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|number in range = 65 | |number in range = 65 | ||
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|doctor= Seventh Doctor | |doctor= Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Ace]] | |companions= [[Ace]] | ||
|enemy= [[ | |enemy= [[Leader (The Good Soldier)|Leader]] | ||
|setting= {{il|[[United States of America|United States]], [[1954]]|[[Earth]] orbit, [[1954]]}} | |setting= {{il|[[United States of America|United States]], [[1954]]|[[Earth]] orbit, [[1954]]}} | ||
|writer= | |writer= Andrew Cartmel | ||
|artist= [[Mike Collins]] (pencils), [[Steve Pini]] (inks) | |artist= [[Mike Collins]] (pencils), [[Steve Pini]] (inks) | ||
|colourist= | |colourist= | ||
|letterer=Glib | |letterer = Glib | ||
|editor= [[John Freeman]] | |editor= [[John Freeman]] | ||
|publication= [[DWM 175]]-[[DWM 178|178]] | |publication= [[DWM 175]]-[[DWM 178|178]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 13 June - 5 September 1991 | ||
|cover date= | |cover date= 10 July - 2 October 1991 | ||
|reprint = The Good Soldier (graphic novel) | |reprint = The Good Soldier (graphic novel) | ||
|reprint2 = Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher= Marvel Comics | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[The Doctor's | [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] pulls into a service station in [[1950s]] [[Nevada]], in the shape of a vintage Cadillac. A squad of soldiers, led by Colonel [[Rhodes (The Good Soldier)|Rhodes]], are nervously anticipating an attack by flying saucers, but instead their unknown enemy lifts an entire section of the desert out of the landscape and transports it to a waiting shuttle, which in turn takes it to a much larger warship. [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] dig up through the ground and attack the service station, killing most of the soldiers; only the Doctor and Ace escape. The other survivors are taken prisoner, and Rhodes is electronically brainwashed to believe that he is fighting the Red Chinese; thus conditioned, he shoots and kills the rest of his squad. The Cybermen decide that he is a suitable acquisition, and wire him into their warship's control pod. The Doctor explains to Ace that the Cybermen intend to use this ship to attack Earth, but first they need an aggressive, warlike pilot. He steals one of the interface mechanisms the Cybermen used to connect Rhodes to the ship, and Ace uses it to interface through the TARDIS to the shuttle which brought them here. The Cybermen pursue the escaping shuttle, and when an escape pod is launched, the Cybermen use a tractor beam to bring it back aboard the warship - but the Doctor and Ace are still on the shuttle, and the escape pod contains an overloading reactor. The reactor explodes, destroying the warship, and delaying [[1986 Cyberman invasion of Earth|the Cyberman invasion]] until the historically accurate [[1986]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Sergeant]] [[Condon]] | * [[Sergeant]] [[Condon]] | ||
* [[Jerome Wyler]] | * [[Jerome Wyler]] | ||
* [[Leader (The Good Soldier)|Leader]] | |||
* [[Surgeon (The Good Soldier)|Surgeon]] | |||
* [[Russell (The Good Soldier)|Russell]] | * [[Russell (The Good Soldier)|Russell]] | ||
* "[[Red (The Good Soldier)|Red]]" | * "[[Red (The Good Soldier)|Red]]" | ||
* [[Cyber-cannon (The Good Soldier)|Cannon]] | * [[Cyber-cannon (The Good Soldier)|Cannon]] | ||
* [[Reserve reactor]] | * [[Reserve reactor]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[TARDIS]]' [[chameleon circuit]] is working, and has changed its form into a [[Cadillac]] car. | |||
* [[Ace]] says she is wearing [[Doc Martens]]. | * [[Ace]] says she is wearing [[Doc Martens]]. | ||
* Ace asks the Doctor if he has ever been to [[Southend]]. | * Ace asks the Doctor if he has ever been to [[Southend]]. | ||
* Rhodes remembers fighting in [[Korea]] | * Rhodes remembers fighting in [[Korea]] during [[December]] [[1950]]. | ||
* A poster in the diner advertises an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard the Third]]'', retitled as ''[[Tricky Dicky!]]'', starring [[Howard Keel]], [[Sonia Hieny]] and [[Mickey Rooney]]. | * A poster in the diner advertises an adaptation of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard the Third]]'', retitled as ''[[Tricky Dicky!]]'', starring [[Howard Keel]], [[Sonia Hieny]] and [[Mickey Rooney]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Similar to | [[File:Cybermen The Good Solider1.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
* Similar to [[Cyberman (Junk-Yard Demon)|the Cyberman]] in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Junk-Yard Demon (comic story)|Junk-Yard]]'', the standard Cyberman are depicted with [[Cyber-body|Cyber-bodies]] mostly resembling those from ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', with the sleeve hosing from ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' and ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | |||
* Though the term is not used in this story, the [[drone]]s used by the Cybermen are evidently [[Cybermat]]s. Indeed, they are described as "[[caterpillar]]s" by [[Ace]], just [[Jamie McCrimmon]] mistook a Cybermat for a caterpillar in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | * Though the term is not used in this story, the [[drone]]s used by the Cybermen are evidently [[Cybermat]]s. Indeed, they are described as "[[caterpillar]]s" by [[Ace]], just [[Jamie McCrimmon]] mistook a Cybermat for a caterpillar in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Ace asks the Doctor if she can get a [[curry]], but he says they had not been imported into the US at that point in time. She asked a similar question at [[Gabriel Chase]] in [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') | |||
* Ace asks the | * The Cybermen's ship is adorned with the same embossed logos that also adorn their tombs. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
* Ace remembers battling the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') and diving into icy [[water]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | * Ace remembers battling the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') and diving into icy [[water]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | ||
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