After a hundred years of waiting in the tunnels of London, they had been able to steal enough technology to assemble this ship. Conversion was the third release in the first series of Big Finish Productions' Cyberman audio series. There will be victory in Orion Before: The Scorpius project has gone horribly wrong. the Doctor screamed as one of the Cybermen injected Clara in the neck with the Cybermites that would soon convert her into one of them. (AUDIO: Return to Telos) A gauntlet discovered by an archaeological team on Catrigan Nova possessed similar conversion capabilities. This story was originally scheduled to be released in November, however, it was pushed back to December due to Nicholas Briggs' "commitments elsewhere". Fear is Humanity's greatest enemy. He rigged the equipment in secret to keep her alive, hiding her in the Hub's basement in hopes of curing her. It also marked the first appearance of a villain from Doctor Who in Torchwood with the appearance of a Cyberman, though they were not fully converted. Starring Sarah Mowat Mark McDonnell. With the battle computer unable to find any possible strategy to gain victory, the CyberLord intended to fight until it could no longer function. One of these pieces of aborted worlds was drifting at the edge of the solar system. A single jet of flame hit one in the chest. The Cyber conversions begin. It breaks apart, sending its components spinning off into the dark, insignificant and forgotten. As brain matter could not literally be welded to the Cyberman exoskeleton, as previously explained in Rise of the Cybermen, Barnes reasons that the brain may in fact be fitted into bespoke steel cases, precision-tooled to fit differently sized human cerebra as the size of human brains vary person to person which in turn is welded to the Cyberman head. Touch screen buttons, automatic doors and wireless networking. They were being boarded. The Doctor has seemingly abandoned her and the only person she can rely on is an aging medical offer. Here are five others. Now, Chiaki was going to face her demise, unable to do anything to save them. Shields were completely lost, engines were already non-functional and half the weapons systems were non-responsive. Suddenly, the other ship change direction, instantly darting like a silver fish caught on a line. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Unlike other early Cybermen, however, Zheng was not affected by organ rejection, a problem which affected the Cybermen until they learnt of a way of avoiding it by scanning and copying part of the physiology of the Fifth Doctor, specifically a lobe in his brain that dealt with all bodily functions. 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. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds), Mechanising Worms were capable of inflicting basic upgrades by biting a target, making them somewhat similar to Cybermites, and large swarms could be released by deceased Cybermen to fully convert anyone nearby to replace the lost unit. Before this, however, he was unique in surviving for so long, and he was made Cyber-commander. (TV: The Tenth Planet et al) Some Cybermen created Cyber-factory, buildings filled with cyberfication machines that were expressely used for mass conversions. The fourth had black handles on its head, marking it as a leader in the same way the Cybusmen did. A fanfic I wrote about two years ago. I could make out the details of the synapses firing, the thoughts trying to bat aside the assault of the hive. It was chrome and seemed to shine, despite eternal darkness. "Let them go!" the Doctor shouted, struggling against his captor. This particular crossover will conclude the main story of the Two Can Play At That Game series, in which the Doctor, the Master, Jenny, and Harry find themselves (somewhat literally) at the center of an old enemys insidious plot. As it attacks Lisa, the rest of the team, along with the recovered and protesting Ianto, escape through the invisible lift. The Cybusmen stood waiting impatiently for whatever would come through. No life, not for millions of years. / Then who built this? Drawn off course by an anomaly in time, the TARDIS lands on an impossible space station at the end of the universe, where the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find and old enemy and a shadow of the future. The subjects were heard screaming as metal was grafted onto their flesh, possibly because the Cybermen had little time to place their victims in a trance state. Why would I give up the self? This was truly her worst day ever. The life support systems failed and they moaned as their brains boiled. 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Eventually the victim would wake up as these upgrades were installed, eventually leading to full virtual conversion and the formation of a dimension bridge. When Lisa starts to revive, they escape to the main Hub where they find Jack, very much alive. There, Hunt shows her the Cybermen and explains that they could be the future of humanity, if humanity is willing to surrender the uncontrollable emotions that have held it back for so long. This happens when she speaks, as well. Clara wakes up from being in stasis for around 6 months. No Archive Warnings Apply; The process was extremely painful and took place in a booth where the subject's skull was sliced open by a robotic machine that used knives, lasers and syringes to remove the brain before encasing it in an empty cybernetic helmet. The remaining missiles whirled and span in alternating arcs to where the enemy ship sat. Even then, they had almost been shot down by Britains prototype missile defence system. (AUDIO: The Reaping), The Mondasien Chang Twins joined the surface work crews, and were converted into Cybermen. In this state, she retained her original personality but was loyal to the Cybermen and the "Cyber-Ideal" instead of UNIT, and became the second-in-command of the Cybermens invasion of the Earth of N-Space. Believe me, if I was the doctor, I might have been able to sonic my way out of this some way, but Im not the doctor, Im just this fairly ordinary guy. 2 of them carried stumpy weapons, with a flawed opening and sub-machine gun style stock. However, since Samantha Thorne is an android double-agent, the fluid has had little effect on her. 