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Revision as of 03:21, 23 August 2011
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Iceberg is the eighteenth novel in the Virgin New Adventures series, and was published in 1993. It was written by David Banks, and features the Seventh Doctor.
Publisher's summary
'Depends on how you define alien,' the Doctor said simply. 'They were human once.'
In 2006 the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilization: the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field. Deep in an Antarctic base, the FLIPback team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity.
Above them, the SS Elysium carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is Ruby Duvall, a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called the Doctor, who is locked out of the strange green box he says is merely a part of his time machine. And she finds old enemies of the Doctor: silver giants at work beneath the ice.
Characters
- The Seventh Doctor
- Is inspired to walk barefoot through the TARDIS to the Jade Pagoda. He ends up in snowdrifts without his shoes.
- Ruby Duvall
- General Pamela Cutler
- Only female General in the armed forces.
- was the daughter of the Cutler who was encountered by the first Doctor when facing the Cybermen previously on Snowcap Base.
- Cyber-Controller
- Is created by combining a Cyber-Coordinator with a Mondasian Cyberman.
- Is not affected by gold.
References
- The Doctor uses the Jade Pagoda to get to Earth.
Notes
- The events of this novel runs parallel with those of NA: Birthright.
- Author David Banks was an actor in the TV series, having played Cybermen on several occasions. Although not the first Doctor Who actor to write a novel (Ian Marter wrote novelisations and the original work Harry Sullivan's War previously), he was the only past Doctor Who actor to contribute a work to the New Adventures line.
- A prelude to this novel was published in DWM 204.
Continuity
- This novel occurs concurrent with NA: Birthright.
- Ruby Duvall reappears in NA: Happy Endings.
Timeline
- This story takes place after NA: Birthright
- This story takes place before DWM: The Last Word
External links
- Prelude to Iceberg as published in DWM #204
- Iceberg at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Iceberg at The Whoniverse
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