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Doctor Who (2005) :: Rise of the Cybermen (1) (02x05)
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| Title: | Rise of the Cybermen (1) |
| Episode #: | 02x05 |
| Production Number: | 18 |
| Original Airdate: | Saturday May 13th, 2006 |
*Also Known As: - Die Auferstehung der Cyberman (
 Germany [ProSieben])
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 Ireland |
May 13, 2006 |
 US (Syfy) |
Oct 27, 2006 |
| DE (ProSieben) |
Jul 06, 2008 |
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The TARDIS appears to die after the Doctor performs a recalibration. The TARDIS lands in London, but in an alternate universe. The Doctor works some magic, and says the TARDIS will be revived in about 24 hours, but he can’t stop Rose and Mickey from investigating the alternate reality.
What they find is not what they expect. No one knows who the are, or knows them differently. Plus, they learn a vastly rich and powerful madman, bent on extending his crippled life, is experimenting on creating cybernetic robots out of humans. He is also intent on upgrading all humans into this cybernetic life form, to be known as Cybermen.
However, they also learn that not everyone is compatible for this upgrade, and must be exterminated. The Doctor, Rose and Mickey find they fall into this latter group. Can they survive after they are surrounded by these new unstoppable Cybermen?
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Date: February 1, 2007
Location: London, England, Parallel Earth
| On the alternate Earth, Rose's father is alive, Rose was never born and Zeppelins are still in use.
| Although this is the first appearance of the Cybermen on the series, the helmet of one of them was seen in "Dalek".
| Graeme Harper previously directed the original Doctor Who serial "The Caves of Androzani" and "Revelation of the Daleks". He is thus far the only director to have worked on both the classic and new series. Colin Spaull (Mr. Crane) also appears in the latter, in which he played Lilt.
| One of the dummy companies of Cybus Industries is called International Electromatics. This was also the name of Cyberman collaborator Tobias Vaughan's company in the 1968 Doctor Who multi-part episode(s) "The Invasion".
| Don Warrington (The President) previously played Rassilon, the founder of Time Lord society, in the Big Finish audio dramas "Neverland" and "Zagreus".
| On the parallel Earth, there is a country called New Germany.
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| Artist | Song Title | Played When | | •The Tokens | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | |
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The Doctor: (to the Cybermen) We surrender! We volunteer for the upgrade programme!
| John Lumic: Skin of metal and a body that will never age: How I envy it!
| Cyberman: You will perish under maximum deletion.
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