [[Cybus Cybermen]].''
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| The '''Mondasian Cybermen''' were a race of artificially modified [[near-Human]]s. As the name indicates, they originated on the [[planet]] [[Mondas]], [[Earth]]'s [[twin planet]], in the main [[universe]].
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| ==Characteristics==
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| ===Physical characteristics===
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| [[Image:649px-Newcyberman.jpg|thumb|200px|Two Cybermen ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')]]
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| The Cybermen are [[cybernetic]]ally augmented [[humanoids]] . Though the Cybermen varied greatly in design through time, the various versions of the Cybermen had several things in common. Nearly all were silver in colour, though, for stealth purposes, a black variety also existed in the [[London sewers]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''). They also exhibited exposed circuitry and tubing which may contain hydraulic fluids for motion, covering a rubber or mylar like outer skin. Cybermen frequently attempted to increase their numbers by [[cyber-conversion]].
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| :''It seems that the evolution of the Mondasian Cybermen has not proceeded in a linear fashion or in the same way in the same places.''
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| The Cybermen which [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] met on [[Snowcap Base]] in [[1986]] had undergone a less radical conversion and still retained biological hands. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| Cybermen encountered on the [[Moon]]'s surface were entirely covered up in their metallic suits. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
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| :''It is presumed that inside the more advanced Cybermen, there still exist organic components and they are not completely cybernetic, but this has not been confirmed.''
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| The Snowcap Cybermen had a quavering voice which put certain inflection on certain syllables in a seemingly random, sing-song manner. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') Later Cybermen spoke in more of a monotone, emphasizing their lack of emotion. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' onwards)
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| ====Vulnerabilities====
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| Cybermen have a number of major weaknesses, of which the most notable is the element, [[gold]]. Gold, having a non-corrosive nature, chokes their respiratory systems, a property exploited by the [[glittergun]], a weapon used during the [[Cyber-Wars]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'') On occasion, the mere touch of gold seemed toxic to them, with gold coins or gold-tipped arrows able to destroy them. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'') Gold also blocked their sensors and caused the [[cybermat]]s to malfunction. ([[DWN]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| Other weaknesses of the Cybermen include the combination of solvents known as [[Cocktail Polly]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'') and excessive levels of [[radiation]]. (''The Tenth Planet'')
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| Cybermen affected by the [[cerebreton mentor]], an emotion enhancing device, went "mad". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
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| [[Image:500px-Cybermenmoon.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Cybermen on the surface of [[the Moon]] (with cannon) ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')]]
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| ==Weaponry==
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| Cybermen have possessed a variety of short range weapons, some in-built.
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| During their attack on Earth in [[1986]] they had large hand-held energy weapons. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| On the [[Moon]] in [[2070]], Cybermen possessed the power to generate arcs of electricity from their hands which had the power to stun and disable. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
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| In the [[21st century]], the Cybermen who attacked [[Space Station W3]] had death rays built into their chest units. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
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| The Cybermen encountered by [[UNIT]] in the late 20th century had displayed these same built-in weapons as well as also carrying large rifles for medium distance combat. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
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| The Cybermen who attacked the [[Nerva Beacon]] had their weapons built into their helmets, activated with a touch of a hand. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| Other appearances have shown them armed almost exclusively with hand-held [[cyber-gun]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' onwards)
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| ===Other weapons===
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| In [[2070]], the Cybermen possessed a cannon which could operate in vacuum. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'').
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| Cybermen in [[2526]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') and the Cybermen removed by [[Time Scoop]] to the [[Death Zone]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'') had [[cyber-bomb]]s.
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| [[Neurotrope X]] has acted as a means to incapacitate Humans before making an overt move. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''). On some occasions they have used a [[cybermat]] to spread the virus. [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| ==Culture==
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| {{quote|They are utterly ruthless, total machine creatures.|The Doctor|Revenge of the Cybermen}}
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| Cybermen have made "survival" their central objective. Since they cannot reproduce naturally, they must reproduce by other means, via [[cyber-conversion]]. At times they have tended to focus on converting the population of Earth, at other times with simply destroying it. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
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| Cybermen tended toward covert activity, scheming from hiding and using Human or other agents ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') , cybermats or [[android]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') to act as their proxies until they appear.
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| ===Individuality and emotion===
| | {{Quote|We are human-point-2. Every citizen will recieve a free upgrade. You will become like us.|Cybermen.|Rise of the Cybermen}} |
| Throughout their history, Cybermen have, for the most part, lacked individuality or names.
