:''For the Cybermen of [[Pete's World]], see [[Cyberman (Pete's World)]]. See also [[Cyberman (disambiguation)]].''
:''For other meanings of Cyberman, see [[Cyberman (disambiguation)]].''
The '''Cybermen''' of [[the Doctor]]'s [[universe]] were a race of artificially modified [[near-Human]]s which originated on the [[planet]] [[Mondas]], [[Earth]]'s [[twin planet]].
{{Quote|You are inferior. Man will be reborn as Cyberman, but you will perish under maximum deletion.|Cyberman|Rise of the Cybermen}}
The '''Cybus Cybermen''' originated in [[Pete's World|another universe]], where they were created by [[John Lumic]], the owner of [[Cybus Industries]]. They believed that all people must be "upgraded" to Cyber-form, removing their emotional and physical weakness.
==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
===Physical characteristics===
[[Cyber-conversion]] involved painfully removing the [[brain]] of the subject and placing it within a suit of armour. Once complete, the newly developed Cyberman had a special implant placed within them, which prevented them from feeling their emotions. 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'') ([[DW]]: ''[[The Age of Steel]]'')
[[Image:649px-Newcyberman.jpg|thumb|200px|Two Cybermen ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')]]
The Cybermen were [[cyborg|cybernetically]] augmented [[humanoid]]s. 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]].
:''It seems that the evolution of the Cybermen has not proceeded in a linear fashion or in the same way in the same places.''
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]]'')
Cybermen encountered on [[the Moon]]'s surface were entirely covered up in their metallic suits. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
:''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.''
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)
[[Image:Damaged by gunfire.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Some Cybermen can be damaged (but not killed) by ordinary gunfire. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')]]
====Vulnerabilities====
Cybermen had a number of major weaknesses, of which the most notable was the element [[gold]]. Gold, having a non-corrosive nature, choked 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]]'')
Other weaknesses of the Cybermen included the combination of solvents known as [[Polly Cocktail]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'') and excessive levels of [[radiation]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
Cybermen affected by the [[Cerebration Mentor]], an emotion enhancing device, went "mad". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')
==Technology==
===Technology===
The Cybermen forces in [[2526]] employed the use of the Cyberlance, a powerful hand-held cutting weapon. They also made use of the Cyberscope, an observation device that allowed Cyber commanders to both view the battlefield remotely and access a computer database (containing, at least, information on their race's encounters with [[the Doctor]]). ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
===Weapons (Short Range)===
Cybermen have possessed a variety of short range weapons, some in-built.
During their attack on Earth in [[1986]] they had large hand-held energy weapons. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'')
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]]'')
In the [[21st century]], the Cybermen who attacked [[Space Station W3]] had death rays built into their chest units. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
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]]'')
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]]'')
Other appearances have shown them armed almost exclusively with hand-held [[cyber-gun]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' onwards)
[[Image:500px-Cybermenmoon.jpg|200px|thumb|Cybermen on the surface of [[the Moon]] (with cannon) ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')]]
===Weapons (Other)===
In [[2070]], the Cybermen possessed a cannon which could operate in vacuum. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
Cybermen in [[2526]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') and the Cybermen removed by [[Time Scoop]] to the [[Death Zone]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'') had [[cyber-bomb]]s.
[[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]]'')
==Culture==
''"Cybermen do not subscribe to any theory of morality."''-Cyberleader
Cybermen made "survival" their central objective. Since they could not reproduce naturally, they needed to 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]]'')
The Cyber-suit was most likely constructed from steel. A chest plate with the Cybus Industries logo housed a "heart of steel", the function of which is unclear, and the emotional inhibitor chip. The brain was contained within the head. Artificially grown nervous tissue was threaded throughout the body so the Cyberman responded like a fully biological organism. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Age of Steel]]'')
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.
Without a brain inserted, the Cyber-suit was a robot which apparently had sufficient processing capacity to pursue and attack a human target. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Age of Steel]]'')
===Individuality and emotion===
Typically, Cybermen were led by a [[Cyber-Leader (Cybus)|Cyber Leader]] during conversion missions. If the Cyber Leader was terminated then the Cybermen downloaded the shared files and nominated a new Cyber Leader. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
Throughout their history, Cybermen have, for the most part, lacked individuality or names.
