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The Cybermen would traverse the universe to find beings to convert, adding to their forces. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') The Cybermen relied on tubing and external systems to keep the body operating, but over time the amount needed decreased. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', etc.) | The Cybermen would traverse the universe to find beings to convert, adding to their forces. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') The Cybermen relied on tubing and external systems to keep the body operating, but over time the amount needed decreased. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', etc.) | ||
Most factions of Cybermen were only capable of converting [[human]]s and Mondasians, due to their near-identical physiologies, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' etc.) although the Cybermen that attempted to invade [[Earth]] via [[International Electromatics]] were converted from [[Ison]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]'') and another group could convert [[Veridian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hour of the Cybermen (audio story)|Hour of the Cybermen]]'') Some Cybermen could convert non-human lifeforms due to originating from other lifeforms, such as the [[Voord]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'') In the far future, one race of Cybermen found themselves facing extinction due to their inability to convert humans after they had spread across the universe and bred with numerous other species; the conversion protocols were keyed to human and Mondasian genetic tissue, although the Eighth Doctor offered to regenerate so they could decipher the [[Time Lord]] [[biomorphic code]], and to provide them with his own [[cellular resequencing template]] to re-engineer non-human lifeforms into Mondasians, who could then be converted. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'') Notably, the Cybermen created by | Most factions of Cybermen were only capable of converting [[human]]s and Mondasians, due to their near-identical physiologies, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' etc.) although the Cybermen that attempted to invade [[Earth]] via [[International Electromatics]] were converted from [[Ison]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]'') and another group could convert [[Veridian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hour of the Cybermen (audio story)|Hour of the Cybermen]]'') Some Cybermen could convert non-human lifeforms due to originating from other lifeforms, such as the [[Voord]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'') In the far future, one race of Cybermen found themselves facing extinction due to their inability to convert humans after they had spread across the universe and bred with numerous other species; the conversion protocols were keyed to human and Mondasian genetic tissue, although the Eighth Doctor offered to regenerate so they could decipher the [[Time Lord]] [[biomorphic code]], and to provide them with his own [[cellular resequencing template]] to re-engineer non-human lifeforms into Mondasians, who could then be converted. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'') Notably, the Cybermen created by [[Missy]] were converted from dead humans, and at least one was converted from a [[cyborg]], the [[Half-Face Man]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
However, there were a minority of Cybermen capable of converting other species; the Cybermen of the [[Cyberiad]] who recovered from the [[Cyber-Wars]] were capable of upgrading "almost any living components", and were even capable of converting [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver]]'') In [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|an alternate timeline]] created by their allying with [[Rassilon]], the Cyberiad advanced to become capable of upgrading all life, including Time Lords, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Prologue: The Second Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Second Doctor]]'', ''[[Prologue: The Third Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Third Doctor]]'') [[K9]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Fourth Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Fourth Doctor]]'') and [[Silurian]]s who were converted into [[Cyber-Silurian]]s. The Cyberiad also began converting animals, the Cyber-Silurians utilising cyber-converted [[dinosaur]]s such as [[Pterodactyl|pterosaurs]] and [[triceratops]]. These upgrades were later undone when a remorseful Rassilon joined with the [[Twelfth Doctor]] to send [[regeneration energy]] backwards through the [[Eye of Harmony]], undoing the timeline. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') In [[Alternate timeline (Assimilation²)|another alternate timeline]], the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-web]] assimilated the entire [[Borg (species)|Borg]] race and proceeded to upgrade both [[N-Space]] and the Borg's [[Federation universe|home universe]], converting [[Judoon]], [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s, [[Klingon]]s and [[Vulcan (Assimilation²)|Vulcans]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'') Following the [[Fall of the Cyber-Empire]], the [[Cyber-Empire]] had the technology to upgrade Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | However, there were a minority of Cybermen capable of converting other species; the Cybermen of the [[Cyberiad]] who recovered from the [[Cyber-Wars]] were capable of upgrading "almost any living components", and were even capable of converting [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver]]'') In [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|an alternate timeline]] created by their allying with [[Rassilon]], the Cyberiad advanced to become capable of upgrading all life, including Time Lords, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Prologue: The Second Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Second Doctor]]'', ''[[Prologue: The Third Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Third Doctor]]'') [[K9]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Prologue: The Fourth Doctor (comic story)|Prologue: The Fourth Doctor]]'') and [[Silurian]]s who were converted into [[Cyber-Silurian]]s. The Cyberiad also began converting animals, the Cyber-Silurians utilising cyber-converted [[dinosaur]]s such as [[Pterodactyl|pterosaurs]] and [[triceratops]]. These upgrades were later undone when a remorseful Rassilon joined with the [[Twelfth Doctor]] to send [[regeneration energy]] backwards through the [[Eye of Harmony]], undoing the timeline. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') In [[Alternate timeline (Assimilation²)|another alternate timeline]], the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-web]] assimilated the entire [[Borg (species)|Borg]] race and proceeded to upgrade both [[N-Space]] and the Borg's [[Federation universe|home universe]], converting [[Judoon]], [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s, [[Klingon]]s and [[Vulcan (Assimilation²)|Vulcans]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'') Following the [[Fall of the Cyber-Empire]], the [[Cyber-Empire]] had the technology to upgrade Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | ||
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A group of Cybermen who time travelled to [[Earth]] in [[1939]] from the [[30th century]] appeared to use [[Cybermat]]s in the conversion process. At one point, they attempted to convert a human [[baby]]; the result was a horrific fusion between a Cyberman and a Cybermat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') One group of Cybermen encountered by the [[Fourth Doctor]] on [[Telos]] possessed [[Cyber-pollen|Cyber-particles]] within their hands, allowing them to convert humans merely by touching them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Telos (audio story)|Return to Telos]]'') A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on [[Catrigan Nova]] possessed similar conversion capabilities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mondas Touch (short story)|The Mondas Touch]]'') | A group of Cybermen who time travelled to [[Earth]] in [[1939]] from the [[30th century]] appeared to use [[Cybermat]]s in the conversion process. At one point, they attempted to convert a human [[baby]]; the result was a horrific fusion between a Cyberman and a Cybermat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') One group of Cybermen encountered by the [[Fourth Doctor]] on [[Telos]] possessed [[Cyber-pollen|Cyber-particles]] within their hands, allowing them to convert humans merely by touching them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Telos (audio story)|Return to Telos]]'') A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on [[Catrigan Nova]] possessed similar conversion capabilities. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mondas Touch (short story)|The Mondas Touch]]'') | ||
[[Missy]] created an army of Cybermen by uploading the minds of dead people into “the [[Nethersphere]]”, in truth a [[matrix data slice]], then converting the bodies before dowloading the minds back into their Cyber-bodies. This process worked on humans and even appeared to work on the [[Half-Face Man]], despite him being a [[Clockwork Droid]] and not a human. These Cybermen were capable of self-destructing to release clouds of Cyber-pollen, that could rain down and upgrade both living and dead humans, no matter how long a human had been dead for. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') The "zenith of cyber-conversion", as declared by a [[Cyber-Leader (The Power of the Doctor)|Cyber-Leader]], was a [[cyber-conversion planet]] seen during [[the Master's Dalek Plan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | |||
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