Preachers/Doctor Who

"We? We are the Preachers. As in gospel truth. See? No ear-pods. While the rest of the world downloads from Cybus Industries, we... we have got freedom. You're talking to London's most wanted. But target number one is Lumic and we are going to bring him down."

- Ricky Smith

The Preachers are a fictional group of freedom fighters featured in the 2005 revival series of the British science fiction series Doctor Who. They first appeared in the fifth episode of series two, "Rise of the Cybermen", as well as the following episode, "The Age of Steel".

Description & History
The Preachers were a small band of civilian volunteers who operated out of London, England on Earth of a parallel reality. One of the leaders of the group was a young man named Ricky Smith, who also went by the code name, Gemini. Ricky, as well as his allies Jake Simmonds and Angela Price formed a coalition to fight up against the oppressive corporate influence of industrialist/inventor John Lumic and his company Cybus Industries. They were one of the first to ferret out the truth that agents of Cybus were abducting homeless people and taking them to a processing plant in Battersea, where they were being converted into brainwashed Cybermen. When the Cybermen began to march on London, the Preachers reluctantly accepted some uncommon allies in the form of the time traveling Doctor and his companions, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith - the latter of whom was the counterpart to Ricky Smith from a parallel world.

During their fight against the Cybermen, both Ricky Smith and Angela Price were killed in action. Mickey Smith took up the role of his counterpart and Jake Simmonds and he stormed the Cybus Industries processing plant. At the Doctor's urging, Ricky hacked into the company's computer systems and shut down the transmission stream that was controlling the Cybermen. Ricky destroyed the facility, and Jake and he managed to escape aboard a zeppelin with the Doctor, Rose and a man named Pete Tyler. John Lumic, now known as the Cyber-Controller died in the conflagration.

After everything settled down, the Doctor and Rose prepared to leave this reality bound for their own dimension. Mickey however elected to stay behind. Although Lumic was dead, Cybus Industries still existed and the threat of future Cybermen attacks loomed on the horizon. Mickey felt that it was his destiny to help in the fight against them. Armed with nothing more than a beat up van, Ricky and Jake set upon the next leg in their ongoing battle against the Cybermen - Paris, France.