Cybusmen was the original name, during development, for the endpoint ofCybus Industries'Ultimate Upgrade™ project to achieveimmortality by converting the entirehuman population ofPete's World intocyborgs. They were a new breed ofCybermen, a name whichJohn Lumic himself eventually decided was superior to "Cybusmen". (PROSE:Lumic) TheTenth Doctor, well familiar with the Cybermen native tohis own universe, recognised their rise on this parallel Earth as arepetition of theCyberMondans' onMondas (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) and otherCybermen species. (TV:The Doctor Falls)

One source distinguished them asParallel-Earth Cybermen. (PROSE:Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) Thework of natural historians who were allowed to study themonster information vaults ofthe Doctor's TARDIS applied the termCybus Cyberman to the Cybermen of Pete's World as well ofthose with the same design who dispensed with the Cybus brand as they operated inthe Doctor's universe. Theweapons-grade Cybermen onHedgewick's World of Wonders were identified as their directdescendants, (PROSE:The Monster Vault) withanother source hypothesising that the weapons-grade units came from a union of the Cybus and Mondasian Cyber-subspecies. (PROSE:The Whoniverse)

Characteristics[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cybusmen had a "clean, industrialArt Deco style" personally selected byJohn Lumic. (PROSE:Lumic) Their form was known as aCyber-suit, (TV:The Age of Steel) which was constructed from bulletproof steel, (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) as well certainplastic components. They were over2m (6'7") tall. (PROSE:"Cyber Data"^[+]Part ofThe Cybermen,Loading...{"page":"6","namedpart":"Cyber Data","1":"The Cybermen (DWF reference book)"}) A chest plate with theCybus Industries logo housed the emotional inhibitor chip, which theTenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver was capable of turning off once thechest plate was removed. The brain remained contained within the suit's head, (TV:The Age of Steel) though the skull was included in more hastily converted units. (TV:The Pandorica Opens) Artificially grown nervous tissue was threaded throughout the body so the Cyberman responded like a fully biological organism. Without a brain inserted, the Cyber-suit was a robot which apparently had sufficient processing capacity to pursue and attack a human target. (TV:The Age of Steel) According to theEleventh Doctor, Cybermen didn't retain human hearts and had instead a "plastic-and-metal piston arrangement". (PROSE:"Love is the Answer"^[+]Part ofDoctor, Doctor! 232,Loading...{"page":"28","namedpart":"Love is the Answer","1":"Doctor, Doctor! (DWA 232 short story)"}) Inthe Doctor's universe,Dalek Sec of theCult of Skaro instantly recognised the Cybusmen, noting that their "outline resemble[d] the inferior species known asCybermen". (TV:Doomsday)

Just like other species of Cybermen, the Cybusmen were led by aCyber-Leader during conversion missions. If the Cyber-Leader was terminated, then the Cybermen downloaded the shared files and nominated a new Cyber-Leader. However, this would take time. (TV:Doomsday) Other leader variations wereCyber-Lords andCyber-Kings. (TV:The Next Doctor)

Cybusmen spoke in an electronic, monotone voice, far more emotionless and deeper than some of the Cybermen of the Doctor's universe. Because of their lack of emotions, the Cybusmen used technical terms like "compatible" and their battle cry, "DELETE!". (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) The Cybusmen were shown to misunderstand lower-level, spoken language terms, instead preferring higher-level language. For example, theCyber-Lord couldn't understand the word "best", necessitatingMercy Hartigan to say she would "operate at maximum efficiency". (TV:The Next Doctor)

While Cybusmen were mostly immune tobullets, (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) they could be destroyed byrocket launchers. (TV:Doomsday;PROSE:Made of Steel) A huge overdose ofelectricity could also fry theircircuits, such as anelectromagnetic pulse. (TV:The Age of Steel) ADalek'sgunstick could also kill them in a single shot without difficulty. (TV:Doomsday) Asword could also pierce their armour, (TV:The Pandorica Opens) depending on the momentum. (TV:The Next Doctor)

