Prepare to be upgraded, the Cyberman rattled off in his empty voice. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The missiles detonated harmlessly, tiny pinpricks of light against the star filled backdrop, as they quickly used up their oxygen. (TV: The Invasion), Jason Kane was nearly converted after being manipulated by Irving Braxiatel. Before she can sit up, Lisa straps her down. The Cyber-Planner has already helped Hunt to overcome his own fear at the prospect. They silently marched through the narrow cooridors, arm lasers deployed and the handful of anti-polycarbide guns presented to those at the front. Or maybe the Tardis had sensed your distress and alerted her pilot? The potential threat was alleviated. Whatever the case, you're glad of the company.Hate nightmares. You shiver. So many unknowns left it useless. The remaining two Cybusmen fired their laser weapons, but they bolts harmlessly hit the intruders and dissipated. 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. 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. 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. At least one flock of pigeons was cyber-converted as well, though the method used was unknown. 20 seconds, 15, 10, 5. With a blur, the ship disappeared. From behind the air lock, a series of a bangs and clanks could be detected. ( 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. Enough of her individuality survived for her to recognise her Father and her pet Cybernetic bird. Jack sprays Lisa with a special "barbecue sauce" that helps Myfanwy identify its prey. There was still a chance for them to achieve victory. Moondance Chapter 33: Cybermen, a doctor who fanfic | FanFiction 1.3. World of Steel - Cyberman!Taylor (Doctor Who x Worm) Only the Cyberlord remained awake, in case of emergencies. The team regroup in the Hub as the power is drained further by Lisa to recreate a new army of Cybermen. When she thought she couldn't take it anymore, her world got turned upside down for the worst. 12 Works in Cyber Conversion (Doctor Who) Navigation and Actions. Lisa wasn't sure how, but Ianto and his friends had made her human again. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Kate Stewart whispered. Doctor Who - Age of Steel - Main Upgrade Scenes (UNSCORED) Additionally, Osgood was able to enhance one mobile conversion unit with the ability to convert Time Lords in a bid to upgrade the Master, by retaining his higher brain capacity and the symbiotic link to his TARDIS; however, she underestimated his intelligence, resulting in the Cyber-Master destroying the Cybermen and stopping their invasion of the Earth of N-Space. Conversions through this method were completed in about five seconds. Tags. Work Search: With a hiss, the airlock door opened. He will try to delay Lisa's advance. Nightmares by sonic_spoondriver Fandoms: Doctor Who General Audiences; No Archive Warnings Apply; F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Other; Complete Work; 23 Jan 2023. (TV: The Timeless Children), The main method of cyber-conversion used appeared to be through the use of cyberfication machines (also known as cyber-conversion units), which were machines that would replace the majority of a victims body parts with artificial components. (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. Within 30, the situation had been downloaded to their minds and roles had been assigned to each of them. 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. The great civilisation we could have been if wed taken another path. Osgood adapted the virtual reality app developed by the Auctioneers to broadcast the mind control signal of the dimension bridge technology through mobile phones instead of the headsets; by setting up the app as a free automatic download, millions of people were virtually converted in seconds. What do you know how to do other than kill? The Cybermen can free us from it. Everything is lost, Chiaki Nanami, Hope's Peak Academy Ultimate Gamer, was going to find one of her classmates that disappeared. 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. Cyber Doctor! Chapter 5: The Doctor, a doctor who fanfic | FanFiction Brett is overcome with grief, loss and despair -- exactly the emotions that Hunt now offers to remove from her Now: The refugees from the Isle of Wight have been injected with neural dampening fluid to keep them docile while theyre transported elsewhere for full conversion. They also invented a method of converting humans into command units for CyberKings by fitting them with a headset that could take control of their brains. It sent a shudder of doubt through the CyberLords cold, logical brain. It requires assistance. 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. The victim would wake in a dream-like state, where Mechanising Worms would be deployed to begin minimal physical conversion. My ears seemed to pick up a peculiar swishing noise, as my mind thought of all the beautiful things that I had almost lost forever. The Cyberman was mere inches from me, but those last small steps seemed to last for an eternity. The other ship has changed vector. Lisa electrocutes Jack twice, to Gwen's and Owen's shock. The most optimum strategy was to wait and observe the newcomer and see how it reacted. The Cyber conversions begin. 