Some Cybermen had individual names such as [[Krang]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') or [[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman]]'')
===Weapons and Technology===
Unlike the [[Cybermen]] of the main universe, 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 the Cybermen of Mondas, and the Cyberman weakness for [[gold]] was present in the early development of the Cybermen, but eliminated.
:''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]]'')
:''There has not been any mention that these Cybermen ever had a weakness related to gold.''
Cybermen in positions of authority have included the ground level [[Cyber-Leader]], sometimes aided by a [[Cyber-Lieutenant]]. 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]]'')
Originally, their only weapons were their electrified hands, ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'') but they later gained a small wrist-mounted energy weapon ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]''). To prevent them from realizing what they were, the Cybermen were programmed with a computer chip that prevented them from having emotions or a sense of feeling. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'')
:''Only one Cyber-Controller ever appeared at one time.''
The Cybermen were capable of wirelessly communicating with each other, and when a Cyber-Leader was killed, their files were transferred to an appointed Cyberman, who would subsequently be upgraded to a new Cyber-Leader. They also capable of using [[infostamp]]s, allowing them to communicate information to other Cybermen when they were low on power. They were also able to steal other technology from the [[Dalek]]s while in the [[Void]], such as a [[Dimension Vault]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'')
==History==
==History==
===Early history===
The Cybermen were created in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]] by [[John Lumic]], a terminally ill and insane genius. To find a way to survive, he perfected a method to sustain the Human brain indefinitely in a cradle of chemicals, bonding the synaptic impulses to a metal exoskeleton. Lumic began to trick and abduct homeless people and convert them into Cybermen, and later assassinated the [[President of Great Britain|President]] of [[Great Britain]] after the President rejected his plans.
====Origin and evolution of the Cybermen====
Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of [[Near-Human]]s who originated on [[Earth]]'s former [[twin planet]], [[Mondas]]. Mondas drifted into the outer solar system and to survive, the natives of that world adapted by turning themselves into cyborgs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') Eventually, all of the [[Mondasian]]s underwent forced [[cyber-conversion]].([[BFA]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'')
:''See [[Creation of the Cybermen]] for more details''
====The three Cybermen sub-groups====
One group, the [[CyberMondasian]]s, who retained more of their organic form, and still had personal names. Another group, the [[CyberFaction]], left Mondas and headed for [[Planet 14]]. These eventually developed into separate groups without connection with one another. ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'') Yet another, the [[CyberNomad]]s, would eventually head out in space. ([[MA]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]'')
====Mobility of Mondas====
Mondas developed 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]]'')
====Later history====
=====[[20th century]]=====
======Early to mid-20th century======
[[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]]'')
======Later 20th century======
By [[1970]] or before, Cybermen, specifically the CyberFaction led by a [[Cyber-Planner]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'') had established a base on the dark side of [[the Moon|Earth's 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. The plot was uncovered by the newly formed [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] 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]]'').
:''The exact date of this invasion remains unknown, though estimates range of its date range from [[1969]] to [[1979]]. It occurred a few years after the formation of UNIT.''
[[Image:Invasion.jpg|thumb|Cybermen prowl the [[sewer]]s of [[London]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')]]
From the mid [[1970s]] through [[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|Vault]], where he collected alien artefacts. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
:''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.''