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| Some Cybermen had individual names such as [[Krang]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') or [[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]'')
| | The '''Cybus Cybermen''' originated in [[Pete's World|another universe]], where they were created by [[John Lumic]], the owner of [[Cybus Industries]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'') |
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| :''In the script and cast listings for [[The Tenth Planet]] the individual Cybermen had names. They were [[Krail]], [[Talon]], [[Shav]], [[Krang]], [[Jarl]] and [[Gern]].'' ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'')
| | ==Overview== |
| | {{Quote|You are proof... [...] that emotions destroy you.|Cyber Leader.|Doomsday}} |
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| Cybermen in positions of authority have included the ground level [[Cyber-Leader]], sometimes aided by a [[Cyber-Lieutenant]]. | | They believed that all people must be "Upgraded" to Cyber-form as they were weak. These Cybermen believed that emotions were proof that they destroyed the individual which was why they were converted to remove them. This concept they believed must be shared with others, from Humans to the universe itself. |
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| Immobile [[computer]]-like [[Cyber-Planner]]s have sometimes made decisions ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'', ''[[The Invasion]]''). The [[Cyber-Controller]]s, with an enlarged cranium, had, possibly, the position of highest possible authority. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
| | Conversion involved removing the brain of the subject and placing it within a suit of armour. This process was horrific with screams often being heard by the victims that were forcibly subjected through the procedure. Once complete, the newly developed Cyberman had a special implant placed within their brains which prevented them from feeling their emotions or registering their past memories making them cold calculating machines. However, if the implants were disrupted then the Cybermen entered into a traumatic state as they were overloaded by the pain of the conversion resulting in them dying in agony or their heads exploding from the overload of emotions. |
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| :''Only one Cyber-Controller ever appeared at one time.''
| | Typically, Cybermen were lead by [[Cyber Leader]]s during conversion missions. If the Cyber Leader was terminated then the Cybermen downloaded the shared files and nominated a new Cyber Leader. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Origin of the Cybermen===
| | {{Quote|This broadcast is for humankind. Cybermen now occupy every landmass on this planet; but you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex, and class, and colour, and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us.|Cyber Leader.|Doomsday}} |
| Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of [[Near-Human]]s originating on [[Earth]]'s former [[twin planet]], [[Mondas]], which was knocked out of solar orbit and drifted into deep [[space]]. The natives began to implant more and more [[cybernetic]] parts into their bodies. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'')
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| Another account says that Mondas originated on the planet [[Marinus]] and that the Cybermen originated as a species called [[Voord]] that, through the use of [[Worldshaper]] devices manipulated time to speed up their evoloution. In the "sped up" future they implanted themselves with more and more cybernetic parts. Also Marinus changed and became Mondas.([[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]'')
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| :''Possibly, Cybermen did evolve on the not very Earth-like Marinus, ventured into space and persuaded the Mondasians to also convert themselves into Cybermen. This theory, however, remains speculative and only an attempt to resolve the conflicting accounts.''
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| ===The 20th Century and Early 21th Century===
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| Mondas acquired a drive propulsion system in place of the [[planet]]'s core to move the entire world. As the original Cybermen were limited in numbers and were continually being depleted, the Cybermen decided to invade [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Ace]] fought Cybermen in [[1940]] [[London]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'') The same team would fight them in [[1950s]] [[Nevada]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Good Soldier]]'')
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| By [[1970]] or before, Cybermen had established a base on the dark side of [[the Moon]]. The [[Cyber-Planner]] had contacted the industrialist [[Tobias Vaughn]], the head of the [[International Electromatics]] corporation. The Cybermen had him install mind control circuits in electrical appliances manufactured by his company, paving the way for a ground invasion. They had also grafted cybernetic arms onto several of his workers. Vaughn had a [[Cyber-Planner]] installed in his office and communicated with it.
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| The plot was uncovered by the newly formed [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] and by [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] who assisted in beating off the invasion both on the ground and from the Cyberman base on the Moon. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'').
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| :''These Cybermen had evolved considerably from Mondasian form and from the Cybermen which would invade Earth in 1986. The exact date of this invasion remains unknown, though estimates range of its date range from [[1969]] to [[1979]]''
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| [[Image:Invasion.jpg|thumb|Cybermen prowl the [[sewer]]s of [[London]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')]]
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| From the mid [[1970s]] to [[1985]], Cybermen lurked in the sewers below London, awaiting another invasion, which would come in [[1986]]. One Cyberman's head was taken and was stored in [[Henry van Statten]]'s [[the Vault|artefact collection]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
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| :''According to its label, it was recovered from the [[London]] sewers in [[1975]], though its design seems subtly anachronistic for its era and more typical of the designs seen in the post-Cyber Wars era.''
