1,817
edits
Cybermat: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m
Added extra reference in Mondasian colony ship History, reworded LEGO Dimensions note, and remove reference to The Brilliant Book 2011, as it appears to be referencing an in-universe story in the History section.
mNo edit summary |
m (Added extra reference in Mondasian colony ship History, reworded LEGO Dimensions note, and remove reference to The Brilliant Book 2011, as it appears to be referencing an in-universe story in the History section.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ImageLink}} | {{ImageLink}} | ||
{{Infobox_Species|aka=Silver rat|affiliation=[[Operation Exodus]] | {{Infobox_Species|aka=Silver rat|affiliation=[[Operation Exodus]] | ||
| Line 41: | Line 40: | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== The Mondasian colony ship === | === The Mondasian colony ship === | ||
The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] of [[Operation Exodus]], who evolved from the [[Mondasian|Mondasians]] of [[Floor 1056]] onboard a [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]], developed Cybermats. A group of [[CyberNeomorph]]s, under orders from a [[Cyber-Planner (Alit in Underland)|Cyber-Planner]], travelled to [[Floor 0508]] and attempted to use a swarm of Cybermats to [[poison]] the Mondasians of [[Floor 0507]] so that they would be easier to capture for [[ | The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] of [[Operation Exodus]], who evolved from the [[Mondasian|Mondasians]] of [[Floor 1056]] onboard a [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') developed Cybermats. A group of [[CyberNeomorph]]s, under orders from a [[Cyber-Planner (Alit in Underland)|Cyber-Planner]], travelled to [[Floor 0508]] and attempted to use a swarm of Cybermats to [[poison]] the Mondasians of [[Floor 0507]] so that they would be easier to capture for [[cyber-conversion]]. However, {{Gomez}} was able to use the colony ship's systems to hack into the Cybermats' programming, allowing her to reactivate and [[deadlock seal|deadlock]] an old failsafe system that {{Simm}} built into the [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|patients]] developed in the [[Hospital (World Enough and Time)|hospital]] on Floor 1056, causing the Cybermats to return to the bottom of the ship and remain trapped there. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') Eventually, however, this system was deactivated again by the Cybermen, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') as after [[Nardole]] and most of the Mondasian evacuees of Floor 0507 [[Evacuation|evacuated]] to [[Floor 0502]] following the [[Battle of Floor 0507]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') large groups of Cybermats continually travelled to their location, arriving at the [[solar farm]] every [[spring]] for several [[Century|centuries]], even after Nardole's [[death]], though by that time the Mondasians had "sorted" their conflict with the Cybermen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | ||
'''<nowiki/><nowiki/>''' | '''<nowiki/><nowiki/>''' | ||
| Line 116: | Line 115: | ||
* {{w|Wood lice}} inspired the creation and look of the Cybermats. In their first appearances in ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'', they were realised in the studio by a variety of techniques, including clockwork and radio-controlled models. In some shots they were pulled by wires or simply pushed into view. Shots of the Cybermats leaping onto their victims were achieved by pulling the Cybermat away with wires and playing the film backwards. | * {{w|Wood lice}} inspired the creation and look of the Cybermats. In their first appearances in ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'', they were realised in the studio by a variety of techniques, including clockwork and radio-controlled models. In some shots they were pulled by wires or simply pushed into view. Shots of the Cybermats leaping onto their victims were achieved by pulling the Cybermat away with wires and playing the film backwards. | ||
* Cybermat effects in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' used a combination of strings, puppetry and [[CSO]]. The Cybermats (or rather the single Cybermat which appeared) went through a radical re-design and resembled a cybernetic {{w|silverfish}}. | * Cybermat effects in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' used a combination of strings, puppetry and [[CSO]]. The Cybermats (or rather the single Cybermat which appeared) went through a radical re-design and resembled a cybernetic {{w|silverfish}}. | ||
* Cybermats identical to [[Bitey]] appear as enemies in the [[video game]] ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]''. They feature in both closed and open [[mouth]] variants, with the latter being enlarged for an additional giant variant. | * Cybermats identical to [[Bitey]] appear as enemies in the [[video game]] ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]''. They feature in both closed and open [[mouth]] variants, with the latter being enlarged for an additional giant variant. | ||
* | * The Cybermats appear as minor villains in ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'', sporting a design that has not yet been used in any other ''[[Doctor Who]]''-related material. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
