For the uninitiated, this is the chest piece of the cybermen, one of the arch nemeses of the Doctor. They also seek to increase their numbers by converting others into Cybermen (a process known as "cyber-conversion" or "Cybernisation" in the older episodes and "upgrading" in the newer episodes), an often painful process as body parts are removed and replaced with cybernetic replacements. TV: World Enough and Time) Conversely, the emotional inhibitors of the Cybermen from Pete's World were located within their chests. The original rods connecting the body and the knees had gone and instead a length of flexible metal hose had been used. The Revenge of the Cybermen head was reshaped and recut by Richard Gregory of the freelance company Imagineering to add more details.

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For the filmed inserts in The Wheel in Space, Martin Baugh supervised the creation of the costumes, made from a thinner one-piece material. They all went out to Cley Beach and Stiffkey Marshes and took numerous photos, of which only one photo made it into the final magazine. They wore grey surgical robes and their faces were entirely covered with cloth bags, save for a nasal canula that administered fluids and all were hooked up to IV drips. While disguised as a Cyber-Warrior in the immediate aftermath of the Cyber-Wars, Graham O'Brien struggled to remove his Cyber-helmet, which he refered to as a hat, prompting Yasmin Khan to assist him.This recent reference material seems to have strongly influenced what costume designer Prue Handley thought the Cybermen should look like. Although the script specified the Cybermen should keep their human hands, Reid wanted them to wear gloves. Their mouths retain a blue light-up effect but flicker luminously instead of staying lit as opposed to the 2006 design. This episode introduced the cybermats, small mechanical scouts used by the Cybermen, as well as the Cyber Controller. However, Cyberman program does manifest in her bursts of anger and she says her mind cannot hold on forever.

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Cybermen were not seen again until Earthshock (1982), in which the Fifth Doctor ( Peter Davison) encounters Cybermen in Earth in the year 2526.The handles were adapted from lorry headlamps, while the chest units used a lot of clear plastic and had battery-powered flashing mechanisms. In " Doomsday", a Cyber Leader appears, and when he is destroyed, mention is made of downloading his data files into another Cyberman unit, which is then upgraded to Cyber Leader.