Rise of the Cybermen is the fifth episode of the second series of the
British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was
first broadcast on BBC One on 13 May 2006. The episode introduces a
terrestrial reinvention of the Cybermen, as well as a parallel
universe which would serve as a recurring plot element in the series.
It is the first part of a two-part story, the concluding part being
"The Age of Steel", broadcast on 20 May.The episode is set in the
parallel universe's version of London. In the episode, the businessman
John Lumic (Roger Lloyd-Pack) seeks to "upgrade" all of humanity into
Cybermen by placing their brains inside metal exoskeletons.The episode
was directed by Graeme Harper, who became the first and so far only
person in the show's history to have directed episodes in both the
original and revived runs of the series: he previously directed the
acclaimed serial The Caves of Androzani in 1984, and Revelation of the
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