by Scott, Cavan
Using an extraordinary planetary propulsion system, the Cybermen piloted Mondas back to Earth, determined to convert every human on the planet to Cyber-kind.
Planet 14
At some point, the Cybermen apparently encountered the Second Doctor in an unseen adventure on a world they designated Planet 14.
Telos – Tomb world
Once home to the Cryons, Telos was chosen by the Cybermen as the ideal location for their Tomb, a huge underground citadel containing expansive cryogenic units. Five hundred years after the last sighting of a Cyberman, a human expedition financed by the devious Kaft an, who was working with the Brotherhood of Logicians, sought to explore the Tomb. The Brotherhood aimed to revive and enslave the Cybermen, but the resurrected metal horrors had other plans. The Tomb wasn’t the sepulchre of the Cyber-race, it was a lure. Anyone who managed to resurrect the Cybermen would join their number and be like them.
Earth – An alternative history
On an alternative earth in a parallel universe, John Lumic, inventor and CEO of Cybus Industries, was dying. Desperate to prolong his life, he developed a means to upgrade humans to the next level. In a seemingly deserted factory in Battersea Power Station he was experimenting on London’s homeless, transplanting their still-living brains into new cybernetic bodies.
When the President of Britain refused to sanction Lumic’s experiments, Lumic sent a signal to every human wearing Cybus Industries’ now ubiquitous earpods, forcing them to report to the Power Station for upgrade. Lumic’s new race of Cybermen eventually turned on their creator, converting him into the first Cyber Controller of their reality, and began conquering the planet. Soon, they set their cold sights on other worlds – and other dimensions.
CYBER-SPOTTER
Don’t know your Cyber Controller from your Cybershade? Then never leave home without our handy Cyber-spotting guide. Of course, they’ll probably delete you before you find the right page…
CYBER CONTROLLER
Cyber Controller (The Tomb of the Cybermen)
Taller than average Cyberman
No helmet bars
Enlarged translucent glowing braincase
No chestplate
Cyber Controller (Attack of the Cybermen)
No helmet bars
Enlarged metal braincase
Cyber Controller (The Age of Steel)
Transparent braincase
Glowing Eyes
Connection bolts on chest
Cybus Industries logo
CYBER-PLANNER
Cyber-Planner (The Wheel in Space)
Immobile unit
Metal frame
Transparent rods
Egg-like braincase
Cyber-Planner (The Invasion)
Immobile unit
Metal frame
Transparent rods
Funny voice
CYBERLEADER
Cyberleader (Revenge of the Cybermen)
Black helmet
Black helmet bars
Cyberleader (Earthshock)
Black helmet bars
Cyberleader (The Next Doctor)
Black helmet bars
Black face plate
Transparent braincase
CYBER LIEUTENANT (Earthshock)
No distinguishing marks
CYBER-SCOUT (Attack)
Black all over to blend into shadows (or sewers)
CYBER-TROOPER
Cyber-Trooper (The Tenth Planet)
Large headlamp
Cloth mask
Bulky chest plate
Human hands
Cyber-Trooper (The Moonbase)
Sleeker helmet and chest unit
External hydraulic tubing
No individual fingers
Can shoot electricity from wrist
Cyber-Trooper (The Invasion)
Expanded helmet
Teardrops on eyes
Stronger build
Cyber-Trooper (Earthshock)
Transparent jaw plate
Chest plate extended to shoulders
Largely uses cyber-guns
Cyber-Trooper (Doomsday)
Robotic body containing human brain
Cybus Industries logo
Head contains tranquilliser darts
Wrist-mounted gun
CYBERMATS
Cybermat (The Tomb of the Cybermen)
Segmented bodies
Bulbous eyes
Base sensors
Antennae
Cybermat (The Wheel in Space)
No antennae
Glowing eyes
Cybermat (Revenge of the Cybermen)
Larger
Longer
No eyes
Injects poison
Cybermat (Closing Time)
Smaller
Teardrop eye pieces
Razor-sharp organic teeth
CYBERSHADES (The Next Doctor)
Possibly contain brain of cat or dog
Shaggy fur
Bronzed face-mask
Slanted helmet bars
CYBER CONVERTS
MAPPING THE WEB OF FEAR
In The Web of Fear, Central London and the Underground system was taken over by an infestation of the Great Intelligence’s web fungus and its Yeti robots. Follow the handy Who-ology tourist guide if you fancy some Yeti spotting.
Goodge Street Fortress: Central army base in the fight against the Great Intelligence’s Yeti, located beneath Goodge Street Station
Charing Cross Underground Station: Location of army explosives and the Doctor’s first Yeti encounter
Covent Garden Underground Station: TARDIS landing site. ‘LONDONERS FLEE! MENACE SPREADS!’ sign. Location of Colonel Lethbridge Stewart’s above-ground battle with the Yeti
Holborn Underground Station: Location of Yeti attack on army supply truck
Tunnel barricade: Battle with Yeti somewhere between Holborn and the Goodge Street Fortress
Kings Cross Underground Station: Yeti sighting, holding a glass control pyramid
Monument Underground Station: Web advance along the Circle Line, trapping Jamie and Evans
St Paul’s Underground Station: Scene of Evans and Jamie’s escape from the web advance
Piccadilly Circus Underground Station: Stronghold of the Great Intelligence where Victoria and Travers are held hostage. Location of the final battle
MONSTER MAKE-UP
How long does it take to get a monster ready for action in the new series?