Conversion[[edit] |[edit source]]

Conversion into "Cybusmen" saw a human brain moved into a cybernetic form. (WC:Tardisode 6)

The Cybusmen were created by taking the brains of humans and placing them in cybernetic bodies. These exostructures were built fromHigh Content Metal and were stauncher and more heavily built than the Cybermen ofMondas. Thebrain was preserved in a cradle ofCybus-copyrighted chemicals and welded to theexoskeleton, to which cyber-kinetic impulses were bonded, while an artificially grown nervous system was integrated. The remaining human body was simply incinerated. (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) Once complete, the newly developed Cyberman had anemotional inhibitor implanted. This prevented them from feeling theiremotions, but, if disrupted, the Cybermen entered a traumatic state as they were overloaded by thepain of the conversion. This would make them die in agony or cause theirheads to explode from the emotional overload. (TV:The Age of Steel) In times of emergency, cyber-conversion consisted of only constructing a Cyber-suit around a living being with some internal modifications. (TV:Cyberwoman)

Hierarchy[[edit] |[edit source]]

John Lumic, due to being founder ofCybus Industries and creator of the Cybusmen, led the Cybusmen upon his conversion into aCyber-Controller, even having a throne like chair. He was their highest authority, so much so those who were captured were brought straight to him, like the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Pete. (TV:The Age of Steel)

Upon Lumic's death,a Cyber-Leader became the commander of the Cyber-Army. The original had black handlebars on his headpiece, though subsequent replacements did not. Cyber-Leaders had the power to call other lower ranked Cybermen for support during heavy conflicts and generally controlled all the other Cybermen. They also held talks with other species, proposing alliances and declaring war and surrender to them. (TV:Army of Ghosts,Doomsday)

After theBattle of Canary Wharf,a Cyber-Lord became the Cyber-commander. They were a seemingly higher rank of Cyber-Leader, the only noticeable difference being that their purpose was to prepare for the creation of theCyberKing and that their brain was visible through their black face plate. The CyberKing was the control unit of a Dreadnought ship. They typically led the invasion and takeover of a planet, serving on the front lines, using their advanced weapons to lay waste to cities, and acted as a mass conversion unit. (TV:The Next Doctor)

Then there was thetypical Cyberman, a standard fighting unit of the Cyber-Army. They were subservient to all except those beneath them. (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) Such lower ranks wereCyberdrones, half-converted "basic work units", theCyberdogs, the search and guard units of converteddogs, (COMIC:Enemy Mine) and theCybershades, primitive, beast-like worker unit, converted by using a brain of adog or acat. (TV:The Next Doctor)

The lowest rank werehumans controlled at the brain which were often only kept until fulfilling their required purpose, then killed. (TV:Rise of the Cybermen,Army of Ghosts,The Next Doctor)

Technology[[edit] |[edit source]]

Connected through theCyber-web, (COMIC:Assimilation²) the Cybusmen were capable of wirelessly communicating with each other, and when a Cyber-Leader was killed, their files were transferred to an appointed Cybusman, who would subsequently be upgraded to a new Cyber-Leader. (TV:Doomsday) They could wirelessly control electronics, such as John Lumic's wheelchair and the "Ghost Shift" control levers atTorchwood Tower; this function was associated with a Cybusman bringing its closed fist to its chest. (TV:The Age of Steel,Army of Ghosts) They were also capable of usinginfostamps, allowing them to communicate information to other Cybusmen when they were low on power. They were also able to steal other technology from theDaleks whilst insidethe Void, such as aDimension Vault. (TV:The Next Doctor) During the Battle of Canary Wharf the Cybusmen were granted use of PreacherEnergy blaster rifles in order to better combat the Daleks. These rifles were later reverse engineered and mass produced by the Cybusmen. (TV:The Pandorica Opens) Presumably as a result of the theorised "cross pollination", these guns were also obtained by the Cybermen of the Doctor's universe and continued to be used by the time of theCyber-Wars (TV:A Good Man Goes to War,Ascension of the Cybermen) and theFlux event. (TV:The Vanquishers)

