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novel name= Killing Ground |
novel name= Killing Ground |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |
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==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''Imagine that you can live forever and life is totally free from pain. You can see all things with clarity, unblinkered by irrelevant details. You will never fear, never sicken, never lose control. That is what the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] are offering.''''
''''Imagine that you can live forever and life is totally free from pain. You can see all things with clarity, unblinkered by irrelevant details. You will never fear, never sicken, never lose control. That is what the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] are offering.''''


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With time running out, the rebels move into action. But will their solution prove more deadly than the problem itself?
With time running out, the rebels move into action. But will their solution prove more deadly than the problem itself?


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]]
**Contemplates suicide.
** Contemplates suicide.
**Spends weeks in the TARDIS recovering from radiation poisoning sustained onboard the Selacian warcraft.
** Spends weeks in the TARDIS recovering from radiation poisoning sustained onboard the Selacian warcraft.
**Doesn't have much faith in his new companion.
** Doesn't have much faith in his new companion.
*[[Grant Markham]]
* [[Grant Markham]]
**Has severe robophobia brought upon by early childhood memories of the Cybermen.
** Has severe robophobia brought upon by early childhood memories of the Cybermen.
**Had a recurring nightmare about being hunted by robots which was cured in [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''.
** Had a recurring nightmare about being hunted by robots which was cured in [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''.
*Jean Markham
* Jean Markham
**Was shot dead by the Cybermen as punishment for the colony.
** Was shot dead by the Cybermen as punishment for the colony.
**Was Grant's mother.
** Was Grant's mother.
*Ted Henneker
* Ted Henneker
**Leads the Agoran rebels.
** Leads the Agoran rebels.
**Helps create the Bronze Knights, cybernetically augmented volunteers designed to match a Cyberman's strength in combat.
** Helps create the Bronze Knights, cybernetically augmented volunteers designed to match a Cyberman's strength in combat.
*Maxine Carter
* Maxine Carter


*ArcHivist Hegelia
* ArcHivist Hegelia
**Is an expert on Cyberhistory.
** Is an expert on Cyberhistory.
**Is one of the most respected ArcHivists from the Arc Hive.
** Is one of the most respected ArcHivists from the Arc Hive.
**Undergoes the Cyber-conversion process to satisfy her curiousity about what the process feels like. She loses all interest in the question and destroys her notes following her total conversion.
** Undergoes the Cyber-conversion process to satisfy her curiousity about what the process feels like. She loses all interest in the question and destroys her notes following her total conversion.


*ArcHivist Graduand Jolarr
* ArcHivist Graduand Jolarr
*Arthur Lakesmith
* Arthur Lakesmith
**Was the original rebel leader.
** Was the original rebel leader.
**Was mutilated as a warning to other colonists following a failed rebellion in 2176.
** Was mutilated as a warning to other colonists following a failed rebellion in 2176.
*Ben Taggart
* Ben Taggart
**Surrendered instead of sacrificing himself to detonate a bomb in Population Control.
** Surrendered instead of sacrificing himself to detonate a bomb in Population Control.
*Cybermen
* Cybermen
**Are CyberNomads who were affected by the war with Voga and consequently have more organic components than any other model since the CyberMondasians.
** Are CyberNomads who were affected by the war with Voga and consequently have more organic components than any other model since the CyberMondasians.
**Periodically journey to the colony in a spacecraft similar to that seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''.
** Periodically journey to the colony in a spacecraft similar to that seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''.
**Use artifical emotional responses to intimidate opponents.
** Use artifical emotional responses to intimidate opponents.
**Can swim.
** Can swim.
**Cyber-leaders can send out a disabling pulse to all Cyber-technology upon death.
** Cyber-leaders can send out a disabling pulse to all Cyber-technology upon death.


