In the bridge, the CyberLord examined the data on the unexpected arrival. (AUDIO: Return to Telos) A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on Catrigan Nova possessed similar conversion capabilities. For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which, Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus, President Karen Brett has ordered Cybermen to be deployed among the. No life, not for millions of years. / Then who built this? Drawn off course by an anomaly in time, the TARDIS lands on an impossible space station at the end of the universe, where the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find and old enemy and a shadow of the future. She reports to Riordan, but is forced to admit that shes really keeping Liam alive not just for his usefulness, but because she thinks his viewpoint about androids is beginning to change. "He was right, the Doctor didnt save me this time." The bright corridors and plasma screened viewing monitors suggested a worship of cutting edge technology. She promises they can be upgraded together. Love, happiness, anger, fear? The remaining missiles whirled and span in alternating arcs to where the enemy ship sat. Where would my friends on the blogosphere fit in all this? Away from the hospital used for conversions, the process killed her. With a hiss, the airlock door opened. (TV: The Invasion), Jason Kane was nearly converted after being manipulated by Irving Braxiatel. Ship detected. A second burst and next 4 had ceased to function. He retained most of his body and, based on speech, some emotions as well. Kate Stewart whispered. The two with guns raised them; with a burst of flame, the Cybusmen fell, moaning as their control circuits melted and their synthetic nervous system melted. (TV: Closing Time) Partial conversion, with the victim retaining autonomy and a human identity and body parts, was possible. Sam keeps him aroused long enough to get him to the ships computer core, and despite his difficulty concentrating, he manages to reset the hyperdrive co-ordinates just in time. On one parallel Earth, a wild mutated dog underwent conversion after getting too close to a much larger Mechanising Worm. The Cyber conversions begin. Consulting the battle computer, the Cyberlord called for a retreat. The CyberLord merely waited for it to suggest a strategy; there was no reaction to facing a totally unknown enemy. Bretts approval ratings have risen significantly since her speech, and she now gives a final speech to her people, declaring world-wide martial law and announcing that she will personally lead the final assault against the androids in Orion. When she thought she couldn't take it anymore, her world got turned upside down for the worst. Cyber-conversion, also known as cybernetic conversion, (TV: The Invasion) Cybernisation, (PROSE: Attack of the Cybermen) Cyber upgrade, (COMIC: Assimilation) and, prior to Mondas full conversion, processing, (AUDIO: Spare Parts) was the physical and mental re-engineering of victims, often humanoid, into Cybermen. He cries and fails to shoot. Samantha Thorn is aware that Liam Barnaby is attracted to her. The intruder knocked it aside and began attacking its chest, ripping the wiring out. One of these pieces of aborted worlds was drifting at the edge of the solar system. Their silver armour reflected the emergency lighting of the computer panels. The Cybusmen stood waiting impatiently for whatever would come through. Change). Sword of Orion Spare Parts Real Time The Harvest Silver Lining Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus The Reaping The Gathering The Blue Tooth Human Resources The Girl Who Never Was The Ultimate Adventure Kingdom of Silver Legend of the Cybermen The Silver Turk Last of the Cybermen Return to Telos The Isos Network The Tyrants of Logic Code Silver / Master of Worlds Hour of the Cybermen Conversion Return of the Cybermen The Gates of Hell Scourge of the Cybermen Altered Status Monsters in Metropolis Secrets of Telos Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation Bad Day in Tinseltown, Iceberg Killing Ground Illegal Alien Made of Steel Plague of the Cybermen Dr. First, The Coming of the Cybermen Flower Power Cyber-Mole The Cyber Empire Eskimo Joe Masquerade The Time Museum Test Flight Junk-Yard Demon Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman Deathworld Black Legacy Revelation! For her, going to school meant to be humiliated and harassed by people whom she once considered her friends. As soon as the counter reached 0.5, the enemy ships weaponry hit, shaking Alpha-1. At one point, they attempted to convert a human baby; the result was a horrific fusion between a Cyberman and a Cybermat. Clara has to keep her wits about her, because as she finds out, how far will people go for immortally and what will they do to get it. The black clad Intruder stepped forward, its enormous hand reaching out to encompass the entirety of the CyberLords head. These events are beyond the scope of their programming, and they transmit a report back to Earth, requesting instructions. In this state, she retained her original personality but was loyal to the Cybermen and the "Cyber-Ideal" instead of UNIT, and became the second-in-command of the Cybermens invasion of the Earth of N-Space. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words, Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (4), Dangan Ronpa 3: The End of | The End of Kibougamine Gakuen | End of Hope's Peak High School (1), Kate Lethbridge-Stewart/Petronella Osgood (2), Dangan Ronpa 3: The End of | The End of Kibougamine Gakuen | End of Hope's Peak High School, Enoshima Junko as the Master (Doctor Who), written as platonic but can be read as romantic, the doctor is purposefully vague so you can imagine whatever face, hell this could be Lumleys thirteenth doctor or Jackson Lake or Dhawan!Doctor if you want, or any role-swapped or fanmade doctor for that matter, the doctor (doctor who) isnt referred to with any pronouns, reader isnt referred to with any pronouns, Reader is The Doctor's Companion (Doctor Who), what actually happened to trigger the nightmare is left vague, no beta we die like Ja- ohn Barrowmans prospects of returning to the show, idk man i wrote this with high blood sugar so the quality might be ahhhh. (TV: The Next Doctor), Several people (namely Shona, George, Atif Ghosh and Sheila Clark) were converted by the Cybermen of a crashed ship as they attempted to find a suitable Cybercontroller. This story was originally scheduled to be released in November, however, it was pushed back to December due to Nicholas Briggs' "commitments elsewhere". The Eleventh Doctor was partially converted into a Cyber-Planner, splitting his mind into two halves; one himself, and the other the self-titled Mr Clever. I was prepared to be swept away under the waves of oblivion, but all the parts of my mind that made me who I am, were still there. However, the remains of the transport ship have depressurized, and all of the humans aboard are dead. Sols faint light illuminated the rock barely more than the billions of other stars in the galaxy, dozens, if not hundreds of light years away. The Cybermen can free us from it. No planets not even any stars. It requires assistance. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words. The missiles detonated harmlessly, tiny pinpricks of light against the star filled backdrop, as they quickly used up their oxygen. Lisa was only partially converted during the battle, and Ianto managed to get her to safety afterwards. A panic-stricken Paul Hunt manages to break out of his processing unit and get to the communications centre, where he sends a desperate message to the White House begging President Levinson to cancel the project and delete all records that it ever existed. 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. Everything is lost, Chiaki Nanami, Hope's Peak Academy Ultimate Gamer, was going to find one of her classmates that disappeared. (TV: Death in Heaven). He was converted, becoming the first Cyberman to be augmented with an additional lobe, based on that found in the Doctor's brain, that dealt with bodily functions and prevented organ rejection. On that note, if you are looking for a more involved, a more detailed and character driven fanfic that's mostly pretty good even if it does ocassionally slide into some of the old tropes, I'll suggest Visited by a Doctor by Tangerine-Alert. They put to work on the surface of Telos with similar such failures. Brett is hesitant at first, but Hunt reveals that he understands the root of her fear: she knows how badly she made the traitor Helliton suffer, and if shed backed down on Orius Beta VIII and lost the battle instead of torturing him to death for the information she needed, maybe the war would have ended then and maybe her parents would still be alive. Shields were completely lost, engines were already non-functional and half the weapons systems were non-responsive. With the battle computer highlighting the use of intimidation, the Cyberlord open radio channel to the (newly designated) enemy chip. help, the deep dive into cyber conversion no one wanted, Clara Oswin Oswald & Original Character(s), Original Cyberman Character(s) (Doctor Who), The Doctor & Clara Oswin Oswald Friendship, Second Doctor & Zoe Heriot & Jamie McCrimmon. All parts that dont serve a primary function must be eradicated. I gave out a laugh, But youre also part human, the functions that may serve all cybermen may only be adequate for say 90% of them. It is a truth universally acknowledged that any narrative with multiple timelines will eventually include a crossover incident. It is also a place for socialization, helping each other and making new friends. Battle computer predicted a 78% probability of success if the Cybusmen were forewarned of their original failures. That would be less mortifying. Cyber-commander Zheng shot the Cyberman, and, noting that her scapula was fractured, sent both the Cyberman he had shot and Constant to be repaired. Only the Cyberlord remained awake, in case of emergencies. Or maybe the Tardis had sensed your distress and alerted her pilot? In canon, he takes one path. Kate Stewart whispered. Cyberwoman was the fourth episode in the first series of Torchwood. There are so many Cybermen present, and it would take him ages to crawl out between Cyber legs. The emotional inhibitor was failing but attempted to keep it stable. Unbeknownst to the team, a pizza delivery girl, using Torchwood's other entrance to bring some pizzas ordered earlier by Ianto, finds the pterodactyl on the floor. The Cyberiums analysis of the space-time continuum revealed an aberration: a rift, splitting one timeline into several, each with its own version of the Doctor and the Master. Jack simply states that she didn't. They are powerful and emotionless, and unstoppable. The World Shapers Comic Relief Comic The Good Soldier Dreadnought The Flood The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen Assimilation Doctor Who and the Last Stand The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who Conversion Untitled Cyber Crisis Supremacy of the Cybermen The Bidding War The Lost Dimension. High school is not only a place for learning. Additionally, the Master used a signal emitter to broadcast an amplified version of the VR headsets carrier waves to fully convert a patrol of guards in one of the Auctioneer bases, causing metal implants to appear all over their bodies, converting them in seconds. There's something strange going on in the house, and Lily wants to know what it is. Unfortunately, a Renegade Time Lord known as "the Master" brainwashed all of her classmates to become her puppets. She and her taskforce depart from Earth in the advanced XP-900 warship, which has itself been augmented with Cyber technology. You must have been moving in your sleep because your legs are tangled in the duvet. You will shut down your ships engines and prepare to be boarded. ( PROSE: Illegal Alien) One group of Cybermen encountered by the Fourth Doctor on Telos possessed Cyber-particles within their hands, allowing them to convert humans merely by touching them. Prepare to be upgraded, the Cyberman rattled off in his empty voice. (TV: The Doctor Falls) Other Cybermen contained cyberfication machines within cyber-ships, and would use them to travel the universe to convert compatible beings. Before the conversion was complete, however, Bernice Summerfield used the energy in the Crystal of Cantus to defeat the cybermen, reversing the conversion. A short 3d animation created in Daz Studio featuring an audio edit from the excellent Big Finish audio production Cyberman Conversion. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen) The Cybermen relied on tubing and external systems to keep the body operating, but over time the amount needed decreased. The androids pull the head in and scan its cybernetic memory circuits, and within, they find a map of the galaxy, containing the locations of over a thousand planets on which Cyber hibernation vaults have been hidden. With a wheezing of the photonic cells and spluttering of engines improvised from old cars, the Cybus ship slowly lifted from the surface of the planet, ready to engage this new enemy. He is then recaptured, and to his horror, the Cyber-Planner reveals that his escape was arranged. Gwen's phone rings, alerting Lisa to their hiding place and Gwen and Owen to try to escape. What do you know how to do other than kill? Ship Detected, it repeated. The Cybermen, however, had slowly set a plan in motion that would eventually make Miss Hartigan both a convert and a leader. They encased humans in cybernetic shells by constructing the suit of armour around their body, as with Lisa Hallett. The next day, Ianto enters the Hub. The Cybermen of the Cyber-Mainframe utilised cyber-conversion methods that were significantly more different and advanced than the Cybermen of both N-Space and Pete's World, although there were a few similarities. All at once an alarm began to wail. The androids have been jamming transmissions to prevent the Cybermen from receiving new instructions, which is just as well; on Earth, the Cyber-Planner has deduced that the ship must have been sabotaged by an android double-agent, and has transmitted orders to self-destruct so the