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]]'')
In [[December]] [[1986]], [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] met an advance force of CyberMondasians 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]]'') Following the destruction of Mondas, the Cyberman would make [[Lonsis]] their new home. ([[BFA]]/[[BBCR]]: ''[[Human Resources]]'')
In [[November]] [[1988]] a [[Cyber-fleet]] of another faction 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]]'')
=====[[21st century]]=====
======Early 21st century=====
Roughly in the mid-[[2000s]], Cybermen from the future (see below) would use [[time travel]] to return to Earth to announce them to the public. They hoped to flood Earth. The survivors would then, the Cybermen believed, willingly undergo cyber-conversion. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Flood]]'')
In [[2006]], Cybermen once more invaded the [[South Pole]] of Earth. ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'') In the same year, the Cybermen on Lonsis tried to invade Earth via the [[portal]] in the main branch of [[Hulbert Logistics]]. [[Lucie Miller]] managed to destroy them by using a [[quantum crystalliser]] to make the Cybermen and their ship rapidly rust to dust. This would see the last of the original Cybermen. ([[BFA]]/[[BBCR]]: ''[[Human Resources]]'')
In the middle to late [[21st century]], [[Space Station W3]] was the site of a takeover by Cybermen on [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
In [[2070]], by which time Earth's weather was being controlled by the [[Gravitron]] installation in the [[Moonbase]], Cybermen planned to use the Gravitron to disrupt the planet's weather patterns and destroy all life on the planet. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'')
=====Post-21st century=====
[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] encountered Cybermen in [[2191]] ([[MA]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]'')
The Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the planet [[Telos]] found the [[CyberTombs]], where hordes of Cybermen waited in [[cryogenic suspension]]. This tomb was sealed again ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') and re-activated ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''). It was also not the only CyberTomb. There were dozens across the galaxy and more wars were started off. [[Bernice Summerfield]], who spoke of the Telos expedition in the past tense, discovered one in the early [[27th century]]. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus]]'')
=====Cyber-Wars=====
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]]'')
======Aftermath=====
One of the last acts of the Cybermen during this war was attempt to blow up the planet [[Voga]] in order to stop the production of [[glittergun]]s. ([[DWN]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''). In the aftermath of their failure, the Cybermen were reduced to the scattered remnants ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'').
[[Image:St--4d33.jpg|thumb|[[Cybermen]] and [[Cyber-Leader|their leader]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')]]
===Later history===
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. This would lead to their loss of Telos.([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
:''As noted previously, these actions would have repercussions in the year 1985.''
At some point, Telos was shattered by an [[asteroid]] impact. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Telos (audio drama)]]'')
During the [[Orion War]] between humanity and a race of [[android]]s, both sides would attempt to use the long-dormant Cybermen to win the war. This would lead to both races nearly wiped out and the temporary conquest of Earth before the Cybermen resurgance was stopped. (BFA: ''[[Sword of Orion]]'', ''[[Cyberman (audio series)]]'')
By [[3286]], the Cybermen had been thought dead for centuries. The Cybermen eventually developed into cyborgs indistinuishable visually from Humans. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Real Time]]'') Later Cybermen would again use time travel and return back in time circa the [[2000s]] to convert it. They used rain that caused extreme emotions (sadness, fear, anger) in an attempt to convert the peoples of the world. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Flood]]'')
===Final evolution===
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™]]'')
Transcending into pure energy, the Cybermen would ultimately redeem the whole of sentient life and become the most peace loving-species in the whole of creation. THe ([[DWM]]: ''[[The World Shapers]]'')
Using the [[EarPod]]s he designed and sold, Lumic took mental control of the people of [[London]], marching thousands to be cyber-converted. After his life-support systems were damaged by his assistant [[Crane (Pete's World)|Mr. Crane]], Lumic was converted into the Cyber-Controller. However, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his companions, having accidentally landed on the parallel Earth, managed to foil his plans. They freed London from mental control and disabled the Cybermen's emotional inhibitors, causing them to go insane and in some cases explode. Lumic himself fell to his apparent death into the burning remains of his factory. A human resistance group, [[the Preachers]], then set about to clean up the remainder of Lumic's factories around the world. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel]]'')
===Other historical information===
:''At some point after this, the Cybermen upgraded themselves with ranged energy weapons.''
During the [[Dark Times]] on [[Gallifrey]], the Cybermen were excluded from the games held in the [[Death Zone]], possibly out of fear that they would pose a threat to the Time Lords should they escape. [[Borusa]], nevertheless, having found the [[Game of Rassilon]], transported a Cyberman squadron to the Death Zone to threaten and harass [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
==Other information==
Despite this, some of the Cybermen survived and were able to infiltrate [[Torchwood Institute]]. They found a crack in the universe, caused by the passage of the [[Void Ship]]. The Cybermen were able to travel from their dimension into ours, and infiltrated the planet in the disguise as the benign ghosts of deceased Humans. They established a base inside the [[Torchwood Tower]] at [[Canary Wharf]]. While there, they started making some new Cybermen, using purely Earth materials from our universe.
