Still firing, the reaming twelve Cybusmen tried to escape back to the bridge. It is a truth universally acknowledged that any narrative with multiple timelines will eventually include a crossover incident. Torchwood has fallen. The Cyber-Unit is incomplete. Using a chess game to buy himself time, the Doctor eventually managed to destroy his cyber-implants by using his sonic screwdriver to magnify a hand pulse, freeing his mind. A series of electronic noises began to fill the air an override signal, breaking through their fire walls and safeguards. On that note, if you are looking for a more involved, a more detailed and character driven fanfic that's mostly pretty good even if it does ocassionally slide into some of the old tropes, I'll suggest Visited by a Doctor by Tangerine-Alert. Whatever it was, it could block their scans. (TV: The Tenth Planet et al), Most factions of Cybermen were only capable of converting humans and Mondasians, due to their near-identical physiologies (TV: The Tenth Planet et al), although the Cybermen that attempted to invade Earth via International Electromatics were converted from Isons (AUDIO: The Isos Network), and another group could convert Veridians (AUDIO: Hour of the Cybermen). (TV: World Enough and Time) The later Cybermen transformed entire apartment blocks into Cyber-Factories before rounding up the humans of the city for mass conversion, with theSaxonMaster referring to these particular factories as the Cyber Foundries. How could I ever appreciate my Beatles records anymore? Tosh runs up to them and tells Jack that she rigged the doors to open after a few minutes and Ianto runs to go back inside. . Gwen and Owen are momentarily trapped by Lisa in the autopsy lab, and hide in a locker. 2 of them carried stumpy weapons, with a flawed opening and sub-machine gun style stock. [www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/torchwood/2006d.html?id=omahony Production Notes for Cyberwoman], Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the, For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which, Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel), Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus, Ianto was reportedly supposed to die in this episode, but fan reaction to the character in early episodes resulted in his death being postponed to the show's third series, Ba Orient (restaurant and bar), Mermaid Quay. (TV: Nightmare in Silver) In an alternate timeline created by their allying with Rassilon, the Cyberiad advanced to become capable of upgrading all life, including Time Lords, (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen, Prologue: The Second Doctor, Prologue: The Third Doctor) K9, (COMIC: Prologue: The Fourth Doctor) and Silurians who were converted into Cyber-Silurians. (COMIC: The World Shapers) In the far future, one race of Cybermen found themselves facing extinction due to their inability to convert humans after they had spread across the universe and bred with numerous other species; the conversion protocols were keyed to human and Mondasian genetic tissue, although the Eighth Doctor offered to regenerate so they could decipher the Time Lord biomorphic code, and to provide them with his own cellular resequencing template to re-engineer non-human lifeforms into Mondasians, who could then be converted. The "New mayor, new Cardiff" newspaper article appears at Torchwood's front desk. Jack and Gwen watch him cleaning up and they discuss how Ianto couldn't bear to live without Lisa. The process was extremely painful and took place in a booth where the subject's skull was sliced open by a robotic machine that used knives, lasers and syringes to remove the brain before encasing it in an empty cybernetic helmet. The Cybermen aboard the transport ship discover that their hyperdrive has been reprogrammed and sabotaged, stranding them in a heavily defended area of android-controlled space. The remaining two Cybusmen fired their laser weapons, but they bolts harmlessly hit the intruders and dissipated. (TV: The Invasion), Jason Kane was nearly converted after being manipulated by Irving Braxiatel. Cyberman. Desperate, she pulls him into a deep, arousing kiss, one that wakes his most basic human instincts and gets him thinking again. Tosh does this, which unfortunately also means entering total lock-down. The first Cybusman reached one of the intruders and attempted to wrestle its head off. They both worked at Torchwood One in London before its fall in the Battle of Canary Wharf. Prepare to Be Upgraded ( A Doctor Who fanfic of Cybermen) | Fandoms gone wild, head canons, fanfics, etc. They were deployed in conjunction with a tiny patrol of around ten Cybermen, being used to perform high-speed conversions so as to boost the Cybermens numbers without risking a loss of dozens of Cyber-units. Lisa wasn't sure how, but Ianto and his friends had made her human again. They screamed, as their brains burned in their cases, a horrifying sound from computer hell. The crew would not have appreciated the irony. (TV: Deep Breath, Dark Water, Death in Heaven) The "zenith of cyber-conversion", as declared by a Cyber-Leader, was a cyber-conversion planet seen during the Master's Dalek Plan. Was the sound of you thrashing around loud enough for the Doctor to hear through the endless corridors of the Tardis or had you been shouting too? Tags. You find yourself in a no win situation, what difference does it make which way you go? In the scene where Dr Tanizaki fondles Lisa's armature and "bare flesh", the metal bends in a way that shows it to be made of rubber. After being captured by the Cybermen, Paul Hunt was partially converted on the orders of the Cyber-Planner. In all shots where the CG Cyberconversion machinery descends from the ceiling, the joints are visibly seen to clip through the centre of the machinery. The rest of the crew were ordered to the main airlock. Sword of Orion Spare Parts Real Time The Harvest Silver Lining Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus The Reaping The Gathering The Blue Tooth Human Resources The Girl Who Never Was The Ultimate Adventure Kingdom of Silver Legend of the Cybermen The Silver Turk Last of the Cybermen Return to Telos The Isos Network The Tyrants of Logic Code Silver / Master of Worlds Hour of the Cybermen Conversion Return of the Cybermen The Gates of Hell Scourge of the Cybermen Altered Status Monsters in Metropolis Secrets of Telos Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation Bad Day in Tinseltown, Iceberg Killing Ground Illegal Alien Made of Steel Plague of the Cybermen Dr. First, The Coming of the Cybermen Flower Power Cyber-Mole The Cyber Empire Eskimo Joe Masquerade The Time Museum Test Flight Junk-Yard Demon Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman Deathworld Black Legacy Revelation! By the time they had reached and sealed the bridge, only CyberLord and three others survived. It wasnt like there was any way for me to escape at this stage of the game. Cyber-conversion, also known as cybernetic conversion, (TV: The Invasion) Cybernisation, (PROSE: Attack of the Cybermen) Cyber upgrade, (COMIC: Assimilation) and, prior to Mondas full conversion, processing, (AUDIO: Spare Parts) was the physical and mental re-engineering of victims, often humanoid, into Cybermen. An android perimeter vessel arrives on the scene, and the Cybermen, outgunned, are forced to disengage while they wait for a reply from Earth. Or maybe the Tardis had sensed your distress and alerted her pilot? Already, Cybermen are walking the Earth, telling the public that there is nothing to fear. (TV: Nightmare in Silver), Bill Potts, after being mortally wounded, was taken to a hospital on a Mondasian colony ship and was granted a cybernetic heart then fully converted into a CyberMondan after ten years. (TV: The Tenth Planet), After being drafted by the Mondasian government to work on the propulsion system, Yvonne Hartley was mostly converted. Upon exiting the lift, Ianto punches Jack. (AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus), Webley was partially converted by cyber mites. All at once an alarm began to wail. (TV: Doomsday) Another Torchwood employee, Lisa Hallett, the lover of Ianto Jones, was partially cyber-converted (TV: Cyberwoman), Mercy Hartigan was the CyberKing command unit. dont let the relationship tags fool you - this isnt a multidoc sorry, dont mind me just getting emotional about cybermen again, the inherent horror of a human in a cyber case, And I'm gonna be fine (Maybe Not Tonight), Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart/Petronella Osgood, Episode: The Power of the Doctor (Doctor Who), Thirteenth Doctor & Yasmin Khan & Graham O'Brien & Ryan Sinclair, Spoilers for Episode: s12e10 The Timeless Children, Background Yasmin Khan/Original Female Character, i'm searching for something that i can't reach, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, i dont know how to tag this actually. Ashad would direct the fleet to the point of divergence, a location where the fabric of space-time was thin: a place called the Boundary. It seemed unlikely that something that could develop space flight would be able to design something like this. As Ianto makes his way to the holding cell, he finds Lisa's body has died. The missiles would take at least thirty seconds to cover the distance but the CyberLord predicted the enemy would be unable to shoot them down or engage its engines fast enough to escape the missiles blast. Ianto tells Lisa to stay in the cell as he drags off the corpse to hide it from the team. The delivery girl appears, calling for Ianto. We are Cybusmen, from an alternative Earth. 1.3. Jack sprays Lisa with a special "barbecue sauce" that helps Myfanwy identify its prey. The lights instantly burnt out. The Cyber-Planner has already helped Hunt to overcome his own fear at the prospect. As the Cybermen continue to upgrade themselves technologically, it is logical that the methods used to convert victims would itself be constantly modified, thus these differences in conversion should not be considered contradictory. Arming themselves, Gwen and Owen head for the holding cell where the power drain is occurring, believing themselves under attack. Samantha is appalled, and Riordan agrees to hold off on this final solution, at least until theyve captured a Cyberman, analysed its programming, and found out exactly what the Cybermen are up to. In this state, she retained her original personality but was loyal to the Cybermen and the "Cyber-Ideal" instead of UNIT, and became the second-in-command of the Cybermens invasion of the Earth of N-Space. The struggle to get off earth had been harder than anticipated. Miss Hartigan refused to be converted to a standard Cyberman and took control of the Cybermen which landed in 1851. (TV: The Pandorica Opens) The human that was previously converted seemed to have an upgrade like that during the Battle of Canary Wharf, due to the fact that the Canary Wharf upgrade involved encasing the body inside the suit, (TV: Cyberwoman) while this Cyberman had a severed head in its helmet. (TV: The Tenth Planet et al) Some Cybermen created Cyber-factory, buildings filled with cyberfication machines that were expressely used for mass conversions. But now there was nothing they could do. The patients of the Mondasian colony ship were converted through surgery performed by the surgeon of the hospital on Floor 1056, within the Conversion Theatre. The CyberLord tried one final time. However, since Samantha Thorne is an android double-agent, the fluid has had little effect on her. (, Owen tells Gwen that the Cybermen brought down Torchwood One, while Ianto was present at the, Jack notes that the form of Cyberman faced by Torchwood originated in a, Lisa describes herself as "Human.2", the same designation the Cybermen give themselves on, Jack Harknesses's aggression towards Ianto and his insistence on Lisa's death because she is a Cyberman mirrors the, This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled, It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.). "How am I supposed to lead UNIT if Im broken?". Prior to her full conversion, she was unable to survive if she did not remain in the hospital. Hunt recalls Karen Brett's reaction to seeing a Cyberman for the first time on, Samantha tells Prime Reordin about the Sword of Orion incident in the. (TV: The Invasion), The Cybermen would traverse the universe to find beings to convert, adding to their forces. There will be victory in Orion Before: The Scorpius project has gone horribly wrong. (WC: Real Time, AUDIO: Real Time), Tobias Vaughn suffered partial cyber-conversion, retaining just his head and therefore his own thoughts. Here are five others. As the rest of Torchwood deal with the Arcan leisure crawler that has entered their atmosphere, there is a brief power flicker; Ianto covers it up by claiming that the generators have been acting up all day and offers to look into it. In 1986, he led the first force of Cybermen to land on Earth in the occupation of Snowcap base, and was killed by General Cutler. Ianto pleads that since he cleans up after Torchwood but is never asked about his life, they should help him restore Lisa, but Jack maintains that there is no cure. Requested by user, "Tardis Glitch", Roger Lloyd Pack was a brilliant Cyber Controller in this episode. The enemy continued sitting there, as the missiles got closer and closer. Hallett would have died if her lover, Ianto Jones, had not retrofitted a cyber-conversion unit into life support for her. The emotional inhibitor was failing but attempted to keep it stable. The CyberLord sat on the battle bridge. Work Search: Works; Bookmarks; Filters; Listing Works. They could change the past and ensure Cybus victory. The lifeform using the dimension bridge technology would undergo a form of cyber-conversion referred to as virtual conversion, where the carrier wave broadcast by the VR headsets would transmit mind control and basic upgrades to the receiver, with full conversion occurring later. They continue to watch in silence. The CyberKing was intended as a mass conversion unit, but the command unit Miss Hartigan, aided by the Tenth Doctor, destroyed it before it was put to use. There is barely a character to wipe away with the cybermen conversion. From behind the air lock, a series of a bangs and clanks could be detected. This story was originally scheduled to be released in November, however, it was pushed back to December due to Nicholas Briggs' "commitments elsewhere". As brain matter could not literally be welded to the Cyberman exoskeleton, as previously explained in Rise of the Cybermen, Barnes reasons that the brain may in fact be fitted into bespoke steel cases, precision-tooled to fit differently sized human cerebra as the size of human brains vary person to person which in turn is welded to the Cyberman head. From US $2.42. These were used by almost all Cybermen, and were featured in almost all locations under cyber-control. Occasionally, perhaps every hundred million year or so, a large enough mass attracts them and they begin to form something new. The Ear Pods created a trance state for the victim, so they were, in a sense, unconscious during the process and unable to feel the pain of being converted due to the Ear Pods having control over the brain's pain receptors. She attempts to "upgrade" Dr Tanizaki to repay him for his favour, killing him. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. The World Shapers Comic Relief Comic The Good Soldier Dreadnought The Flood The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen Assimilation Doctor Who and the Last Stand The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who Conversion Untitled Cyber Crisis Supremacy of the Cybermen The Bidding War The Lost Dimension. It must have superior scanners, weapons and engines, but perhaps the crew would be susceptible to Cybus weapons. It was written by Chris Chibnall, directed by James Strong, and focused on Ianto Jones. Take this headgame for instance. On the bridge, the CyberLord could feel an emotion building, as the inhibitor in its chest failed to deal with the increased stimulus. (LogOut/ Everyones reality is perceived at least a wee bit differently. As it attacks Lisa, the rest of the team, along with the recovered and protesting Ianto, escape through the invisible lift. Ianto returns to Torchwood by himself. Lisa re-enters the cybernetic unit and begins to drain more power from Torchwood, soon noticed by the others. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. What do you know how to do other than kill? (AUDIO: Spare Parts) Mondasien teenager Eric Krailford either volunteered to join or was drafted into the surface work teams, and was converted. A second burst and next 4 had ceased to function. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Breaking Up or The Woes of Danny Atlas(Now You See Mefic). When she thought she couldn't take it anymore, her world got turned upside down for the worst. (AUDIO: Return to Telos) A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on Catrigan Nova possessed similar conversion capabilities. (TV: The Power of the Doctor). This particular crossover will conclude the main story of the Two Can Play At That Game series, in which the Doctor, the Master, Jenny, and Harry find themselves (somewhat literally) at the center of an old enemys insidious plot. As Lisa corners Gwen, Owen grabs a scalpel and stabs Lisa in the chest seemingly killing her. You must have been moving in your sleep because your legs are tangled in the duvet. Will Torchwood Three fix things in time before the Cybermen, ripe from battle with their greatest enemy, the Doctor, convert the world? On one parallel Earth, a wild mutated dog underwent conversion after getting too close to a much larger Mechanising Worm. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen) In another alternate timeline, the Cybermen of the Cyber-web assimilated the entire Borg race and proceeded to upgrade both N-Space and the Borg's home universe, converting Judoon, Raxacoricofallapatorians, Klingons and Vulcans. Suddenly, the other ship change direction, instantly darting like a silver fish caught on a line. The potential threat was alleviated. It also marked the first appearance of a villain from Doctor Who in Torchwood with the appearance of a Cyberman, though they were not fully converted . Approaching from outside the solar system. The most optimum strategy was to wait and observe the newcomer and see how it reacted. If Brett agrees to their terms, they can begin converting the traitors and political