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|image = TDH.jpg | |image = TDH.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[The Cybermen]]'' | |series = ''[[The Cybermen]]'' | ||
|enemy = {{il|[[Cyberman (Mondas)|The Cybermen]]|[[Lizard King|Mondasian Silurians]]}} | |enemy = {{il|[[Cyberman (Mondas)|The Cybermen]]|[[Lizard King|Mondasian Silurians]]}} | ||
|setting = [[Mondas]] | |setting = [[Mondas]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Alan Barnes | ||
|artist = [[Adrian Salmon]] | |artist = [[Adrian Salmon]] | ||
|editor = [[Gary Russell]] | |editor = [[Gary Russell]] | ||
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|letterer = | |letterer = | ||
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 215|215]]-[[DWM 220|220]] | |publication = ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 215|215]]-[[DWM 220|220]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 7 July - 24 November 1994 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = 3 August - 21 December 1994 | ||
|publisher = | |publisher = | ||
|format = | |format = Comic | ||
|next = The Flesh Unbound (comic story) | |next = The Flesh Unbound (comic story) | ||
|epcount = 6 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Dead Heart''''' was the first story of ''[[The Cybermen]]'' series featuring the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] on [[Mondas]] and the [[Lizard King|Silurians]] native to the [[planet]]. It did not feature [[the Doctor]]. | |||
== | == Plot summary == | ||
A [[Cyber-Scout (The Dead Heart)|Cyber-Scout]]'s [[Cyber-Scout craft (The Dead Heart)|craft]] crashes in a [[jungle]] and encounters a [[village]] of [[human]]s, who believe it is a [[servant]] of the [[god]]s. [[Raven (The Dead Heart)|Raven]], a [[heretic]], is selected by their [[religious]] leader to accompany the [[scout]] on its mission to find the Lizard Kings. At the edge of the [[Blisterlands]], they encounter a [[cybernetic]] [[dinosaur]] which conveys them to the [[Dead Heart of the World]], an underground base. Inside, they revive [[Kho'dja]], an augmented Lizard King, who tells them the [[history]] of [[Mondas]]: the [[planet]] departed from its [[orbit]] when its [[Earth|sister planet]] gained [[The Moon|its moon]]; the Lizard Kings dominated the world but became lazy and corrupt; they used their [[technology]] to augment [[ape]]s into [[ape-servant|cybernetic servants]]; and, finally, they entered [[suspended animation]] until they world would return to its original orbit, but instead the apes have [[evolve]]d and taken over. The Cyberman [[kill]]s Kho-Dja, declares that Mondas will belong to the Cyber-race, and has Raven placed in a [[conversion unit]]. | |||
* The [[ | |||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Cyber-Scout (The Dead Heart)|Cyberman]] | |||
* [[Raven (The Dead Heart)|Raven]] | |||
* [[Preacher (The Dead Heart)|Preacher]] | |||
* [[Saurian (The Dead Heart)|Saurian]] | |||
* [[Kho'dja]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * This story connects Mondas departing its orbit ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') with Earth capturing the rogue planet which became its moon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') | ||
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[[Category:The Cybermen]] | [[Category:The Cybermen]] | ||
[[Category:1994 comic stories]] | [[Category:1994 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Comic stories set on Mondas]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Cyberman comic stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Six part comics]] |