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Unnatural Born Killers

Main character(s):

Kroton

Main enemy:

Sontarans

Main setting:

Unnamed planet

Key crew

Publisher:

Marvel Comics

Editor:

Gary G, Alan B. and Scott G.

Release details

Printed in:

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 277

Release date:

8 April 1999

Cover date:

5 May 1999

Format:

B&W 1 part / 7 pages

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Unnatural Born Killers was the comic story featured in Doctor Who Magazine #277. Like the later Me and My Shadow, it was the unusual case of a story that didn't feature the Eighth Doctor but was nevertheless still vital to the narrative of the Eighth Doctor's DWM run. Thus, it is best thought of as a part of the Eighth Doctor narrative, rather than a one-off Doctor-less adventure.

Crucially, it re-introduced the character of Kroton, who had debuted in one of the early 1980s DWM backup comic stories. Kroton would play a vital role in the series of strips that culminated in The Glorious Dead.

Summary

The day starts badly when a Cyberman is awoken halfway through its solar regeneration cycle by the needless Sontaran slaughter of an innocent people offering the hand of peace. Unable to start a war with the natives, the Sontarans begin genocide. The Cyberman, now fully recharged, defends the people and takes on the Sontaran force single-handed. Fighting his way aboard their colonisation ship, the Cyberman manages to destroy it, along with the bio-energy feed link with the surviving Sontaran ground troops. Returning to the people, he walks away, unable to share their joy. They remind him of so much that he has lost. He's called Kroton. He can't remember his real name.

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Notes

This story has no dialogue, only Kroton's internal monologue.
The second and third editions of aHistory arbitrarily date this story to 3500, the same year as Ship of Fools (but acknowledges that it could be much later).

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

DWM 277 (7)

Continuity

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Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • In Name Only

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

Complete list of appearances

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