the 1980s design used converted flight suits painted silver. unlike the doctor's other enemies, the cybermen have changed a lot in appearance over the years, looking more and more modern, although retaining certain commonalities of design, the most iconic being the "handle bars" attached to cybermen heads, that were supposed to aid with their hearing, their round eyeholes and their chest units. completely black-coloured cybermen were seen briefly in "attack of the cybermen".