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Prior to [[Mondas]]' total [[cyber-conversion]] by [[Cyber-Commander]] [[Zheng]], the last surviving [[Mondasian|Mondasians]] kept Cybermats as [[Pet|pets]], and were simply referred to as "Mats". Some Mondasians could become "Mat Catchers". During this time, Cybermats came in numerous different versions, such as Deluxe Mark Sixes; Deluxe Mark Twelves, a [[black]] variant of Cybermat, were exclusively used by the [[Central Committee of Mondas|Central Committee]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts (audio story)|Spare Parts]]'')

Before the [[CyberTelosian|CyberTelosians]] froze themselves on [[Telos]], some Cybermats had crystalline eyes and antennae through which they received commands. These Cybermats resembled oversized metallic {{w|silverfish}}. They had segmented bodies with cilia-like tactile sensor probes along the bases of their heads. Some, though not all, Cybermats of this kind could fit in the palm of a [[humanoid]] hand. Cybermats like this were almost unnoticeable. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')

The Cybermen of the [[Cyber Legion|Cyber Legions]] used a type of Cybermat that drain [[electricity]]. This Cybermat had [[black]], teardrop-eyes, like most Cybermen, and an opening mouth with organic [[Tooth|teeth]]. One such Cybermat was used by the Cybermen of a crashed [[Cyber-ship (Closing Time)|Cyber-ship]] to harvest electricity from the cabling underneath Sandersons and Granger on [[Earth]] in the early 21st century. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')  

Later, during the [[Cyber-Wars]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Girl Called Doubt (short story)|A Girl Called Doubt]]'') the Cyber Legions used smaller drones called [[Cybermite]]s, which the [[Eleventh Doctor]] realised was an example of how the Cybermen had evolved. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') These highly-evolved Cybermats were often seeded into [[Planet|planets]] conquered by the Cyber Legions, and reproduced naturally by harvesting [[Mineral|minerals]] from the planets to construct more Cybermites; this process would be repeated by the newly-constructed Cybermites, and after several [[Month|months]], or even [[Year|years]], the Cybermites would number in the billions, with the power to successfully fully convert people into Cybermen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Girl Called Doubt (short story)|A Girl Called Doubt]]'') Cybermites could also perform more traditional Cybermat functions, such as harvesting electricity or being highly covert spies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'')

[[Mechanising Worm|Mechanising Worms]], which were used by the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-Mainframe]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Telepresence (audio story)|Telepresence]]'', ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]'') were highly reminiscent of Cybermats, in particular the Cybermats used on [[Nerva Beacon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') Unlike Cybermats, however, they could be broadcast across dimensional gaps, and could perform partial conversions as part of the creation of a [[dimension bridge]] between [[Universe|universes]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Telepresence (audio story)|Telepresence]]'') or for full conversions, the latter of which could occur if a dead Cyberman was salvaged; each Cyberman contained a swarm of Mechanising Worms, which would attempt to upgrade the Cyberman's attackers to create replacement Cybermen. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]'')

[[File:Inside a Cybermat RotC.jpg|thumb|The internals of a Cybermat used by the [[CyberNomad|CyberNomads]] on [[Nerva Beacon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')]]

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]]'')

Cybermats appeared on a [[Planet (Flower Power)|planet]] which the [[CyberMondan|CyberMondasian]]s had occupied. The [[Second Doctor]] and his [[grandchildren]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who]], found three [[dead]] Cybermats in a [[meadow]] of [[flower]]s. Determining that the Cybermats had been killed by the unique scent of the flowers, the three travellers used the flowers to get past the Cybermen and escape their [[Cyber-City (Flower Power)|Cyber-City]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Flower Power (comic story)|Flower Power]]'')