Borg Vs. Cybermen

Joined : 05 Feb 2007 Posts : 344

Unfortunately I have not put in the time to make any valid statements at this time but figured I would open this can of worms to the forum.

Who is better?
Who would win?
Are the Borg conceputally just a knock off of the cybermen?
ETC?
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Age : 35 Joined : 04 Feb 2007 Posts : 438

I once wrote a story where a faction of The Cybermen crossed into The Delta Quadrant, and tried to convert a planet run by an evil queen. She ultimately took over them, became The Borg Queen, and hence, resistance is....
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Age : 39 Joined : 01 Feb 2007 Posts : 891

Maurice Hurley's original intention was that the Borg were going to be insects, hence the hive mentality. But the budget constraints dictated men in suits. Not to mention that the writers strike led the Romulan/Federation alliance against the Borg storyline to be reconsidered. I wish they would have gone into more detail regarding that idea when they mentioned it a few years ago.

If Doctor Who had that budget to work with we would have had insects with WINGS!

I am not bitter, not one bit. But with the ingenuity that the Doctor Who teams over the years have shown, really makes me wish they had a hand in the designs of Star Trek. Especially Roger Murray-Leach.

Age : 35 Joined : 19 Jun 2007 Posts : 241

With no Trek badge* to say as much about the Borg as Hoosier did, I'll take the question on what I do know and go for the straight forward answer.

Cybermen from the new series would have an advantage in overtaking the Borg. Their deletion or extreme electrocution method would be hard for the Borg to adapt to. Although given their make up of being cobbled together, the Borg may not be worthy of upgrading. But taken the other way, aspects of the Cybermen would definitely be considered worthy of being assimilated.

In the end, regardless of who was the dominant joiner of the two, their race would never conquer the Whoniverse since the daleks could wipe them out with one dalek.

*I think I wouldn't even rate an ensign probably more like the never before seen crewmen who suddenly appeared just in time to join the away team and die in the original series.
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In theory, I think the borg are a little more developed and creepy - though I haven't really found them interesting since TNG. Cybermen are a lot more fun (as Doctor Who tends to be, making it hard to compare to Star Trek).

I'd say classic Cybermen could give the Borg a run for their money, but current Cybermen really are actually pretty tame in the grand scale of things.

New Who has really scaled back the baddies.

Cybermen look way cooler though.

Age : 39 Joined : 01 Feb 2007 Posts : 891

One thing is, the Borg would not assimilate the cybermen as they only have the brain left and as witnessed, they do not assimilate mechanical races.

Age : 40 Joined : 03 Feb 2007 Posts : 152

Ages ago I saw one of the execuitive producers of TNG on QVC selling Trek stuff and answering questions. He said the Borg were a nod to both the Daleks and Cybermen.
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