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'''Neurotrope X''' was a large neurotropic [[virus]], able to infect [[human]]s. It was visible with a [[microscope]]. Symptoms of the infection included [[fever]], [[coma]] and, eventually, [[death]]. It was employed as a biological weapon by the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]].
'''Neurotrope X''' was a large neurotropic [[virus]], able to infect [[human]]s. It was visible with a [[microscope]]. Symptoms of the infection included fever, [[coma]] and, eventually, death.
It was employed as a biological weapon by the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]].
 
In [[2070]], on [[Earth]]'s [[the Moon|Moon]], the crew of the [[Moonbase (The Moonbase)|Moonbase]] was infected with Neurotrope conveyed through the [[sugar]] supplies. Patients were put in quarantine. After the arrival of the [[Second Doctor]] and his party, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] was infected too. The patients were abducted by the Cybermen for [[cyber-conversion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')


In [[2070]], on [[Earth]]'s [[the Moon|Moon]], the crew of the [[Moonbase (The Moonbase)|Moonbase]] was infected with Neurotrope conveyed through the [[sugar]] supplies. Patients were put in quarantine. The patients were abducted by the [[Telosian]] Cybermen for [[cyber-conversion]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Moonbase (TV story)}})


Upon returning to the [[Nerva Beacon]], [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Harry Sullivan]] came across a group of Cybermen administering a similar virus to the workers of the Beacon via the [[Cybermat]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Return of the Cybermen (audio story)}})
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File:Moonbase-2 John Stacey drinking coffee pain.jpeg|[[John Stacey]]'s initial infection via sugared coffee of the virus. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')
File:Moonbase-2 John Stacey hand close up.jpeg|thumb|Initial effects seen on John Stacey's hand in [[2070]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')
File:Moonbase-2 neurotropic virus close up.jpeg|thumb|Close up of the virus under a microscope isolated from sugar. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'')
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Latest revision as of 22:11, 12 February 2024

Neurotrope X was a large neurotropic virus, able to infect humans. It was visible with a microscope. Symptoms of the infection included fever, coma and, eventually, death. It was employed as a biological weapon by the Cybermen.

In 2070, on Earth's Moon, the crew of the Moonbase was infected with Neurotrope conveyed through the sugar supplies. Patients were put in quarantine. The patients were abducted by the Telosian Cybermen for cyber-conversion. (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])

Upon returning to the Nerva Beacon, Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan came across a group of Cybermen administering a similar virus to the workers of the Beacon via the Cybermats. (AUDIO: Return of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Return of the Cybermen (audio story)"])