A race of cyborgs developed by Dr. Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis that first appeared in the Season 4 serial The Tenth Planet (1966) as humans from Earth's nearly identical "twin planet" of Mondas who upgraded themselves into cyborgs in a bid for self-preservation. The Cybermen appeared in 12 classic era stories and in the stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure (1989).
The Cybermen make brief appearances in The War Games (Season 6), when the Doctor gives evidence in his defence to the Time Lords, in the Mind of Evil (Season 8) when the Doctor is attacked by the Keller Machine, and in Carnival of Monsters (Season 10) trapped in the miniscope. They have a bigger part to play than the Daleks in The Five Doctors (1983). None of these are considered Cybermen stories. |