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. Cybusmen are screaming all the time, kept in check with an emotion chip. Then Lisa is suddenly behind her. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place. These events are beyond the scope of their programming, and they transmit a report back to Earth, requesting instructions. 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. And there, the Cyberium would lay its trap. Soon, the war will be won, but until then, Brett has assigned cybernetic commando units to keep the peace in all major population centres on Earth, in order to protect the people from retaliation by the increasingly desperate androids. (TV: The Power of the Doctor). Ianto tells Lisa to stay in the cell as he drags off the corpse to hide it from the team. After being captured by the Cybermen, Paul Hunt was partially converted on the orders of the Cyber-Planner. The Cyber-Unit is incomplete. Lisa was only partially converted during the battle, and Ianto managed to get her to safety afterwards. Its difficult to do without damaging him, but Samantha ordered Spavin not to harm his patient. Now they sat, with inhuman patience amongst the stars, for the 2007 invasion. 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. But that's the least of her worries, the ship has been trying to get back to Telos for years, its engines are failing, the crew is going missing and something lurks beneath. It must have superior scanners, weapons and engines, but perhaps the crew would be susceptible to Cybus weapons. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds), The dimension seeding protocols that these Cybermen used to begin upgrading other universes involved translocating dimension bridge technology (that resembled virtual reality headsets) to other universes, which, when used by a life-form, would transport their mental avatar to a Cyber-controlled world in another universe. The great civilisation we could have been if wed taken another path. I just shrugged, and calmly awaited the end. In fact, I was inside my head. The androids must get to Telos before the Cybermen do. As the gravitational forces pull more objects together, the force increases exponentially. More Cybusmen moved forward to replace their fallen comrades, still firing into the doorway. Prepare to Be Upgraded ( A Doctor Who fanfic of Cybermen) | Fandoms gone wild, head canons, fanfics, etc. As it applied the strength of ten men to the CyberLord's transparent brain case, it spoke: With this, the CyberLords brain case shattered, the organic contents instantly crushed between the CyberLeaders augmented fingers. Lisa wasn't sure how, but Ianto and his friends had made her human again. The Doctor recognises this must be what they all must do when there's an Electromagnetic pulse. With the emergency systems back on, they began to return to normal operating procedures. It was becoming increasingly difficult to issue order, with the emotional confusion of seeing its crew easily decimated. She begs Ianto to hold her. 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. The potential threat was alleviated. Knowing that Levinson would oppose full implementation of the Scorpius project, the Cybermen allowed Hunt to send his warning; now, Levinson will believe that the project has been terminated, and once the time is right, he will be replaced by a new President who will be more amenable to what Scorpius has to offer. (TV: Nightmare in Silver) In an alternate timeline created by their allying with Rassilon, the Cyberiad advanced to become capable of upgrading all life, including Time Lords, (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen, Prologue: The Second Doctor, Prologue: The Third Doctor) K9, (COMIC: Prologue: The Fourth Doctor) and Silurians who were converted into Cyber-Silurians. The Cyberman shot the scanner from Craig's hand, making him shout in pain and Olivia went to use her Sonic on another that approached him, but another Cyberman grabbed her from behind and held her arms behind her back. Lytton was Partially converted cyber on Telos, still incomplete at the time of his death. Lisa re-enters the cybernetic unit and begins to drain more power from Torchwood, soon noticed by the others. Upon exiting the lift, Ianto punches Jack. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds), However, if a life form were to be disconnected from the dimension bridge technology before their mental avatar could be converted, a delayed form of virtual conversion could occur instead. Miss Hartigan refused to be converted to a standard Cyberman and took control of the Cybermen which landed in 1851. Cyberman. The Cyber-Unit is incomplete. Unfortunately, by this point the Cybermen have decided of their own accord to initiate the ships self-destruct systems, and when the androids storm the control room, the disorientated Cyber Leader manages to smash the self-destruct mechanism, preventing Liam from aborting the sequence. The enemy continued sitting there, as the missiles got closer and closer. Gwen lands on her back on the conversion unit. Samantha checks in on Liam, and when he learns that shes about to take a squadron over to the transport ship to capture a Cyberman, he insists upon coming with her; they have a common enemy, and he knows more about the layout of the human spaceship than she does. A panic-stricken Paul Hunt manages to break out of his processing unit and get to the communications centre, where he sends a desperate message to the White House begging President Levinson to cancel the project and delete . Once the transport ship launches, she emerges from her chamber and tracks down Liam Barnaby, but the fluid has left him unable to process what shes telling him. Or maybe the Tardis had sensed your distress and alerted her pilot? 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! He is then recaptured, and to his horror, the Cyber-Planner reveals that his escape was arranged. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Unbeknownst to the team, a pizza delivery girl, using Torchwood's other entrance to bring some pizzas ordered earlier by Ianto, finds the pterodactyl on the floor. Cerebral functioning would then be limited, rendering the victim unconscious, as their connection to the Cyber-Mainframe strengthened. The emotional inhibitor was failing but attempted to keep it stable. (TV: The Next Doctor), Several people (namely Shona, George, Atif Ghosh and Sheila Clark) were converted by the Cybermen of a crashed ship as they attempted to find a suitable Cybercontroller. The Cybermen also had an emotional inhibitor placed within them to suppress their humanity because, as the Tenth Doctor put it: It's still got a human brain; imagine its reaction if it could see itself. Hallett would have died if her lover, Ianto Jones, had not retrofitted a cyber-conversion unit into life support for her. For sixteen year-old Lia Peters, it was not the case. (AUDIO: Legend of the Cybermen) Cyberfication machines were often also contained within Cyberman bases, such as the Cyber-Control on Telos. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. These Cybermen were capable of self-destructing to release clouds of Cyber-pollen, that could rain down and upgrade both living and dead humans, no matter how long a human had been dead for. (TV: The Next Doctor), A Cyberman's exo-skeleton in 102 at Stonehenge displayed the ability to upgrade humans without any external machinery, merely needing to restrain the victim while the Cyberman's faceplate split open at the middle and enveloped the victim's head. With a wheezing of the photonic cells and spluttering of engines improvised from old cars, the Cybus ship slowly lifted from the surface of the planet, ready to engage this new enemy. Gwen and Owen are momentarily trapped by Lisa in the autopsy lab, and hide in a locker. It is headed on a direct course with our current position. Nothing at all. Arming themselves, Gwen and Owen head for the holding cell where the power drain is occurring, believing themselves under attack. Released: December 2005. Sam keeps him aroused long enough to get him to the ships computer core, and despite his difficulty concentrating, he manages to reset the hyperdrive co-ordinates just in time. Cyberman: Conversion Animation (2005) Part 2 Astro T 419 subscribers Subscribe Share 6K views 3 years ago Basically in this scene, the Cybermen get pranked by the humans by making their ship. Still firing, the reaming twelve Cybusmen tried to escape back to the bridge. All parts that dont serve a primary function must be eradicated. I gave out a laugh, But youre also part human, the functions that may serve all cybermen may only be adequate for say 90% of them. Still dazed, he vaguely recalls that hes supposed to hate her for being an android, but he cant deny that he finds her physically attractive. Jack simply states that she didn't. Jack tries to shoot Lisa before she can start the unit up, but Ianto tackles him, allowing Lisa to escape after starting up the machine, leaving Gwen powerless as the machine's saws and knives get closer to her head. 20 seconds, 15, 10, 5. With a blur, the ship disappeared. The process from here on is unknown, as the only known victim of this process was Amy Pond, who escaped before the process was completed. On the bridge, the CyberLord could feel an emotion building, as the inhibitor in its chest failed to deal with the increased stimulus. 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?. The Scorpius strategy is now in full operation. Hunt is returned to the processing chambers, and this time, the Cybermen overcome his resistance and convert him into a hybrid: half Cyberman and half human, capable of acting as an undercover agent but wholly committed to the Cyber-conversion of the human race Later: Levinsons successor, Karen Brett, gives in to temptation and uses the teleport supplied by Paul Hunt to travel to Scorpius Base. If I decided to run, Id most likely get incinerated. The sirens began again. A similar process used by the Borg from a parallel universe was called assimilation. They'd go insane.The Tenth Doctor, During the Battle of Canary Wharf, the Cybermen, badly needing reinforcements, quickly converted humans into Cybermen using a different method. Lisa tries to explain she did this for Ianto. On one parallel Earth, a wild mutated dog underwent conversion after getting too close to a much larger Mechanising Worm. How could I ever appreciate my Beatles records anymore? Sleek and stylish controls to pilot a flawed, primitive ship. Identify yourselves. 