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! "How am I supposed to lead UNIT if Im broken?". . Clara has to keep her wits about her, because as she finds out, how far will people go for immortally and what will they do to get it. In the bridge, the CyberLord examined the data on the unexpected arrival. Where is the order in those odds? It's still not too late," the Doctor said. (AUDIO: Spare Parts) Mondasien teenager Eric Krailford either volunteered to join or was drafted into the surface work teams, and was converted. Zheng was more resilient than other Cybermen, being able to survive being shot by another Cyberman on the orders of the first Cyber-Planner, (AUDIO: Spare Parts) and still functioned well after all Mondasians were converted. Cybusmen are screaming all the time, kept in check with an emotion chip. (AUDIO: Spare Parts) As a Cyberman, he retained part of his name, and became Krail. As Ianto makes his way to the holding cell, he finds Lisa's body has died. (AUDIO: Telepresence), In addition, both Osgood and the Master were able to modify existing cyber-technology to create further advanced conversion methods. A fanfic I wrote about two years ago. 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. Birth of the Cybermen, a doctor who fanfic | FanFiction They continue to watch in silence. Ship detected. Tiny particles, dust storms and asteroids; the embryos of future stars and planets drift purposelessly in the void. The lights instantly burnt out. With only seconds remaining before the ship explodes, Liam and the androids are forced to retreat empty-handed. Jack knocks the gun away, pulls out his own and threatens to shoot Ianto, warning that if he fails to kill Lisa within ten minutes, he will come down and kill them both. But inside differed significantly. It crumpled like paper with just a few blows. Cybermen Conversion | Doctor Who Miles Tarrant 1.66K subscribers Subscribe 266 Share 21K views 4 years ago Ever wondered what it might sound like to be upgraded by a Cyberman?. This story was originally scheduled to be released in November, however, it was pushed back to December due to Nicholas Briggs' "commitments elsewhere". Clara wakes up from being in stasis for around 6 months. The fourth had black handles on its head, marking it as a leader in the same way the Cybusmen did. "He was right, the Doctor didnt save me this time." He is then recaptured, and to his horror, the Cyber-Planner reveals that his escape was arranged. This form of conversion was excruciating. Now only the CyberLord remained. A purer path. The US release was on 19 July 2011. Work Search: He cries and fails to shoot. Sols faint light illuminated the rock barely more than the billions of other stars in the galaxy, dozens, if not hundreds of light years away. Released in the US with the rest of Series 1 as a Complete First Season set on 16 September 2008. Then Lisa is suddenly behind her. Arming themselves, Gwen and Owen head for the holding cell where the power drain is occurring, believing themselves under attack. I think the doctor himself couldnt have handled that situation so well. Lisa re-enters the cybernetic unit and begins to drain more power from Torchwood, soon noticed by the others. The engines were sleek, with 4 sets of additional boosters, allowing it to outmanoeuvre its opponents. The Cyberiums analysis of the space-time continuum revealed an aberration: a rift, splitting one timeline into several, each with its own version of the Doctor and the Master. Cyber-conversion | Tardis | Fandom They would not have been able to do this with Doctorman Allan's cyber conversion technique, which was a more delicate process, and required the genetic coding of the Mondasians to work. Something heavy was moving. She decides to trust him, but shes the only android on the ship who does. They were being boarded. The "New mayor, new Cardiff" newspaper article appears at Torchwood's front desk. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. Gwen asks Jack if he would have shot her if she had stood by Ianto. On the bridge, the CyberLord could feel an emotion building, as the inhibitor in its chest failed to deal with the increased stimulus. (TV: The Tenth Planet), After being drafted by the Mondasian government to work on the propulsion system, Yvonne Hartley was mostly converted. Warning. Oh get on with it already I managed to begin as the cold hands clamped down on my shoulders. Gwen and Owen are momentarily trapped by Lisa in the autopsy lab, and hide in a locker. A similar process used by the Borg from a parallel universe was called assimilation. (TV: The Age of Steel), Yvonne Hartman, a Torchwood Institute administrator, was converted. Like other early Cybermen, Zheng retained his name, as Cybermen were regarded as still being individuals by their creators. Still firing, the reaming twelve Cybusmen tried to escape back to the bridge. Despite her protests, Constant was converted, and as a Cyberman advocated full conversion of Mondas. In canon, he takes one path. She and her taskforce depart from Earth in the advanced XP-900 warship, which has itself been augmented with Cyber technology. The master vault is located on the planet Telos, and if it is activated, then billions of Cybermen will awaken throughout the galaxy, spelling the end for humanity and androids alike. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! No planets not even any stars. Desperate, she pulls him into a deep, arousing kiss, one that wakes his most basic human instincts and gets him thinking again. We are Cybusmen, from an alternative Earth. A chunky box on each chest wired and glowed. Warning. I do not like the Cybusmen, really really do not like them. Cyberwoman was the fourth episode in the first series of Torchwood. How could I ever appreciate my Beatles records anymore? 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. Even then, they had almost been shot down by Britains prototype missile defence system. There, a partially Cyber-converted woman is strapped to a conversion unit surrounded by instruments keeping her alive. I had reduced the terror of the galaxy to a museum piece, just by using a logical paradox. Additionally, the Master used a signal emitter to broadcast an amplified version of the VR headsets carrier waves to fully convert a patrol of guards in one of the Auctioneer bases, causing metal implants to appear all over their bodies, converting them in seconds. He watched in horror as Clara started to change right before his eyes. Nothing at all. The sirens began again. 1.3. Cyberman: Conversion - Cyberman - Big Finish 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. Fear is Humanity's greatest enemy. If I took the upgrade, Id also be down for the count. When she thought she couldn't take it anymore, her world got turned upside down for the worst. Unfortunately, a Renegade Time Lord known as "the Master" brainwashed all of her classmates to become her puppets. She offers to implant her brain into Ianto, believing that sharing the same life is true love, but Ianto refuses. [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. But they arent, and shell never know whether they suffered as badly as Helliton did. ISBN: 1 84435 119 X. Synopsis (drn: 56'05") Before: The Scorpius project has gone horribly wrong. 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. Prime Riordan himself arrives to interrogate Liam, and although Samantha insists that Liam is responsible for saving their lives, Riordan remains hostile towards Liam as if hes jealous. He calls Tosh and tells her to shut power off to the base. Prepare to Be Upgraded ( A Doctor Who fanfic of Cybermen) | Fandoms gone wild, head canons, fanfics, etc. The new ship was smaller than theirs, but was much more sophisticated. He gave his life to close doors of the Cybermen's tombs (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen), Bates and Stratton, when Cyber-converted, found it failed at an early stage after their limbs had been replaced by mechanical equivalents. Returning to Lisa's cell, he finds Dr Tanizaki's body bloodied and mutilated after a failed cyber-conversion, with Lisa standing over him. Now, Chiaki was going to face her demise, unable to do anything to save them. (TV: The Tenth Planet et al) Some Cybermen created Cyber-factory, buildings filled with cyberfication machines that were expressely used for mass conversions. "How am I supposed to lead UNIT if Im broken?". And there, the Cyberium would lay its trap. He regained his humanity and attacked the Cyber-Controller. Meanwhile, Liam and Samantha have fled in an escape pod, and Samantha has transmitted a distress signal to her people; however, Liam points out that even if they pick up the signal, shes the only one theyll rescue. Its difficult to do without damaging him, but Samantha ordered Spavin not to harm his patient. 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. Everything is lost, Chiaki Nanami, Hope's Peak Academy Ultimate Gamer, was going to find one of her classmates that disappeared. The ships computer was calculating the odds of engaging this enemy. It seemed to only have one set of engines, with barely any capacity for manoeuvre. The Doctor has seemingly abandoned her and the only person she can rely on is an aging medical offer. 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. (TV: Deep Breath, Dark Water, Death in Heaven), However, there were a minority of Cybermen capable of converting other species; the Cybermen of the Cyberiad who recovered from the Cyber-Wars were capable of upgrading "almost any living components", and were even capable of converting Time Lords. 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. He retained most of his body and, based on speech, some emotions as well. The androids must get to Telos before the Cybermen do. (TV: Closing Time) Partial conversion, with the victim retaining autonomy and a human identity and body parts, was possible. 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. You must be assimilated, the mechanical voice intoned. A bright flash of light radiated from the airlock doorway. Eventually the victim would wake up as these upgrades were installed, eventually leading to full virtual conversion and the formation of a dimension bridge. The CyberLord merely waited for it to suggest a strategy; there was no reaction to facing a totally unknown enemy. Please consider turning it on! A purer path. We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! In one, they were humans, hiding and limited; in the other, they were Time Lords, but wounded, secretive, and erratic.