User:Gabriel Bishop/Cybermen
| Cybermen | |
|---|---|
 Cybermen, Very Deadly | |
| Location: | Telos |
| Purpose: | Alien Race |
| First mentioned: | Dalek, The Next Doctor |
| Known leaders: | Cybercontroller, Cyberleader |
| Equipment used: | Cybernetic Suit, Laser |
The Cybermen were cybernetically augmented humanoids. Though the Cybermen varied greatly in design through time, the various versions of the Cybermen had several things in common. Nearly all were silver in colour, though, for stealth purposes, a black variety also existed in the London sewers. They also exhibited exposed circuitry and tubing which may contain hydraulic fluids for motion, covering a rubber or mylar-like outer skin. Cybermen frequently attempted to increase their numbers by cyber-conversion.
Cybermen had a number of major weaknesses, of which the most notable was the element gold. Gold, having a non-corrosive nature, choked their respiratory systems, a property exploited by the glittergun, a weapon used during the Cyber-Wars. On occasion, the mere touch of gold seemed toxic to them, with gold coins or gold-tipped arrows able to destroy them. Gold also blocked their sensors and caused the cybermats to malfunction.
Technology
The Cybermen forces in 2526 employed the use of the Cyberlance, a powerful hand-held cutting weapon. They also made use of the Cyberscope, an observation device that allowed Cyber commanders to both view the battlefield remotely and access a computer database (containing, at least, information on their race's encounters with The Doctor).
Culture
Cybermen made "survival" their central objective. Since they could not reproduce naturally, they needed to reproduce by other means, via cyber-conversion. At times they have tended to focus on converting the population of Earth, at other times with simply destroying it.
Cybermen tended toward covert activity, scheming from hiding and using Human or other agents , cybermats or androids to act as their proxies until they appear.
Individuality and Emotion
Throughout their history, Cybermen have, for the most part, lacked individuality or names.
Some Cybermen had individual names such as Krang or Kroton.
In the script and cast listings for The Tenth Planet the individual Cybermen had names. They were Krail, Talon, Shav, Krang, Jarl and Gern. Cybermen in positions of authority have included the ground level Cyber-Leader, sometimes aided by a Cyber-Lieutenant. Immobile computer-like Cyber-Planners have sometimes made decisions. The Cyber-Controllers, with an enlarged cranium, had, possibly, the position of highest possible authority
History
Origin
Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of Near-Humans originating on Earth's former twin planet, Mondas, which was knocked out of solar orbit and drifted into deep space. The natives began to implant more and more cybernetic parts into their bodies.
Another account says that Mondas originated on the planet Marinus and that the Cybermen originated as a species called Voord that, through the use of Worldshaper devices manipulated time to speed up their evolution. In the "sped up" future they implanted themselves with more and more cybernetic parts. Also Marinus changed and became Mondas
The 20th and 21st Century
Mondas acquired a drive propulsion system in place of the planet's core to move the entire world. As the original Cybermen were limited in numbers and were continually being depleted, the Cybermen decided to invade Earth. (DW: The Tenth Planet)
The Doctor and Ace fought Cybermen in 1940 London (PDA: Illegal Alien) The same team would fight them in 1950s Nevada. (DWM: The Good Soldier)
By 1970 or before, Cybermen had established a base on the dark side of the Moon. The Cyber-Planner had contacted the industrialist Tobias Vaughn, the head of the International Electromatics corporation. The Cybermen had him install mind control circuits in electrical appliances manufactured by his company, paving the way for a ground invasion. They had also grafted cybernetic arms onto several of his workers. Vaughn had a Cyber-Planner installed in his office and communicated with it.
The plot was uncovered by the newly formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce and by the Doctor who assisted in beating off the invasion both on the ground and from the Cyberman base on the Moon. (DW: The Invasion).
