The UK in the 2000's in a parallel universe was governed by a President rather than a Prime Minister. He was approached by the industrialist John Lumic to approve a new project. This entailed the preservation of the human mind when threatened by death or debilitating illness by transplanting the brain into a new artificial body. Lumic had been perfecting the process in South America, but wished it to be adopted in his homeland. He had a personal stake in this as he was suffering from a terminal illness which had already confined him to a wheelchair with a built-in life-support system. The President met with him and one of his employees - Pete Tyler - onboard his personal airship.
As he suspected, the President rejected the project on ethical grounds - but Lumic had planned to carry on regardless. Tyler's wife Jackie was hosting a birthday party that evening, and the President would be in attendance. Lumic had already carried out a number of transplants, using the conditioned brains of homeless people. In their new armoured bodies these were known as Cybermen.
The Cybermen raided the Tyler mansion during the party. When the President challenged Lumic through one of them, much against the Doctor's advice, he was electrocuted by it.
Played by: Don Warrington. Appearances: Rise of the Cybermen (2006).
- Warrington first came to fame as boarding house lodger Philip in ITV sitcom Rising Damp. This ran between 1974 - 1978, and spawned a cinema outing.
- These days he is better known for playing Police Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise.
- He was made an MBE in 2008.
- He took part in Strictly Come Dancing the same year, getting knocked out after three rounds.
- Warrington voiced the Time Lord Rassilon for Big Finish.
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