Cyber - Leader ( Pete ' s World ) The Cyber - Leader served as leader of the Cybermen of another universe . Biography . During the 2007 invasion of the Earth of the Doctor ' s universe , the Cyber - Leader was identified by black handle bars on its helmet . When the Leader was destroyed , the information it had was downloaded into another Cyberman , who was then upgraded to Cyber - Leader . The first leader during the meeting with the Doctor was destroyed by the Preachers , whilst the second was slain by Yvonne Hartman in her converted form . ( TV : " Army of Ghosts " / " Doomsday " ) A Cyberman that was part of surviving Cybermen made from humans converted " during " the Battle of Canary Wharf ( meaning they had not crossed the Void so they were not contamimated with Void stuff , thus not being sucked back in ) became a Cyber - Leader after the battle . The Cybermen planned to open the Void and free the Cybermen trapped inside , but their plans were thwarted by the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones . The Cyber - Leader was electrocuted by their own force field . ( PROSE : " Made of Steel " ) When files from Torchwood were stolen by an info - thief , he used the information to create an army of Cybermen . However , the Cybermen turned on him and they attempted to take over the world of Centuria . ( COMIC : " The Power of the Cybermen " ) A Cyber - Leader led the Cybermen during the attempt but the Tenth Doctor was able to get into their headquarters and destroy them . However , there was evidence that the Cyber threat was not totally ended . ( COMIC : " Time of the Cybermen " ) Another Cyber - Leader turned up in 1851 after the Cybermen escaped the Void , although this design of Leader was actually known as a Cyber - Lord . This leader had black handle bars and a redesigned black faceplate with a transparent " window " in the forehead through which its brain could be seen . This Cyber - Lord was destroyed by the CyberKing which had been installed inside Mercy Hartigan . ( TV : " The Next Doctor " ) There were other Cybermen which managed to escape the Void . A Cyber - Leader led one group and they were able to develop an early stage of their space travel . Their ship was destroyed by a " rogue artefact " that was really a Dalek Time Axis . The Cyber - Leader was able to take over the systems of the " SS Lucy Grey " , but the Eleventh Doctor was able to overload the ship ' s systems and destroyed the Cybermen . ( GAME : " Return to Earth " ) The Cybermen joined The Alliance formed to imprison the Eleventh Doctor in the Pandorica in order to save the universe . A Cyber - Leader was present in Stonehenge , 102 A . D . , along with the rest of the Alliance , and locked the Doctor in the Pandorica . ( TV : " The Pandorica Opens " ) After the Alliance ' s plan failed , several species - including the Cybermen themselves - were wiped from existence , leaving only stone " after - images " behind . The Doctor ultimately reset the universe . ( TV : " The Big Bang " ) Alternative timeline . During the war between the Cybermen and the Preachers in their own universe , a Cyber - Leader was selected by the Cybermen to lead them and replace the Cyber Controller . The Cyber - Leader coordinated the Cyber battle plans and the Cybermen proceeded to clear all the Preacher bases from the planet . The Cybermen , victorious , viewed the Cyber - Leader as obsolete and deleted it . ( GAME : " Cyber Assault " )