===Minor appearances===
An image of a Cyberman is one of the fears pulled from the Doctor's mind when he faces the Keller machine. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'') A Cyberman was among the life-forms exhibited in Vorg's [[Miniscope]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
[[Image:Miniscope.jpg|thumb|200px|A Cyberman inside [[Vorg]]'s [[Miniscope]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')]]
===Mysteries and discrepancies===
After two months (three years in parallel Earth time), the Cybermen suddenly appeared in their true form, occupying every landmass on the planet before breaking into houses and promising to upgrade all Humans, commanded by the new Cyber-Leader. Simultaneously, the [[Cult of Skaro]] had exited the Void Ship with the [[Genesis Ark]]. The Cult, led by [[Dalek Sec]] communicated with the Cybermen via [[Dalek Thay]] and declared war, or in Dalek Sec's words, "pest control".
*On [[Telos]], [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] seemed to have knowledge, if not foreknowledge of the Cyber-Tombs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') The [[Cyber-Planner]]'s reference to having met the Doctor on [[Planet 14]] also remains obscure ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''), though one account tries to explain this in a way which contradicts previously disclosed information about the [[creation of the Cybermen]]'' ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Worldshapers]]'')
==Behind the Scenes==
After a skirmish Humans versus Cybermen versus Daleks, the Cult travelled to the main room in Torchwood Tower Canary Wharf, elevated outside above the roof, and opened the Genesis Ark, releasing millions of Daleks who, under Sec's command, proceeded to "exterminate all life-forms below", killing Human and Cyberman alike. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]'') Towards the end of the Cybermen/Dalek battle, the Cyberman, desperate for more troops, begin directly converting people rather than transplanting their brains into Cybershells. One victim of this process was [[Lisa Hallett]], girlfriend of [[Ianto Jones]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'') Eventually, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] opened the Void, sucking all the Daleks and Cybermen who had been in the Void back into it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
===Inspiration for the Cybermen===
The idea from the Cybermen came from [[Kit Pedlar]]'s interest in new medical advances and his fears as to where they might possibly lead. Earlier conceptions of the Cyberman design would have emphasized the "man" part of the equation, but the proposed design would have cost too much money. Indeed, the televised version of ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' featured much more human-like Cybermen, who had human hands.
Prologues to certain [[Target Books]] novelisations reflect the earlier ideas about the Cybermen, which state that perfected the science of cybernetics as a means to gain immortality. The Cybermen were the result: immortal, but at the cost of losing their humanity.
However, this was not the last of the Cybermen. The Cybermen that were made on Earth, like Lisa Hallett, had never passed through the Void, therefore they were not sucked in. Ianto took Lisa away from the battle and hide her in the basement of [[Cardiff]]'s [[Torchwood Three]] facility, setting up a life-support system, planning to restore her humanity. He was unsuccessful, as she killed Dr. [[Tanizaki]], fought with Torchwood staff and eventually transplanted her brain into the body of a pizza delivery girl. ([[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'')
===Development of the characters===
After the battle, two boys, [[Harry]] and [[Sam]], were working on a model train set when they found stuff from Harry's dad's previous job. Inside the box was a Cyberman, in all his individual pieces. Not knowing what it was, Sam decided to put it back together so it could watch them play. Eventually, it awoke, threatening to upgrade both Harry and Sam. It forced Sam to help build a "Cyber-Conversion Unit" using the other leftover electronics from the Torchwood Tower in the box. They were converted into Cybermen and were some of the first of the new cyber empire ([[DWF]]: ''[[Going Off the Rails]]'')
The second appearance of the Cybermen in ''[[The Moonbase]]'' (pre-planned by the production team even before ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' had aired), re-designed them rather radically, making them appear much more [[robot]]-like in appearance. The Cybermen went through another major re-design in ''[[The Invasion]]'' and yet another in ''[[Earthshock]]''.