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| Cybermen in the future, having captured a [[time vessel]], knew that [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] would destroy Mondas, so planned, instead, to divert [[Halley's Comet]] towards Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
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| In [[December]] 1986, [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] met an advance force of Cybermen that landed near [[Snowcap Base]] in [[Antarctica]]. This advance force was to prepare for the return of Mondas to the [[Sol system]] and the draining of Earth's energy for the use of the Cybermen. Mondas absorbed too much energy and was destroyed, as were the Cybermen on Earth who depended on Mondas for power. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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| In [[November]] [[1988]] a fleet of Cyber warships was assembled to turn Earth into New Mondas now that their homeworld had been destroyed. A scouting party was sent to Earth in search of a statue made of [[validium]] called [[Nemesis]], a [[Time Lord]] weapon. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
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| In [[2006]], Cybermen once more invaded the [[South Pole]] of Earth. ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'')
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| In [[2070]], by which time Earth's weather was being controlled by the [[Gravitron]] installation on the [[Moon]], Cybermen planned to use the Gravitron to disrupt the planet's weather patterns and destroy all life on the planet. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
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| In the middle to late [[21st century]], the [[Space Station W3]] was the site of a takeover by Cybermen on [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
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| [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] encountered Cybermen in [[2191]] ([[MA]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]'')
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| In [[2526]] several planets would unite in war against the Cybermen in an event called the [[Cyber-Wars]]. A force of Cybermen tried to devastate Earth using a [[Cyberbomb]] and convert the survivors. Failing this, they hoped to crash the freighter into Earth and cause an ecological disaster. Although the attempt failed, the freighter was catapulted back in time to become the "[[meteor]]" that wiped out the [[dinosaur]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]') One of the last acts of the Cybermen during this war was blow up the planet [[Voga]] in order to stop the production of [[glittergun]]s. ([[DWN]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') Following the [[Cyber-Wars]] the Cybermen had been reduced to scattered remnants groups around [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]. Several centuries later, one group returned to the [[Sol system]] in order to destroy [[Voga]], the "planet of gold". ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| The Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the planet [[Telos]] uncovered their Tombs. In the Tombs, they they waited, in [[cryogenic suspension]], ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
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| On Telos, the Cybermen plotted to change history and, as already noted, divert Halley's Comet to Earth in order to destroy it and to save Mondas. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
| | They crossed the void by following a [[void ship]] constructed by the [[Cult of Skaro]]. They then entered into a war with the [[Daleks]], while simultaneously attempting to upgrade the population of the Earth. The [[Tenth Doctor]], aided by [[Rose Tyler]], was able to return and trap both the Cybermen and Dalek in the Void. |
| :''As noted previously, these actions would have repercussions in the year 1985.''
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| ===Final evolution===
| | The Cybermen however had attempted to boost their numbers in the "[[Battle of Canary Wharf]]" by upgrading humans from our own universe, in a method similar to that used by the [[Mondasian Cybermen]], wherein metallic parts were molded to a complete human body. ([[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'') |
| By the [[101st Century]], the Cybermen had nearly died out. Several centuries before that, they choose a new name for their species and became pacifists. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Synthespians™]]'')
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| Transcending into pure energy, they would ultimately redeem the whole of sentient life. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]'')
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| Later Cybermen used rain that caused extreme emotions (sadness, fear, anger) in an attempt to convert the peoples of the world. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Flood]]'')
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| | {{Quote|Delete! Delete!|The battle-cry of the Cybus Cybermen.|Rise of the Cybermen}} |
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| ===[[Rassilon Era]]===
| | Unlike the [[Mondasian Cybermen]], these Cybermen were created by taking the brain of [[human]]s and placing them in robotic bodies. These exo-structures were stauncher and more heavily built than Mondasian Cybermen, and so far the common Cyberman weakness for gold has not been confirmed for this particular breed of Cyberman. These new Cybermen were without a [[Cyber-Leader]] after their creator [[John Lumic]] was slain. Their only weapons were their electrified hands and a small wrist-mounted energy weapon. They were also programed with a computer chip that disabled them from having emotion or sense of feeling (though it can be shut down with the code 6879760), to prevent them realizing what they are. |
| *During the [[Dark Times]] on [[Gallifrey]], the Cybermen were excluded from the Death Zone games, possibly out of fear that they would pose a threat to the Time Lords should they escape. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| *[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] projected an image of a Cybermen to the Time Lord tribunal as an example of the enemies he had fought to protect the innocent. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')
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| *[[Borusa]] transported a Cyberman squadron to the [[Death Zone]] to threaten and harry [[the Doctor]]'s various incarnations. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| | When they crossed the [[Void]] and entered our world, they now had built-in lasers and were under the leadership of a [[Cyber-Leader]]. When one Cyber-Leader is slain, the Cybermen just download the rank into another and therefore always have a leader. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]''/''[[Doomsday]]'') |
| * A Cyberman was among the life-forms exhibited in Vorg's [[Miniscope]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'').
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| [[Image:Miniscope.jpg|thumb|200px|A Cyberman inside [[Vorg]]'s [[Miniscope]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')]]
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| *Several different accounts exist of the origins of the Cybermen which contradict each other in minor or in some cases, major, ways.
| | The Cybus Cybermen return for the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special however it is not confirmed whether they are our universes Mondas Cybermen or the Parallel Cybus Cybermen- ''The teaser trailer on the BBC website shows the big C on the chest, so they must be Cybus Cybermen''. Also a unique Cyberman with a cloak, bronze face, shaggy black hair or fur, and diamond shaped handles on it's heads was seen during location filming for the Christmas Special. Fans have dubbed this new character a "Cyberwraith." |
| *The degree to which Cybermen do or do not retain emotions also differs.
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| *On [[Telos]], the Doctor seemed to have knowledge, if not foreknowledge of the Cyber-tombs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') This might suggest that before he met [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], the Doctor had encountered the Cybercontroller before.
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| ==See Also==
| | {{Series 2 aliens}} |
| *[[Gallery of Cybermen#Mondasian Cybermen|Cybermen Gallery]]
| | {{Cyberman stories}} |
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