Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)

Ascension of the Cybermen

Key crew

Writer:

Chris Chibnall

Director:

Jamie Magnus Stone

Producer:

Alex Mercer

Release details

Story number:

294a

Premiere broadcast:

23 February 2020

Premiere network:

BBC One

Format:

1x49 minute episode

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Ascension of the Cybermen was the ninth episode of series 12 of Doctor Who.

Synopsis

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Plot

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Cast

The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
Graham O'Brien - Bradley Walsh
Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill
Ryan Sinclair - Tosin Cole
The Spy Master - Sacha Dhawan
Ashad - Patrick O'Kane
Ravio - Julie Graham
Ko Sharmus - Ian McElhinney
Yedlarmi - Alex Austin
Feekat - Steve Toussaint
Bescot - Rhiannon Clements
Ethan - Matt Carver
Fuskle - Jack Osborn
Brendan - Evan McCabe
Patrick - Branwell Donaghey
Meg - Orla O'Rourke
Michael - Andrew Macklin
Sergeant - Caolan Byrne
Voice of Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs
Cybermen - Matthew Rohman, Simon Carew, Jon Davey, Richard Highgate, Richard Price, Mickey Lewis, Matthew Doman, Paul Bailey

Crew

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Locations

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The Doctor

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The Doctor, Ryan and Ethan steal a Cyber-ship.

Story notes

This episode had a "cold opening".
The episode had a smooth transition from the "cold opening" into the title sequence, with the scene going through the eye of a Cyberman helmet.

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Continuity

Yaz says she and Graham have experience surviving in the vacuum of space. (TV: The Ghost Monument)
The Doctor refers to the Lone Cyberman acquiring the Cyberium from her. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)
The Spy Master once again affirms that "everything is about to change". (TV: Spyfall)
The Ninth Doctor previously faced an army of Daleks created from humans who hated themselves for it following the near-annihilation of the species. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

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External links

Official Ascension of the Cybermen page on the Doctor Who website

Doctor Who television stories

Seasons 1-4: William Hartnell

Season 1: 1963-1964	An Unearthly Child • The Daleks • The Edge of Destruction • Marco Polo • The Keys of Marinus • The Aztecs • The Sensorites • The Reign of Terror

Season 2: 1964-1965	Planet of Giants • The Dalek Invasion of Earth • The Rescue • The Romans • The Web Planet • The Crusade • The Space Museum • The Chase • The Time Meddler

Season 3: 1965-1966	Galaxy 4 • Mission to the Unknown • The Myth Makers • The Daleks' Master Plan • The Massacre • The Ark • The Celestial Toymaker • The Gunfighters • The Savages • The War Machines

Season 4: 1966	The Smugglers • The Tenth Planet

Seasons 4-6: Patrick Troughton

Season 4: 1966-1967	The Power of the Daleks • The Highlanders • The Underwater Menace • The Moonbase • The Macra Terror • The Faceless Ones • The Evil of the Daleks

Season 5: 1967-1968	The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Abominable Snowmen • The Ice Warriors • The Enemy of the World • The Web of Fear • Fury from the Deep • The Wheel in Space

Season 6: 1968-1969	The Dominators • The Mind Robber • The Invasion • The Krotons • The Seeds of Death • The Space Pirates • The War Games

Seasons 7-11: Jon Pertwee

Season 7: 1970	Spearhead from Space • Doctor Who and the Silurians • The Ambassadors of Death • Inferno

Season 8: 1971	Terror of the Autons • The Mind of Evil • The Claws of Axos • Colony in Space • The Dæmons

Season 9: 1972	Day of the Daleks • The Curse of Peladon • The Sea Devils • The Mutants • The Time Monster

Season 10: 1972-1973	The Three Doctors • Carnival of Monsters • Frontier in Space • Planet of the Daleks • The Green Death

Season 11: 1973-1974	The Time Warrior • Invasion of the Dinosaurs • Death to the Daleks • The Monster of Peladon • Planet of the Spiders

Seasons 12-18: Tom Baker

Season 12: 1974-1975	Robot • The Ark in Space • The Sontaran Experiment • Genesis of the Daleks • Revenge of the Cybermen

Season 13: 1975-1976	Terror of the Zygons • Planet of Evil • Pyramids of Mars • The Android Invasion • The Brain of Morbius • The Seeds of Doom

Season 14: 1976-1977	The Masque of Mandragora • The Hand of Fear • The Deadly Assassin • The Face of Evil • The Robots of Death • The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Season 15: 1977-1978	Horror of Fang Rock • The Invisible Enemy • Image of the Fendahl • The Sun Makers • Underworld • The Invasion of Time