===Later developments===
Due to the Daleks' damaging the barriers between realities ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''), the Cybermen were able to escape the Void, assisted by technology stolen from the Void-trapped Daleks. Landing accidentally in [[1851]] London, they made an alliance with the human Miss [[Mercy Hartigan|Hartigan]], created a minion race known as [[Cybershade]]s and began construction of a dreadnought robot called the [[CyberKing]] with which they planned to conquer the Earth. They also came across [[Jackson Lake]] and his family, during which time an [[infostamp]] was misused, leading to Lake believing he was [[the Doctor]]. Lake and his new companion tried to defeat them, but were unsuccessful until the real Doctor arrived. When Miss Hartigan was converted into the Cyberking and the ship became mobile, the Doctor showed Hartigan what she had done and in her rage she destroyed herself and the Cybermen. They were stopped and destroyed, with the CyberKing being sent to be disintegrated in the Time Vortex. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'')
As of [[2009]], the original Cybermen have yet to appear in the revived TV series. The new series has acknowledged them on screen once in the form of the head of a Cyberman, which is examined with fondness by the [[Ninth Doctor]] in ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. [[Jack Harkness]] also mentions the Cybermen of his universe in ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', which does not, however, feature them. The Daleks also acknowledge that the alternate-Earth Cybermen they encounter in ''[[Doomsday]]'' are not the ones they are familiar with. The online ''[[Captain Jack's Monster Files]]'' feature has Jack refer to the Cybermen and speaks as if he was present during the Cyber-Wars.
You are inferior. Man will be reborn as Cyberman, but you will perish under maximum deletion.Cyberman [Rise of the Cybermen [src]]
The Cybus Cybermen originated in another universe, where they were created by John Lumic, the owner of Cybus Industries. They believed that all people must be "upgraded" to Cyber-form, removing their emotional and physical weakness.
Characteristics
Cyber-conversion involved painfully removing the brain of the subject and placing it within a suit of armour. Once complete, the newly developed Cyberman had a special implant placed within them, which prevented them from feeling their emotions. 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. (DW: Rise of the Cybermen) (DW: The Age of Steel)
The Cyber-suit was most likely constructed from steel. A chest plate with the Cybus Industries logo housed a "heart of steel", the function of which is unclear, and the emotional inhibitor chip. The brain was contained within the head. Artificially grown nervous tissue was threaded throughout the body so the Cyberman responded like a fully biological organism. (DW: The Age of Steel)
Without a brain inserted, the Cyber-suit was a robot which apparently had sufficient processing capacity to pursue and attack a human target. (DW: The Age of Steel)
Typically, Cybermen were led by a Cyber Leader during conversion missions. If the Cyber Leader was terminated then the Cybermen downloaded the shared files and nominated a new Cyber Leader. (DW: Doomsday)
Weapons and Technology
Unlike the Cybermen of the main universe, these Cybermen were created by taking the brain of humans and placing them in robotic bodies. These exo-structures were stauncher and more heavily built than the Cybermen of Mondas, and the Cyberman weakness for gold was present in the early development of the Cybermen, but eliminated.
There has not been any mention that these Cybermen ever had a weakness related to gold.
Originally, their only weapons were their electrified hands, (DW: Rise of the Cybermen) but they later gained a small wrist-mounted energy weapon (DW: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday). To prevent them from realizing what they were, the Cybermen were programmed with a computer chip that prevented them from having emotions or a sense of feeling. (DW: Rise of the Cybermen)
The Cybermen were capable of wirelessly communicating with each other, and when a Cyber-Leader was killed, their files were transferred to an appointed Cyberman, who would subsequently be upgraded to a new Cyber-Leader. They also capable of using infostamps, allowing them to communicate information to other Cybermen when they were low on power. They were also able to steal other technology from the Daleks while in the Void, such as a Dimension Vault. (DW: The Next Doctor)
History
The Cybermen were created in a parallel universe by John Lumic, a terminally ill and insane genius. To find a way to survive, he perfected a method to sustain the Human brain indefinitely in a cradle of chemicals, bonding the synaptic impulses to a metal exoskeleton. Lumic began to trick and abduct homeless people and convert them into Cybermen, and later assassinated the President of Great Britain after the President rejected his plans.
