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 |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Jorj (short story)|Jorj]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road To... (comic story)|The Road To...]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[The Best of Days (webcast)|The Best of Days]]''}}
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-A '''Mondasian colony ship''' was travelling from [[Mondas]] to pick up colonists. When the ship almost traversed into a [[black hole]], the crew experienced the effects of [[time dilation]], where time on the lowest decks of the ship was travelling faster than on the upper decks so on the upper decks only a few minutes would pass, and in the lower decks many years would pass.
+A '''Mondasian colony ship''' was travelling from [[Mondas]] to pick up some colonists. When the ship almost traversed into a [[black hole]], the crew experienced the effects of [[time dilation]], causing [[time]] on the higher levels of the ship to slow down in comparison to the lower floors, to the point that a thousand years passed on [[Floor 1056]], the lowest floor, in the space of less than two and a half days on the [[Floor 0000|flight deck]].
+When a team of engineers found themselves trapped on the bottom floor, they were forced to spent the rest of their lives down there; a thousand years after settling on Floor 1056, a huge city had formed and begun to degrade after centuries of occupation by the ship's engines. To survive, the residents evolved into [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') and after {{Simm}} – who had crashed [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] on Floor 1056 some years prior –  lost control of them, they spent centuries evolving themselves into more advanced forms, determined to [[Battle of Floor 0507|convert the entire ship]] and complete the final stage of their original mission: [[Operation Exodus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
 == Layout ==
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 * [[Floor 0000|0000]] - The main control deck. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
 * [[Floor 0502|0502]] - A deck containing a [[solar farm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
-* [[Floor 0507|0507]] - A deck containing the largest of the ship's [[solar farm]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') The locals here [[Battle of Floor 0507|were saved]] by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]] and [[Nardole]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
+* [[Floor 0507|0507]] - A deck containing the largest of the ship's [[solar farm|solar farms]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') The locals here [[Battle of Floor 0507|were saved]] from the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] by the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]] and [[Nardole]], although the floor was reduced to an incinerated wasteland as a result. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
-* [[Floor 0900|0900]] - A city deck. More evolved Cybermen were invading here. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
+* [[Floor 0508|0508]] - An agricultural deck, designed to automatically produce food for the floor's population, as well as those of the nearby floors, such as Floor 0507. Sometime after being abandoned, {{Simm}}, {{Gomez}} and [[Alit]] prevented a [[Cybermat]] attack from some [[CyberNeomorph|CyberNeomorphs]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'')
+* [[Floor 0900|0900]] - A city deck. The Cybermen flew through this floor on their way to Floor 0507. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
 * [[Floor 1056|1056]] - An urban deck, containing various apartment blocks and a [[Hospital (World Enough and Time)|hospital]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') Eventually turned into a Cyber-factory. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