dissidents currently held in the Isle of Wight penal colony into crack cybernetic troops capable of wiping out the androids in Orion. ( AUDIO: Return to Telos) A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on Catrigan Nova possessed similar conversion capabilities. The Doctor has seemingly abandoned her and the only person she can rely on is an aging medical offer. The great civilisation we could have been if wed taken another path. help, the deep dive into cyber conversion no one wanted, Clara Oswin Oswald & Original Character(s), Original Cyberman Character(s) (Doctor Who), The Doctor & Clara Oswin Oswald Friendship, Second Doctor & Zoe Heriot & Jamie McCrimmon. The Cyber conversions begin. Only the Cyberlord remained awake, in case of emergencies. Its difficult to do without damaging him, but Samantha ordered Spavin not to harm his patient. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Conversion was the third release in the first series of Big Finish Productions' Cyberman audio series. Jack gives Ianto an ultimatum. But Lumic's technique was more simpler, and only needed the slightest adjustments to work. That would be less mortifying. Lisa appears in the Hub and Ianto tries to remind Lisa she is still human, but she is disgusted by her partially-human appearance. With the emergency systems back on, they began to return to normal operating procedures. Samantha checks in on Liam, and when he learns that shes about to take a squadron over to the transport ship to capture a Cyberman, he insists upon coming with her; they have a common enemy, and he knows more about the layout of the human spaceship than she does. (TV: World Enough and Time), John Lumic was converted into a Cyber-Controller, while numerous others such as Sally Phelan and Jackie Tyler were converted into regular Cybermen. Conversion (Cyberman audio story) Cyberman #1 .3 Main character (s): Paul Hunt Samantha Thorn Liam Barnaby Featuring: Karen Brett, Prime Reordin Main enemy: Cybermen, Cyber-Planner, Android Horde Main setting: Scorpius Seabed Base, 26th century Oceanic City, 26th century Orion Central Control, 26th century Key crew Publisher: Big Finish Productions But inside differed significantly. A short 3d animation created in Daz Studio featuring an audio edit from the excellent Big Finish audio production Cyberman Conversion. Unbeknownst to the team, a pizza delivery girl, using Torchwood's other entrance to bring some pizzas ordered earlier by Ianto, finds the pterodactyl on the floor. Twenty eight deadly cyborgs, the conquers of alternate London, unstoppable threat from another world, waited for their enemy to appear. (AUDIO: Spare Parts), Sisterman Constant was originally responsible for draughting Mondasians for conversion, but was injured when a partially converted Cyberman tried to force her to divulge their purpose. This happens when she speaks, as well. They'd go insane.The Tenth Doctor, During the Battle of Canary Wharf, the Cybermen, badly needing reinforcements, quickly converted humans into Cybermen using a different method. The signals from the first 4 cybusmen instantly ceased; their cameras burnt out and sensors overloaded. (TV: The Age of Steel), Yvonne Hartman, a Torchwood Institute administrator, was converted. On this world, the Machine would use various Cyber-units to attack a life-forms mental avatar in order to establish a link to their home universe, allowing a dimension bridge to form, which the Cybermen could then use to travel to, and begin upgrading, the new universe. Samantha Thorn is aware that Liam Barnaby is attracted to her. Away from the hospital used for conversions, the process killed her. Owen is knocked out. They were eventually destroyed when Danny detonated all of them to stop Missy's plans, save for Lethbridge-Stewart, who shot Missy personally before being saluted by the Twelfth Doctor. I was prepared to be swept away under the waves of oblivion, but all the parts of my mind that made me who I am, were still there. Returning to Lisa's cell, he finds Dr Tanizaki's body bloodied and mutilated after a failed cyber-conversion, with Lisa standing over him. A similar process used by the Borg from a parallel universe was called assimilation. (TV: The Doctor Falls) Other Cybermen contained cyberfication machines within cyber-ships, and would use them to travel the universe to convert compatible beings. A bright flash of light radiated from the airlock doorway. Cyber-commander Zheng shot the Cyberman, and, noting that her scapula was fractured, sent both the Cyberman he had shot and Constant to be repaired. But as debris from the transport ship begins hitting the sickbay window, Liam unexpectedly