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[[ | |affiliation = {{csl|[[Cyber-Empire]]|[[Cyber Legion]]|[[Operation Exodus]]|}} | ||
|origin = {{csl|[[Mondas]]|[[Telos]]|[[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]]|}} | |||
[[ | |first = The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story) | ||
|appearances = [[Cybermats - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | |||
|individuals = {{csl|[[Bitey]]|}} | |||
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'''Cybermats''' were small [[cyborg]]s used as advance guards, [[plague]] carriers and energy thieves by the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' et al) | '''Cybermats''' were small [[cyborg]]s used as advance guards, [[plague]] carriers and energy thieves by the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' et al) | ||
== Physical characteristics == | == Physical characteristics == | ||
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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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
=== Mondas === | === Mondas === | ||
[[File:Caterpillars Good Soldier.jpg|thumb|The "caterpillars". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]'')]] | [[File:Caterpillars Good Soldier.jpg|thumb|The "caterpillars". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]'')]] | ||
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=== Late 19th and early 20th centuries === | === Late 19th and early 20th centuries === | ||
[[File:Flower Power Cybermat.jpg|thumb|[[Second | [[File:Flower Power Cybermat.jpg|thumb|The [[Second Doctor]] finds some dead Cybermats. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]'')|left]] | ||
In [[1879]], on [[Winston Churchill]]'s fifth [[birthday]], someone that young Winston interpreted to be a [[Punch and Judy]] man arrived and began tracking a miniature [[crocodile]]. The man, who wore a [[the Doctor's scarf|long multi-coloured scarf]], called Churchill "Winnie". Churchill found himself enjoying the company of the strange man. The figure, actually the [[Fourth Doctor]] eventually caught and smashed the crocodile, actually a [[Cybermat (The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill)|Cybermat]], before disappearing in his [[the Doctor's TARDIS|Punch and Judy box]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill (short story)|The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill]]'') | In [[1879]], on [[Winston Churchill]]'s fifth [[birthday]], someone that young Winston interpreted to be a [[Punch and Judy]] man arrived and began tracking a miniature [[crocodile]]. The man, who wore a [[the Doctor's scarf|long multi-coloured scarf]], called Churchill "Winnie". Churchill found himself enjoying the company of the strange man. The figure, actually the [[Fourth Doctor]], eventually caught and smashed the crocodile, actually a [[Cybermat (The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill)|Cybermat]], before disappearing in his [[the Doctor's TARDIS|Punch and Judy box]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill (short story)|The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill]]'') | ||
In the mid-[[20th century]], the [[CyberMondan|Cybermen]] of Mondas used [[caterpillar]]-like creatures which [[Ace]] identified as [[drone]]s. These drones were fitted with [[fire extinguisher]]s and were capable of loading [[cargo]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]'') | In the mid-[[20th century]], the [[CyberMondan|Cybermen]] of Mondas used [[caterpillar]]-like creatures which [[Ace]] identified as [[drone]]s. These drones were fitted with [[fire extinguisher]]s and were capable of loading [[cargo]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]'') | ||
