Because Lia's idea is a good idea

[mayamaia]

Checked out Tomb of the Cybermen from my local library to watch for Cyberman Day.

(As a side note, I am impressed with my library's collection of British TV series. I am less impressed with their collection or even access to American ones.) (But they have quite a lot of Buster Keaton and Douglas Fairbanks silent films so yay?)

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[animate-mush.livejournal.com]

Yay!

So I had this idea. Cybusmen are basically cybermen at their all time lowest level of technological advancement - they are Current Technology + epsilon. Whereas Telos cybermen are basically cybermen at their all time highest level of technological advancement. And if you're bottom of the ladder, but you've met the Doctor and you know he knows for Cybermen - you'd want to learn from the best, as it were, right?

So consider an expedition of Cybusmen to the tomb on Telos between the events of "Tomb of the Cybermen" and "Attack of the Cybermen." And imagine the interactions that would take place once they'd woken up the Cyberleader and explained that "We Are Like You."

I may try to write this. It would at least explain a couple of things about "Attack" like all that weight the Cyberleader gains. Also, new headcanon - the gold allergy is a design flaw that later model cybermen (such as those in "Tomb") were eventually able to eliminate.

(also, I think there is direct evidence that the Cybermen at the Pandorica were from Pete's world, because they say "ALL realities are threatened")

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In news shockingly unrelated to cybermen - Illya stole your hat! Or...Bilbo?