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Cybermen threats

The Fifth Doctor and companions (including Kyle Scanlon) confront Cybermen and their commanders in multiple hostile encounters.

18 events across 1 season

Arc Timeline

Season 19

18 events
S19E16 · The Visitation Part 4
Terileptil orders android to hijack TARDIS

The Terileptil Leader exercises direct control over the android agent by commanding it to locate and pilot the TARDIS to their secret base. As this order is given, Adric is …

Start
Terileptil control turns human into weapon

The Terileptil leader asserts authority by forcing the infected miller to obey its psychic command, turning the unsuspecting man into a living weapon for onward travel to London. The android’s …

Start
Tegan and Mace clash while escaping cell

Tegan grows increasingly panicked as Mace labors over the delicate lockpicking, her questions about the Terileptils' genocidal intentions hanging unanswered in the confined space. Mace’s focused concentration contrasts with her …

Start
Crew debates TARDIS relocation

The Doctor's absence leaves Nyssa and Adric to confront an immediate crisis in the TARDIS. Darkness falls over London outside as Adric proposes using the ship's hyperspace capabilities to escape …

Climax
Companions reunite inside the TARDIS

The battered Doctor and his companions crash into the suddenly materialized TARDIS after barely escaping the Terileptils' android sentinels. The ship's wounded interior—a fractured console, flickering lights—reflects their own exhaustion …

Resolution
Doctor foils Terileptil ambush in smoke and fire

The Doctor and Mace enter the Terileptil base under false pretenses of alliance, only to be violently ambushed upon entry. The Leader’s manipulation escalates into a brutal struggle where one …

Climax
Doctor burns plague vials Mace stays

Under the burning bakery’s collapsing timbers the Doctor and Nyssa rush to destroy every plague vial by hurling them into the fire just as the Terileptils’ soliton machine detonates at …

Resolution
S19E20 · Earthshock Part 2
Cyber leader rejects android deployment

A Cyberman subordinate argues for preserving android forces for future utility, citing their programmed caution as a limiting factor. The Leader dismisses this concern aloud, revealing its strategic calculus that …

Start
Doctor risks Adric to outmaneuver androids

The Doctor devises a dangerous plan to exploit the androids' programmed duty to protect the hatch. Adric’s near-capture by the androids forces Scott to reveal their position as the Doctor …

Start
Bomb activation triggers desperate retreat

Adric and the Doctor descend into the cavern to disable a bomb meant to irreversibly poison Earth’s atmosphere. The Doctor identifies the release mechanism and urges Adric to withdraw, but …

Climax
Doctor jams bomb with remote countermeasure

The Doctor scrambles to dismantle a cybernetic bomb before time runs out, ordering Adric to set the TARDIS coordinates to zero. He reveals the device can be disarmed through signal …

Resolution
Cybermen lose command of bomb sequence

The Cybermen’s operation fractures as an unexpected signal jam disrupts the bomb’s detonation sequence, freezing the countdown at thirty seconds. The Cyber-leader loses immediate control over its subordinate as the …

Climax
Doctor makes terminal choice for Earth

Under the cavern’s suffocating darkness the Doctor stands at the precipice of an unthinkable sacrifice. The Cyber-bomb’s countdown echoes like a death knell in the stale air, its relentless rhythm …

Climax
Signal through but bomb deactivated

The Cybermen's hard-won breakthrough is shattered when their subordinate reports the cyber-bomb has been neutralised despite Earth's feeble defences. This single malfunction exposes the wider fragility of Cyber technology and …

Resolution
Doctor unmasks himself to Cybermen

The Cyber Leader exposes the Doctor’s identity through holographic reconstructions of his past regenerations, revealing the Time Lord’s entwined history with the Cybermen. The Doctor seizes the confrontation to mock …

Resolution