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[[File:Attack of the Cybermen.jpg|thumb|Cyber-Controllers were typically distinguished by their enlarged craniums which lacked side handles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')]] | [[File:Attack of the Cybermen.jpg|thumb|Cyber-Controllers were typically distinguished by their enlarged craniums which lacked side handles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')]] | ||
[[File:Cyber-Leader under Stonehenge.jpg|thumb|Cyber-Leaders were distinguished by their black side handles. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')]] | [[File:Cyber-Leader under Stonehenge.jpg|thumb|Cyber-Leaders were distinguished by their black side handles. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')]] | ||
In the case of the [[Mondasian Cybermen]], the handles were a attachable [[headset]] which functioned as an [[emotional inhibitor]], which was lacked by the first [[Mondasian]] [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|patient]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') Conversely, the emotional inhibitors of the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]] were located within their [[chest]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') | In the case of the [[Mondasian Cybermen]], the handles were a attachable [[headset]] which functioned as an [[emotional inhibitor]], which was lacked by the first [[Mondasian]] [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|patient]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') Conversely, the emotional inhibitors of the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]] were located within their [[chest unit]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') | ||
[[Cyber-Controller]]s, such as the [[Cyber-Controller (The Tomb of the Cybermen)|one]] who resided on [[Telos]], were generally distinguished from their subordinates in that their helmets sported an enlarged cranium which forgone the handles. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') Conversely, [[John Lumic]], the Cyber-Controller of Pete's World, had a Cyber-helmet with handles. He was distinguished by his [[brain]] which was visible behind the [[forehead]]'s casing, and a set of four [[blue]] [[light]]s in each [[eye]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') | [[Cyber-Controller]]s, such as the [[Cyber-Controller (The Tomb of the Cybermen)|one]] who resided on [[Telos]], were generally distinguished from their subordinates in that their helmets sported an enlarged cranium which forgone the handles. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') Conversely, [[John Lumic]], the Cyber-Controller of Pete's World, had a Cyber-helmet with handles. He was distinguished by his [[brain]] which was visible behind the [[forehead]]'s casing, and a set of four [[blue]] [[light]]s in each [[eye]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') | ||
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The [[CyberKing]]'s [[human]] control unit was converted using a side handle headset that connected the subject's mind to the CyberKing, changing their speech patterns and their [[eye]] [[colour]] throughout the process. Once the conversion was complete, the controlling unit could operate the CyberKing's movements and in the case of [[Mercy Hartigan]] could even take command of the Cybermen themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') | The [[CyberKing]]'s [[human]] control unit was converted using a side handle headset that connected the subject's mind to the CyberKing, changing their speech patterns and their [[eye]] [[colour]] throughout the process. Once the conversion was complete, the controlling unit could operate the CyberKing's movements and in the case of [[Mercy Hartigan]] could even take command of the Cybermen themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') | ||
Uniquely, Cybermen whom participated in an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate]] [[Last Great Time War]] had helmets whose side handles pointed down rather than upwards. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The War Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The War Doctor]]'') | [[File:Cybermen...no more.JPG|thumb|Cybermen in an alternate Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The War Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The War Doctor]]'')]] | ||
Uniquely, Cybermen whom participated in an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate]] [[Last Great Time War]] had helmets whose side handles pointed down, connected to their faceplates, rather than upwards. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The War Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The War Doctor]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
*A Mondasian Cyberman appears briefly in the 2017 webcast ''[[Merry Christmas! (webcast)|Merry Christmas!]]'', wearing fake [[reindeer]] [[antler]]s in place of its [[emotional inhibitor]] "[[side handle]]s" and carrying a sign that reads ''CHRISTMAS WILL BE [[Upgrade|UPGRADED]]''. | |||
[[Category:Cyberman anatomy]] | [[Category:Cyberman anatomy]] | ||
