Cyber - Planner Cyber - Planners were used by the Cybermen to create and direct battle plans and strategies . Characteristics . In the 20th century , the Cyber - Planner was approximately six feet tall and consisted of a framework of metal and transparent tubes with a number of lights and a rotating head section , completely immobile and concealed in a secure place . The shape of Cyber - Planners differed between the 20th ( TV : " The Invasion " ) and 21st centuries . The later " head " section had a more a bulbous , egg - like appearance ( TV : " The Wheel in Space " ) . The Cyber - Planner ' s consciousness could take over the mind of an organic life - form and use the knowledge and capacity within to fulfil its function . The minds of children in particular were targeted for their imaginative potential . ( AUDIO : " The Girl Who Never Was " , TV : " Nightmare in Silver " ) . Functions . The Cyber - Planner gathered data from a large variety of sources . It could scan local media transmissions and even channel data from certain human subjects . It used this data to formulate strategies and make decisions based upon probability of success . The Cyber - Planner had no defensive capabilities and could be destroyed by emotions created by the cerebration mentor , suggesting that they had organic components . ( TV : " The Invasion " ) History . The first Cyber - Planner was formed when the Central Committee of Mondas abandoned their individual personalities and funnelled their collective intelligence into a mechanical shell . This Cyber - Planner was sabotaged by the Fifth Doctor , who poured wine into its nutrient vats , severely impeding its thought processes . It was later destroyed by a swarm of Cybermat s , which had been reprogrammed by the Doctor . ( AUDIO : " Spare Parts " ) In the late 20th century , one had knowledge of the Second Doctor ' s visit to Planet 14 . ( TV : " The Invasion " ) Years before , Tobias Vaughn had a Cyber - Planner ( known as the Cyber - Director ) installed in his office at International Electromatics in London where it acted as a communications channel between Vaughn and the Cybermen . ( TV : " The Invasion " ) The Second Doctor found another Cyber - Planner at work on Earth during a movie shoot of a film based on the Tobias Vaughn incident . ( PROSE : " Scientific Adviser " ) In 2026 , the Seventh Doctor used the neural cortex of a Cyber - Planner to kill Kai ' lizakia . ( AUDIO : " Black and White " ) In the 21st century , Cybermen deferred to a Cyber - Planner while advancing their plan to take Space Station W3 . ( TV : " The Wheel in Space " ) . Later when another Cyber - force attacked Space Station W3 , after Zoe Heriot was returned there by the Time Lord s , the Cybermen , noticing her superior intelligence , planned to convert her into a Cyber - Planner . This failed when the conversion machine , unlocked the locks the Time Lords placed on Zoe ' s mind , and she piloted the fleet into the Land of Fiction . Whilst in the Land , the Cyber - Planner of the fleet , commanded the Cyber - attack on the Land . It was later destroyed when Zoe and the Sixth Doctor reprogrammed a " Book Worm " to make the Cyber - planner believe that Cybermen didn ' t exist , and due to the nature of the Land of Fiction , it blipped out of existence as well . ( AUDIO : " Legend of the Cybermen " ) A Cyber - Planner led the Ninth Cyber Legion to invade Earth in London during 2012 . The Cyber - Planner used a piece of the Eternity Clock to power the Cyberfactory . The Eleventh Doctor and River Song destroyed the Cyberfactory , along with the Cyber - Planner and the Ninth Cyber Legion and collected the piece of the Eternity Clock . ( GAME : " The Eternity Clock " ) The most clever Cyber - Planner calling itself Mr Clever was created from the Eleventh Doctor during the battle on Hedgewick ' s World . At first the Cybermen targeted the Doctor ' s companions Artie and Angie , for the creative potential of the children ' s minds . After discovering the Doctor , the Cybermite s instead partially converted him , giving him a Jekyll & Hyde - like mind . Clever and the Doctor fought for control of the Doctor ' s mind . With the Doctor threatening to use regenerative energy to destroy Clever , they decided to play a game of chess to determine who deserved control . However the Doctor distracted Clever by claiming he could win the chess game in three moves , then used an EMP to rid his mind of Clever , and the Emperor of the Galaxy had the planet destroyed , destroying the Cyber - army . ( TV : " Nightmare in Silver " )