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|image= NA018 iceberg.jpg | |image= NA018 iceberg.jpg | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|number= 18 | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |number in range = 18 | ||
|companions= | |number= 18 | ||
|enemy= [[ | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= | |||
|enemy= [[Cyber Co-ordinator]] | |||
|setting= [[Antarctica]], [[2006]] | |setting= [[Antarctica]], [[2006]] | ||
|writer= [[David Banks]] | |writer= David Banks | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |cover= [[Andrew Skilleter]] | ||
|release date= | |read by = [[David Banks]] | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 23 Chapters, 253 Pages | |publisher= Virgin Books | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20392-5 | |release date= 16 September 1993 | ||
|prev= Birthright (novel) | |format= Paperback Book; 23 Chapters, 253 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20392-5 | |||
|prev= Birthright (novel) | |||
|next= Blood Heat (novel) | |next= Blood Heat (novel) | ||
|series2 | |series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]] | ||
|prev2 | |prev2= Birthright (novel) | ||
|next2 | |next2= Time & Time Again (comic story) | ||
}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
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'''''Iceberg''''' is the eighteenth novel in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series, and was published in [[1993 (releases)|1993]]. It was written by [[David Banks]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]]. This novel takes place at the same time as ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'', with the events of both novels occurring concurrently for the Doctor, [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | '''''Iceberg''''' is the eighteenth novel in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series, and was published in [[1993 (releases)|1993]]. It was written by [[David Banks]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]]. This novel takes place at the same time as ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'', with the events of both novels occurring concurrently for the Doctor, [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"Depends on how you define alien, | ''"Depends on how you define alien," the Doctor said simply. "They were human once."'' | ||
In [[2006]] the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilisation: the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field. Deep in an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] base, the [[FLIPback]] team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity. | In [[2006]] the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilisation: the inversion of the Earth's [[magnetic field]]. Deep in an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] base, the [[FLIPback]] team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity. | ||
Above them, the [[SS Elysium|SS ''Elysium'']] carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is [[Ruby Duvall]], a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]], who is locked out of the strange green box he says is merely a part of his time machine. And she finds old enemies of the Doctor: silver giants at work beneath the ice. | Above them, the [[SS Elysium|SS ''Elysium'']] carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is [[Ruby Duvall]], a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]], who is locked out of the strange green box he says is merely a part of his time machine. And she finds old enemies of the Doctor: silver giants at work beneath the ice. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Ruby Duvall]] | * [[Ruby Duvall]] | ||
* General [[Pamela Cutler]] | * General [[Pamela Cutler]] | ||
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* [[Joe Adler]] | * [[Joe Adler]] | ||
* [[Jude Black]] | * [[Jude Black]] | ||
* [[Bono]] | * [[Gary Venning]] | ||
* [[Bono Brooks]] | |||
* [[Whitehead]] | |||
* [[Ben (Iceberg)|Ben]] | |||
* [[Dave Hilliard]] | * [[Dave Hilliard]] | ||
* [[Diana]] | * [[Diana Milton]] | ||
* [[Leslie]] | * [[Leslie Laughland]] | ||
* [[Michael Brack]] | * [[Michael Brack]] | ||
* [[Nike]] | * [[Nike Palmer]] | ||
* [[Philip Duvall]] | * [[Philip Duvall]] | ||
* Lord [[Stanley Straker]] | * Lord [[Stanley Straker]] | ||
* Captain [[Trench]] | * Captain [[Trench]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor is inspired to walk barefoot through the TARDIS to the Jade Pagoda. He ends up in | * The Doctor is inspired to walk barefoot through [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to the [[Jade Pagoda]]. He ends up in [[snowdrift]]s without his [[shoe]]s. | ||
* He once spoke with [[Alfred Adler]], which helped him to understand part of Cyber psychology. | * He borrows a multi-coloured coat from [[Ruby Duvall|Ruby]]. It reminds him of a coat he wore in [[Sixth Doctor|a previous incarnation]]. | ||
* He is approaching 1000 years old. At the time his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] regenerated, he was 450. | |||