The Gunslinger – Three hours with a team of two. The gun arm was added on set due to its extreme weight.
Dalek puppet slave – Three hours to add the Dalek eyestalks and lights. The Dalek-ised corpses were easier, being a mask pulled over the performers head, taking just one hour to apply.
Judoon Captain – Thirty minutes to get into the costume and then another ten minutes to attach the animatronic head
Silent – Ten minutes to add mask and gloves
Silurian – Three hours (although a little longer if their scaly mitts are un-gloved)
Slitheen – Three hours
Sontaran – Three hours
Weeping Angel – Two hours. Two make-up artists work on each Lonely Assassin, although the wings and skirts aren’t added until on set or location as – ironically – it’s difficult for the performers to move with them on.
FIVE
LOTS OF PLANETS HAVE A NORTH
A ROUGH GUIDE TO EARTH AND OTHER WORLDS
‘There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea’s asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song…’
The Doctor, Survival
While we may never know exactly why the Doctor left Gallifrey, one thing is certain. He never tires of exploring strange new planets – although he can’t help but be drawn to a small blue planet in Mutter’s Spiral.
‘I have a place in mind that’s on the way, well, more or less, give or take a parsec or two. It’s my home
from home. It’s called Earth.’
The Doctor, Logopolis
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE OVAL OFFICE
In The Impossible Astronaut, the TARDIS lands in the Oval Office of President Nixon’s White House. Built in Upper Boat studios near Cardiff, the set was used on a number of occasions in Series Six. Did you spot them all?
The Oval Office (The Impossible Astronaut)
The hospital spaceship (The Curse of the Black Spot)
The Gangers’ Acid Well Crypt (The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People)
The Birthing Suite on Demon’s Run (A Good Man Goes to War)
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Stories in the past, present and days yet to come
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
What proportion of the Doctor’s adventures take place on Earth or in the stars?
NAMEDROPPER
The Doctor is an incorrigible namedropper. Just look at the people he claims to have met – or even married. But as we know from River, he also lies. Maybe he was telling porkies about a few of these.
Dante Alighieri – The Doctor has the poet’s details in his address book. (The Two Doctors)
Alexander the Great – After his third regeneration, the Fourth Doctor mistook the Brigadier for Alexander. (Robot)
Archimedes – The Doctor has the philosopher’s details in his address book. He also thinks he’s a bit wet. (The Two Doctors)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Doctor provided the Danish fairy-tale writer with the idea for The Emperor’s New Clothes. (The Romans)
Marie Antoinette – The French Queen gave the Doctor a picklock. (Pyramids of Mars)
The Venerable Bede – The Doctor shared a salmon that he caught in the River Fleet with the Anglo-Saxon scholar. (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Ludwig van Beethoven – The Doctor picked up how to play the organ by hanging around with Beethoven. (The Lazarus Experiment)
Napoleon Bonaparte – The Doctor told Boney that an army marches on its stomach. (Day of the Daleks)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel – The Doctor has the engineer’s details in his address book. (The Two Doctors)
George Bryan ‘Beau’ Brummell – The arbiter of men’s fashion once told the First Doctor that he looked better in a cloak. (The Sensorites)
José Raúl Capablanca – The Doctor watched the Cuban chess champion play Alekhine in 1927. (The Androids of Tara)
Charlemagne – The Doctor tried to find Charlemagne in the Ardennes after the French king was kidnapped by an insane computer. (The Unicorn and the Wasp)
Mr Chicken – The Doctor thought the last private occupant of Number 10 Downing Street was a nice man. (World War Three)
Father Christmas – The Doctor has a photo of himself and Father Christmas (real name: Geoff) alongside Albert Einstein and a mystery blonde taken at Frank Sinatra’s hunting lodge in 1952. (A Christmas Carol)
John Churchill – The Doctor was at the battle of Malplaquet with the First Duke of Marlborough. (The Android Invasion)
Cleopatra – The Tenth Doctor mentioned the Egyptian queen to Mickey and Rose, calling her ‘Cleo’. (The Girl in the Fireplace)
Christopher Columbus – The Doctor has the explorer’s details in his address book. (The Two Doctors)
Marie Curie – The Doctor knew Madame Curie intimately. (Doctor Who)
Sir Francis Drake – The Elizabethan adventurer was a friend of the Doctor’s. (Four to Doomsday)
Edward VII – The Doctor knew Elizabeth II’s great grandfather in Paris. (Inferno)
Elizabeth I – The Doctor attended his future wife’s coronation. (The Curse of Peladon)
Albert Einstein – The Doctor did try to explain to the German-born physicist why his special theory of relativity wasn’t right, but the scientist wouldn’t listen. (The Stones of Blood) We later see him meet Einstein in Time and the Rani and Death Is the Only Answer. We also learn that Einstein leant the Doctor his toothbrush – which was eventually exterminated by the Daleks.
