Cybermats

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Cyberman technology Doctor Who entity Fictional robotic creature

Cybermats are small, cybernetic, worm-like drones used by the Cybermen in Doctor Who as mobile weapons, scouts, and infection carriers.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cyberman technology → Doctor Who entity → Fictional robotic creature →
ability	Climb surfaces → Deliver electrical shocks → Drain energy sources → Move quickly across surfaces → Transmit infections →
affiliation	Cybermen →
appearsIn	Closing Time → Revenge of the Cybermen → The Tomb of the Cybermen → The Wheel in Space →
category	Doctor Who monsters and aliens → Fictional parasites and infections → Fictional robots →
controlMethod	Cyberman signal control → Remote control by Cybermen →
creator	Gerry Davis → Kit Pedler →
enemyOf	The Doctor → UNIT →
fictionalUniverse	Doctor Who →
firstAppearance	The Tomb of the Cybermen →
firstAppearanceYear	1967 →
function	Locate and sabotage power systems → Spread Cyberman-related contagions → Weaken defenses before Cyberman attack →
material	Metallic body →
modernVariantFeature	More animal-like movement → Visible teeth-like components →
modernVariantName	Cybermats Mark VII →
nature	Cybernetic →
role	Advance scout for Cybermen → Covert infiltration unit → Terror weapon →
shape	Worm-like →
size	Small →
threatLevel	High to unarmed individuals →
usedAgainst	Humans → The Doctor →
usedAs	Infection carrier → Mobile weapon → Sabotage device → Scout →
usedBy	Cybermen →
variant	Cybermat (classic series design) → Cybermat (modern series design) →
weakness	Loss of Cyberman control signal → Physical destruction →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cybermats ("Cybermat (classic series design)") → Cybermats ("Cybermat (modern series design)") →	variant
The Tomb of the Cybermen →	featuresAntagonist
Cybermats ("Cybermats Mark VII") →	modernVariantName
Cybermen →	relatedSpeciesOrVariant