These Cybermen had evolved considerably from Mondasian form and from the Cybermen which would invade Earth in 1986. The exact date of this invasion remains unknown, though estimates range of its date range from 1969 to 1979
Cybermen prowl the sewers of London.From the mid 1970s to 1985, Cybermen lurked in the sewers below London, awaiting another invasion, which would come in 1986. One Cyberman's head was taken and was stored in Henry van Statten's artifact collection.
According to its label, it was recovered from the London sewers in 1975, though its design seems subtly anachronistic for its era and more typical of the designs seen in the post-Cyber Wars era. Cybermen in the future, having captured a time vessel, knew that the Doctor would destroy Mondas, so planned, instead, to divert Halley's Comet towards Earth.
In December 1986, the Doctor met an advance force of Cybermen that landed near Snowcap Base in Antarctica. This advance force was to prepare for the return of Mondas to the Sol system and the draining of Earth's energy for the use of the Cybermen. Mondas absorbed too much energy and was destroyed, as were the Cybermen on Earth who depended on Mondas for power. Following the destruction of Mondas, the Cyberman made Lonsis their new home.
In November 1988 a fleet of Cyber warships was assembled to turn Earth into New Mondas now that their homeworld had been destroyed. A scouting party was sent to Earth in search of a statue made of validium called Nemesis, a Time Lord weapon.
In 2006, Cybermen once more invaded the South Pole of Earth. In the same year, the Cybermen on Lonsis tried to invade Earth via the portal in the main branch of Hulbert Logistics.
Late Cyber Empire
In 2070, by which time Earth's weather was being controlled by the Gravitron installation on the Moon, Cybermen planned to use the Gravitron to disrupt the planet's weather patterns and destroy all life on the planet.
In the middle to late 21st century, the Space Station W3 was the site of a takeover by Cybermen on Earth. The Doctor encountered Cybermen in 2191
The Cybermen had all but passed into legend when an archaeological expedition to the planet Telos uncovered their Tombs, where hordes of Cybermen waited in cryogenic suspension. This tomb was sealed again but turned to not be the only one - there were dozens across the galaxy and more wars were started off.
Tomb of the Cybermen does not give a direct date for its events, aside from a reference to the Cybermen being frozen for 500 years. Crystal of Cantus has Benny Summerfield - born in the 26th Century - refer to it in the past tense, placing it logically before Earthshock. In 2526 several planets would unite in war against the Cybermen in an event called the Cyber-Wars. A force of Cybermen tried to devastate Earth using a Cyberbomb and convert the survivors. Failing this, they hoped to crash the freighter into Earth and cause an ecological disaster. Although the attempt failed, the freighter was catapulted back in time to become the "meteor" that wiped out the dinosaurs. One of the last acts of the Cybermen during this war was attempt to blow up the planet Voga in order to stop the production of glitterguns. In the aftermath of their failure, the Cybermen were reduced to scattered, nomadic remnant groups around the galaxy.
Cybermen and their leader. Several centuries after the Cyber-Wars' end, one group returned to the Sol system in order to destroy Voga, the "planet of gold".
On Telos, the Cybermen plotted to change history and, as already noted, divert Halley's Comet to Earth in order to destroy it and to save Mondas. This would lead to their loss of Telos.
As noted previously, these actions would have repercussions in the year 1985. At some point, Telos was shattered by an asteroid impact.
During the Orion War between humanity and a race of androids, both sides would attempt to use the long-dormant Cybermen to win the war. This would lead to both races nearly wiped out and the temporary conquest of Earth before the Cybermen resurgance was stopped.
By 3286, the Cybermen had been thought dead for centuries.
Final evolution by the 101st Century, the Cybermen had nearly died out. Several centuries before that, they choose a new name for their species and became pacifists.
Later Cybermen would develop time travel, heading back in time to 21st Century Earth to convert it. They used rain that caused extreme emotions (sadness, fear, anger) in an attempt to convert the peoples of the world.
Transcending into pure energy, the Cybermen would ultimately redeem the whole of sentient life and become the most peace loving species in the whole of creation
Notes
- These Cybermen are from our universe. To see the Cybermen from Pete's World go here.