Season 16: 1978-1979	The Key to Time: The Ribos Operation • The Pirate Planet • The Stones of Blood • The Androids of Tara • The Power of Kroll • The Armageddon Factor

Season 17: 1979-1980	Destiny of the Daleks • City of Death • The Creature from the Pit • Nightmare of Eden • The Horns of Nimon • Shada (unfinished)

Season 18: 1980-1981	The Leisure Hive • Meglos • Full Circle • State of Decay • Warriors' Gate • The Keeper of Traken • Logopolis

Seasons 19-21: Peter Davison

Season 19: 1982	Castrovalva • Four to Doomsday • Kinda • The Visitation • Black Orchid • Earthshock • Time-Flight

Season 20: 1983	Arc of Infinity • Snakedance • Mawdryn Undead • Terminus • Enlightenment • The King's Demons

Children in Need 1983	The Five Doctors

Season 21: 1984	Warriors of the Deep • The Awakening • Frontios • Resurrection of the Daleks • Planet of Fire • The Caves of Androzani

Seasons 21-23: Colin Baker

Season 21: 1984	The Twin Dilemma

Season 22: 1985	Attack of the Cybermen • Vengeance on Varos • The Mark of the Rani • The Two Doctors • Timelash • Revelation of the Daleks

Season 23: 1986	The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet • Mindwarp • Terror of the Vervoids • The Ultimate Foe)

Seasons 24-26: Sylvester McCoy

Season 24: 1987	Time and the Rani • Paradise Towers • Delta and the Bannermen • Dragonfire

Season 25: 1988-1989	Remembrance of the Daleks • The Happiness Patrol • Silver Nemesis • The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Season 26: 1989	Battlefield • Ghost Light • The Curse of Fenric • Survival

TV Movie & 2013 specials: Paul McGann

TV Movie: 1996

Doctor Who

Specials: 2013

Minisodes

The Night of the Doctor

Series 1: Christopher Eccleston

Series 1: 2005

Regular episodes

Rose • The End of the World • The Unquiet Dead • Aliens of London / World War Three • Dalek • The Long Game • Father's Day • The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances • Boom Town • Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways

Series 2-4: David Tennant

Series 2: 2005-2006

Minisode	Born Again

Christmas Special	The Christmas Invasion

Regular episodes	New Earth • Tooth and Claw • School Reunion • The Girl in the Fireplace • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • The Idiot's Lantern • The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit • Love & Monsters • Fear Her • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday

Series 3: 2006-2007

Christmas Special	The Runaway Bride

Regular episodes	Smith and Jones • The Shakespeare Code • Gridlock • Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks • The Lazarus Experiment • 42 • Human Nature / The Family of Blood • Blink • Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords

Animated special	The Infinite Quest

Series 4: 2007-2010

Minisode	Time Crash

Christmas Special	Voyage of the Damned

Regular episodes	Partners in Crime • The Fires of Pompeii • Planet of the Ood • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Doctor's Daughter • The Unicorn and the Wasp • Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead • Midnight • Turn Left • The Stolen Earth / Journey's End

Minisodes	Music of the Spheres • The Daleks & Davros

Animated special	Dreamland

Seasonal specials	The Next Doctor • Planet of the Dead • The Waters of Mars • The End of Time

Series 5-2013 specials: Matt Smith

Series 5: 2010

Regular episodes

The Eleventh Hour • The Beast Below • Victory of the Daleks • The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone • The Vampires of Venice • Amy's Choice • The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood • Vincent and the Doctor • The Lodger • The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

Series 6: 2010-2011

Christmas Special	A Christmas Carol

Minisodes	Space / Time

Regular episodes (Part 1: Apr 2011)	The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon • The Curse of the Black Spot • The Doctor's Wife • The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People • A Good Man Goes to War

Regular episodes (Part 2: Aug 2011)	Let's Kill Hitler • Night Terrors • The Girl Who Waited • The God Complex • Closing Time • The Wedding of River Song

Minisode	Death Is the Only Answer

Series 7: 2011-2013

Christmas Special	The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

Minisodes	Good as Gold • Pond Life

Regular episodes (Part 1: 2012)	Asylum of the Daleks • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship • A Town Called Mercy • The Power of Three • The Angels Take Manhattan

Minisode	The Great Detective

Christmas Special	The Snowmen

Regular episodes (Part 2: 2013)	The Bells of Saint John • The Rings of Akhaten • Cold War • Hide • Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS • The Crimson Horror • Nightmare in Silver • The Name of the Doctor