Weaponry[[edit] |[edit source]]

A Cybusmanwrist blaster operating on its own. (TV:The Pandorica Opens)

Originally, the only weapons owned by the Cybusmen were theirelectrified hands, (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) but they later gaineda small wrist-mounted energy weapon. These wrist blasters could easily kill humans from a distance, even if they were wearing armour, but were ineffective against the Daleks. (TV:Army of Ghosts,Doomsday) They could act on their own, or be commanded by a wireless signal from the head. To keep victims from escaping, the Cybusmen eventually equipped their heads with tranquilliser darts to sedate them. (TV:The Pandorica Opens)

History[[edit] |[edit source]]

Development[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cybusmen were developed byCybus Industries atJohn Lumic's request, fulfilling Lumic's lifelong ambition of eradicatingmortality at any cost. He also incorporated other inventions of his into the system, including theSleep Replacement System. Lumic felt that the name "Cybusmen" used throughout development was flawed, and eventually landed upon the name of "Cybermen" as a superior alternative. Due to his work contravening theGenevan Bio-Convention, (PROSE:Lumic) Lumic experimented in secret on vagrants and other people whose disappearances wouldn't be noticed. (TV:Rise of the Cybermen) "ChatGuest1" knew of the Cybermen prior to their launch. (GAME:Cybus Spy)

Rise of the Cybusmen[[edit] |[edit source]]

Using theEarPods he designed and sold, Lumic took mental control of the people ofLondon, marching thousands to be cyber-converted. After his life-support systems were damaged by his assistant,Mr. Crane, in an act of defiance that cost him his life, Lumic was converted against his wishes into the Cyber-Controller by his own Cybermen to preserve his flesh form. By the Cybermen's cold logic, it was impractical to cling on to an already dying body. Once converted and revitalised, Cyberman instinct merged with his megalomanical mind and Lumic planned to convert all of the Earth.

However, theTenth Doctor and his companions, having accidentally landed froma parallel Earth, managed to foil his plans. They freed London from mental control and disabled the Cybermen's emotional inhibitors, causing them to go insane and, in some cases, explode. Lumic himself fell to his apparent death into the burning remains of his factory. A human resistance group,the Preachers, then set about to clean up the remainder of Lumic's factories around the world. (TV:The Age of Steel) Before his death, Lumic had indeed authorised full global cyber-conversion to begin, ordering that anyone who was deemed "incompatible" be deleted. (WC:Tardisode 6)

One source suggested that the Doctor's accidental visit to Pete's World was a new development inmeta-history, a result of theTenth Doctor's change toestablished history by avertingBritain's Golden Age in his universe which, coupled with theNinth Doctor's earlier use of theCardiff temporal rift as a fuel source, weakened thewalls of reality. Initially, the Cybus Industries Cybermen would not have crossed over and invaded the Doctor's universe in theBattle of Canary Wharf and, without the Doctor's intervention, would likely have converted their Earth entirely. (GAME:Dalek^[+]Loading...["Dalek (game)"]) However,Cyberleader One would understand that the barriers between worlds had been broken down bythe Sphere, (TV:Army of Ghosts^[+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"]) which theCult of Skaro had used to escape the Time War. (TV:Doomsday^[+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) Another source concurred that the Battle of Canary Wharf was a new meta-historical development, but that it was merely a result of thepersonal timelines ofthe Doctor andthe Dalek race progressing to the point that the Cult of Skaro emerged from the Sphere, which existed outsidespace andtime, at the point they did. (PROSE:The Time Traveller's Almanac^[+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])

Preacher-Cyberman War[[edit] |[edit source]]

