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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* It is never made clear whether these Cybermen are of the [[Mondasian]] or [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybus]] variety, although they use the phrase "upgrade" and one of Webley's Cybermen being similar to the ones from ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'' with his other two having the Cybus logo like the ones from [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]. Webley's explanation that the Cybermen have adapted and that the new model will be unstoppable may hint that the two types of Cybermen have encountered each other and merged their technology. This would explain why Cybus-like versions had Mondasian ships in ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' and ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'', why two of Webley's models have the Cybus logo, and why the [[Cyber-Wars]] lasted longer than has been previously stated. | * It is never made clear whether these Cybermen are of the [[Mondasian]] or [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybus]] variety, although they use the phrase "upgrade" and one of Webley's Cybermen being similar to the ones from ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'' with his other two having the Cybus logo like the ones from [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]. Webley's explanation that the Cybermen have adapted and that the new model will be unstoppable may hint that the two types of Cybermen have encountered each other and merged their technology. This would explain why Cybus-like versions had Mondasian ships in ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' and ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'', why two of Webley's models have the Cybus logo, and why the [[Cyber-Wars]] lasted longer than has been previously stated. | ||
* It can be demonstrated that there has seen two Cyber-Wars involving two different evolutions of Cybermen. The First Cyber War started in 2526 when the Earth Alliance held a conference to defeat the Cybermen as seen in ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' and was cleared concluded by the time of their attack on Voga in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' when the Fourth Doctor verbally spars with the Cyberleader, telling him that the victory of human ingenuity prevailed during the Cyberwars when the Cybermen were nearly wiped out. Although there is no date for this encounter it is prior to his visit to ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'' which is dated late 29th or early 30th century by the Fourth Doctor. This Cyber-War involved the [[Mondasian]] Cybermen, whose remnant as suggested above must have met the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybus]] and began to share technology and upgrade themselves, losing the Cybus symbol etc. These “new” Cybermen existed in 5133 as seen in ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)| A Good Man Goes To War]]'' and if as the text reads that they have been extinct one thousand years prior to this story then this dates the story well after 6133 and hence must be concerned with a Second Cyber-War. | |||
* The Doctor can play [[chess]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'', ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''). Also, the [[Time Lord]]s inventing chess was a query first considered by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dreams of Empire (novel)|Dreams of Empire]]'') | * The Doctor can play [[chess]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'', ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''). Also, the [[Time Lord]]s inventing chess was a query first considered by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dreams of Empire (novel)|Dreams of Empire]]'') | ||
* This is not the Doctor's first encounter with a Cyberman purported to be an automated game-playing machine. When the [[Eighth Doctor]] encountered the [[The Turk|Silver Turk]], a [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]], it too attacked its 'controllers'. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | * This is not the Doctor's first encounter with a Cyberman purported to be an automated game-playing machine. When the [[Eighth Doctor]] encountered the [[The Turk|Silver Turk]], a [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]], it too attacked its 'controllers'. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | ||