These were used by almost all Cybermen, and were featured in almost all locations under cyber-control. (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. It is also a place for socialization, helping each other and making new friends. 1.3. It is a truth universally acknowledged that any narrative with multiple timelines will eventually include a crossover incident. If I took the upgrade, Id also be down for the count. It wondered where the enemy had gone. With the battle computer highlighting the use of intimidation, the Cyberlord open radio channel to the (newly designated) enemy chip. Prior to her full conversion, she was unable to survive if she did not remain in the hospital. Now, Chiaki was going to face her demise, unable to do anything to save them. (AUDIO: Spare Parts) Toberman was Partially converted on Telos with his right arm replaced. Away from the hospital used for conversions, the process killed her. The CyberLord sat on the battle bridge. Or maybe the Tardis had sensed your distress and alerted her pilot? They put to work on the surface of Telos with similar such failures. 2 of them carried stumpy weapons, with a flawed opening and sub-machine gun style stock. The CyberLord merely waited for it to suggest a strategy; there was no reaction to facing a totally unknown enemy. He calls Tosh and tells her to shut power off to the base. The most optimum strategy was to wait and observe the newcomer and see how it reacted. One of these pieces of aborted worlds was drifting at the edge of the solar system. Love, happiness, anger, fear? However, they appeared unable to convert Autons or lifeforms with similar biologies, as one registered Josh Carter as human based on his speech alone, and another attempted to convert him (AUDIO: Code Silver) only to be hijacked by him and used as a means of transportation, and later as a weapon against other Cybermen. So far, it had not reacted to the other ship; it would appear not to have noticed the Cybusmen. It seemed unlikely that something that could develop space flight would be able to design something like this. Everything is lost, Chiaki Nanami, Hope's Peak Academy Ultimate Gamer, was going to find one of her classmates that disappeared. Ianto leaves Dr Tanizaki to take Lisa back to the cell while he prepares for the team's arrival. Soon, the war will be won, but until then, Brett has assigned cybernetic commando units to keep the peace in all major population centres on Earth, in order to protect the people from retaliation by the increasingly desperate androids. The great civilisation we could have been if wed taken another path. President Karen Brett has ordered Cybermen to be deployed among the . Even then, they had almost been shot down by Britains prototype missile defence system. I had reduced the terror of the galaxy to a museum piece, just by using a logical paradox. On Mondas, these were also known as processing lines (AUDIO: Spare Parts). A fanfic I wrote about two years ago. Arming themselves, Gwen and Owen head for the holding cell where the power drain is occurring, believing themselves under attack. Ship detected. 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. There was still a chance for them to achieve victory. Jack and Gwen watch him cleaning up and they discuss how Ianto couldn't bear to live without Lisa. Torchwood has fallen. Theres nothing out there. 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. They are powerful and emotionless, and unstoppable. Hugging to the rock like a limpet was a ship. Work Search: The intruder knocked it aside and began attacking its chest, ripping the wiring out. Cyberman: Conversion. 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. 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. Which is my biggest issue with it. Oh get on with it already I managed to begin as the cold hands clamped down on my shoulders. Will Torchwood Three fix things in time before the Cybermen, ripe from battle with their greatest enemy, the Doctor, convert the world? As soon as the counter reached 0.5, the enemy ships weaponry hit, shaking Alpha-1. A second burst and next 4 had ceased to function. 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. More Cybusmen moved forward to replace their fallen comrades, still firing into the doorway. This relentless process of creation can fail; the core of the new world collapses in on it self. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. My ears seemed to pick up a peculiar swishing noise, as my mind thought of all the beautiful things that I had almost lost forever. ( AUDIO: Return to Telos) A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on Catrigan Nova possessed similar conversion capabilities. Its set after 'The Next Doctor'. Unfortunately, a Renegade Time Lord known as "the Master" brainwashed all of her classmates to become her puppets. Ianto returns to Torchwood by himself. He regained his humanity and attacked the Cyber-Controller. It is headed on a direct course with our current position. Cyber Conversion (Doctor Who) Killing Game Executions (Dangan Ronpa) Despair Era (Dangan Ronpa) Brainwashing Kamukura Izuru Has Feelings Human Nanami Chiaki Cyberman Nanami Chiaki Enoshima Junko Being Enoshima Junko Enoshima Junko as the Master (Doctor Who) The Master's Drums (Doctor Who) 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. Prepare to Be Upgraded ( A Doctor Who fanfic of Cybermen) | Fandoms gone wild, head canons, fanfics, etc. The other ship has changed vector. The intruders stepped through the airlock, ducking their heads through the doorways designed for steel giants. Jack sprays Lisa with a special "barbecue sauce" that helps Myfanwy identify its prey. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Breaking Up or The Woes of Danny Atlas(Now You See Mefic). In one, they were humans, hiding and limited; in the other, they were Time Lords, but wounded, secretive, and erratic. (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. Prepare to be upgraded, the Cyberman rattled off in his empty voice. Lisa tries to explain she did this for Ianto. [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. When power was restored, her conversion continued automatically. By the time they had reached and sealed the bridge, only CyberLord and three others survived. This particular crossover will conclude the main story of the Two Can Play At That Game series, in which the Doctor, the Master, Jenny, and Harry find themselves (somewhat literally) at the center of an old enemys insidious plot. The Cyberman shot the scanner from Craig's hand, making him shout in pain and Olivia went to use her Sonic on another that approached him, but another Cyberman grabbed her from behind and held her arms behind her back. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. "He was right, the Doctor didnt save me this time." because sometimes you just need a doccy who hug ya know? Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Lisa was only partially converted during the battle, and Ianto managed to get her to safety afterwards. Released in the US with the rest of Series 1 as a Complete First Season set on 16 September 2008. Hunt recalls Karen Brett's reaction to seeing a Cyberman for the first time on, Samantha tells Prime Reordin about the Sword of Orion incident in the. At one point, they attempted to convert a human baby; the result was a horrific fusion between a Cyberman and a Cybermat. There are so many Cybermen present, and it would take him ages to crawl out between Cyber legs. Theres nothing out there. The team regroup in the Hub as the power is drained further by Lisa to recreate a new army of Cybermen. She decides to trust him, but shes the only android on the ship who does. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words. What do you know how to do other than kill? The Doctor has seemingly abandoned her and the only person she can rely on is an aging medical offer. "How am I supposed to lead UNIT if Im broken?". As Lisa corners Gwen, Owen grabs a scalpel and stabs Lisa in the chest seemingly killing her. With the battle computer unable to find any possible strategy to gain victory, the CyberLord intended to fight until it could no longer function. Unfortunately, a Renegade Time Lord known as "the Master" brainwashed all of her classmates to become her puppets. (AUDIO: The Reaping), The Mondasien Chang Twins joined the surface work crews, and were converted into Cybermen. 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. This is all the main Cyberman upgrade scenes from the . No Archive Warnings Apply; (AUDIO: Spare Parts) As a Cyberman, he retained part of his name, and became Krail. Still firing, the reaming twelve Cybusmen tried to escape back to the bridge. When the primary force had ceased reporting in 1851, the reserve combat elite unit had been activated. (TV: Doomsday) Another Torchwood employee, Lisa Hallett, the lover of Ianto Jones, was partially cyber-converted (TV: Cyberwoman), Mercy Hartigan was the CyberKing command unit. Suddenly all the Cybermen bend forwards and stay bent forwards. The same process was used to convert Bill Potts into the first Mondasian Cyberman on the ship. 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. The Lords internal countdown was set at 10 seconds; when it reached zero, all weapons would fire and a dozen high explosive missiles would pierce the space between them. Some Cybermen could convert non-human lifeforms due to originating from other lifeforms, such as the Voord. Kate Stewart whispered. 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. (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. In canon, he takes one path. These events are beyond the scope of their programming, and they transmit a report back to Earth, requesting instructions. Touch screen buttons, automatic doors and wireless networking. 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. It seemed to be some form of electro magnetic pulse combined with a high energy laser. 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 Once the transport ship launches, she emerges from her chamber and tracks down Liam Barnaby, but the fluid has left him unable to process what shes telling him. 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 . The US release was on 19 July 2011. But that's the least of her worries, the ship has been trying to get back to Telos for years, its engines are failing, the crew is going missing and something lurks beneath. Please consider turning it on! Conversions through this method were completed in about five seconds. 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. The androids must get to Telos before the Cybermen do. The Cyberman saga concludes in the next installment. 12 Works in Cyber Conversion (Doctor Who) Navigation and Actions. Its design seemed wrong in some way; unsophisticated and crude. From the helm, a crew member reported that active scans had reached the other ship, but no additional data had been received. Gwen is terrified and yells for help. This is Cybus flagship, Alpha-1. The crew would not have appreciated the irony. This appeared to be an extension of the dimension bridge technologys mind control capabilities, as Osgood was granted full access to the Cyber-Mainframe despite not being fully converted. Whatever it was, it could block their scans. Jack demands that Ianto tell them everything. Lisa electrocutes Jack twice, to Gwen's and Owen's shock. The Cyberman was mere inches from me, but those last small steps seemed to last for an eternity. This began with the Machine reestablishing its link to the user and commencing the transfer of data on the Cybermen to them. Ashad would direct the fleet to the point of divergence, a location where the fabric of space-time was thin: a place called the Boundary. (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. This was truly her worst day ever. The Doctor recognises this must be what they all must do when there's an Electromagnetic pulse. Whilst it looked armed to the teeth, it had a critical lack of armour. Gwen's phone rings, alerting Lisa to their hiding place and Gwen and Owen to try to escape. The fourth had black handles on its head, marking it as a leader in the same way the Cybusmen did. (TV: The Doctor Falls) Other Cybermen contained cyberfication machines within cyber-ships, and would use them to travel the universe to convert compatible beings. We are Cybusmen, from an alternative Earth. (TV: The Timeless Children), The main method of cyber-conversion used appeared to be through the use of cyberfication machines (also known as cyber-conversion units), which were machines that would replace the majority of a victims body parts with artificial components. Hunt is returned to the processing chambers, and this time, the Cybermen overcome his resistance and convert him into a hybrid: half Cyberman and half human, capable of acting as an undercover agent but wholly committed to the Cyber-conversion of the human race Later: Levinsons successor, Karen Brett, gives in to temptation and uses the teleport supplied by Paul Hunt to travel to Scorpius Base. Cyberwoman was the fourth episode in the first series of Torchwood. 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. In The Fact of Fiction in DWM 585 by Alan Barnes, a potential explanation is given for the sparks seen during Yvonne Hartman's cyber-conversion in Doomsday. Lisa therefore declares the two incompatible and throws him aside, knocking him unconscious and sending the rest of the team into action. Work Search: (TV: Death in Heaven). Jack tries to shut off the conversion unit but Lisa had altered the machine. 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. In a little over a second, each had armed itself and had left its alcove, heading to its position. The signals from the first 4 cybusmen instantly ceased; their cameras burnt out and sensors overloaded. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words. After being captured by the Cybermen, Paul Hunt was partially converted on the orders of the Cyber-Planner. 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. What is your primary function?, Our existence serves no purpose, our primary function seems to be a computational error, we are Cybermen, there is no feasible reason to upgrade, fatal error. The metallic voice ground to a halt, and I found myself standing as close as one could possibly be to a Cyberman. The various control and monitoring sub-systems uploaded the constantly updating readings for the ship, noting any slight variation in temperature or angular momentum of the rock they clung to. 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. Now they sat, with inhuman patience amongst the stars, for the 2007 invasion. Everything is lost, Chiaki Nanami, Hope's Peak Academy Ultimate Gamer, was going to find one of her classmates that disappeared. 