* He once spoke with the psychologist [[Alfred Adler]], which helped him to understand part of Cyber psychology. | |||
=== Cybermen === | === Cybermen === | ||
* The [[Cyber Co-ordinator]] conducts a "mobility experiment": installing its brain into a suitable body, it becomes the first [[Cyber-Controller]]. The Co-ordinator is ten thousand years old. | * The [[Cyber Co-ordinator]] conducts a "mobility experiment": installing its [[brain]] into a suitable [[body]], it becomes the first [[Cyber-Controller]]. The Co-ordinator is ten thousand years old. | ||
* Different factions of Cybermen have different strengths and weaknesses. The [[CyberMondan]]s were susceptible to [[radiation]]. The Cybermen here are in their prime and are not affected by [[gold]], but they will be later, after the [[Cyber-Wars]] when they begin to lose track of reality. | * Different factions of Cybermen have different strengths and weaknesses. The [[CyberMondan]]s were susceptible to [[radiation]]. The Cybermen here are in their prime and are not affected by [[gold]], but they will be later, after the [[Cyber-Wars]] when they begin to lose track of reality. | ||
* The Cybermen possess a [[history computer]]: according to their records, | * The Cybermen possess a [[history computer]]: according to their records, [[The Invasion (TV story)|the First Invasion]] of Earth occurred in the [[1970s]] while the [[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|Second Invasion]] happened in [[1986]]. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* General [[Pamela Cutler]] is the only female general in the United States | * General [[Pamela Cutler]] is the only female general in the armed forces of the [[United States of America]]. | ||
* Pamela is the daughter of [[Cutler (The Tenth Planet)|General Cutler]], whom the First Doctor had encountered when facing the Cybermen at [[Snowcap]] in [[December]] [[1986]]. Furthermore, she is the sister of [[Zeus V]] pilot [[Terry Cutler]], who became a born-again Christian following his near fatal space mission and founded an anti-terrorist Christian organisation called the [[Freedom Foundation]]. | * Pamela is the daughter of [[Cutler (The Tenth Planet)|General Cutler]], whom the First Doctor had encountered when facing the Cybermen at [[Snowcap]] in [[December]] [[1986]]. Furthermore, she is the sister of [[Zeus V]] pilot [[Terry Cutler]], who became a born-again Christian following his near fatal space mission and founded an anti-terrorist Christian organisation called the [[Freedom Foundation]]. | ||
=== Earth === | === Earth === | ||
*The | * The [[Earth]]'s population is approaching 8 billion. | ||
* "The plague" is a name for all diseases across the planet, a product of the changing environment. | |||
* The [[Chernobyl]] nuclear disaster occurred in [[April]] [[1986]]. 80,000 people died of [[cancer]] as a result of the disaster. | |||
* [[Mondas]] was not granted status as the tenth planet in the [[solar system]]. In [[1994]], the planet [[Cassius]] was discovered and earned that status. | |||
=== Music === | === Music === | ||
* [[SlapRap]] is a style of music. | * [[SlapRap]] is a style of music. | ||
* In the early 1970s, the song "[[Ruby Tuesday]]" is playing on the transistor radio. | |||
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=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* There are transistor radios made by [[International Electromatics]]. | * There are transistor radios made by [[International Electromatics]]. | ||
=== Pop culture === | |||
* A production of ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' is being performed on the S.S. ''Elysium''. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The events of this novel runs parallel with those of | * The events of this novel runs parallel with those of the novel ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]''. | ||
* Author David Banks was an actor in the TV series, having played Cybermen on several occasions. Although not the first ''Doctor Who'' actor to write a novel ([[Ian Marter]] wrote novelisations and the original work ''[[Harry Sullivan's War]]'' previously), he was the only past ''Doctor Who'' actor to contribute a work to the New Adventures line. | * Author David Banks was an actor in the TV series, having played Cybermen on several occasions. Although not the first ''Doctor Who'' actor to write a novel ([[Ian Marter]] wrote novelisations and the original work ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'' previously), he was the only past ''Doctor Who'' actor to contribute a work to the New Adventures line. | ||
* A [[Prelude Iceberg (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 204]]. | * A [[Prelude Iceberg (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 204]]. | ||
* Like ''[[Transit]]'' this novel also includes language more profane than had previously appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories | * Like ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'' this novel also includes language more profane than had previously appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories. | ||
* In the preface, Banks notes the book follows the Cyberman chronology he established in his reference book ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen|Cybermen]]''. | |||