androids wont learn the extent of the Cybermens plans. Suddenly, the other ship change direction, instantly darting like a silver fish caught on a line. The new ship was smaller than theirs, but was much more sophisticated. Oh get on with it already I managed to begin as the cold hands clamped down on my shoulders. When she asks, he refuses to tell Gwen that he'd ever loved anyone to the extent that Ianto loved Lisa. If you do not surrender, you will be deleted. Whatever it was, it could block their scans. I had reduced the terror of the galaxy to a museum piece, just by using a logical paradox. After being captured by the Cybermen, Paul Hunt was partially converted on the orders of the Cyber-Planner. Meanwhile, Liam awakens to find an android doctor, Spavin, removing the neural inhibitor fluid from his nervous system. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. Like other early Cybermen, Zheng retained his name, as Cybermen were regarded as still being individuals by their creators. Clara has to keep her wits about her, because as she finds out, how far will people go for immortally and what will they do to get it. Prepare to Be Upgraded ( A Doctor Who fanfic of Cybermen) June 13, 2013 Uncategorized 11, awesome, Borg, cybermen, Daleks, DW, fanfic, Matt Smith, Me, metaphysics, Neil Gaiman, Nightmare In Silver, superlogic, tardis, The Doctor 1.3. A chunky box on each chest wired and glowed. The Doctor recognises this must be what they all must do when there's an Electromagnetic pulse. Genesis! Conversions through this method were completed in about five seconds. (TV: The Pandorica Opens) The human that was previously converted seemed to have an upgrade like that during the Battle of Canary Wharf, due to the fact that the Canary Wharf upgrade involved encasing the body inside the suit, (TV: Cyberwoman) while this Cyberman had a severed head in its helmet. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. The Doctor has seemingly abandoned her and the only person she can rely on is an aging medical offer. ***Everyone says the ghosts are wonderful. The process was extremely painful and took place in a booth where the subject's skull was sliced open by a robotic machine that used knives, lasers and syringes to remove the brain before encasing it in an empty cybernetic helmet. dont let the relationship tags fool you - this isnt a multidoc sorry, dont mind me just getting emotional about cybermen again, the inherent horror of a human in a cyber case, And I'm gonna be fine (Maybe Not Tonight), Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart/Petronella Osgood, Episode: The Power of the Doctor (Doctor Who), Thirteenth Doctor & Yasmin Khan & Graham O'Brien & Ryan Sinclair, Spoilers for Episode: s12e10 The Timeless Children, Background Yasmin Khan/Original Female Character, i'm searching for something that i can't reach, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, i dont know how to tag this actually. (WC: Real Time, AUDIO: Real Time), Tobias Vaughn suffered partial cyber-conversion, retaining just his head and therefore his own thoughts. There, Hunt shows her the Cybermen and explains that they could be the future of humanity, if humanity is willing to surrender the uncontrollable emotions that have held it back for so long. But inside differed significantly. My connection to others makes it so no matter what you do, some aspect of the assimilated self, will always be part of someone elses being. Ianto asks that he be permitted to reason with Lisa before the team attempts to attack her again. It sent a shudder of doubt through the CyberLords cold, logical brain. Its difficult to do without damaging him, but Samantha ordered Spavin not to harm his patient. The Cyber-Unit is incomplete. (TV: Closing Time), Missy transformed the dead corpses of millions of humans into Cybermen, such as Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Danny Pink and Skarosa. They both worked at Torchwood One in London before its fall in the Battle of Canary Wharf. It also marked the first appearance of a villain from Doctor Who in Torchwood with the appearance of a Cyberman, though they were not fully converted. We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! (AUDIO: Master of Worlds), Mobile conversion units were large conversion machines resembling giant metal spiders utilised as part of the dimension seeding process once a link to a new universe had been established. In canon, he takes one path. On this world, the Machine would use various Cyber-units to attack a life-forms mental avatar in order to establish a link to their home universe, allowing a dimension bridge to form, which the Cybermen could then use to travel to, and begin upgrading, the new universe. The answer was immediately given, when another