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. She attempts to "upgrade" Dr Tanizaki to repay him for his favour, killing him. Lisa wasn't sure how, but Ianto and his friends had made her human again. It sent a shudder of doubt through the CyberLords cold, logical brain. Their silver armour reflected the emergency lighting of the computer panels. Ianto pleads that since he cleans up after Torchwood but is never asked about his life, they should help him restore Lisa, but Jack maintains that there is no cure. It was written by Chris Chibnall, directed by James Strong, and focused on Ianto Jones. They were being boarded. (TV: The Pandorica Opens). Clara wakes up from being in stasis for around 6 months. For her, going to school meant to be humiliated and harassed by people whom she once considered her friends. Occasionally, perhaps every hundred million year or so, a large enough mass attracts them and they begin to form something new. High school is not only a place for learning. It was also released in the Series 1-4 Blu-ray boxset. Cyberman: Conversion Animation (2005) Part 2 Astro T 419 subscribers Subscribe Share 6K views 3 years ago Basically in this scene, the Cybermen get pranked by the humans by making their ship. Before she can sit up, Lisa straps her down. 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. 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! 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. Conversion was the third release in the first series of Big Finish Productions' Cyberman audio series. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. Please consider turning it on! Meanwhile, Liam and Samantha have fled in an escape pod, and Samantha has transmitted a distress signal to her people; however, Liam points out that even if they pick up the signal, shes the only one theyll rescue. The Intruders remained silent. He has one minute to get out before the explosive charge destroys the whole area. 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. (TV: Closing Time) Partial conversion, with the victim retaining autonomy and a human identity and body parts, was possible. Osgood adapted the virtual reality app developed by the Auctioneers to broadcast the mind control signal of the dimension bridge technology through mobile phones instead of the headsets; by setting up the app as a free automatic download, millions of people were virtually converted in seconds. (AUDIO: Telepresence), Shortly after her virtual conversion, Osgood underwent a further stage of upgrading referred to by one Cyber-Controller as a cranial upgrade. Here are five others. Starring Sarah Mowat Mark McDonnell. Cyberman. (AUDIO: Code Silver) They were also used by the Machine to perform basic upgrades on humans and dimension bridge avatars as part of the dimension seeding process. Once alone, he brings a Japanese doctor named Tanizaki into the Torchwood Hub and takes him to a holding cell deep below the surface. Disorientated, the CyberLord received a report from the airlock. We may be flawed, we may have functions that dont seem necessary to machines like yourself, but we are abstract creatures. In fact, I was inside my head. Within 20 microseconds of detection, the entire crew had been reawakened. As it attacks Lisa, the rest of the team, along with the recovered and protesting Ianto, escape through the invisible lift. On one parallel Earth, a wild mutated dog underwent conversion after getting too close to a much larger Mechanising Worm. The CyberLord could detect the battle computers additional processing of this data as it attempted to relate this new data into its plans. When she thought she couldn't take it anymore, her world got turned upside down for the worst. 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. They would not have been able to do this with Doctorman Allan's cyber conversion technique, which was a more delicate process, and required the genetic coding of the Mondasians to work. He rigged the equipment in secret to keep her alive, hiding her in the Hub's basement in hopes of curing her. (TV: The Age of Steel), Yvonne Hartman, a Torchwood Institute administrator, was converted. (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. High school is not only a place for learning. There, a partially Cyber-converted woman is strapped to a conversion unit surrounded by instruments keeping her alive. Consulting the battle computer, the Cyberlord called for a retreat. Riordan isnt so sure, and he admits that, faced with this new threat, the android war council is considering the extermination of the human race in order to deprive the Cybermen of the organic materials they need to make more of their kind. (TV: Nightmare in Silver) In an alternate timeline created by their allying with Rassilon, the Cyberiad advanced to become capable of upgrading all life, including Time Lords, (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen, Prologue: The Second Doctor, Prologue: The Third Doctor) K9, (COMIC: Prologue: The Fourth Doctor) and Silurians who were converted into Cyber-Silurians.