* An unabridged audiobook of the story was recorded by David Banks for the RNIB in 2004. It is only available to the registered blind. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This novel occurs concurrently with [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]''. | * This novel occurs concurrently with [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]''. The opening chapters run concurrently with [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''. | ||
* Ruby Duvall reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | * Ruby Duvall reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''. | ||
* Upon waking up, the Doctor mistakes Ruby for [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') | * Upon waking up, the Doctor mistakes Ruby for [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') | ||
* The [[FLIPback]] device is meant to aid the deteriorating environment of Earth, which is approaching the point of no return in the (early) [[21st century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'') | * The [[FLIPback]] device is meant to aid the deteriorating environment of Earth, which is approaching the point of no return in the (early) [[21st century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'') | ||
* Ruby details the [[Cottingley fairy photos]], which [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] would later investigate | * Ruby details the [[Cottingley fairy photos]], which [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] would later investigate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]'') | ||
* Ruby learned of the Cybermen from [[Isobel Watkins]], whose photographs of them were subsequently derided as fakes in the official cover-up. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | * Ruby learned of the Cybermen from [[Isobel Watkins]], whose photographs of them were subsequently derided as fakes in the official cover-up. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | ||
* The Doctor vaguely remembers materialising at a [[cricket]] match and associates the memory with the [[Dalek]]s but cannot remember why. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | * The Doctor vaguely remembers materialising at a [[cricket]] match and associates the memory with the [[Dalek]]s but cannot remember why. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | ||
* In ''[[The Crash of the Elysium (stage play)|The Crash of the Elysium]]'' and associated tie-in stories, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] encountered another [[Elysium (The Elysium)|historical vessel of the same name]]. | |||
== Cover gallery == | |||
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NA018 iceberg textless cover.jpg|Textless cover | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona18p.htm Prelude to '''Iceberg''' as published in DWM #204] | * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona18p.htm Prelude to '''Iceberg''' as published in DWM #204] | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na18.htm|Iceberg}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|na18|Iceberg}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/iceb.htm The Cloister Library: '''Iceberg'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/iceb.htm The Cloister Library: '''Iceberg'''] | ||
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv37/beyondthebook.html#iceberg Beyond the Book: Iceberg by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 37] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:21, 1 January 2024
- You may be looking for the titular natural feature or the audio story.
Iceberg is the eighteenth novel in the Virgin New Adventures series, and was published in 1993. It was written by David Banks. It features the Seventh Doctor. This novel takes place at the same time as Birthright, with the events of both novels occurring concurrently for the Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
"Depends on how you define alien," the Doctor said simply. "They were human once."
In 2006 the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilisation: the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field. Deep in an Antarctic base, the FLIPback team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity.
Above them, the SS Elysium carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is Ruby Duvall, a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called the Doctor, who is locked out of the strange green box he says is merely a part of his time machine. And she finds old enemies of the Doctor: silver giants at work beneath the ice.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ruby Duvall
- General Pamela Cutler
- Cyber-Controller
- Joe Adler
- Jude Black
- Gary Venning
- Bono Brooks
- Whitehead
- Ben
- Dave Hilliard
- Diana Milton
- Leslie Laughland
- Michael Brack
- Nike Palmer
- Philip Duvall
- Lord Stanley Straker
- Captain Trench
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor is inspired to walk barefoot through the TARDIS to the Jade Pagoda. He ends up in snowdrifts without his shoes.