 * Other floors mentioned on the lift scanner are: 1052, 1051, 1050, 1049, 1048, 1047, 1046, 1045, 1044, 1043, 1042, 1041, 1040, 1039, 1038, 1037, 1036, 1035, 1034, 1033, 1032, 1031, 1030, 1029, 1028, 1027, 1026, 1025, 1024, 1023, 1022, 1021, 1020, 1019, 1018, 1017, 1016, 1015, 0951, 0950, 0949, 0948, 0947, 0946, 0945, 0944, 0943, 0942, 0941, 0940, 0939, 0938, 0937, 0936, 0935, 0934, 0933, 0932, 0931, 0930, 0929, 0928, 0927, 0926, 0925, 0924, 0923, 0922, 0921, 0920, 0919, 0918, 0917, 0916, 0915, 0914, 0913, 0912, 0911, 0910, 0909, 0908, 0907, 0906, 0905, 0904, 0903, 0902, 0901, 0899, 0898, 0897, 0896, 0895, 0894, 0893, 0892, 0891, 0890, 0889, 0888, 0887, 0886, 0885, 0884, 0737, 0736, 0735, 0734, 0733, 0732, 0731, 0730, 0729, 0728, 0727, 0726, 0725, 0724, 0723, 0722, 0721, 0720, 0719, 0718, 0717, 0716, 0715, 0714, 0713, 0712, 1711, 0710, 0709, 0708, 0707, 0706, 0705, 0704, 0703, 0702, 0701, 0700, 0699, 0698, 0697, 0696, 0695, 0694, 0693, 0692, 0691, 0690, 0689, 0688, 0687, 0686, 0685, 0684, 0683, 0682, 0681, 0680, 0679, 0668, 0667, 0666, 0665, 0664, 0663, 0662, 0661, 0660, 0659, 0658, 0657, 0656, 0655, 0654, 0653, 0652, 0651, 0650, 0649, 0648, 0647, 0646, 0645, 0644, 0643, 0493, 0492, 0491, 0490, 0489, 0488, 0487, 0486, 0485, 0484, 0483, 0482, 0481, 0480, 0479, 0478, 0477, 0476, 0475, 0474, 0473, 0472, 0031, 0030, 0029, 0028, 0027, 0010, 0009, 0008 and 0007. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
 * Other floors mentioned on the lift level indicator at Floor 0000 are: 0995, 0994, 0993, 0992, 0991, 0990, 0989, 0988, 0987, 0986, 0985, 0984, 0983, 0982, 0981, 0980, 0979, 0978, 0977, 0976, 0975, 0974, 0973, 0972, 0971, 0970, 0969, 0968, 0967, 0966, 0965, 0964, 0963, 0962, 0961, 0960, 0959, 0958, 0957, 0956, 0955, 0954, 0953, 0952, 0363, 0362, 0361, 0360, 0359, 0358, 0357, 0356, 0355, 0354, 0353, 0352, 0351, 0350, 0349, 0348, 0347, 0048, 0047, 0046, 0045, 0044, 0043, 0027, 0026, 0025, 0024, 0006, 0002 and 0001. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
-** Further floors mentioned on the lift level indicator at floor 0507 are: 0797, 0796, 0795, 0794, 0793, 0793, 0792, 0791, 0790, 0789, 0788, 0787, 0786, 0785, 0784, 0783, 0782, 0781, 0780, 0779, 0778, 0777, 0776, 0775, 0774, 0773, 0772, 0771, 0770, 0769, 0768, 0767, 0766, 0765, 0764, 0763, 0762, 0761, 0760, 0759, 0758, 0757, 0756, 0755, 0754, 0753, 0752, 0751, 0750, 0749, 0748, 0747, 0746, 0745, 0744, 0743, 0742, 0741, 0740, 0739, 0738, 0509 and 0508. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
+* Further floors mentioned on the lift level indicator at floor 0507 are: 0797, 0796, 0795, 0794, 0793, 0793, 0792, 0791, 0790, 0789, 0788, 0787, 0786, 0785, 0784, 0783, 0782, 0781, 0780, 0779, 0778, 0777, 0776, 0775, 0774, 0773, 0772, 0771, 0770, 0769, 0768, 0767, 0766, 0765, 0764, 0763, 0762, 0761, 0760, 0759, 0758, 0757, 0756, 0755, 0754, 0753, 0752, 0751, 0750, 0749, 0748, 0747, 0746, 0745, 0744, 0743, 0742, 0741, 0740, 0739, 0738, and 0509. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
+* Although she did not specify any floor numbers, Alit stated that there were laboratory levels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'')
 Each level from the bottom and up would move a little slower than the one below it, due to the [[time differential]], from proximity to the [[black hole]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
 == Crew ==
-At take off, there were fifty crew members aboard the ship. They included [[Jorj]]: a member of [[janitor]]ial staff. Following the effects of time dilation, the ship became filled with generations of lifeforms, each descended from the ship's crew. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
+At take off, there were fifty crew members aboard the ship. They included at least twenty [[engineer|engineers]], the chief engineer [[Franq]], the [[Captain (Jorj)|Captain]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jorj (short story)|Jorj]]''), and [[Jorj]], the [[Caretaker|janitor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') and the man responsible for checking for stowaways prior to the ship's launch from [[Mondas]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jorj (short story)|Jorj]]'') Following the effects of the [[time dilation]] from the [[black hole]], the [[Floor 1056|bottom floor]] became filled with generations of lifeforms, each descended from the ship's crew, in a huge city. The [[Hospital (World Enough and Time)|hospital]] on this floor became the [[Genesis of the Cybermen|genesis point]] for a race of [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') A colony of [[farm|farmers]] and [[child|children]] lived on [[Floor 0507]], although following [[Battle of Floor 0507|the Cybermen's attack]], they were evacuated by [[Nardole]] and [[Hazran]] to [[Floor 0502]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') A team of farmers were also based on [[Floor 0508]], although their whereabouts following the rise of the Cybermen on Floor 1056 was unknown. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'')
 == Technology ==
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 == History ==
-The colony ship was commissioned to transfer inhabitants of Mondas, for which it was headed with a skeleton crew of 50, including the janitor [[Jorj]]. En route, it was drawn into the gravity well of a black hole. The crew sent a team of 20 to the lowermost level, [[floor 1056]], to reverse the engines and pull the ship free. However, [[time dilation]] caused by the black hole's gravity resulted in time passing much more slowly at the upper parts of the ship, which were closest to the black hole.
-Due to time dilation, the team at the bottom of the ship found that they experienced over 500 years for every day that passed on [[floor 0000]]. Thus, after reversing the engines, they and many generations of their descendants lived out their lives on floor 1056. They built an industrial civilisation, but eventually they began to run out of resources and their environment became irreversibly polluted. At one point, an expedition was sent to [[floor 0507]] to explore the possibility of moving there, but again due to time dilation they were never heard back from again.
+==== The black hole ====
+Sometime after the apes of [[Mondas]] had evolved into the [[human]] [[Mondasian|Mondasians]], the colony ship was launched from Mondas to pick up some colonists, with a skeleton crew of fifty, including the [[Captain (Jorj)|Captain]], chief engineer [[Franq]] and [[Jorj]], the [[Caretaker|janitor]] and only non-human. On day 43 of its voyage, it was drawn into the gravity well of a [[black hole]]. After the Captain berated Jorj for not alerting him of the black hole sooner, a team of twenty engineers, including Franq, were sent from Floor 0000, the flight deck, to Floor 1056, the lowest level, to reverse the rear thrusters and escape the black hole. However, [[time dilation]] caused by the black hole's gravity resulted in [[time]] passing much more slowly on the higher floors on the ship in comparison to the lower floors, as the higher floors were closer to the black hole.
+==== The deterioration of Floor 1056 ====
+As a result, the team at the bottom of the ship found that, after reversing the rear thrusters, they were unable to return to Floor 0000. Forced to spend the rest of their lives on Floor 1056, they established a huge civilisation that their descendants inherited over several centuries, but over time, the city degraded significantly as the bottom of the ship aged dramatically, whereas the higher floors, in particular Floor 0000, did not. At some point, {{Simm}}, after being banished from [[Gallifrey]], landed on Floor 1056; he attempted to escape the black hole but flew his TARDIS too fast, burning out the [[dematerialisation circuit]] and stranding him on the colony ship. The Master then "killed a lot of people, took over the city", and "lived like a king" before the people of Floor 1056 tired of his cruelty and overthrew him. The Master was forced into hiding as "Mr. Razor", the caretaker of the city's hospital.
-At some point, {{Simm}}, after being banished from [[Gallifrey]], landed on floor 1056. The Master's attempt to escape the black hole by going too fast burned out [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS']] [[dematerialisation circuit]] and stranded the Master on the colony ship. The Master "killed a lot of people, took over the city, lived like a king" before the people of floor 1056 tired of his cruelty and overthrew him. The Master was forced into hiding as "Mr. Razor", the caretaker of the hospital.
