TEXT: INT. LABORATORY A man in a white coat presses down on a button which switches on a flood light, which silhouettes a familiar outline - a Cyberman. DR KENDRICK: The prototype has passed every test, sir. It's working! LUMIC: I hardly think "working" is the correct word. A wheelchair seating John Lumic emerges from the shadows. LUMIC (CONT'D): That would apply only to machines. DR KENDRICK: I'm sorry. I should say... it's alive. LUMIC: Can it hear me? DR KENDRICK: It might still be in shock. Bear in mind the brain has been welded to the exoskeleton. LUMIC: Skin of metal... (Spins in his wheelchair to face the Cyberman)... and a body that will never age... or die. I envy it. Do you know me? Answer. Do you know me? CYBERMAN: You are John Lumic. Lumic gives a small, satisfied laugh. LUMIC: My child. Mark this day, Doctor Kendrick. We are blessed! DR KENDRICK: Well, it's not quite over yet, sir. We need Geneva's approval. Technically, this is a new form of life. And that contravenes the bio-convention. They need to ratify this. LUMIC: And they will refuse me. DR KENDRICK: Nonetheless, we need to tell them. LUMIC: And if I don't? DR KENDRICK: Well, I'm sorry, sir, but it's my duty. I shall have to inform them. LUMIC: And how will you do that from beyond the grave? DR KENDRICK: I don't quite understand... LUMIC: Kill him. Doctor Kendrick's smile fades, he turns around just in time to see the cyberman grasp his shoulder. His body is engulfed in electric blue light as he yells in pain. Lumic smiles as Kendrick slumps to the floor, dead. He turns to a computer and taps on the
SUMMARY:
A problem causes the Doctor, Rose, and Mickey to reach a parallel universe , in which most of the people of London wear EarPods that feed information directly into the wearer's brain and Rose's father Pete is still alive. The EarPods are designed by John Lumic , who is trying to give them an "upgrade" which will ultimately turn the humans into Cybermen . Though he has not received permission to do this, he has been abducting and converting numerous homeless people. Mickey is mistaken for his parallel universe self Ricky and is taken by Jake Simmonds , a member of a gang called the "Preachers" who are aware of the dangers of the EarPods. Cybermen begin attacking at the parallel universe Jackie's birthday party, at which the Doctor and Rose are posing as waiters. They, along with Pete, escape and run into Mickey and the Preachers, but the Cybermen close in on them.