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In the year 1988, the Cybermen attempted to invade Earth. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

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Main article: Cyber-invasion (Attack of the Cybermen)

As ArcHivist Hegelia understood, the Cybermen who attacked Earth in 1988 were CyberIsomorphs, "isolated" and modified remnants of the CyberNeomorphs whom had used an alien time vessel to travel back from Cyber-Control on Telos to Earth in 1985. Facing defeat in the war against the Cybermen which they had failed to prevent in 2526, the Cybermen waged a "silent invasion" which was intended to reverse their fortunes by destroying Earth in the past so the Mondasian Cybermen would not invade it and thus inadvertently cause the destruction of Mondas in 1986. Though this plot was thwarted by the Sixth Doctor, resulting in the destruction of the CyberTelosian Controller and Cyber-Control, a number of Neomorphs remained active in Earth's solar system during the 1980s. (AUDIO: The Ultimate Cybermen [+]David Banks, adapted from Archive - A History of the Cyber Race, The ArcHive Tapes (1990).)

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