+==== Operation Exodus ====
+By this time, conditions on Floor 1056 had grown inhospitable to the point that the hospital began Operation Exodus, an operation with the intent of transforming the people of the city into cyborgs to dramatically extend their life spans, so that they could not only survive on Floor 1056, but also survive the journey to Floor 0000 to take command of the ship. However, following the manipulation of Razor, the cyborgs that were produced from Operation Exodus were a race of Cybermen that the Master intended to use to conquer the galaxy. The "patients", an early form of Mondasian Cybermen, were converted from humans by the hospital's surgeon in the conversion theatre, although they were insufficient as a final solution to Operation Exodus as they were in constant pain from the conversion process. Although a temporary solution was found in the development of voice synthesisers that allowed the patients to be muted, a permanent remedy to the problem was needed, and thus the patients continued to evolve over the years.
-Eventually, the people of floor 1056 were forced to convert themselves into [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|cybernetic humanoids]] to survive. The prototypes would venture to the upper floors to take the rest of the crew members for conversion, leaving only Jorj as he wasn't completely human.
+Whilst the patients were used to escort people from the city to be converted in the hospital, they were also sent to the higher decks to capture any other humans for conversion. One team of patients were sent to Floor 0507, but were attacked by the farmers, who shot them down at night and chained them to crucifixes in the fields during the day. However, at night, the patients sometimes broke free and resumed their original mission, forcing the farmers to constantly fight them off.
-Eventually, the [[Twelfth Doctor]], {{Gomez}}, [[Bill Potts]] and [[Nardole]] picked up Jorj's [[distress call]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
+==== Bill's new life ====
+On Floor 0000, the day after Franq and the original twenty engineers were sent to Floor 1056, Jorj detected hundreds of life readings at the bottom of the ship. The Captain sent another team to Floor 1056 to deal with the "stowaways”, but when the lifts returned, a patrol of patients arrived, capturing the remaining humans and taking them back to Floor 1056, leaving Jorj behind due to him being non-human. By the next day, Jorj had broadcast a distress signal; in response, the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS arrived, and {{Gomez}}, Bill Potts and Nardole emerged. Initially monitoring the trio from inside the TARDIS, the Twelfth Doctor quickly emerged when Jorj arrived and threatened to shoot them, after Bill's human life-signs were detected by the hospital on Floor 1056, who, in response, sent a team of patients in the lifts to capture her. When the lifts arrived, Jorj shot Bill despite the Doctor's efforts to stop him, and the patients took her back to Floor 1056. The Doctor left a message in Bill's subconscious to "wait for [him]", and after explaining the effects of the time dilation on the ship to Jorj, proceeded to knock the janitor out before he travelled with Missy and Nardole in a lift to Floor 1056, stating that he'd never be able to fly the TARDIS properly in close proximity to the black hole. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
 On Floor 0507, there resided a group of farmers who possessed rifles. They were faced by the prototypes that had travelled to their floor from 1056. They spent the night shooting them down, then stringing them up on wooden crosses during the day. They were plagued by these "cyber scarecrows" (as one child called them) for an unknown amount of time - they had left floor 1056 for several hundred from their perspective. One day, a shuttle raft blasted through the floor, containing the Doctor, a cyber converted Bill Potts, the Master, Missy and Nardole. With the Doctor injured, Nardole rallied the town over the coming weeks to prepare for a Cyberman invasion; the prototypes were merely the advance guard. As such, the [[Battle of Floor 0507|siege of floor 0507]] began. Nardole hacked the floor to ignite certain fuel lines around the floor to fool the Cybermen their technology was a threat to the Cybermen. Floor 507 was ultimately destroyed by the Doctor along with most of the Cybermen. Nardole moved the townspeople to floor 502 where there was another solar farm and they would be safe for years until the surviving Cybermen could regroup and find them.

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