Pierre de Fermat – The mathematician got killed in a duel before he had a chance to write down his real Theorem – and all because the Doctor slept in. (The Eleventh Hour)
Benjamin Franklin – The Doctor helped his mate Ben discover electricity. In the process he got rope burns from the kite, soaked and electrocuted. (Smith and Jones)
Sigmund Freud – The Doctor met the psychologist at some point before his seventh regeneration. (Doctor Who)
Gilbert and Sullivan – The light opera writers once gave the Doctor a coat. (The Edge of Destruction)
Hannibal – The Doctor confused the Brigadier with Hannibal after his third regeneration. (Robot)
Henry VIII – The Doctor’s future father-in-law threw a parson’s nose at the First Doctor and the Doctor threw it back, ending up in the Tower of London for his troubles. Of course, it was all a ruse as the TARDIS was locked away in the Tower. (The Sensorites) Years later, Rory Williams would leave his mobile phone charger in Henry VIII’s en-suite. (A Town Called Mercy)
Harry Houdini – The Doctor picked up a few tricks from the famous escapologist. (Planet of the Spiders, Revenge of the Cybermen)
Thomas Huxley – ‘Darwin’s bulldog’ was an old friend of the Doctor’s. (Logopolis)
Thomas Jefferson – The Doctor thought that Jefferson, along with two of his fellow American Founding Fathers, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, were lovely fellows. He also claimed that two of them fancied him. (The Impossible Astronaut)
Janis Joplin – The singer gave the Doctor the coat worn by his tenth incarnation. (Gridlock)
David Lloyd George – The British Prime Minister used to drink the Doctor under the table. (Aliens of London)
Michelangelo – The Doctor claimed the Renaissance painter whinged all the time he was painting the Sistine Chapel. (Vincent and the Doctor)
Mao Tse-Tung – The Chinese communist gave the Doctor leave to use his personal name. (The Mind of Evil)
Horatio Nelson – A close personal friend of the Doctor’s. (The Sea Devils)
Issac Newton – The Doctor tried to help the English scientist discover gravity by climbing up a tree and dropping apples on his head. When Newton told him to clear off the Doctor explained gravity over dinner. (The Pirate Planet)
Madame Nostradamus – The wife of the French seer knitted the Fourth Doctor’s scarf. She was a witty little knitter. (The Ark in Space)
Emily Pankhurst – The suffragette stole the Doctor’s laser spanner. (Smith and Jones)
Fred Perry – The Doctor has a pair of the tennis legend’s shorts. (The Power of Three)
Pablo Picasso – The ‘ghastly old goat’ wouldn’t listen when the Doctor told him where eyes go on the human face. (Vincent and the Doctor)
Giacomo Puccini – The Doctor was with the composer of Madame Butterfly before he died. (Doctor Who)
Pyrrho – The First Doctor met the founder of scepticism. (The Keys of Marinus)
Sir Walter Raleigh – The Elizabethan explorer once shared a cell in the tower of London with the Doctor. (The Mind of Evil)
Franz Schubert – Fantasia in F minor for four hands was written for Schubert and the Doctor to play together. ‘Franz the hands’ kept tickling the Doctor to put him off. (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
William Shakespeare – When the Doctor met Shakespeare he thought the bard was a ‘charming fellow’ but a ‘dreadful actor’. (Planet of Evil) When he was young, Will was a ‘taciturn boy’. The Doctor would go on to write the first draft of Hamlet after Shakespeare sprained his wrist writing sonnets. He also tried to point out that ‘Take arms against a sea of troubles’ was a mixed metaphor but the playwright insisted that it was fine. (City of Death) We later see him meet Shakespeare in The Shakespeare Code.
John Sullivan – The heavyweight boxing champion gave the Doctor boxing lessons. (Carnival of Monsters)
William Tell – The Swiss folk hero taught the Doctor how to shoot a crossbow. (The Face of Evil)
Theseus – Theseus and Aria
dne were helped out of the Minotaur’s maze by the Doctor and a ball of string. (The Creature from the Pit) The Doctor forgot to remind Theseus to paint his ship white. (The Horns of Nimon)
Queen Victoria – The Doctor attended Victoria’s coronation. (The Curse of Peladon)
Leonardo da Vinci – Some time after The Masque of Mandragora, the Doctor met Leonardo and the model for the Mona Lisa, a dreadful woman with no eyebrows who wouldn’t sit still. (City of Death) The Sixth Doctor had Leonardo’s contact details in his address book. (The Two Doctors)
James Watt – The First Doctor was present when the Scottish engineer discovered steam power. (The Space Museum)
Issak Walton – The Doctor fished with the author of The Compleat Angler. (The Androids of Tara)
HISTORICAL CELEBRITIES
‘Charles Dickens? You’re brilliant, you are. Completely, one hundred per cent brilliant.’
The Doctor, The Unquiet Dead
When you get around the history of Earth as much as the Doctor does, sooner or later you’re going to bump into some very famous celebrities. Here are some of the great and the good (and the downright evil) of history that have been portrayed during the Doctor’s travels.