Rubie's Official Doctor Who Cyberman, Adult Costume - Standard Size

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Now, the most interesting feature of the Moonbase Cybermen is, without a doubt, the Wiffle Balls. They appear on the joints at ankle, knee, hip, wrist, elbow, and shoulder... and near as I can tell, the BBC used actual Wiffle Balls for their costumes. So I did too. I twisted a length of wire onto each of twelve balls, then dipped them in paint and hung them inside a cage to dry (it kept the animals away from them). The middle console of a real Cyberman has a screen at the top, and a round thing at the bottom. The round bit looks sort of like the housing for a cooling fan, but since I had recently smashed open a portable CD player that didn't work anymore, I just pried out one of the speakers and used that. I traced a circle on the lower part of the box and cut out a space large enough to accommodate the speaker. Above that, I carved out a large rectangular area. Then I painted the whole thing silver.

Tom Baker was contracted to play the Fourth Doctor in February of 1974. Two months before he was even due to film his regeneration sequence at the end of Planet of the Spiders in April, the new incarnation of the Doctor came up against one of his old foes. Our team carefully manipulated the leg of the mannequin by small increments to reposition the hip joint and improve the Cyberman’s stance. Tears were repaired with layers of Japanese Tissue impregnated with a Paraloid B-72 (a strong, but reversible acrylic adhesive) to join the tear and stabilise the area. Flaking areas of spray paint on the helmet and delaminating rubber on the boots were consolidated with polyvinyl acetate, a detaching glove was repositioned, and a loosened stitch was replaced. Finally, our Gallery Services Team assisted by building a new padded mount to safely secure the Cyberman during exhibit. The treatment was a success and the Cyberman was stabilised prior to the BBC 100 Anniversary display that opened in July 2022. The cybermats appeared in the video game " Blood of the Cybermen" [40] where instead of killing, they turned individuals into cyberslaves. The slaves have mostly human bodies, but have Cyberman heads and arms. The Cybermen see the cyberslaves as inferior, and delete them once they have served their purpose.Teams across Wroughton and London took on the challenge of conserving a Cyberman and Dalek. Conservators Sophie Croft and Ruth Nightingale detail their personal encounters with the formidable foes. Cyberman: A 1980s Suit fit for a Cyborg by Sophie Croft The Mondasian Cybermen from The Tenth Planet were updated for the Series 10 Finale. As opposed to shooting from their chest pieces they used their lanterns as weapons. This was in the Novelisation for The Tenth Planet. They also had the ability to emit electricity.

The use of the Controller body also explains why in the Mystery photo the chest unit is wrapped round the body with an elastic band - the Cyber Controller never had a chest unit, so there would have been no attachment points on the fabric. This makes the unit hang lower and adds to the unusual appearance as it becomes more like a "belly unit". Once the balls were appropriately silvered, I put on the coveralls and marked the spots where I wanted to attach each ball. I experimented with sewing them onto the suit using button thread and the existing Wiffle-holes, but this proved to be cumbersome, potentially insufficient, and far more time-consuming than it should have been. A much faster and more secure solution was just to lash them on with wire. Now they aren't going anywhere. To capture the Cyberman shots, Ballard travelled to Norfolk early one morning to meet Michael Craze and Anneke Wills. 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. Tynan, Alexandra; Cook, Benjamin (November 2016). "The Cybermum". Doctor Who Magazine. No.504. Tunbridge Wells: Panini UK Ltd. p.20. Parkin, Lance & Pearson, Lars (2012). A History: An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe (3rd Edition), p. 444. Mad Norwegian Press, Des Moines. ISBN 978-193523411-1.

An upgraded form of cybermats appeared in " Nightmare in Silver". They were incredibly small mechanical insects that were more versatile and were able to partially convert other lifeforms into Cybermen. They were referred to as cybermites. Pixley, Andrew; Morris, Jonathan; Atkinson, Richard; McGown, Alistair; Hadoke, Toby (25 January 2017). "A Good Man Goes to War: Production". Doctor Who The Complete History. Vol.68. Panini Magazines/ Hachette Partworks Ltd. p.23.

Tynan, Alexandra; Cook, Benjamin (November 2016). "The Cybermum". Doctor Who Magazine. No.504. Tunbridge Wells: Panini UK Ltd. p.19. a b c Rymill, Gavin (November 2016). "Cyber Conversion!". Doctor Who Magazine. No.504. Tunbridge Wells: Panini UK Ltd. p.46. Pixley, Andrew; Morris, Jonathan; Atkinson, Richard; McGown, Alistair; Hadoke, Toby (5 October 2016). "Revenge of the Cybermen: Pre-production". Doctor Who: The Complete History. Vol.23. Panini Magazines/ Hachette Partworks Ltd. pp.60–61.

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The Cybermen appear as enemies in Lego Dimensions, and one was added as a playable character in Wave 3. The chest unit pictured in this shot does not belong to either the head or the body. The chest unit is from The Invasion, which was made a season later than the other bits, and would have been built around August 1968. In fact, not even the helmet would be correctly dated to 1967 because The Wheel in Space was not in production until April 1968. It is a strange sight to see the second generation of Cybermen costumes in full colour in the 1970s, given that a third generation had been introduced before the end of the 60s. The narrow heads which featured on three occasions with Troughton are particularly distinctive. With the exception of the head, the most noticeable pieces were the substantial chest units. These big and bulky units utilised a lot of clear plastic, housing mechanisms and lights powered by an internal battery. Later revisions of the Cybermen quite rightly reduced the size of these chest units. However throughout the remainder of the classic series some form of unit over the chest appeared to act like an external cardiovascular system for the creatures. In addition the Cybermen’s weapons were also carried beneath the original chest units. These no doubt added to the physical toll of the Cybermen actors. Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet – Cybermen (c) BBC The Human Beneath Original Monster heads are among the rarest of all Doctor Who props as they tended to be kept by the BBC after filming for use in exhibitions and as such suffered from light damage, handling etc... this one was given to a member of the production after filming and remained in his loft for many years thus preserving it in excellent condition.