==References==
== References ==
*Hegelia is from [[David Banks]]' [[Doctor Who: Cybermen|''Cybermen'']] book.
* Hegelia is from [[David Banks]]' [[Doctor Who: Cybermen|''Cybermen'']] book.
*Reference is made to [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'' several times.
* Reference is made to [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'' several times.
*The [[Bronze Knight]]s' brutal crushing of Maddox's hands is an infamous reprise of Lytton's punishment in [[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
* The [[Bronze Knight]]s' brutal crushing of Maddox's hands is an infamous reprise of Lytton's punishment in [[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
*Grant comes face to face with his father in mid-conversion, a scene that brings to mind Natasha meeting her father as a glass [[Dalek]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and [[Lytton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
* Grant comes face to face with his father in mid-conversion, a scene that brings to mind Natasha meeting her father as a glass [[Dalek]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and [[Lytton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''.
*A [[Selachian]] warship has been pioneered by the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'', ''[[The Final Sanction]]'').
* A [[Selachian]] warship has been pioneered by the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'', ''[[The Final Sanction]]'').
*The events of various Cybermen stories are mentioned: [[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'', [[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''.
* The events of various Cybermen stories are mentioned: [[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'', [[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]''.
*Reference is made to [[the Valeyard]] seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''.
* Reference is made to [[the Valeyard]] seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
* This book notes the second and final official appearance of companion [[Grant Markham]] in official media.
* This book notes the second and final official appearance of companion [[Grant Markham]] in official media.
* The cover by [[Alister Pearson]] contains the only official image of Grant.
* The cover by [[Alister Pearson]] contains the only official image of Grant.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*The Doctor exiled himself to Torrok after the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' and was forced to leave when the [[Time Lord]]s revealed him to the Watchers in [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''.
* The Doctor exiled himself to Torrok after the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' and was forced to leave when the [[Time Lord]]s revealed him to the Watchers in [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]''.
*The Cybermen here are that of the post-Cyber Wars variant seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Sword of Orion]]''.
* The Cybermen here are that of the post-Cyber Wars variant seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Sword of Orion]]''.


==Timeline==
== Timeline ==
*''Killing Ground'' occurs after: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/VG VG]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Doctors Destiny of the Doctors]''
* ''Killing Ground'' occurs after: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/VG VG]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Doctors Destiny of the Doctors]''
*''Killing Ground'' occurs before: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/BFA BFA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wormery The Wormery]''
* ''Killing Ground'' occurs before: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/BFA BFA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wormery The Wormery]''


==External links==
== External links ==
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Publisher's summary

'Imagine that you can live forever and life is totally free from pain. You can see all things with clarity, unblinkered by irrelevant details. You will never fear, never sicken, never lose control. That is what the Cybermen are offering.'

The Doctor takes his new companion, Grant, back home to Agora -- only to find a world in the thrall of some of his oldest and deadliest foes.

The Cybermen have taken control and set up a breeding colony to propagate their own race. While the Doctor languishes in a cell at the mercy of the sadistic Overseers, Grant joins up with a group of rebels and works on a desperate rescue bid.

With time running out, the rebels move into action. But will their solution prove more deadly than the problem itself?

Characters

  • The Doctor
    • Contemplates suicide.
    • Spends weeks in the TARDIS recovering from radiation poisoning sustained onboard the Selacian warcraft.
    • Doesn't have much faith in his new companion.
  • Grant Markham
    • Has severe robophobia brought upon by early childhood memories of the Cybermen.
    • Had a recurring nightmare about being hunted by robots which was cured in MA: Time of Your Life.
  • Jean Markham
    • Was shot dead by the Cybermen as punishment for the colony.
    • Was Grant's mother.
  • Ted Henneker
    • Leads the Agoran rebels.
    • Helps create the Bronze Knights, cybernetically augmented volunteers designed to match a Cyberman's strength in combat.
  • Maxine Carter
  • ArcHivist Hegelia
    • Is an expert on Cyberhistory.
    • Is one of the most respected ArcHivists from the Arc Hive.
    • Undergoes the Cyber-conversion process to satisfy her curiousity about what the process feels like. She loses all interest in the question and destroys her notes following her total conversion.
  • ArcHivist Graduand Jolarr
  • Arthur Lakesmith
    • Was the original rebel leader.
    • Was mutilated as a warning to other colonists following a failed rebellion in 2176.
  • Ben Taggart
    • Surrendered instead of sacrificing himself to detonate a bomb in Population Control.
  • Cybermen
    • Are CyberNomads who were affected by the war with Voga and consequently have more organic components than any other model since the CyberMondasians.
    • Periodically journey to the colony in a spacecraft similar to that seen in DW: Revenge of the Cybermen.
    • Use artifical emotional responses to intimidate opponents.
    • Can swim.
    • Cyber-leaders can send out a disabling pulse to all Cyber-technology upon death.

References

Notes

  • This book notes the second and final official appearance of companion Grant Markham in official media.
  • The cover by Alister Pearson contains the only official image of Grant.

Continuity

Timeline

External links

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