blast hit them from behind. The CyberLord sat on the battle bridge. It seemed to be some form of electro magnetic pulse combined with a high energy laser. I do not like the Cybusmen, really really do not like them. The great civilisation we could have been if wed taken another path. A pair of soldiers were partially converted while in combat with a Cyberman. The patients of the Mondasian colony ship were converted through surgery performed by the surgeon of the hospital on Floor 1056, within the Conversion Theatre. The process from here on is unknown, as the only known victim of this process was Amy Pond, who escaped before the process was completed. A series of electronic noises began to fill the air an override signal, breaking through their fire walls and safeguards. The "New mayor, new Cardiff" newspaper article appears at Torchwood's front desk. The lifeform using the dimension bridge technology would undergo a form of cyber-conversion referred to as virtual conversion, where the carrier wave broadcast by the VR headsets would transmit mind control and basic upgrades to the receiver, with full conversion occurring later. The signals from the first 4 cybusmen instantly ceased; their cameras burnt out and sensors overloaded. At present the information had no strategic value, but it may have future use. With the emergency systems back on, they began to return to normal operating procedures. As it attacks Lisa, the rest of the team, along with the recovered and protesting Ianto, escape through the invisible lift. It seemed unlikely that something that could develop space flight would be able to design something like this. The same process was used to convert Bill Potts into the first Mondasian Cyberman on the ship. I think the doctor himself couldnt have handled that situation so well. Prior to her full conversion, she was unable to survive if she did not remain in the hospital. Hugging to the rock like a limpet was a ship. Unlike other early Cybermen, however, Zheng was not affected by organ rejection, a problem which affected the Cybermen until they learnt of a way of avoiding it by scanning and copying part of the physiology of the Fifth Doctor, specifically a lobe in his brain that dealt with all bodily functions. The other ship was moving fast, it would be entering active scanning range in seconds. Whilst it looked armed to the teeth, it had a critical lack of armour. And there, the Cyberium would lay its trap. (LogOut/ There will be victory in Orion Before: The Scorpius project has gone horribly wrong. Returning to Lisa's cell, he finds Dr Tanizaki's body bloodied and mutilated after a failed cyber-conversion, with Lisa standing over him. Cyberman. The World Shapers Comic Relief Comic The Good Soldier Dreadnought The Flood The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen Assimilation Doctor Who and the Last Stand The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who Conversion Untitled Cyber Crisis Supremacy of the Cybermen The Bidding War The Lost Dimension. Jack tries to shut off the conversion unit but Lisa had altered the machine. The crew would not have appreciated the irony. The Cyberman was mere inches from me, but those last small steps seemed to last for an eternity. The CyberLord tried one final time. (TV: World Enough and Time) The later Cybermen transformed entire apartment blocks into Cyber-Factories before rounding up the humans of the city for mass conversion, with theSaxonMaster referring to these particular factories as the Cyber Foundries. The Ear Pods created a trance state for the victim, so they were, in a sense, unconscious during the process and unable to feel the pain of being converted due to the Ear Pods having control over the brain's pain receptors. Written by Nicholas Briggs. The fourth had black handles on its head, marking it as a leader in the same way the Cybusmen did. In the scene where Dr Tanizaki fondles Lisa's armature and "bare flesh", the metal bends in a way that shows it to be made of rubber. Upon exiting the lift, Ianto punches Jack. Our individuality is what unites us. Occasionally, perhaps every hundred million year or so, a large enough mass attracts them and they begin to form something new. It was released in the Series 1-3 Blu-ray boxset on 26 October 2009 in the UK. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 Crew Jack gives Ianto an ultimatum. The CyberLord called out, receiving a stream of video and sensor data from the Cybusmen at the front of the crowd. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds), Mechanising Worms were capable of inflicting basic upgrades by biting a target, making them somewhat similar to Cybermites, and large swarms could be released by deceased Cybermen to fully convert anyone nearby to replace the lost unit. As Lisa corners Gwen, Owen grabs a scalpel and stabs Lisa in the chest seemingly killing her. Cerebral functioning would then be limited, rendering the victim unconscious, as their connection to the Cyber-Mainframe strengthened. Samantha and Liam are taken aboard the rescue ship, where Samantha has Liam sent to the sickbay so the neural inhibitor fluid can be removed from his body and analysed. Even then, they had almost been shot down by Britains prototype missile defence system. Work Search: Requested by user, "Tardis Glitch", Roger Lloyd Pack was a brilliant Cyber Controller in this episode. However the rest of the Torchwood team arrive just in time to hear that, and open fire on the girl, killing her and leaving Ianto to mourn over Lisa's body. The Cyberman saga concludes in the next installment. It wasnt like there was any way for me to escape at this stage of the game. So far, it had not reacted to the other ship; it would appear not to have noticed the Cybusmen. The remaining two Cybusmen fired their laser weapons, but they bolts harmlessly hit the intruders and dissipated. They screamed, as their brains burned in their cases, a horrifying sound from computer hell. Gwen asks Jack if he would have shot her if she had stood by Ianto. (TV: World Enough and Time), John Lumic was converted into a Cyber-Controller, while numerous others such as Sally Phelan and Jackie Tyler were converted into regular Cybermen. As brain matter could not literally be welded to the Cyberman exoskeleton, as previously explained in Rise of the Cybermen, Barnes reasons that the brain may in fact be fitted into bespoke steel cases, precision-tooled to fit differently sized human cerebra as the size of human brains vary person to person which in turn is welded to the Cyberman head. They also invented a method of converting humans into command units for CyberKings by fitting them with a headset that could take control of their brains. The first Cybusman reached one of the intruders and attempted to wrestle its head off. [www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/torchwood/2006d.html?id=omahony Production Notes for Cyberwoman], Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the, For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which, Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel), Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus, Ianto was reportedly supposed to die in this episode, but fan reaction to the character in early episodes resulted in his death being postponed to the show's third series, Ba Orient (restaurant and bar), Mermaid Quay. (AUDIO: Spare Parts), Thomas Dodd, the owner of a store selling replacement organs and limbs, was captured by the Cybermen while trying to help the Fifth Doctor. They were eventually destroyed when Danny detonated all of them to stop Missy's plans, save for Lethbridge-Stewart, who shot Missy personally before being saluted by the Twelfth Doctor. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen), In a divergent timeline, Evelyn Smythe, Nicola Savage, Ricky Allen, Ryan Carey and David Isherwood were all partially converted. Then Lisa is suddenly behind her. Please consider turning it on! Owen is knocked out. It was written by Chris Chibnall, directed by James Strong, and focused on Ianto Jones. You could turn all but a handful of us humans into Cybermen, and we would still all exist in some form or another, within that final splinter of resistance. It is headed on a direct course with our current position. (AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus), Webley was partially converted by cyber mites. You have failed., Forget about all that, the voice said in reply, we are cybermen. Fortunately, the androids have indeed picked up her distress call, and Riordan has recognised her identification code and taken personal command of the rescue mission. They take her to the autopsy lab and let her breathe on her own, but soon the rest of the team return to deal with a rogue UFO. (TV: Cyberwoman), The Cybermen also employed a very primitive type of conversion in 1851 when they created the Cybershades using scrap metal and Victorian era human technology. (AUDIO: The Reaping), The Mondasien Chang Twins joined the surface work crews, and were converted into Cybermen. Available November 2005. For now, the majority of the crew were suspended, to prolong their life spans and ensure peak efficiency when they returned to Earth. (Region 2 release. They continue to watch in silence. No life, not for millions of years. / Then who built this? Drawn off course by an anomaly in time, the TARDIS lands on an impossible space station at the end of the universe, where the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find and old enemy and a shadow of the future.