Using the EarPods he designed and sold, Lumic took mental control of the people of London, marching thousands to be cyber-converted. After his life-support systems were damaged by his assistant Mr. Crane, Lumic was converted into the Cyber-Controller. However, the Doctor and his companions, having accidentally landed on the parallel Earth, managed to foil his plans. They freed London from mental control and disabled the Cybermen's emotional inhibitors, causing them to go insane and in some cases explode. Lumic himself fell to his apparent death into the burning remains of his factory. A human resistance group, the Preachers, then set about to clean up the remainder of Lumic's factories around the world. (DW: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel)
At some point after this, the Cybermen upgraded themselves with ranged energy weapons.
Despite this, some of the Cybermen survived and were able to infiltrate Torchwood Institute. They found a crack in the universe, caused by the passage of the Void Ship. The Cybermen were able to travel from their dimension into ours, and infiltrated the planet in the disguise as the benign ghosts of deceased Humans. They established a base inside the Torchwood Tower at Canary Wharf. While there, they started making some new Cybermen, using purely Earth materials from our universe.
After two months (three years in parallel Earth time), the Cybermen suddenly appeared in their true form, occupying every landmass on the planet before breaking into houses and promising to upgrade all Humans, commanded by the new Cyber-Leader. Simultaneously, the Cult of Skaro had exited the Void Ship with the Genesis Ark. The Cult, led by Dalek Sec communicated with the Cybermen via Dalek Thay and declared war, or in Dalek Sec's words, "pest control".
After a skirmish Humans versus Cybermen versus Daleks, the Cult travelled to the main room in Torchwood Tower Canary Wharf, elevated outside above the roof, and opened the Genesis Ark, releasing millions of Daleks who, under Sec's command, proceeded to "exterminate all life-forms below", killing Human and Cyberman alike. (DW: Army of Ghosts / Doomsday) Towards the end of the Cybermen/Dalek battle, the Cyberman, desperate for more troops, begin directly converting people rather than transplanting their brains into Cybershells. One victim of this process was Lisa Hallett, girlfriend of Ianto Jones. (TW: Cyberwoman) Eventually, the Doctor and Rose Tyler opened the Void, sucking all the Daleks and Cybermen who had been in the Void back into it. (DW: Doomsday)
However, this was not the last of the Cybermen. The Cybermen that were made on Earth, like Lisa Hallett, had never passed through the Void, therefore they were not sucked in. Ianto took Lisa away from the battle and hide her in the basement of Cardiff's Torchwood Three facility, setting up a life-support system, planning to restore her humanity. He was unsuccessful, as she killed Dr. Tanizaki, fought with Torchwood staff and eventually transplanted her brain into the body of a pizza delivery girl. (TW: Cyberwoman)
After the battle, two boys, Harry and Sam, were working on a model train set when they found stuff from Harry's dad's previous job. Inside the box was a Cyberman, in all his individual pieces. Not knowing what it was, Sam decided to put it back together so it could watch them play. Eventually, it awoke, threatening to upgrade both Harry and Sam. It forced Sam to help build a "Cyber-Conversion Unit" using the other leftover electronics from the Torchwood Tower in the box. They were converted into Cybermen and were some of the first of the new cyber empire (DWF: Going Off the Rails)
Due to the Daleks' damaging the barriers between realities (DW: The Stolen Earth), the Cybermen were able to escape the Void, assisted by technology stolen from the Void-trapped Daleks. Landing accidentally in 1851 London, they made an alliance with the human Miss Hartigan, created a minion race known as Cybershades and began construction of a dreadnought robot called the CyberKing with which they planned to conquer the Earth. They also came across Jackson Lake and his family, during which time an infostamp was misused, leading to Lake believing he was the Doctor. Lake and his new companion tried to defeat them, but were unsuccessful until the real Doctor arrived. When Miss Hartigan was converted into the Cyberking and the ship became mobile, the Doctor showed Hartigan what she had done and in her rage she destroyed herself and the Cybermen. They were stopped and destroyed, with the CyberKing being sent to be disintegrated in the Time Vortex. (DW: The Next Doctor)
For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.
