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'''''Killing Ground''''' was the twenty-third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Grant Markham]] in his second and final appearance in a novel. This is the only Missing Adventures novel to feature the Cybermen and it is only one of two novels published under [[Virgin Publishing]]'s control of the ''Doctor Who'' licence. The other is [[ | '''''Killing Ground''''' was the twenty-third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]]. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Grant Markham]] in his second and final appearance in a novel. This is the only Missing Adventures novel to feature the Cybermen and it is only one of two novels published under [[Virgin Publishing]]'s control of the ''Doctor Who'' licence. The other is [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor exiled himself to Torrok after the events of [[ | * The Doctor exiled himself to Torrok after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' and was forced to leave when the [[Time Lord]]s revealed him to the Watchers in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''. | ||
* The Cybermen are those of the post-[[Cyber War]]s variant seen in [[ | * The Cybermen are those of the post-[[Cyber War]]s variant seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'' and the [[Cyberman (audio series)|''Cyberman'' audio series]]. | ||
* The Doctor refers to the painful beginnings of his third [[regeneration]] in the TARDIS. ([[ | * The Doctor refers to the painful beginnings of his third [[regeneration]] in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | ||
* When discussing the subjects of government cover-ups with Grant, the Doctor mentions the [[Great Intelligence]] ([[ | * When discussing the subjects of government cover-ups with Grant, the Doctor mentions the [[Great Intelligence]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''), the [[Auton]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''), the [[Axos|Axons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') and the [[Zygon]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''). | ||
* Earth is still rebuilding after the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|decade long Dalek occupation]]. ([[ | * Earth is still rebuilding after the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|decade long Dalek occupation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
*Grant had a recurring nightmare about being hunted by robots which was cured in [[ | *Grant had a recurring nightmare about being hunted by robots which was cured in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''. | ||
*The Cybermen in this novel periodically journey to the colony in a spacecraft similar to that seen in [[ | *The Cybermen in this novel periodically journey to the colony in a spacecraft similar to that seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
* The [[Bronze Knight]]s' brutal crushing of Maddox's hands is an infamous reprise of Lytton's punishment in [[ | * The [[Bronze Knight]]s' brutal crushing of Maddox's hands is an infamous reprise of Lytton's punishment in [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
* Grant comes face-to-face with his father in mid-conversion, a scene that brings to mind Natasha meeting her father as a glass [[Dalek]] in [[ | * Grant comes face-to-face with his father in mid-conversion, a scene that brings to mind Natasha meeting her father as a glass [[Dalek]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and [[Lytton]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
* The events of various Cybermen stories are mentioned: [[ | * The events of various Cybermen stories are mentioned: [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''. | ||
* Reference is made to [[the Valeyard]] seen in [[ | * Reference is made to [[the Valeyard]] seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{dwrefguide|who_ma23.htm|Killing Ground}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_ma23.htm|Killing Ground}} | ||