Main article:Preacher-Cyberman War

Following the destruction of the Cybus Factory and the Cyber-Controller inGreat Britain, (TV:The Age of Steel) assaults around the rest of the world were taken against the Cybus Factories. One ofthe earliest victories came inParis, where a stolen Cybusairship under the command ofthe readers ofDefending the Earth! fromthe Doctor's universe, under instruction fromMickey Smith, fought its way through the streets, saving civilians and destroying attacking Cybermen along the way with a new weapon attached to the ship. Once the airship reached the factory, it destroyed it using anEMP. After the Cyber threat in Paris was ended, Mickey sent a video message to those who were sent on the mission, congratulating and thanking them. (GAME:Airships,WC:Operation: Paris)

Eventually, the Preachers had Cyber resistance set up all over the world, just as the Cybermen had factories. Soon they were ready to begin their assault on what remained of Lumic's legacy. The mission was commanded overall byJake Simmonds. The Preachers managed to developfirearms which were effective against the Cybermen and sent troops into other countries, where they recruited others to aid them in their cause. Battles ensued when a squad moved into Cyber territory but successful battles ultimately gained them control of countries where a Cyber Factory was located. From there, the Preachers would surround the factory while a single commando unit entered the factory and fought their way to the emotion inhibitor and taking it out, thus destroying the factory and all the Cyber units converted there.

However, the Cybermen also sought to do the same thing: expand,"recruit", take over, and destroy the Preacher bases. The conflict was fought all over the planet. Ultimately though, the Preachers were victorious as they succeeded in sealing the Cybermen inside their factories. Jake congratulated the resistance, but it was known that the Cybermen were not completely defeated, they had only been delayed. (GAME:Cyber Assault)

The Battle of Canary Wharf[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cybermen in France. (TV:Army of Ghosts)

Despite their defeat, at least five million Cybermen survived and were able to infiltratetheir universe'sTorchwood Institute. They found a crack in the universe, caused by the passage of theCult of Skaro'sVoid Ship. The Cybermen were able to travel from their dimension into the Doctor's, and infiltrated the planet in the guise of benign ghosts of deceased humans. They established a base inside theTorchwood Tower atCanary Wharf. While there, they started making new Cybermen, using what materials they could find.

After three years, which only lasted two months in the Doctor's universe, the Cybermen were able to completely breach into the other universe, occupying every landmass on the planet before breaking into houses and promising to upgrade all humans, commanded by the new Cyber-Leader. (TV:Army of Ghosts) Simultaneously, the Cult of Skaro had exited the Void Ship with theGenesis Ark. The Cult, led byDalek Sec, communicated with the Cybermen viaDalek Thay and declared war.

The Cybermen encounter Daleks. (TV:Doomsday)

After a skirmish between humans, Cybermen andDaleks, the Cult travelled to the main room in Torchwood's Canary Wharf, elevated outside above the roof, and opened the Genesis Ark, releasing millions of Daleks who, under Sec's command, started to "exterminate all life-forms below", killing human and Cyberman alike. (TV:Doomsday) Towards the end of the Cybermen-Dalek battle, the Cybermen, desperate for more troops, began directly converting people rather than transplanting their brains into Cybershells, such asLisa Hallett. (TV:Cyberwoman) The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler openedthe Void and anything contaminated with "void stuff" was pulled in, including the Cybermen. (TV:Doomsday)

Lingering in the Doctor's world[[edit] |[edit source]]

Ahistory book's depiction of theBattle of Canary Wharf. (PROSE:The Whoniverse)

However, the Cybermen that were made on Earth, who had never passed through the Void, were not sucked in. (PROSE:Made of Steel)

Ianto took Lisa away from the battle and hid her in the basement ofCardiff'sTorchwood Three facility, setting up a life-support system, planning to restore her humanity. He was unsuccessful. She killed Dr.Tanizaki, fought with Torchwood staff and eventually transplanted her brain into the body of a pizza delivery girl, which proved to be her unduing when the Torchwood team gunned down her new human body. (TV:Cyberwoman)