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. "How am I supposed to lead UNIT if Im broken?". Samantha and Liam are taken aboard the rescue ship, where Samantha has Liam sent to the sickbay so the neural inhibitor fluid can be removed from his body and analysed. In the bridge, the CyberLord examined the data on the unexpected arrival. The same process was used to convert Bill Potts into the first Mondasian Cyberman on the ship. Brett is hesitant at first, but Hunt reveals that he understands the root of her fear: she knows how badly she made the traitor Helliton suffer, and if shed backed down on Orius Beta VIII and lost the battle instead of torturing him to death for the information she needed, maybe the war would have ended then and maybe her parents would still be alive. If I took the upgrade, Id also be down for the count. Work Search: The androids have been jamming transmissions to prevent the Cybermen from receiving new instructions, which is just as well; on Earth, the Cyber-Planner has deduced that the ship must have been sabotaged by an android double-agent, and has transmitted orders to self-destruct so the androids wont learn the extent of the Cybermens plans. The only response was background radiation and an electron hissing sound. Battle computer predicted a 78% probability of success if the Cybusmen were forewarned of their original failures. They both worked at Torchwood One in London before its fall in the Battle of Canary Wharf. (TV: The Tenth Planet), After being drafted by the Mondasian government to work on the propulsion system, Yvonne Hartley was mostly converted. The "New mayor, new Cardiff" newspaper article appears at Torchwood's front desk. With the battle computer highlighting the use of intimidation, the Cyberlord open radio channel to the (newly designated) enemy chip. Available November 2005. Riordan isnt so sure, and he admits that, faced with this new threat, the android war council is considering the extermination of the human race in order to deprive the Cybermen of the organic materials they need to make more of their kind. It screamed as the white contents of its chest spilled across the floor. (AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus), Webley was partially converted by cyber mites. Tiny particles, dust storms and asteroids; the embryos of future stars and planets drift purposelessly in the void. It is a truth universally acknowledged that any narrative with multiple timelines will eventually include a crossover incident. Lily doesn't believe them. Theres nothing out there. The intruder knocked it aside and began attacking its chest, ripping the wiring out. Cyber-commander Zheng shot the Cyberman, and, noting that her scapula was fractured, sent both the Cyberman he had shot and Constant to be repaired. (AUDIO: Telepresence), Shortly after her virtual conversion, Osgood underwent a further stage of upgrading referred to by one Cyber-Controller as a cranial upgrade. It seemed to only have one set of engines, with barely any capacity for manoeuvre. But that's the least of her worries, the ship has been trying to get back to Telos for years, its engines are failing, the crew is going missing and something lurks beneath. The new ship was smaller than theirs, but was much more sophisticated. 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. 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. Cyberwoman was the fourth episode in the first series of Torchwood. In one, they were humans, hiding and limited; in the other, they were Time Lords, but wounded, secretive, and erratic. The lifeform using the dimension bridge technology would undergo a form of cyber-conversion referred to as virtual conversion, where the carrier wave broadcast by the VR headsets would transmit mind control and basic upgrades to the receiver, with full conversion occurring later. (AUDIO: Telepresence, Code Silver) This form of conversion, appearing as metal implants, wires and connections on the victims face, could be reversed via means such as a corrosion virus. Was the sound of you thrashing around loud enough for the Doctor to hear through the endless corridors of the Tardis or had you been shouting too? Approaching from outside the solar system. At one point, they attempted to convert a human baby; the result was a horrific fusion between a Cyberman and a Cybermat. (LogOut/ (TV: The Pandorica Opens) The human that was previously converted seemed to have an upgrade like that during the Battle of Canary Wharf, due to the fact that the Canary Wharf upgrade involved encasing the body inside the suit, (TV: Cyberwoman) while this Cyberman had a severed head in its helmet. Work Search: (WC: Real Time, AUDIO: Real Time), Tobias Vaughn suffered partial cyber-conversion, retaining just his head and therefore his own thoughts. As Lisa searches for them, Gwen and Owen kiss. I had reduced the terror of the galaxy to a museum piece, just by using a logical paradox. Where would my friends on the blogosphere fit in all this? It is also a place for socialization, helping each other and making new friends. Something heavy was moving. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds), Mobile conversion units were large conversion machines resembling giant metal spiders utilised as part of the dimension seeding process once a link to a new universe had been established. 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.
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