Specials: 2013

The Day of the Doctor • The Time of the Doctor

Series 8-10: Peter Capaldi

Series 8: 2014

Regular episodes

Deep Breath • Into the Dalek • Robot of Sherwood • Listen • Time Heist • The Caretaker • Kill the Moon • Mummy on the Orient Express • Flatline • In the Forest of the Night • Dark Water / Death in Heaven

Series 9: 2014-2015

Christmas Special	Last Christmas

Minisode	The Doctor's Meditation

Regular episodes	The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar • Under the Lake / Before the Flood • The Girl Who Died • The Woman Who Lived • The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion • Sleep No More • Face the Raven • Heaven Sent • Hell Bent

Christmas Special	The Husbands of River Song

Series 10: 2016-2017

Christmas Special	The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Regular episodes	The Pilot • Smile • Thin Ice • Knock Knock • Oxygen • Extremis • The Pyramid at the End of the World • The Lie of the Land • Empress of Mars • The Eaters of Light • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

Christmas Special	Twice Upon a Time

Series 11-13: Jodie Whittaker

Series 11: 2018-2019

Regular episodes	The Woman Who Fell to Earth • The Ghost Monument • Rosa • Arachnids in the UK • The Tsuranga Conundrum • Demons of the Punjab • Kerblam! • The Witchfinders • It Takes You Away • The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

New Year Special	Resolution

Series 12: 2020-2021

Regular episodes	Spyfall • Orphan 55 • Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror • Fugitive of the Judoon • Praxeus • Can You Hear Me? • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children

New Year Special	Revolution of the Daleks

Series 13: 2021

Minisodes	Welcome to the TARDIS... • The Flux is Coming...

Regular episodes	Flux (The Halloween Apocalypse • War of the Sontarans • Once, Upon Time • Village of the Angels • Survivors of the Flux • The Vanquishers)

Seasonal specials	Eve of the Daleks • Legend of the Sea Devils • The Power of the Doctor

60th Anniversary Specials: David Tennant

Specials: 2023

Minisodes	Destination: Skaro • Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story

60th Anniversary Specials	The Star Beast • Wild Blue Yonder • The Giggle

Season 1 (2023)-present: Ncuti Gatwa

Season 1: 2023-2024

Christmas Special	The Church on Ruby Road

Regular episodes	Space Babies • The Devil's Chord • Boom • 73 Yards • Dot and Bubble • Rogue • The Legend of Ruby Sunday • Empire of Death

Cyberman stories

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.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

Complete list of appearances

The Master stories

Early life

Television	The Sound of Drums

Prose	Birth of a Renegade • The Legacy of Gallifrey • The Dark Path • The Schizoid Earth • Divided Loyalties • Gallifrey: A Rough Guide • Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir • Harvest of Time • Rebel Rebel

Comic	Flashback

Audio	The Toy • Masterful

Webcast	The Legend of... the Master?

"Inventor"

Audio

The Destination Wars • The Home Guard • The Psychic Circus • Blood of the Time Lords

War Chief

Television	The War Games

Prose	The Legacy of Gallifrey • Timewyrm: Exodus

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Television	Doctor Who

Prose	First Frontier • Happy Endings • Housewarming • Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe

Bruce
Master

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Android/
Echo

Webcast	Scream of the Shalka

Prose	Scream of the Shalka • The Feast of the Stone • Sometime Never... • The Deadstone Memorial • The Gallifrey Chronicles • Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor

"Preacher"

Comics

The Fallen • The Glorious Dead

Reborn
Master

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"Merlin"

Prose

The Creation of Camelot • The Fellowship of Quan • The Radio Waves

Pryce

Television

The Curse of Fatal Death

Child
Master

Comics

The Then and the Now • Pull to Open • Outrun • Downtime • First Rule • The Organ Grinder • Kill God • Fast Asleep

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Audio

The Lumiat • Masterful • Time Lord Immemorial

Spy Master

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Unclear
incarnation

Prose
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Enjoy the Game • Harvest of Time

Other
realities

Barusa's universe

Prose

The Chronicles of Doctor Who?

Unbound Master

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Inferno Earth

Prose

The Face of the Enemy

The Warrior's universe

Audio

Aftershocks • Who Am I? • Time Killers

From stories
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"DWM"

Prose

Winning Designs

"Battle"

Games

Battle for the Universe

"Exclusive!"

Prose

Exclusive!

"DWMS"

Comics

The Next 20 Years

According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.

Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords and The Legions of Death feature, or otherwise acknowledge, the War Chief, but in the process contradicted the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.

One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.

According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.

While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation, but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological

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