Discussion last night about the new Doctor Who with someone who is a sci-fi geek but not a long term DW fan. Now we all know that the Cybermen came first but are they better?
Opinions please.
Discussion last night about the new Doctor Who with someone who is a sci-fi geek but not a long term DW fan. Now we all know that the Cybermen came first but are they better?
Opinions please.
I would say im pritty impartial when it comes to DW and TNG. I would argue in favour of the Borg. Primarily because they can turn any alien species into a Borg drone, and I dont think the Cybermen can do that, rather I havent seen them do that, and I doubt somehow that they do not have the eniginuity to develop any technology capable of adaption quick enough to match borg technology, the only avantage a cyberman would have on a borg drone is one on one, cyborg on cyborg. if a borg did not have the collective ability to adapt to cyberman technonlogy he would be no match. The cyberman is stronger and has better armor and weapons, and the borg would become a cyberman if he was human.
The reason I would argue that ultimatly borg would win is because they can adapt to cyberman technology and the space transport is superior to thatof the cybermen
My brother says that the Borg would win because they “look cooler”. I, personally, think that the Cybermen might lose the battle because the Borg have access to alien spaceships and things. I have only been watching the new DW, and I haven’t seen the Cybermen in spaceships. But, actually, since the Cybermen took over that city in the DW episode, “Doomsday”, I would think that they could get access to millions of codes that they could use to control nuclear missiles. With the nuclear missiles, they could destroy Borg spacecraft. The Borg, however, can transform into many different alien species, which could ultimaetly wipe out the Cybermen. The Cybermen, however, have better armour and weapons then the Borg. I personly think that it would be a tie. But, I’m only 9 years old, so I don’t know anything, do I?
Personally I think the “Parralell Earth Cybermen” would succeed over the Borg. they both work in a single minded network, but the Cybers seem to display more indiduality and strategic ability. Nothing short of alien weapons on Rocket launcher would destroy seeing as bullets just bounce off. The Borg can be killed by bullets (If I remember rightly, Picard killed several with a Tommy Gun in First Contact)
The Cybermen are generally humans who have had their brains removed and sustained in a metal shell with a coctail of protiens at a consistent temperature. The only way a borg could assimilate a Cyberman would be to penentrate the head, which would ultimately release the chemicals and kill the brain. The Cybermen could possibly Cyberconvert a Borg drone as some parts of a Drone’s body (probably including the brain) would still be organic.
The Borg do win however where mass numbers and technology come in. There were 5 million Cybermen in “Doomsday”, and I’m sure that the Borg quadtriple that several times over. But the Cybermen look physically strong enough to tear apart a Drone if their lasers and electric attacks fail. But they fell to the Daleks, and I think a Dalek beam could easily overload a Borg’s adaptive abilities.
first of all forget the paralel earth cybermen………….i personally like the borg.i only like star trek when their in it,probally because their simalar to the cybermen.being a original dr who series fan,i would have to say the cybermen would win,they are phsically stronger and the process of cyber conversion is eraversable.borgs could be converted for a start.they also have heavy artillary and better armour,altough i will admit in some stories bullets damage and somtimes kill them,but in other stories bullets are useless……..to any dr who fan who hasent seen any of the origanl series,my advise to you is to watch attack of the cybermen.