Doctor Who: EVERY Version Of The Cybermen Explained

11. Cyberwoman (First Appearance: 2006)

Towards the end of the Battle of Canary Wharf, the Cybermen started upgrading whole bodies rather than just taking the brains, in a bid to speed up the conversion process to generate more soldiers quickly.

One unfortunate victim was Torchwood employee Lisa Hallett – the girlfriend of future Torchwood operative Ianto Jones.

When the battle ended Lisa was only partway through conversion, such was the hastiness of the Cybermen's new process. Her head was encased in an incomplete Cybus-style helmet, and her body was covered in parts of an exoskeleton, with numerous cybernetic implants (including her breathing and hearing) having been completed.

Hoping that he could reverse the conversion process, Ianto took Lisa to the Torchwood Hub, where he kept her alive in secret. However, Lisa’s Cyberman side managed to assert itself, sending her on a rampage.

Captain Jack attempted to stop her by spraying her body with barbecue sauce, which attracted the attention of Torchwood’s hungry resident pterodactyl.

Having survived this encounter but becoming heavily injured, she subsequently transplanted her brain into the body of pizza delivery worker Annie Botchwell, leaving behind her cybernetic form completely.

The result was a deranged Frankenstein’s monster, who barely resembled the original Lisa. As such, the Torchwood team had no qualms about finally putting her out of her misery.