The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are among the most
persistent enemies of The Doctor in the British science fiction
television programme Doctor Who. Within the context of the series, the
Cybermen are a species of emotionless space-faring cyborgs who convert
human beings (or other similar species) to join and populate their
ranks. First appearing in 1966, the Cybermen were created by Dr. Kit
Pedler (the unofficial scientific advisor to the show) and story
editor Gerry Davis.The Cybermen have seen many redesigns and costume
changes over Doctor Who's long run, as well as a number of varying
origin stories. In their first appearance, The Tenth Planet (1966),
they are humans from Earth's nearly identical "twin planet" of Mondas
who upgraded themselves into cyborgs in a bid for self-preservation.
Forty years later, the two-part story, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The
Age of Steel" (2006), depicted the Cybermen as a business
corporation's invention on a parallel universe version of Earth
(albeit with a reference to the Cybermen of Mondas). Doctor Who audio
dramas, novels, and comic books have also elaborated on existing
origin stories or presented alternatives. The 2017 episode, "The
Doctor Falls", explains the different origins as parallel evolution,
due to the inevitability of humans and human-like species attempting
to upgrade themselves through technology; this perspective resolves
continuity differences in the Cybermen's history.A mainstay of Doctor
Who since the 1960s, the Cybermen have also appeared in related
programs and spin-off media, including novels, audiobooks, comic
books, and video games. Cybermen stories were produced in officially
licensed Doctor Who products between 1989 and 2005, when the TV show
was off the air, with writers either filling historical gaps or
depicting new encounters between them and the Doctor. The species also
appeared in the Doctor Who TV spin-off Torchwood, appearing in the
fourth episode, "Cyberwoman" (2006). Cyberman Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter