thirteen's era appreciation: 582/?
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thirteen's era appreciation: 582/?
i think they should fu- *gunshot*
I have an artist friend who has never seen Doctor Who, and to help her draw more and get out of her artistic comfort zone, we have this game where I describe Doctor Who aliens to her by design and lore, and she draws soley based on that.
When I tell you I made ACTIVE efforts to not mention the Cybermen ONCE during my description of the Voord, despite the fact that all their lore is obviously inherently Cyberman coded anyway, and then the Voord she drew came out looking like Alexandra Tynan's original Cyberman concept art anyway.
Me trying to avoid taking the Voord in a Cyberman direction despite their "cyborg species-cult with handles on their helmets" lore:
The Cybermen Elephant In The Room:
1:12 Cybermen coming along
These are the three Jodie Whittaker Steelbooks that I own š
The Master: Do you want to know how I actually hurt my wrist?
The Doctor:Ā Yes.
The Master:Ā I was hula hooping. Ashad and I attend a class for fitness and for fun.
The Doctor:Ā Oh, my God.
The Master:Ā I've mastered all the moves. *Shows photos on device* The pizza toss, the tornado, the scorpion, the oopsie-doodle.
The Doctor:Ā Why are you telling me this?
The MasterĀ Because no one will ever believe you.
*The Master Deletes photos from device*
The Doctor:Ā You sick son of a bitch.
Donāt know if anyone else has made a post like this, I havenāt checked. I honestly think that the Dahwan Master comes before Missy, I know thereās a novel that says otherwise but I think thereās evidence.
Specifically the Cybermen. While Simmās Master does have a final plot involving Cybermen heās not really in control, he has influence but is not in charge and by the end is āon the menuā.
Dahwanās Master is initially not involved with the Cybermen but eventually gains control over them when he steals the Cyberium from Ashad. We donāt see him lose the Cyberium when heās dying so presumably still has it.
Then thereās the Cybermen themselves, when we see the Cybermen initially in 13ās run they are the Cybus model and the more advanced armored models that look like a mix of Cybus armor and Modasian design.
The Cybermasters take this design and make it more Time Lord Themed. They also have the fatal flaw that they have a finite amount of convertible bodies as the Time Lords are already dead and no new ones are being born.
11 & 12ās eraās Cybermen have a more streamlined design & incorporate flight into their capabilities which I think might imply that these are the later designs from after the Cybermen have run out of Time Lord bodies to upgrade and gone back to upgrading humans.
The have also learned to convert the dead into Cybermen, something that they didnāt seem inclined to do to the humans they killed in Ascension of the Cybermen, they however do this with the dead Time Lord bodies after The Master has the Cyberium, possibly indicating that this is something he taught them to do.
I also believe that Missy might have removed the Cyberium from herself and put it into the bracelet that she uses to control the Cybermen.
Like I said, this is just my theory on the timeline. Which I think enhances the Storyline rather than erasing Missyās character Arc.
Also stop making the Cybermen the Masterās lackeys! They are a great villain on their own but havenāt got a non Master story since 2013!