Patient ( World Enough and Time ) A group of patients , which occupied Floor 1056 of a Mondas ian colony ship , were partially - converted Cybermen awaiting full conversion . Physical attributes . The patients were the result of a large scale surgical experiment to cybernetically augment Humans of Mondasian origin . The goal of the program was to allow the residents of Floor 1056 to " Survive in a world not made for flesh " ; the increasingly hostile industrial landscape caused by thousands of years of human occupation . They were made in the conversion theatre of the hospital by the surgeon . For the most part , the Patients were catatonic . When not undertaking surgical alterations they were relegated to wheelchairs in the out - patients ward , or even sometimes left to rest in the conversion theatre itself . The patients generally wore an off - blue surgical robe that fastened on the patient ' s right hand side , under which could be discerned the outline of a mechanical respirator . The Patient ' s heads were entirely covered in a canvas like white surgical material , knotted at the top . The face was otherwise featureless save for a nasal canulla administering purified oxygen . The bag also rendered the patients blind , as it covered the eyes with no initial provision for sight holes . This did not however make them unable to guide themselves , as several were seen able to move purposefully . The extremities , or at the very least what was exposed from the surgical gowns , were encased in a somewhat loose fitting surgical rubber , designed to aesthetically resemble Caucasian skin tone . Each patient was equipped with an electronic voice synthesizer . Initially this was connected to the patients catheter cannisters , though in the years that followed this was eventually integrated into the patients bodies . The need for them was simple ; through the course of the operations to convert them , the patients vocal cords were either severely damaged or removed entirely , rendering them mute . Through use of the synthesizers , the patients could communicate crude commands , or often communicate their own physical discomfort . One Patient initially discovered by Bill had been attempting to solicit aid from the Hospital through repeatedly communicating one word ; " pain " . Another patient did the same , instead pleading with the hospital to euthanize them . The nurse habitually muted the patients synthesizers so they could more readily ignore their condition . They appeared to share a consciousness , as a group moved in unison when they sensed Bill try to leave the hospital . ( TV : " World Enough and Time " ) . The group that were sent to Floor 0507 were revealed to have been somewhat repelled by the residents there , being shot by night then strung up on wooden crosses when disabled during the day . ( TV : " The Doctor Falls " ) While the extent of their physical capabilities wasn ' t explored in detail , they could typically only move at a slow walk but were strong enough to restrain people should the need arise . Jorj also stated they were too strong for him to fight off and that they could snap people in half . However , Razor was able to knock one out with a blow to the back of the head . ( TV : " World Enough and Time " ) Unlike subsequent Cyberman models , they could be killed or at least incapacitated by bullet s . ( TV : " The Doctor Falls " )