Cybermen
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The Cybermen are a recurring race of emotionless, cybernetically augmented humanoids in the Doctor Who universe who seek to convert other beings into their own kind.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who alien race
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cybernetically augmented humanoids → fictional species → recurring antagonist → |
| alignment |
villainous
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| appearsIn |
Doctor Who audio dramas
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Doctor Who comic strips → Doctor Who novels → Doctor Who television series → |
| characteristic |
emotionless
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encased in metal armor → possess great physical strength → speak in monotone voices → use cybernetic implants → vulnerable to gold in many incarnations → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| creators |
Gerry Davis
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Kit Pedler → |
| enemyOf |
Daleks
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Time Lords → the Doctor → |
| fictionalUniverse |
Doctor Who
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| firstAppearance |
The Tenth Planet
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| firstAppearanceYear |
1966
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| goal |
achieve universal Cyber-conversion
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convert other beings into Cybermen → eliminate emotions → |
| homeworld |
Mondas
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Telos → |
| inspiredBy |
fears of organ transplantation and cybernetics in the 1960s
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| languageStyle |
stilted, mechanical speech
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| medium |
British television
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| methodOfReproduction |
cyber-conversion of other species
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| mottoOrCatchphrase |
Delete
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You will be like us → |
| notableLeader |
Cyber-Controller
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Cyber-Leader → Cyber-Planner → |
| notableStory |
Army of Ghosts
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Doomsday → Earthshock → Nightmare in Silver → Rise of the Cybermen → The Age of Steel → The Invasion → The Tenth Planet → The Tomb of the Cybermen → |
| organizationalStructure |
hive mind tendencies
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ruled by Cyber-Controllers → ruled by Cyber-Leaders → |
| relatedSpeciesOrVariant |
Cyber-King
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Cyber-Shades → Cybermats → Cybus Industries Cybermen → Mondasian Cybermen → Nightmare in Silver Cybermen → |
| speciesType |
cyborg
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humanoid → |
| technology |
Cyber-ships
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chest-mounted energy weapons → cyber-conversion units → neural inhibitors → |
| weakness |
emotional overload in some versions
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gold dust in respiratory systems (classic series) → |