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=== General appearance === | === General appearance === | ||
[[File:Tenth Planet 2 001.jpg|thumb|left|A [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}})]] | [[File:Tenth Planet 2 001.jpg|thumb|left|A [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}})]] | ||
The Cyberman form was known as a [[Cyber-body]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)}}) or Cyber-suit. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast}}) Though the Cybermen's designs varied greatly across [[time]], [[space]] and [[universe]]s, the many versions had several things in common. Nearly all were predominantly [[silver (colour)|silver]] in colour, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}} et al.) except for the [[Cyber-Scout]]s, who were completely [[black]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) and a [[wooden Cyberman]], who was, due to the material used, almost entirely [[brown]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | The Cyberman form was known as a [[Cyber-body]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)}}) or Cyber-suit. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast)}}) Though the Cybermen's designs varied greatly across [[time]], [[space]] and [[universe]]s, the many versions had several things in common. Nearly all were predominantly [[silver (colour)|silver]] in colour, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}} et al.) except for the [[Cyber-Scout]]s, who were completely [[black]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) and a [[wooden Cyberman]], who was, due to the material used, almost entirely [[brown]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | ||
Many Cybermen also exhibited exposed circuitry and tubing on a [[rubber]] or mylar-textured outer [[skin]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}} et al.) although some Cybermen had entirely [[metal]] bodies with no exposed circuitry. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}, {{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)}}) While some Cybermen had highly muscular Cyber-bodies, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)}}) the Cybermen that attacked the ''[[Dreadnought (Dreadnought)|Dreadnought]]'' had skeletal Cyber-bodies. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Dreadnought (comic story)}}) | Many Cybermen also exhibited exposed circuitry and tubing on a [[rubber]] or mylar-textured outer [[skin]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}} et al.) although some Cybermen had entirely [[metal]] bodies with no exposed circuitry. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}, {{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)}}) While some Cybermen had highly muscular Cyber-bodies, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)}}) the Cybermen that attacked the ''[[Dreadnought (Dreadnought)|Dreadnought]]'' had skeletal Cyber-bodies. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Dreadnought (comic story)}}) | ||
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The Cybermen's eyes in 1873 were photocell. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Silver Turk (audio story)}}) | The Cybermen's eyes in 1873 were photocell. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Silver Turk (audio story)}}) | ||
While the Cybermen showed that they were capable of [[time travel]] at several points in their history, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Reaping (audio story)}}) it was still primitive, limited and even dangerous as late as the [[30th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Illegal Alien (novel)}}) Should the Cybermen have mastered time travel, they would have become strong enough to crush the [[Draconian]]s, the [[Sontaran]]s, the [[Time Lord]]s and even the [[Dalek]]s. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast}}) | While the Cybermen showed that they were capable of [[time travel]] at several points in their history, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Reaping (audio story)}}) it was still primitive, limited and even dangerous as late as the [[30th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Illegal Alien (novel)}}) Should the Cybermen have mastered time travel, they would have become strong enough to crush the [[Draconian]]s, the [[Sontaran]]s, the [[Time Lord]]s and even the [[Dalek]]s. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast)}}) | ||
By the end of the [[Cyber-Wars]], the Cybermen had gained the ability to instantly adapt to anything that posed a threat to damaging their bodies; thus most methods of killing them became obsolete after one use, and this instant immunity was shared through the [[Cyberiad]]. The only guaranteed method of destroying the Cybermen was to completely destroy the planet they were on at the time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}) These Cybermen could also learn a person's identity in seconds using a scanner in their chest plate. They could also self destruct, releasing spores to upgrade a corpse into a Cyberman as well, albeit allowing some to retain their free will. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}) | By the end of the [[Cyber-Wars]], the Cybermen had gained the ability to instantly adapt to anything that posed a threat to damaging their bodies; thus most methods of killing them became obsolete after one use, and this instant immunity was shared through the [[Cyberiad]]. The only guaranteed method of destroying the Cybermen was to completely destroy the planet they were on at the time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}) These Cybermen could also learn a person's identity in seconds using a scanner in their chest plate. They could also self destruct, releasing spores to upgrade a corpse into a Cyberman as well, albeit allowing some to retain their free will. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}) | ||
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[[File:Doctor in Real Time.jpg|thumb|A Cyberman with the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast)}})|alt=]] | [[File:Doctor in Real Time.jpg|thumb|A Cyberman with the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast)}})|alt=]] | ||
The Controller was unable to travel through the portal, but eventually the Sixth Doctor, Evelyn, and [[Reece Goddard]] all came through to the future. The Doctor and Evelyn escaped back to the 33rd century, leaving Reece to defeat the Controller, but in his final moments Reece learned that the Controller was Evelyn's future self and that the Evelyn with the Doctor had been infected with [[Virus (Real Time)|techno-virus]]. The Doctor and Evelyn then went to [[Earth]] in [[1927]], creating the [[Cyberverse]]. However, the Doctor earlier believed the Cyberverse was a divergent timeline ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast}}) and during the [[Lamprey]] crisis a version of the Sixth Doctor travelling with a partially cyber-converted Evelyn was said to be from a [[parallel universe]] to [[Melanie Bush]]'s Sixth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spiral Scratch (novel)}}) | The Controller was unable to travel through the portal, but eventually the Sixth Doctor, Evelyn, and [[Reece Goddard]] all came through to the future. The Doctor and Evelyn escaped back to the 33rd century, leaving Reece to defeat the Controller, but in his final moments Reece learned that the Controller was Evelyn's future self and that the Evelyn with the Doctor had been infected with [[Virus (Real Time)|techno-virus]]. The Doctor and Evelyn then went to [[Earth]] in [[1927]], creating the [[Cyberverse]]. However, the Doctor earlier believed the Cyberverse was a divergent timeline ([[WC]]: {{cs|Real Time (webcast)}}) and during the [[Lamprey]] crisis a version of the Sixth Doctor travelling with a partially cyber-converted Evelyn was said to be from a [[parallel universe]] to [[Melanie Bush]]'s Sixth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spiral Scratch (novel)}}) | ||
One of the last surviving [[Cyber-Leader (The Reaping)|Cyber-Leaders]] found a [[TARDIS]] "abandoned on a planet ruined by fire". It tried to pilot the ship to prehistoric [[Earth]] and cyberconvert a few early ancestors of humanity, but it was unable to fully control the TARDIS. The Cyber-Leader was severely damaged by exposure to the [[Time Vortex]] and it crashed near [[Baltimore]] in late [[1982]]. | One of the last surviving [[Cyber-Leader (The Reaping)|Cyber-Leaders]] found a [[TARDIS]] "abandoned on a planet ruined by fire". It tried to pilot the ship to prehistoric [[Earth]] and cyberconvert a few early ancestors of humanity, but it was unable to fully control the TARDIS. The Cyber-Leader was severely damaged by exposure to the [[Time Vortex]] and it crashed near [[Baltimore]] in late [[1982]]. | ||
