Cyberman

The **Cybermen** were a race of enhanced humanoids, usually created through the process of conversion from human beings, however, other species were able to be upgraded if necessary.

With their actions dictated by logic alone, the Cybermen believed that their job was to spread their gift of immortality across the universe, unaware that this act was not quite as kind as they believed it to be. This often put them at odds with many species and planets but more importantly, this often put them at odds with the Doctor who grew to be one of their greatest enemies.

## Characteristics

### Plague Doctor

When the Cybermen crash landed in the 16th century, the Cyber-Leader made the decision that in order to operate efficiently, blending in would be a neccessity. As such, the Cybermen built themselves more contemporary armour than the one they usually wore.

These Cybermen were primarily made from local resources such as leather with very little metal parts except for around the beak and eyes of the masks that they made to replicate the Plague Doctors of the time, their eyes had glass lenses that had been darkened extremely to hide the decaying organic components on the inside of it. Unlike a regular Cyberman Helmet, these could be removed at will without little trouble to reveal the grotesque mutilations underneath. These variants of normal Cybermen had a few notable differences from those of the regular kind. It is presumed that some cybernetic components remained intact such as the emotional inhibitor.

Missing were the handlebars that Cybermen usually sport, instead, these Cybermen wore hats that were connected to the rest of their mask, just to further hide the converted organic components. These Cybermen were also unable to deliver an electric shock through their own hands and instead carried around small staffs that could produce a lethal electric charge. (TV: *Pestilence*, *Ameliorate*)

## Technology

The Cybermen were one of the most advanced opponents that the Doctor had ever faced, capable of building ships that could travel far faster than light or artificial intelligences capable of outsmarting even the most intelligent of species. Some were also able to convert a number of different species into Cybermen without much trouble or needing to adapt the technology used, implying that it was able to quickly adapt to whatever was needed.

## Culture

Cybermen adapted themselves so that they no longer had any use of emotions, completely eradicating them during the conversion process and replacing all the space with the determination to simpl survive; no matter the cost. The Cybermen created more of their species through the process of conversion in which willingly or unwilling, organic parts were replaced with Cybernetic ones, the process often being extremely painfully.

Despite this being their main goal, if the situation called for it, then the Cybermen were not strangers to simply executing rogue elements or populations that proved too much trouble to waste time on attempting conversion. However, this was not their typical go-to modus operandi.

## History

The Cybermen were first encountered by the Doctor back in their first incarnation and they ran back into them on multiple occasions. (All of this information can be found here; [1])

### The Great Plague

The Fourteenth Doctor first met the Cybermen in the 16th century, alongside her companions Elias and Fleur after they crashed back through time from the Cyber-Wars. (TV: *Pestilence*) She quickly found that they appeared to be using a mutated strain of the Great Plague to infect humans and use nano-bots to cause conversion within them so that when they died, they would be fully converted into Cybermen. However, their plans failed when the Doctor turned their own nano-bots against them. (TV: *Ameliorate*)