After the battle, two children,Harry andSam, were working on a model train set when they found stuff from Harry's dad's previous job. Inside the box was a Cyberman, in all its individual pieces. Not knowing what it was, Sam decided to put it back together so it could watch them play. Eventually, it awoke and threatened to upgrade both Harry and Sam. It forced Sam to help build equipment intended to upgrade Sam and Harry into more Cybermen using the other left-over electronics from Harry's dad's job in the box. They, however, managed to knock the Cyberman into the equipment, causing the latter two to be destroyed. (PROSE:Going Off the Rails)

Other humans were converted duringthe battle, but fully. These survivors stole teleportation technology from Torchwood Institute in order to gather technology to help them reopen the Void and free the trapped Cybermen. They did not know how to do this, however, and so they stolethe Doctor's TARDIS, trying to lure theTenth Doctor to them for aid. Some Cybermen were destroyed by the army with the Doctor's help, but theCyber-Leader and a few others escaped to theMillennium Dome and kept the army out with a forcefield and kidnappedMartha Jones to draw in the Doctor and force him to help them. The Doctor, having recovered the TARDIS, was able to enter and agreed to help them reopen the Void. However, instead of opening a gateway into the Void, the Doctor opened aspace-time portal to the time of thedinosaurs from which emerged aTyrannosaurus rex. The T-rex dragged two of the Cybermen back through the portal and destroyed them while the Cyber-Leader was destroyed after Martha damaged the forcefield and the Doctor used an electrical cord from it to destroy the leader. (PROSE:Made of Steel)

At some point, as seen in an image in the bookThe Secret Lives of Monsters, aSontaran fought the Cybusmen. (PROSE:The Secret Lives of Monsters)

Escaping the Void[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cyberman-created CyberKing stomps through Victorian London. (TV:The Next Doctor)

When the barriers between worlds were weakened byDavros'reality bomb, (TV:Journey's End) a small number of Cybermen were able to escape the Void, using aDimension Vault. However, the rest of the Cybermen, along with the Daleks trapped in the Void, perished. Landing accidentally in1851London, these Cybermen, under the leadership ofa Cyber-Lord, made an alliance with the humanMercy Hartigan, created a minion race known asCybershades and began construction of a dreadnought robot called theCyberKing, with which they planned to conquer the Earth. They also attackedJackson Lake and his family, who, in a fugue state from seeing his wife killed, absorbed knowledge ofthe Doctor from aninfostamp. Lake and his new companion,Rosita Farisi, tried to defeat them, but were unsuccessful until the Tenth Doctor arrived. When Hartigan was converted into the CyberKing and the ship became mobile, the Doctor showed Hartigan what she had done and, in her anguish, she destroyed herself and the Cybermen, with the CyberKing sent to be disintegrated in the Time Vortex before it fell on London. (TV:The Next Doctor)

One Cyberman fell through the Void into a universe where the Doctor was the main character in a television show calledDoctor Who. TheEleventh Doctor sent the Cyberman back into the Void to "its own home". (COMIC:The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)

With the Alliance[[edit] |[edit source]]

Main article:Total Collapse Event Incident

A detachment of Cybus Cybermen atStonehenge. (TV:The Pandorica Opens)

When thetotal event collapse caused by the sabotaging ofthe Doctor's TARDIS bythe Silence threatened "all reality", the Cybus Cybermen realised that "all universes [would] be deleted" if the crisis was allowed to continue. They investigated the source of the crisis and concluded that "all predictions correlate[d], all evidence concurr[ed]" that theEleventh Doctor himself would be responsible for the destruction of the universe. Unaware that others, such asRiver Song, could fly the TARDIS, they crossed over intothe Doctor's universe and allied with theDaleks, theSontarans and many other species as part of thePandorica Alliance to seal the Doctor into thePandorica.

