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Most other groups of these Cybus-style Cybermen were distinguished by generic chest plating which lacked the "C" logo. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'', ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' et al.) These Cybermen were organised into [[Cyber Legion]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'') Like the Arctic Cybermen, these Cybermen made several appearances in Earth's early history, preceeding the [[Cyberman invasion of Earth (The Invasion)|first recorded invasion]], from crashed Cyber-ships. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]'') | Most other groups of these Cybus-style Cybermen were distinguished by generic chest plating which lacked the "C" logo. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'', ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'' et al.) These Cybermen were organised into [[Cyber Legion]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'') Like the Arctic Cybermen, these Cybermen made several appearances in Earth's early history, preceeding the [[Cyberman invasion of Earth (The Invasion)|first recorded invasion]], from crashed Cyber-ships. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
Ultimately, these Cybus-style Cybermen were engaged in the [[Cyber-Wars]] against the [[human]] [[empire | Ultimately, these Cybus-style Cybermen were engaged in the [[Cyber-Wars]] against the [[human]] [[empire]], which saw the destruction of the [[Tiberian spiral galaxy]]. Following the war, these [[Cyber-suit]]s remained in the universe as relics. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') In addition, a couple of battered models followed the [[Lone Cyberman]] as [[Cyberguard]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
A thousand years following the destruction of the Tiberian spiral galaxy, a new [[Cyber-Army]] of advanced Cybermen appeared on [[Hedgewick's World of Wonders]], organised into the [[Cyberiad]], only to be all but destroyed, barring a single [[Cybermite]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') This model of Cyberman participated in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') and made up the Cyber-Army created by {{Gomez}} on Earth in the [[2010s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | A thousand years following the destruction of the Tiberian spiral galaxy, a new [[Cyber-Army]] of advanced Cybermen appeared on [[Hedgewick's World of Wonders]], organised into the [[Cyberiad]], only to be all but destroyed, barring a single [[Cybermite]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') This model of Cyberman participated in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') and made up the Cyber-Army created by {{Gomez}} on Earth in the [[2010s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
In the immediate aftermath of the [[far future]] Cyber-Wars, Ashad, known as "the Lone Cyberman", was a willing albeit rejected recruit to the [[Cyber-Empire]]. Undergoing a partial [[cyber-conversion]], Ashad's human body was housed in an incomplete, weathered [[Cyber-suit]] resembling those associated with the Cyberiad, ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') but with a left [[arm]] resembling those of both the planet [[Mondas]] and the [[Mondasian colony ship]]'s [[CyberMondasian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]], [[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') lower legs matching the Cybus-style model assocaited with the Cyber Legions, ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') and a unique [[Cyber-helmet]] with an incomplete [[faceplate]] that exposed the left side of his [[face]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
* In a website launched by the BBC for the promotion of Series 2, International Electromatics, it was indicated that Cybus Industries derived their Cyberman technology from the deactivated bodies of alien Cybermen found at the North Pole. | * In a website launched by the BBC for the promotion of Series 2, International Electromatics, it was indicated that Cybus Industries derived their Cyberman technology from the deactivated bodies of alien Cybermen found at the North Pole. | ||
[[Category:Cyberman variants|*]] | [[Category:Cyberman variants|*]] | ||
