Rise of the Cybermen

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Doctor Who television episode television episode

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 (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 → 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 / 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 Wales →
reintroduces	Cybermen →
runtime	45 minutes →
seasonNumber	2 →
seriesNumber	2 →
setting	London → parallel Earth →
showrunner	Russell T Davies →
writer	Tom MacRae →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Age of Steel →	follows
Rise of the Cybermen ("Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel") →	isPartOfStory
The Age of Steel →	isSequelTo
Cybermen →	notableStory
Army of Ghosts ("return of the Cybermen") →	plotFocus
The Age of Steel →	precededBy
The Age of Steel ("Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel") →	storyArc