Rise of the Cybermen

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Rise of the Cybermen is a 2006 Doctor Who television episode that reintroduces the Cybermen in an alternate universe, depicting their chilling origin as emotionless cyborgs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who television episode
television episode
airDate 13 May 2006
composer Murray Gold
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsOriginOf Cybermen
surface form: Cybermen (parallel Earth version)
director Graeme Harper
episodeNumberInSeason 5
episodeNumberOverall 167
executiveProducer Julie Gardner
Russell T Davies
featuresActor Billie Piper
Camille Coduri
David Tennant
Noel Clarke
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Shaun Dingwall
featuresAntagonist Cybermen
featuresCharacter Jackie Tyler
John Lumic
Mickey Smith
Pete Tyler
Rose Tyler
The Doctor
surface form: Tenth Doctor
featuresDevice TARDIS
featuresOrganization Cybus Industries
featuresTheme cyborgs
loss of humanity
parallel universes
followedBy The Age of Steel
genre science fiction
television drama
isPartOfStory Rise of the Cybermen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
language English
originalAirDate 2006-05-13
originalNetwork BBC One
partOf Doctor Who
partOfSeries Doctor Who series 2
plotSummary The TARDIS falls into a parallel universe where industrialist John Lumic creates Cybermen by converting humans into emotionless cyborgs.
precededBy The Girl in the Fireplace
producer Phil Collinson
productionCompany BBC Cymru Wales
surface form: BBC Wales
reintroduces Cybermen
runtime 45 minutes
seasonNumber 2
seriesNumber 2
setting London, England
surface form: London

parallel Earth
showrunner Russell T Davies
writer Tom MacRae

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Cybermen notableStory Rise of the Cybermen
Rise of the Cybermen isPartOfStory Rise of the Cybermen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
The Age of Steel precededBy Rise of the Cybermen
The Age of Steel follows Rise of the Cybermen
The Age of Steel isSequelTo Rise of the Cybermen
The Age of Steel storyArc Rise of the Cybermen
this entity surface form: Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Army of Ghosts plotFocus Rise of the Cybermen
this entity surface form: return of the Cybermen
Doctor Who series 2 includesEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
The Girl in the Fireplace followedByEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
Mickey Smith notableEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
Pete Tyler appearsInEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
this entity surface form: "Rise of the Cybermen"
John Lumic appearsIn Rise of the Cybermen
Cybus Industries appearsInEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
Graeme Harper directed Rise of the Cybermen
Parallel Earth distinguishedBy Rise of the Cybermen
this entity surface form: rise of the Cybermen
Parallel Earth featuredInEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
Cyber Controller notableEpisodeAppearance Rise of the Cybermen
Preachers (resistance group) appearsInEpisode Rise of the Cybermen
Mrs Moore appearsInStoryArc Rise of the Cybermen
this entity surface form: Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Jake Simmonds appearsIn Rise of the Cybermen