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Kroton (Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman) (edit)
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It awoke memories from before his Cyber-conversion. He remembered all the happiness and sorrow he had ever felt as a human being. He accepted them and chose joy over misery. Afterwards, he was chosen by [[Esterath]] as the new controller of the Glory. The first Kroton did using his new powers was to heal the Doctor, banish the Master, restored the warped history that the Master caused, and finally granted Sato his ultimate wish for honourable death. Kroton then stayed behind to watch over the [[omniverse]] as the Doctor departed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'') | It awoke memories from before his Cyber-conversion. He remembered all the happiness and sorrow he had ever felt as a human being. He accepted them and chose joy over misery. Afterwards, he was chosen by [[Esterath]] as the new controller of the Glory. The first Kroton did using his new powers was to heal the Doctor, banish the Master, restored the warped history that the Master caused, and finally granted Sato his ultimate wish for honourable death. Kroton then stayed behind to watch over the [[omniverse]] as the Doctor departed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'') | ||
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[[File:Knowsall.jpg|thumb|Kroton on the [[Knowsall]] screen. (top centre) ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'')]] | [[File:Knowsall.jpg|thumb|Kroton on the [[Knowsall]] screen. (top centre) ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'')]] | ||
[[Iris Wildthyme]] once claimed that Kroton was a friend of hers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') | [[Iris Wildthyme]] once claimed that Kroton was a friend of hers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') [[Izzy Sinclair]] remembered Kroton when reminiscing on her adventures with the Doctor after returning to [[Stockbridge]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Oblivion (comic story)|Oblivion]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] would similarly recall him and Izzy alike when his memories were streamed on the screens of the [[Knowsall]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'') | ||
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{{Quote|I probably wouldn't have approved. From what little I've seen of this stuff, it looks to be a complete transformation of the original character... he's now less a "Cyberman with a soul", more just a human being in a funny suit. It's far too far a move away from the original. If I'd done anything else with him, it would have been to continue with the character pretty much as he was... only a little different from a normal Cyberman, and still very much the "innocent abroad" that he was in ''Ship of Fools''. The later characterisation just seems far too knowing to me. But I don't know if I ever would have done anything else with Kroton... I never really thought that far ahead at the time. <ref>http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_doctor_who_strip_i.html</ref>|[[Steve Moore]]}} | {{Quote|I probably wouldn't have approved. From what little I've seen of this stuff, it looks to be a complete transformation of the original character... he's now less a "Cyberman with a soul", more just a human being in a funny suit. It's far too far a move away from the original. If I'd done anything else with him, it would have been to continue with the character pretty much as he was... only a little different from a normal Cyberman, and still very much the "innocent abroad" that he was in ''Ship of Fools''. The later characterisation just seems far too knowing to me. But I don't know if I ever would have done anything else with Kroton... I never really thought that far ahead at the time. <ref>http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/steve_moore_doctor_who_strip_i.html</ref>|[[Steve Moore]]}} | ||
* Scott Gray had intended for Izzy to mention Kroton during her breakdown in ''[[Beautiful Freak (comic story)|Beautiful Freak]]'', but felt it was a little too much continuity to be bringing up in the scene. | |||
* Kroton isn't the only Cyberman companion; the next would be [[Handles]], who appeared in the television story ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' and in short stories in ''[[Tales of Trenzalore]]''— though Handles is not (or no longer) a cyber-conversion victim, but the head of a Cyberman with all Cyberman protocols and organic parts cleansed out. The [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s companion [[Bill Potts]] would also later undergo cyber-conversion in the television story ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', and the [[Fifth Doctor]] companion [[Marcipor|Marc]] underwent partial cyber-conversion in the audio story ''[[Conversion (BFM audio story)|Conversion]]''. The [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth Doctor's]] companion [[Evelyn_Smythe|Evelyn]] was converted into a Cyber-Controller in [[Real Time (webcast)]]. | * Kroton isn't the only Cyberman companion; the next would be [[Handles]], who appeared in the television story ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' and in short stories in ''[[Tales of Trenzalore]]''— though Handles is not (or no longer) a cyber-conversion victim, but the head of a Cyberman with all Cyberman protocols and organic parts cleansed out. The [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s companion [[Bill Potts]] would also later undergo cyber-conversion in the television story ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', and the [[Fifth Doctor]] companion [[Marcipor|Marc]] underwent partial cyber-conversion in the audio story ''[[Conversion (BFM audio story)|Conversion]]''. The [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth Doctor's]] companion [[Evelyn_Smythe|Evelyn]] was converted into a Cyber-Controller in [[Real Time (webcast)]]. | ||