One Cyberman posted early atStonehenge was hacked apart by the locals, but still managed to threatenAmy Pond until it was fully deactivated by theAuton posing asRory Williams (TV:The Pandorica Opens) during theTotal Collapse Event Incident. (PROSE:Dalek Combat Training Manual) After escaping the Pandorica, the Doctor managed to reboot reality throughBig Bang Two, erasing the Cracks from history and thus preventing the Alliance from ever having needed to form. (TV:The Big Bang)

One source claimed that the Cybermen who joined the Alliance were the last of the Cybus Cybermen whilst acknowledging thenear-identical Cybermen ofthe Doctor's universe who lacked theCybus logo, but did not draw a connection between the two groups. (PROSE:A History of the Universe in 100 Objects^[+]Loading...["A History of the Universe in 100 Objects (reference book)"])

Facing the USSEnterprise-D[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cybus Cybermen standing alongside the Borg. (COMIC:Assimilation²^[+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])

In a daring attempt at conquest, the Cybus andLegion Cybermen prepared an armada ofCyber-ships and attempted to take overother universes as well as their own. Led by aCyber-Controller, the armada crossed from their universe into the24th century of theFederation universe and entered into analliance with a species similar to their own known asthe Borg and together they attacked theplanetDelta IV. TheDeltan Prime Minister escaped the attack and warnedStarfleet of the newly assembled war force. The Eleventh Doctor,Amy Pond andRory Williams accidentally found themselves on the bridge of theUSSEnterprise-D just as it was attacked by a massive fleet of Cyber Ships andBorg cubes. Joining forces withCaptainJean-Luc Picard, the Doctor intended to help Starfleet end the Cyber threat. He also began to remember an encounter with theNomad Cybermen fromMondas during hisfourth incarnation that took place in the same universe - which he also remembered not remembering - and concluded that the Cybus Cybermen were rewriting history.

Meanwhile, the Cybermen betrayed the Borg and the two sides fought a devastating battle onCogen V. The Cybermen were victorious and the Borg collective was at risk of falling completely under Cyber control. TheEnterprise arrived at the planet to find only the remnants of numerous Borg ships in its orbit and the bodies of Cybermen and Borg on the planet's surface. The Borg contacted theEnterprise and offered Picard an alliance. Picard refused, having painful memories of a previous encounter with the Borg, but the Doctor, Amy andGuinan realised the alliance was necessary. Picard realised this too after the Doctor took him inthe TARDIS and showed him a future in which the Cybermen had succeeded. The Borg accepted the temporary alliance and they and Starfleet organised a raid on the Cyber-Controller's command ship and they weakened the Cybermen by filling the air withgold dust. After a struggle with the Cyber-Controller,one of the Borg set all ships linked to the Cyber-web to self-destruct, much to the Doctor's disgust as he considered thisgenocide, despite what the Cybermen had done. With the complete destruction of the Cybermen from the Federation universe, the Doctor guessed that any changes they had made had unwound themselves, although all involved would retain their memories of the event. (COMIC:Assimilation²)

Rebuilt on Centuria[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cybermen on Centuria. (COMIC:Time of the Cybermen)

In the41st century,an interplanetary info-thief stoleCybus Industries Cyberman blueprints from theTorchwood Archive and used them to build a new Cyber-army onCenturia with the intent of auctioning them off as hi-tech soldiers. However, they turned on him and made him ahalf-converted slave. They started to kidnap hundreds of tourists and convert them. The Doctor discovered this while he was on Centuria for a holiday after the beach he was on was attacked. He and the other beachgoers were thrown into a van.Jayne Kadett, who was tracking down the info thief when the Cybermen caught her, revealed to the Doctor what had happened. The Doctor and Jayne managed to escape the Cybermen and blow the restraint circuits, destroyingFactory Zero-One. (COMIC:The Power of the Cybermen)

The Doctor and Kadett followed the Cyberman's signal, taking a robot-run airship across the now-desertedcontinent ofAzlon on the planet Centuria. Before arriving at the airbus terminal (a Cyber-conversion factory), the conductor/law enforcer became influenced by the Cybermen's hypnotic signal, which was being used to subjugate the arriving humans. The Doctor, Kadett and a reprogrammed robot conductor pretended to be hypnotised and followed the other arrivals. Seizing the right moment, the Doctor disrupted the hypnotic signal and the conductor robot attacked the Cybermen. A stray shot from the conductor ruptured the fuel banks, causing a huge explosion which killed most of the newly converted Cyber-drones (basic work units) as their humanity started to become more dominant. As the Doctor and Kadett fled the explosion, they found a bit of a map in a Cyberman's hand. (COMIC:Drones of Doom)