bursts out laughing; against all the odds, a Cybermans decapitated head has drifted across space and struck the android ship. A chunky box on each chest wired and glowed. The Intruders remained silent. Before she can sit up, Lisa straps her down. It also marked the first appearance of a villain from Doctor Who in Torchwood with the appearance of a Cyberman, though they were not fully converted. Lisa was only partially converted during the battle, and Ianto managed to get her to safety afterwards. The Cybermen of Pete's World, instead of replacing body parts, transplanted living brains into metal exoskeletons sustained in a cradle of chemicals and threaded together by an artificial nervous system. Whatever the case, you're glad of the company.Hate nightmares. You shiver. He watched in horror as Clara started to change right before his eyes. Jack tries to shut off the conversion unit but Lisa had altered the machine. Ship detected. Torchwood has fallen. She initially experienced frequent mental pain that nearly killed her due to the sheer amount of information that she received from the Cyber-Mainframe, (AUDIO: Code Silver) but was cured of this after she "received a brainstorm from Cyber-Control across every dimension" in response to the arrival of theWar Master. Conversion was stopped by loss of power caused by proximity to the cherrybowl nebula, and Yvonne wandered back to her home, due to her pre-conversion desire for her Father to see her 'uniform'. Work Search: For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which, Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus, President Karen Brett has ordered Cybermen to be deployed among the. The process from here on is unknown, as the only known victim of this process was Amy Pond, who escaped before the process was completed. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place. The life support systems failed and they moaned as their brains boiled. Identify yourselves. Unfortunately, by this point the Cybermen have decided of their own accord to initiate the ships self-destruct systems, and when the androids storm the control room, the disorientated Cyber Leader manages to smash the self-destruct mechanism, preventing Liam from aborting the sequence. Whilst it matched no known design, the enemy ship could be a Skarosian vessel. (AUDIO: Code Silver) However, the app could also be broadcast to have the opposite effect, erasing the VR upgrades instead. However the rest of the Torchwood team arrive just in time to hear that, and open fire on the girl, killing her and leaving Ianto to mourn over Lisa's body. Either way I was dead. Cyberman. For now, the majority of the crew were suspended, to prolong their life spans and ensure peak efficiency when they returned to Earth. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words. Ianto leaves Dr Tanizaki to take Lisa back to the cell while he prepares for the team's arrival. Now, Chiaki was going to face her demise, unable to do anything to save them. The great civilisation we could have been if we'd taken another path. Cyberwoman was the fourth episode in the first series of Torchwood. When she asks, he refuses to tell Gwen that he'd ever loved anyone to the extent that Ianto loved Lisa. (PROSE: Illegal Alien) One group of Cybermen encountered by the Fourth Doctor on Telos possessed Cyber-particles within their hands, allowing them to convert humans merely by touching them. Lisa therefore declares the two incompatible and throws him aside, knocking him unconscious and sending the rest of the team into action. Lisa wasn't sure how, but Ianto and his friends had made her human again. The Cyberman shot the scanner from Craig's hand, making him shout in pain and Olivia went to use her Sonic on another that approached him, but another Cyberman grabbed her from behind and held her arms behind her back. Nothing at all. These events are beyond the scope of their programming, and they transmit a report back to Earth, requesting instructions. (TV: The Pandorica Opens). He calls Tosh and tells her to shut power off to the base. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen), In a divergent timeline, Evelyn Smythe, Nicola Savage, Ricky Allen, Ryan Carey and David Isherwood were all partially converted. Once alone, he brings a Japanese doctor named Tanizaki into the Torchwood Hub and takes him to a holding cell deep below the surface. "No!" Craig shouted as they pulled him toward a machine. Within 30, the situation had been downloaded to their minds and roles had been assigned to each of them. The Cyberman saga concludes in the next installment.
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