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|series      = [[DWBIT comic stories|''DWBIT'' comic stories]]
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|enemy        = [[Cyber-Leader (The Power of the Cybermen)|Cyber-Leader]]
|enemy        = [[Cyber-Leader (The Power of the Cybermen)|Cyber-Leader]]
|setting      = [[Centuria Central]]
|setting      = [[Centuria Central]]
|writer      = [[Steve Cook]]
|writer      = Steve Cook
|artist      = [[Lee Sullivan]]
|artist      = [[Lee Sullivan]]
|colourist    = [[Alan Craddock]]
|colourist    = [[Alan Craddock]]
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|editor      = [[Ben Robinson]]
|editor      = [[Ben Robinson]]
|publication  = [[DWBIT 11]]
|publication  = [[DWBIT 11]]
|release date = [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|release date = 7 February 2007
|publisher    = GE Fabbri Ltd
|publisher    = GE Fabbri Ltd
|format      = Comic<br/>Part 4 of 4
|format      = Comic<br/>Part 4 of 4
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}}'''''Time of the Cybermen''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]''. It was written by [[Steve Cook]].
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'''''Time of the Cybermen''''' was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]''. It was written by [[Steve Cook]].


== Opening narration box ==
== Opening narration box ==
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* [[Jayne Kadett]]
* [[Jayne Kadett]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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Latest revision as of 21:48, 23 January 2024

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Time of the Cybermen was a comic story published in Doctor Who: Battles in Time. It was written by Steve Cook.

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Cybermen have been using upgraded humans on Centuria to mine special gems called Hargstones. But what is their plan?

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The TARDIS lands in Centuria Central in a temporal stasis field. Kadett is caught in a time-trance but the Doctor, who is a Time Lord, can resist the field. Cybermen in a patrol aircar spot him moving and pursue him. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to bring the aircar crashing down. This draws the attention of other Cybermen, who arrive to salvage parts and take them back to base. The Doctor smuggles himself into the base with the salvage.

The base is the Triplanetary Bank, which the Doctor suspects has been robbed of its hargstone reserves to enable the Cybermen to maintain a stasis machine. The Doctor learns from the Cybermen that they built the stasis machine from the Torchwood Archive and used the device to subdue overwhelming opposition. Choosing the most secure place for the machine, the Doctor escapes and heads for the bank's vault, but it is made of titanium and is protected by laser-proof glass and destructor rays.

When the Doctor can't get in he uses the sonic screwdriver to turn the destructor rays inwards, destroying the stasis machine. The Cybermen have a mental link with the machine that enables them to move around inside the stasis field, so when the machine is destroyed the temporal feedback overloads their circuits.

With the planet's Cybermen defeated and the stasis field gone, the Doctor says goodbye to Kadett, warning her to keep her eyes peeled. In the shadows, the eyes of Cybermen glow red.

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  • 4/4 DWBIT 11 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
  • No reprints to date.

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