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| |image = [[File:Cybermatnewseries.jpg|250px]] | | |image = [[File:Botcm.jpg|250px]] |
| |object name = Cybermat | | |object name = Cybermat |
| |type = Rodent-Like [[Robot]]s | | |type = Rodent-Like [[Robot]]s |
| |origin = [[Cybermen]] | | |origin = [[Cybermen (Blood of the Cybermen)|Cybermen]] |
| |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''<br />[[DWY]]: ''[[Junkyard Demon II]]''<br />[[RT]]: ''[[Dreadnought (comic story)|Dreadnought]]'' <br /> [[BFA]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]''<br />[[VG]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]''<br />[[VG]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
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| |mentions = [[DW]]: ''[[The Almost People]]''|alias = Mats
| | '''Cybermats''' were small [[cyborg]]s used by the [[Cybermen (Blood of the Cybermen)|Cybermen]]. They had poisonous bites which could turn [[human]]s into [[Cyberslave]]s. |
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| '''Cybermats''' were small [[cyborg]]s used as advance guards, plague carriers or energy thiefs by the [[Cybermen]]. | |
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| == Physical characteristics ==
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| === Variants ===
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| [[File:Cybermat_Tomb.jpg|thumb|A Cybermat in [[Tomb of the Cybermen]].]]
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| From early in the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]'s history before they froze themselves on [[Telos]], some variants had crystalline eyes and antennae through which they received commands. These Cybermats resembled oversized metallic [[wikipedia:Silverfish|silverfish]] and had segmented bodies with cilia-like tactile sensor probes along the base of their heads. Some, though not all, Cybermats of this kind could easily fit in the palm of a [[humanoid]] hand. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
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| [[File:Botcm.jpg|thumb|left|A Cybermat in [[Blood of the Cybermen]].]]
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| When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] arrived in the [[Arctic Circle]], they discovered Cybermats turning people into Cyberslaves to help awaken an army of Cybermen. They repelled the Cybermats with a specific frequency on a sonic amplifier device. ([[VG]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen]]'')
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| A Cybermat was named [[Bitey]] by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] due to its organic mouth. The Doctor reprogrammed it to drain power from the Cybership, but a Cyberman stepped on Bitey, destroying it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')
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| In the [[21st century]], when the Cybermen attempted to infiltrate [[Space Station W3]], they had photoreceptors for eyes rather than crystalline based eyes. Otherwise they looked similar. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
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| Also in the 21st Century a group of Cybermen crashed on Earth and a Cybermat was used to drain electrical energy for the crashed Cybership so they could begin full Cyber Conversions. This Cybermat had black, teardrop-eyes like Cybermen and also had an opening mouth with organic teeth. ([[DW]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')
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| [[File:St--4d24.jpg|thumb|left|A Cybermat in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'']]When the Cybermen infiltrated [[Nerva Beacon]] in a plot to destroy [[Voga]], the Cybermats had segmented, eyeless, flat worm-like bodies without cilia. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
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| Cybermen from the [[30th century]] who [[time travel|traveled back]] to [[1940]] also employed Cybermats and harvested [[human]]s to make more of them. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'')
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| Another variant were sleeker and more high-tech versions of the Telos version of the Cybermats. Unlike the Telos version, these Cybermats were purposed with biting humans and infecting them with a virus much like the Cybermats in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]. ''However, instead of being deadly, the virus mutated flesh into metal and the victims became [[Cyberslave]]s. ([[VG]] ''[[Blood of the Cybermen]]'')
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| === Weaknesses ===
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| Cybermats shared the Cybermen's weakness for [[gold]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') They could also be disabled with electric charges, ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') although this weakness seems to be eliminated later; one was used to siphon electricity from power sources instead ([[DW]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''). They could also be disabled with a sonic pulse, using an amplifier. ([[VG]]: [[Blood of the Cybermen]])
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| == History == | | == History == |
| The Cybermats originated on [[Mondas]] during the earliest phases of Cyberman history, when most of the [[planet]] had not yet converted. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'') The Cyber-tombs on Telos had tunnels for the Cybermats to move from the tombs into the main control rooms. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
| | When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] arrived in the [[Arctic Circle]], they discovered Cybermats turning people into Cyberslaves in order to help awaken an army of Cybermen. They were able to repel the Cybermats using a special frequency on a sonic amplifier device. ([[VG]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen]]'') |
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| Some accounts showed the Cybermats were created by Cybermen from bodies or body parts of humanoids not suitable for Cyber-conversion: pets, very young children or babies. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'', [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Crystal of Cantus]]'')
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| The Cybermats appeard to have something to do with the Conversion process. ([[RT]]: [[Dreadnought (comic story)|Dreadnought]])
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| [[The Master]] once forced [[The Graak]] to steal a disabled Cybermat. ([[VG]]: [[Destiny of the Doctors]])
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| * [[Wikipedia:Wood lice|Wood lice]] inspired the creation and look of the Cybermats. In their first appearances in ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'', they were realised in the studio by a variety of techniques, including clockwork and radio-controlled models. In some shots they were pulled by wires or simply pushed into view. Shots of the Cybermats leaping onto their victims were achieved by pulling the Cybermat away via wires and playing the film backwards.
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| * Cybermat effects in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' used a combination of strings, puppetry and [[CSO]], which did not look very convincing. The Cybermats (or rather the single Cybermat which appeared) went through a radical re-design and resembled a cybernetic [[Wikipedia:silverfish|silverfish]].
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