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Most of the early patients made use of a [[Liquid|fluid]] canister, which contained a [[blue]]-and-[[white]]-coloured medical fluid in a clear container with a metal edge at the top of the canister. These patients were constantly connected to the canister via a small tube from the canister to the patients' right [[Cyber-arm|arms]], and the canister's [[wheel]]s allowed the patients to move around even with a canister attached to them. Notably, the patients' canisters additionally featured their primary means of [[communication]]: a [[voice synthesiser]]. The patients used a [[keyboard]] on the canister to input and vocalise basic [[word]]s or phrases in a robotic voice, although a small metal [[dial]] on top of the fluid containers allowed for their [[voice]]s to be manually muted. Later models of patients distinctly lacked these fluid canisters, and did not require keyboards to speak. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') However, the patients who attacked [[Floor 0507]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') such as "[[Topknot]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') did not use these canisters, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') despite having left for said floor long before [[Bill Potts]] arrived on [[Floor 1056]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | Most of the early patients made use of a [[Liquid|fluid]] canister, which contained a [[blue]]-and-[[white]]-coloured medical fluid in a clear container with a metal edge at the top of the canister. These patients were constantly connected to the canister via a small tube from the canister to the patients' right [[Cyber-arm|arms]], and the canister's [[wheel]]s allowed the patients to move around even with a canister attached to them. Notably, the patients' canisters additionally featured their primary means of [[communication]]: a [[voice synthesiser]]. The patients used a [[keyboard]] on the canister to input and vocalise basic [[word]]s or phrases in a robotic voice, although a small metal [[dial]] on top of the fluid containers allowed for their [[voice]]s to be manually muted. Later models of patients distinctly lacked these fluid canisters, and did not require keyboards to speak. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') However, the patients who attacked [[Floor 0507]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') such as "[[Topknot]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') did not use these canisters, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') despite having left for said floor long before [[Bill Potts]] arrived on [[Floor 1056]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | ||
The patients were capable of moving individually ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') and in unison as a group. Although most patients could only [[Walking|walk]] at a slow pace, two further evolved patients were capable of swiftly rising from a seated position and restraining an [[adult]] [[human]] female, which also demonstrated the patients' ability to trick people into believing them to be merely [[sleep]]ing. The patients possessed notable physical strength; [[Jorj]] claimed to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Nardole]] and | The patients were capable of moving individually ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') and in unison as a group. Although most patients could only [[Walking|walk]] at a slow pace, two further evolved patients were capable of swiftly rising from a seated position and restraining an [[adult]] [[human]] female, which also demonstrated the patients' ability to trick people into believing them to be merely [[sleep]]ing. The patients possessed notable physical strength; [[Jorj]] claimed to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Nardole]] and [[Missy]] that they were "too strong" for him, a non-human, to fight, and that they could "snap [a Mondasian] in half". ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') | ||
Additionally, the patient nicknamed "[[Topknot]]" by Missy demonstrated a degree of [[Scanner|scanning]] capabilities and was able to operate a service [[lift]] from the [[superstructure walkway]]s underneath Floor 0507 to [[Floor 0508]]. Notably, {{Simm}} incorporated numerous features into the patients designed to make them serve him to a degree; the top of the patients' [[chest unit]]s contained a [[voice box]] which could be altered by the Master to recognise his vocal commands by receiving the vocal authorisation code [[Master Alpha Seven]]. In addition, the [[root command]] of the patients' operating system, located behind the back of their chest cloths, could be altered by the Master, as he did to Topknot so that it stopped registering [[lifeform]]s with two [[heart]]s as human. Following the Master's modifications, Topknot was able to use its scanning abilities to locate technology on Floor 0508 that the Master could use to hack into the patients he set up on [[Floor 1056]]. Furthermore, the Master installed a failsafe system into the patients that would force them to return to the [[Hospital (World Enough and Time)|hospital]] on Floor 1056 if they wandered too far from it, or else the patients would shut down. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') | Additionally, the patient nicknamed "[[Topknot]]" by Missy demonstrated a degree of [[Scanner|scanning]] capabilities and was able to operate a service [[lift]] from the [[superstructure walkway]]s underneath Floor 0507 to [[Floor 0508]]. Notably, {{Simm}} incorporated numerous features into the patients designed to make them serve him to a degree; the top of the patients' [[chest unit]]s contained a [[voice box]] which could be altered by the Master to recognise his vocal commands by receiving the vocal authorisation code [[Master Alpha Seven]]. In addition, the [[root command]] of the patients' operating system, located behind the back of their chest cloths, could be altered by the Master, as he did to Topknot so that it stopped registering [[lifeform]]s with two [[heart]]s as human. Following the Master's modifications, Topknot was able to use its scanning abilities to locate technology on Floor 0508 that the Master could use to hack into the patients he set up on [[Floor 1056]]. Furthermore, the Master installed a failsafe system into the patients that would force them to return to the [[Hospital (World Enough and Time)|hospital]] on Floor 1056 if they wandered too far from it, or else the patients would shut down. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') | ||
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Reflecting their nature as a [[Cyber-subspecies|subspecies]] of Cyberman, the patients were highly resilient when tasked with completing a mission; for example, the patients sent to capture the Mondasians of [[Floor 0507]] for conversion continued to repeatedly resume their mission, despite being constantly shot down and restrained by the residents of said floor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The patients also obeyed the orders of their leaders without [[question]], even if doing so would lead to their [[death]]s. | Reflecting their nature as a [[Cyber-subspecies|subspecies]] of Cyberman, the patients were highly resilient when tasked with completing a mission; for example, the patients sent to capture the Mondasians of [[Floor 0507]] for conversion continued to repeatedly resume their mission, despite being constantly shot down and restrained by the residents of said floor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The patients also obeyed the orders of their leaders without [[question]], even if doing so would lead to their [[death]]s. | ||
Possibly as a result of the constant extreme pain they experienced following their cyber-conversions, the patients appeared resilient to attacks and [[Injury|injuries]] that most [[human]]s were not. For example, "[[Topknot]]" sustained multiple blows from | Possibly as a result of the constant extreme pain they experienced following their cyber-conversions, the patients appeared resilient to attacks and [[Injury|injuries]] that most [[human]]s were not. For example, "[[Topknot]]" sustained multiple blows from [[Missy]]'s [[sonic umbrella]], but continued to attack her anyway. Later, Topknot also dislocated its [[ankle]], yet appeared mostly unfazed by such an injury. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') | ||
==Weaknesses == | ==Weaknesses == | ||
As highly primitive [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], the patients possessed weaknesses not exhibited by further-[[Evolution|evolved]] Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The [[Firearm|rifles]] used by the [[Mondasian]] [[farm]]ers on [[Floor 0507]] were strong enough to incapacitate patients for at least several [[hour]]s, and the [[chain]]s that bound the patients to their [[crucifix]]es were strong enough to restrain them for at least a few hours, even after awaking. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') {{Simm|c}} was also able to at least briefly render a patient unconscious with a strong blow to the back of its [[head]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') and the patient nicknamed "[[Topknot]]" was successfully parried by | As highly primitive [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], the patients possessed weaknesses not exhibited by further-[[Evolution|evolved]] Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') The [[Firearm|rifles]] used by the [[Mondasian]] [[farm]]ers on [[Floor 0507]] were strong enough to incapacitate patients for at least several [[hour]]s, and the [[chain]]s that bound the patients to their [[crucifix]]es were strong enough to restrain them for at least a few hours, even after awaking. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') {{Simm|c}} was also able to at least briefly render a patient unconscious with a strong blow to the back of its [[head]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') and the patient nicknamed "[[Topknot]]" was successfully parried by [[Missy]]'s [[sonic umbrella]], preventing it from attacking herself, the Master and [[Alit]]. The Master was also able to use a low setting on his [[laser screwdriver]] to briefly stun Topknot by burning a small incision into its [[chest unit]]. Additionally, Topknot disfigured one of its [[ankle]]s after falling off of a cultivator machine on [[Floor 0508]]. The gunfire from the [[Cyber-gun]]s of [[CyberNeomorph]]s were also capable of killing patients, as they did to Topknot on Floor 0508. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alit in Underland (short story)|Alit in Underland]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