- He borrows a multi-coloured coat from Ruby. It reminds him of a coat he wore in a previous incarnation.
- He is approaching 1000 years old. At the time his first incarnation regenerated, he was 450.
- He once spoke with the psychologist Alfred Adler, which helped him to understand part of Cyber psychology.
Cybermen[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Cyber Co-ordinator conducts a "mobility experiment": installing its brain into a suitable body, it becomes the first Cyber-Controller. The Co-ordinator is ten thousand years old.
- Different factions of Cybermen have different strengths and weaknesses. The CyberMondans were susceptible to radiation. The Cybermen here are in their prime and are not affected by gold, but they will be later, after the Cyber-Wars when they begin to lose track of reality.
- The Cybermen possess a history computer: according to their records, the First Invasion of Earth occurred in the 1970s while the Second Invasion happened in 1986.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- General Pamela Cutler is the only female general in the armed forces of the United States of America.
- Pamela is the daughter of General Cutler, whom the First Doctor had encountered when facing the Cybermen at Snowcap in December 1986. Furthermore, she is the sister of Zeus V pilot Terry Cutler, who became a born-again Christian following his near fatal space mission and founded an anti-terrorist Christian organisation called the Freedom Foundation.
Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Earth's population is approaching 8 billion.
- "The plague" is a name for all diseases across the planet, a product of the changing environment.
- The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in April 1986. 80,000 people died of cancer as a result of the disaster.
- Mondas was not granted status as the tenth planet in the solar system. In 1994, the planet Cassius was discovered and earned that status.
Music[[edit] | [edit source]]
- SlapRap is a style of music.
- In the early 1970s, the song "Ruby Tuesday" is playing on the transistor radio.
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- There are transistor radios made by International Electromatics.
Pop culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A production of The Wizard of Oz is being performed on the S.S. Elysium.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The events of this novel runs parallel with those of the novel Birthright.
- Author David Banks was an actor in the TV series, having played Cybermen on several occasions. Although not the first Doctor Who actor to write a novel (Ian Marter wrote novelisations and the original work Harry Sullivan's War previously), he was the only past Doctor Who actor to contribute a work to the New Adventures line.
- A prelude to this novel was published in DWM 204.
- Like Transit this novel also includes language more profane than had previously appeared in Doctor Who television stories.
- In the preface, Banks notes the book follows the Cyberman chronology he established in his reference book Cybermen.
- An unabridged audiobook of the story was recorded by David Banks for the RNIB in 2004. It is only available to the registered blind.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This novel occurs concurrently with PROSE: Birthright. The opening chapters run concurrently with TV: The Invasion and The Tenth Planet.
- Ruby Duvall reappears in PROSE: Happy Endings.
- Upon waking up, the Doctor mistakes Ruby for Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart. (PROSE: Transit)
- The FLIPback device is meant to aid the deteriorating environment of Earth, which is approaching the point of no return in the (early) 21st century. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)
- Ruby details the Cottingley fairy photos, which Torchwood would later investigate. (TV: Small Worlds)
- Ruby learned of the Cybermen from Isobel Watkins, whose photographs of them were subsequently derided as fakes in the official cover-up. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
- The Doctor vaguely remembers materialising at a cricket match and associates the memory with the Daleks but cannot remember why. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
- In The Crash of the Elysium and associated tie-in stories, the Eleventh Doctor encountered another historical vessel of the same name.
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Original cover
Textless cover
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Prelude to Iceberg as published in DWM #204
- Iceberg at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Iceberg at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Iceberg
- Beyond the Book: Iceberg by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 37
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