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|enemy = [[Cyberleader (Sins of the Flesh)|Cyberleader]] | |enemy = [[Cyberleader (Sins of the Flesh)|Cyberleader]] | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[Rebirth Organisation]], [[Alma (Sins of the Flesh)|Alma]] | ||
|writer = [[Alfie Shaw]] | |writer = [[Alfie Shaw]] | ||
|director = [[Helen Goldwyn]] | |director = [[Helen Goldwyn]] | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Posing as an agent of the [[Central Investigations Bureau]], [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] meets with [[Robert McIntosh (Sins of the Flesh)|Robert McIntosh]] of the [[Rebirth Organisation]], a [[religion|religious]] group who are [[cyber-conversion|converting]] people into [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] to cure them of their [[sexuality]] and claim that the "redemption suits" will fall off over time. Robert introduces him to [[Alexander Kurz]], a Cyberman who is unfamiliar with the term and professes his devotion to the divine being [[Unica]], and the two of them explain that the group do not use [[cyber-conversion unit|conversion units]] nor do the converted lose their individuality. | Posing as an agent of the [[Central Investigations Bureau]] on [[Alma (Sins of the Flesh)|Alma]], [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] meets with [[Robert McIntosh (Sins of the Flesh)|Robert McIntosh]] of the [[Rebirth Organisation]], a [[religion|religious]] group who are [[cyber-conversion|converting]] people into [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] to cure them of their [[sexuality]] and claim that the "redemption suits" will fall off over time. Robert introduces him to [[Alexander Kurz]], a Cyberman who is unfamiliar with the term and professes his devotion to the divine being [[Unica]], and the two of them explain that the group do not use [[cyber-conversion unit|conversion units]] nor do the converted lose their individuality. | ||
[[Valarie Lockwood|Valarie]] joins as a patient and takes part in a group led by McIntosh's converted daughter, [[Carmen McIntosh|Carmen]], and speaks up against her [[homophobia]]. During the meeting, [[Harry (Sins of the Flesh)|Harry]] is inexplicably converted in what Alexander, who takes the Doctor to witness the event, describes as a [[miracle]] showing that Unica has forgiven him. [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], however, indicates that the supposed miracle was a show likely disguising a [[Teleportation|teleport]] and he tells Valarie that Harry and the other Cybermen are only pretending to have retained their personality. | [[Valarie Lockwood|Valarie]] joins as a patient and takes part in a group led by McIntosh's converted daughter, [[Carmen McIntosh|Carmen]], and speaks up against her [[homophobia]]. During the meeting, [[Harry (Sins of the Flesh)|Harry]] is inexplicably converted in what Alexander, who takes the Doctor to witness the event, describes as a [[miracle]] showing that Unica has forgiven him. [[Eleventh Doctor's sonic screwdriver|The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], however, indicates that the supposed miracle was a show likely disguising a [[Teleportation|teleport]] and he tells Valarie that Harry and the other Cybermen are only pretending to have retained their personality. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor mentions having met early Cybermen on his travels, a reference to his meetings with them in stories including {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}, {{cs|Spare Parts (audio story)}} and {{cs|The Silver Turk (audio story)}}. | * The Doctor mentions having met early Cybermen on his travels, a reference to his meetings with them in stories including {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}, {{cs|Spare Parts (audio story)}} and {{cs|The Silver Turk (audio story)}}. | ||
* Valarie is clinging to the hope of an [[afterlife]] because of {{cs|All's Fair (audio story)}}, in which her future self died. | |||
* The Doctor discusses what happened to the Ponds, as occurred in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}, and losing [[Clara Oswald]], as occurred in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}. | * The Doctor discusses what happened to the Ponds, as occurred in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}, and losing [[Clara Oswald]], as occurred in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}. | ||