Pete ' s World " Pete ' s World " was the Tenth Doctor ' s name for an alternate universe that was home to Cybermen created by John Lumic , the head of Cybus Industries . Overview . The Doctor derived the name from Pete Tyler , that universe ' s version of Rose Tyler ' s father , who in her universe had died in 1987 . Time ran ahead in this universe , compared to the Doctor ' s universe , so that when it was 2007 in the Doctor ' s universe it was simultaneously three years later in Pete ' s World . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) Differences . In this reality , all of Pete ' s " daft little plans " and get - rich - quick schemes worked out , effectively making him a rich and successful businessman . England ( or at least London ) had a curfew , which did not start until 10PM according to a soldier . This is similar to Mondas ' s curfew in The Doctor ' s Universe ( AUDIO : Spare Parts ) Historical . Pre - Cybermen . Great Britain was a People ' s Republic with a President as head of state , instead of a monarch . Army blockades and nightly curfews were in place for lower - income areas of London . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) John Lumic ' s Cybus Industries had a high profile internationally . It created the EarPod s ; owned Vitex , Pete Tyler ' s nutritional drink company ; owned International Electromatics as a front organisation ; and had created CybusNet , the world ' s premier global information system . Secretly , Lumic had them also create the first Cybermen . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) Even though the Doctor apparently did not exist in this world , or at least didn ' t travel to earth in this world , the Torchwood Institute nevertheless existed . It was operating publicly , with reports it issued being mentioned in the news . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) The planet also had a Bio - Convention , whereby Geneva had to approve any creation of new life forms . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) Europe contained the nation of New Germany ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) and South America was unified in a South American State ; in 2004 it lost 265 , 000 people across its borders and south , implied to be due to Cyberman experiments . ( WC : " Tardisode 5 " ) Post - Cybermen . Following the Cybermen incident and the death of the British President , a People ' s Republic was formed in Britain with Harriet Jones as the new President . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) Torchwood was infiltrated by Cybermen , who used its technology to cross dimensions . The Institute was taken over by the People ' s Republic when the full scale of its activities were discovered ; ( TV : " Doomsday " ) Rose Tyler later joined it . They later went on to work at creating other ways of dimensional travel . ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) Due to said mass dimensional travel , ambient temperatures began to rise on Earth ; three years on , the ice caps were melting . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) The war against the Cybermen eventually became a global conflict , resulting in the Cybermen being successfully sealed in their factories . However , debate raged about whether or not the Cybermen ( as former humans ) could be saved , and this gave the Cyber - race time to cross realities . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) By 2010 , as a result of the war , at least five million humans from Pete ' s World were converted into Cybermen . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) Technological . Pete ' s World had a higher level of technological advancement in general . Such advancements included moving and speaking advertisements , and the EarPod devices which downloaded information straight into human brains . Even the Cyberman technology itself was created by humans , without any apparent use of Mondas technology . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " / " The Age of Steel " ) Zeppelin s served as a common means of transportation , with one soldier implying that the richest of the city tended to own them . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " / " The Age of Steel " ) Automotive and engineering companies such as Mercedes - Benz and Volvo also existed in this universe , with vehicles such as the Mercedes - Benz Actros truck and Volvo BM 425 C hauler being used by Cybus Industries and its subsidiaries . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " / " The Age of Steel " ) Scientists developed medallions with the power to enable the wearer to cross universes . Later , they invented a dimension cannon for the same purpose . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) People . Peter Tyler , unlike his counterpart , had not died in 1987 . Both versions had married Jackie , though this couple did not have children ; instead they had a dog named Rose . This version of Pete had made a fortune from his company , Vitex , a health drink company which Cybus owned and for which Pete himself acted as spokesman . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) This version of Jackie underwent cyber - conversion and died . ( TV : " The Age of Steel " ) Pete later met and fell in love with the Jackie Tyler of the Doctor ' s universe . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) Ricky , Mickey Smith ' s counterpart , led the anti - Cybus Industries activists known as the Preachers with Jake Simmonds , another Preacher . After Ricky died , Mickey decided to stay behind and take his place . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " / " The Age of Steel " ) Also , Rita - Anne Smith , Ricky ' s grandmother , did not die of an accident in this world , whereas Mickey ' s grandmother had . ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) Harriet Jones , like her counterpart , had a political career , and her rule as President was referred to as a " golden age " . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) History . In 2001 , Cybus Industries ' profits reached $ 78 billion . In 2004 , South America n state reported 265 , 000 people missing . ( WC : " Tardisode 5 " ) In February 2007 , the Doctor ' s TARDIS was catapulted into Pete ' s World while travelling through the Time Vortex . The TARDIS was critically drained of energy by the journey and unable to replenish itself due to the incompatibility of the ambient energy of the alternate universe . The Tenth Doctor gave away 10 years of his life to recharge a still - function artron crystal which was then used to restore the TARDIS long enough to enable it to travel back to N - Space . The first Cybermen were created by John Lumic ( TV : " Rise of the Cybermen " ) and attacked Great Britain . The Doctor and his allies eventually teamed - up and destroyed the Cybermen . The Cybermen leader , their Controller ( with John Lumic ' s brain ) , perished in the destruction of his cyber - factory . After meeting his parallel counterpart Ricky Smith and being inspired by his example , Mickey Smith decided to stay in the alternate universe to take the late Ricky ' s place and help fight the Cybermen . ( TV : " The Age of Steel " ) In 2010 , Mickey returned to his original world in N - Space and , disguised as a lab technician , investigated the Void Ship kept in Torchwood 1 ' s headquarters . ( TV : " Army of Ghosts " ) Jake Simmonds and Peter Tyler crossed over into N - Space to stop the Cyberman invasion . That universe ' s Jackie Tyler met the other version of Pete Tyler for the first time and decided to stay with him . Mickey Smith , Pete , and Jake returned to the other world , taking Jackie and her daughter Rose with them , stranding them after the breach closed . Rose joined the parallel version of the Torchwood Institute . Jackie and Pete conceived a child and Mickey apparently took up residence with the Tylers . Soon after joining Torchwood and several months after Jackie became pregnant , Rose began receiving what appeared to be a message from the Tenth Doctor . With the support of her family , she travelled to Dårlig Ulv Stranden in Norway , where she briefly made contact with the Doctor so they could say goodbye to each other . ( TV : " Doomsday " ) When Davros ' reality bomb , ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) also known as " the Darkness " , ( TV : " Turn Left " ) was detonated , dimensions in " the whole of reality " started to collapse . ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) Rose subsequently returned to the Doctor ' s universe . ( TV : " The Stolen Earth " ) After defeating the Dalek s and preventing the reality bomb from detonating , the Tenth Doctor returned Rose and Jackie to the parallel Earth . Also left behind was the Meta - Crisis Tenth Doctor . Due to the disarming of the reality bomb by Donna Noble , the Darkness never occurred at all and this universe was saved from destruction . ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) The Cybermen from this universe survived , and later joined the Alliance . This universe , and indeed every universe , was , as the Cyber - Leader put it , " deleted " as a result of total event collapse . ( TV : " The Pandorica Opens " ) References . Facing the Cybermen on a Mondasian colony ship , the Twelfth Doctor recalled Earth as one of the worlds where he defeated them . ( TV : " The Doctor Falls " ) Behind the scenes . " Creatures and Demons " . REF : " " , a source , theorised that Pete ' s World split from the universe occupying N - Space when Queen Victoria still went to Torchwood House in 1879 . The Werewolf attacked the house and Queen Victoria was killed in this event . Cybus Industries website . Cybus Industries had a tie - in website , no longer hosted by the BBC as of July 2013 . The website had a collection of the CEO of Cybus Industries , John Lumic ' s , thoughts . He mentioned that living in an airship had its " disadvantages " , such as if a dissident Cybus executive " accidentally " fell into the Grand Canyon , which in Pete ' s World was in the United States of Mexico , then they couldn ' t vote against Lumic again . Lumic corrected himself by saying , " I ' m sorry , did I say disadvantages ? I meant to say advantages . " The article also mentioned Lumic ' s dismissal of " unimportant " pressure group like the Preachers in Great Britain , or the Free Information Collectives in New Germany and " Czechoslovenia™ " , saying that such groups " should simply be ignored " . The website featured an interview with Lumic . When asked what the " best " decision he made was , Lumic answered with , " Assassinating the Prime Minister of the United States of Mexico " . When asked the " best " and " worst " things about the BBC , Lumic simply responded that he abolished the BBC after Cybusnet became the sole global information provider .