Using the TARDIS, the Doctor and Kadett followed the Cybermen's map to Centuria's arctic zone where the Cybermen planned to ship upgraded human drones.Homaj, a half human, half Cyber drone, escaped the Cybermen who forced him and others to mine Hargstones. A giant purpleIce Snake attacked, but Cybermen withCyberdogs deleted it. Homaj ran off into the frozen wasteland but the Doctor and Kadett were captured and taken to a huge mine below the ice. Inside the mine, the Doctor created a distraction while Kadett stole some explosives. The distraction caused a Cyberman to split one of the cave walls, disturbing a nest of Ice Snakes which attacked them. Escaping the mine, the Doctor and Kadett saw the Cybership had already departed with its cargo. Homaj waited for them and informed them he had intercepted a message saying that the cargo was going to Centuria Central. He then took the explosives from Kadett and headed back to the mine. In an act of self-sacrifice, he permanently sealed it. The Doctor and Kadett left in the TARDIS in pursuit of the Cybership. (COMIC:Enemy Mine)

The Cybermen threaten to kill. (COMIC:Time of the Cybermen)

The TARDIS landed in Centuria Central in a temporal stasis field. Kadett was caught in the frozen moment but the Doctor, being a Time Lord, could resist the field. Cybermen in a patrol aircar spotted him moving around and pursued. The Doctor used hissonic screwdriver to bring the aircar crashing down, drawing the attention of other Cybermen, who arrived to salvage parts and take them back to base. The Doctor smuggled himself into the base with the salvage. The base was the Triplanetary base which the Doctor suspected had been robbed of its Hargstone reserves to enable the Cybermen to maintain a stasis machine. The Doctor learned from the Cybermen that they had built the stasis machine from Torchwood files and used the device to subdue opposition. Choosing the most secure place for the machine, the Doctor escaped and headed for the bank's vault, but it was made of titanium and was protected by laser-proof glass and destructor rays. When the Doctor couldn't get in he used the sonic screwdriver to turn the destructor rays inwards, destroying the stasis machine. The Cybermen had a mental link with the machine that enabled them to move around inside the stasis field, so when the machine was destroyed the temporal feedback overloaded their circuits. However, a Cyber-helmet in the shadows glowed red, suggesting that the Cybermen presence on Centuria wasn't completely destroyed. (COMIC:Time of the Cybermen)

Influence on the Cybermen of the Doctor's universe[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Cybermen of theTwelfth Cyber Legion were near-identical to the Cybus Cybermen. (TV:A Good Man Goes to War)

A historical account about the Doctor's universe recounted a suggestion that cross pollination of the Cybus Cybermen and the Cybermen ofMondas led to theweapons-grade Cyberman model used by theCyberiad, seen atHedgewick's World of Wonders. (PROSE:The Whoniverse) Indeed, theEleventh Doctor on several occasions had crossed paths with Cybermen who resembled the characteristic outline of the Cybusmen, but lacked the Cybus logo on their chest and seemed to be native to his universe; existing under the banner of theCyber Legions. (TV:A Good Man Goes to War,Closing Time) However, others believed that these Cybermen were Cybus in origin. (PROSE:The Monster Vault) A branch of Mondasian Cybermen identical to these Cybus-like models also developed without outside influence on aMondasiancolony ship, evolving frommore primitive Cybermen. TheTwelfth Doctor referred to this as simpleparallel evolution. (TV:The Doctor Falls) During theCyber Wars of the far future, Cybermen of the Cyber Legion design were deployed alongside more advancedCyber-Warriors and a hybrid variation. They would also utiliseCyberdrones which resembled the heads of Cybus Cybermen. (TV:Ascension of the Cybermen)

