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{{Infobox | |image = DWF8b Cybermen.jpg | ||
|series=[[Doctor Who Files]] | |||
image=DWF8b Cybermen.jpg| | |main character=[[Sam (Going Off the Rails)|Sam]], [[Harry (Going Off the Rails)|Harry]] | ||
series=[[Doctor Who Files]]| | |featuring= | ||
main character=[[Sam]] | |enemy=[[Cyberman (Going Off the Rails)|Cybusman]] | ||
|setting = [[Pete's World]] | |||
|writer=Justin Richards | |||
|publication=''[[Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen|8: The Cybermen]]'' | |||
publication=[[Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen|8: The Cybermen]]| | |release date=5 October 2006 | ||
prev=Mission to Galacton (short story)| | |prev = Mission to Galacton (short story) | ||
next=Needle Point (short story)| | |next=Needle Point (short story) | ||
|}} | |reprint = Heroes and Monsters Collection | ||
|series2=''[[Heroes and Monsters Collection]]'' | |||
|prev2 = Lorna's Escape (short story) | |||
|next2=Normality (short story) | |||
}} | |||
'''''Going Off the Rails''''' was a short story featured in ''[[Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen]]''. It was written by [[Justin Richards]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Young [[Sam (Going Off the Rails)|Sam]] (a girl) and [[Harry (Going Off the Rails)|Harry]] are mates at school. Both their dads bought train sets about the same time, but while | Young [[Sam (Going Off the Rails)|Sam]] (a girl) and [[Harry (Going Off the Rails)|Harry]] are mates at school. Both their dads bought train sets about the same time, but while Sam's dad completed an impressive layout, Harry's dad hasn't really started his. Sam and Harry decide to build one themselves in the garage. | ||
The train set is in bits in the garage. While they are rummaging around in the boxes of spare parts — some salvaged from a factory explosion where | The train set is in bits in the garage. While they are rummaging around in the boxes of spare parts — some salvaged from a factory explosion where Harry's dad worked — they uncover enough parts to build a complete robot man; which they sit in a chair to watch them work. Once the head is put into place however, the robot man comes to life. It identifies itself as a [[Cyberman]] with the intention of upgrading Harry and Sam — to make them into machines like itself, with their brains electrified and resistance and emotion burnt out. | ||
Harry and Sam are trapped by the Cyberman in the garage. Sam, who knows a bit about electronics, is made to follow instructions that will build a [[Cyber-conversion unit]]. As a very frightened Sam reluctantly completes the | Harry and Sam are trapped by the Cyberman in the garage. Sam, who knows a bit about electronics, is made to follow instructions that will build a [[Cyber-conversion unit]]. As a very frightened Sam reluctantly completes the Cyberman's machine, she tries to push the Cyberman into the exposed wires. However, she is not strong enough. | ||
Harry has been working on a plan. He sends one of the heaviest trains round the incomplete track at a great speed. The train flies off the end, catches the Cyberman off-guard and makes it stagger back onto the wires. The equipment is broken and explodes, destroying the Cyberman — just as | Harry has been working on a plan. He sends one of the heaviest trains round the incomplete track at a great speed. The train flies off the end, catches the Cyberman off-guard and makes it stagger back onto the wires. The equipment is broken and explodes, destroying the Cyberman — just as Harry's mum calls him and Sam in for tea. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Cyberman ( | * [[Cyberman (Going Off the Rails)|Cyberman]] | ||
* [[Sam (Going Off the Rails)|Sam]] | * [[Sam (Going Off the Rails)|Sam]] | ||
* [[Harry (Going Off the Rails)|Harry]] | * [[Harry (Going Off the Rails)|Harry]] | ||
* [[Harry's mum]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Sam and Harry play with a [[model train set]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The original short prose fiction featured in the [[Doctor Who Files]] series of hardbacks from [[BBC Children's Books]] was officially sanctioned by the Doctor Who production office. | * The original short prose fiction featured in the ''[[Doctor Who Files]]'' series of hardbacks from [[BBC Children's Books]] was officially sanctioned by the ''Doctor Who'' production office. | ||
* Though the organisation is not refered to by name, the implication is that [[Harry's dad]] worked for [[Cybus Industries]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * [[Harry's dad]] worked at a factory which had some "trouble" and brought back parts for a [[Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 1 March 2024
Going Off the Rails was a short story featured in Doctor Who Files 8: The Cybermen. It was written by Justin Richards.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Young Sam (a girl) and Harry are mates at school. Both their dads bought train sets about the same time, but while Sam's dad completed an impressive layout, Harry's dad hasn't really started his. Sam and Harry decide to build one themselves in the garage.
The train set is in bits in the garage. While they are rummaging around in the boxes of spare parts — some salvaged from a factory explosion where Harry's dad worked — they uncover enough parts to build a complete robot man; which they sit in a chair to watch them work. Once the head is put into place however, the robot man comes to life. It identifies itself as a Cyberman with the intention of upgrading Harry and Sam — to make them into machines like itself, with their brains electrified and resistance and emotion burnt out.
Harry and Sam are trapped by the Cyberman in the garage. Sam, who knows a bit about electronics, is made to follow instructions that will build a Cyber-conversion unit. As a very frightened Sam reluctantly completes the Cyberman's machine, she tries to push the Cyberman into the exposed wires. However, she is not strong enough.
Harry has been working on a plan. He sends one of the heaviest trains round the incomplete track at a great speed. The train flies off the end, catches the Cyberman off-guard and makes it stagger back onto the wires. The equipment is broken and explodes, destroying the Cyberman — just as Harry's mum calls him and Sam in for tea.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sam and Harry play with a model train set.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The original short prose fiction featured in the Doctor Who Files series of hardbacks from BBC Children's Books was officially sanctioned by the Doctor Who production office.
- Though the organisation is not refered to by name, the implication is that Harry's dad worked for Cybus Industries.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Harry's dad worked at a factory which had some "trouble" and brought back parts for a Cyberman. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel)
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