Undated events[[edit] |[edit source]]

A CybusCyber-ship once fell through reality toRome in312, where its Cybermen were taken over bythe Entity. The Eleventh Doctor made these Cybermen believe in aCyber-God and allowed them to remain in this era, away from Earth, and spread the word of their deity. (COMIC:Conversion)

Alternate timelines[[edit] |[edit source]]

Raxacoricofallapatorian Cybermen in a potentialfuture. (COMIC:Assimilation²)

In a potentialfuture that theEleventh Doctor showed toJean-Luc Picard, the Cybermen defeated theBorg after the Cybermen betrayedtheir alliance, and invaded bothN-Space and theFederation universe. The locations conquered by the Cybermen includedRaxacoricofallapatorius,Qo'noS,Judoonia and theStarfleet Academy inSan Francisco. Ultimately, this future never existed, as the Doctor convinced Jean-Luc Picard to ally with the Borg, and the Cybermen were destroyed before they could take control of theBorg homeworld. (COMIC:Assimilation²)

Other information[[edit] |[edit source]]

TheTenth Doctor kept one of theCybus logos from a Cyberman chest plate inthe TARDIS within theC chest. (TV:The Unicorn and the Wasp) TheEleventh Doctor kept one in theTARDIS drawing room. (GAME:TARDIS)

When avoiding answeringDoctor Who Adventures readerLucy's question about his love life, theEleventh Doctor asserted that he didn't have "hearts of stone", nor was he like aWeeping Angel or a Cyberman. He then noted that Cybermen didn't technically have hearts at all, before entirely giving up on the answer under the excuse of a telephone ringing. (PROSE:"Love is the Answer"^[+]Part ofDoctor, Doctor! 232,Loading...{"page":"28","namedpart":"Love is the Answer","1":"Doctor, Doctor! (DWA 232 short story)"})

Ashad, the Lone Cyberman, incorporated elements of the Cybus Cybermen into hisCyber-body, in addition to parts from theweapons-grade andMondasian designs. (TV:The Haunting of Villa Diodati,Ascension of the Cybermen)

Behind the scenes[[edit] |[edit source]]

Information from invalid sources[[edit] |[edit source]]

TwoDalek Wars short stories looking back on theBattle of Canary Wharf attempted to add some nuance toDoomsday's fairly clear decree that the Cybermen were hopelessly outmatched compared toBronze Daleks in terms of combat ability. According to these stories, the weaponry of the Cybermen was mostly ineffective toDalek casing, but there were some Dalek casualties as the Cybermen were able to tear the domes of some Daleks right off, in some instances as part of an ambush. (In anotherDalek Wars story, a single Cyberman ended at the bottom of the oceans of Philjax III during the Daleks' battle with the Squeeth.)

Other matters[[edit] |[edit source]]

The War Cybermen. (COMIC:Prologue: The War Doctor)

• The series 2 opening ofTotally Doctor Who features a trio of Cybus Cybermen pursuing a group ofchildren before they are rescued by theTenth Doctor, who uses hissonic screwdriver to blast off thehand of a Cyberman. This appearance notably has the Cybermen using theirwrist blasters before their live-action debut inArmy of Ghosts.
• A squad of Cybus Cybermen are controlled by the player in the online gameDaleks v Cybermen. Fighting throughTorchwood Institute soldiers andthe Preachers, their final objective is to acquire theenergy blasters todelete theDaleks led byDalek Sec, thus prevailing in theBattle of Canary Wharf.
• J. K. Woodward, who worked on theStar TrekcrossoverAssimilation², released a piece depicting a Cybus Cybermanmodified withBorg technology.
• One concept design for what would become the Cybus Cybermen, which notably had theirside handles point downwards than upwards, was reused as analternate timelineTime War Cyberman pitted against theWar Doctor inPrologue: The War Doctor.
• Cybus Cybermen appear on an alternative cover of thesecond issue ofSupremacy of the Cybermen.