The Silent Stars Go By (novel)

The Silent Stars Go By is a hardcover book that marked the return of the Ice Warriors.

Publisher's summary

"Things have to get worse before they can get better. Trouble is, I think they're about to get a lot worse. As worse as worse can be. And then some."

For centuries the Morphans have worked. With no help from other worlds, they subsist on the food they can grow and that's little enough. But their purpose, their whole life is to maintain the machines that will one day make their world as habitable as old Earth.

Life used to be hard. Now as their crops fail, livestock sickens, and the temperature drops, it's becoming impossible. This year's winter festival won't be the usual celebration. It's not a time for optimism or hope – and it's not a time to welcome unexpected guests. The Doctor, Amy and Rory find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying...

And then the Doctor's old enemies the Ice Warriors make their move. With the cold-hearted threat of invasion, the real battle for survival begins. Or does it? The Doctor begins to suspect that behind everything lies a deadlier, and even more chilling danger...

Characters

Notes

This is the second book in its format. NSA: The Coming of the Terraphiles is the first.
Dan Abnett's last story for Doctor Who was part of NSA: The Story of Martha.
This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
The title is a quotation from the Christmas Carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem". All the chapter titles are also quotations from Christmas carols.

The Audiobook cover.

Continuity

The Ice Warriors last appeared in IDW: Cold Blooded War!.
When associating snow with Scotland, the Doctor recalls his companion Jamie. He also recalls Victoria when discussing the Ice Warriors. Both were companions of the Second Doctor and present when the Doctor first encountered the Ice Warriors.
Rory remembers seeing Cybermen marching. He first encountered a damaged Cyberman in DW: The Pandorica Opens, and later stormed a full Cyber force in DW: A Good Man Goes to War.
The Doctor mentions the Jagrafess (DW: The Long Game) and Castrovalva. (DW: Castrovalva)
The Doctor mentions having a fur coat. (DW: The Abominable Snowmen, The Five Doctors, Time and the Rani)

Timeline

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Audio release

The story was released as an audiobook on 6x CD read by Michael Maloney.
The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.

External links

http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-the-silent-stars-go-by/

BBC New Series Adventures

Ninth Doctor

Main book series

Rose	The Clockwise Man • The Monsters Inside • Winner Takes All

Rose and Jack	The Deviant Strain • Only Human • The Stealers of Dreams

Tenth Doctor

Main book series

Rose	The Stone Rose • The Feast of the Drowned • The Resurrection Casket • The Nightmare of Black Island • The Art of Destruction • The Price of Paradise

Martha	Sting of the Zygons • The Last Dodo • Wooden Heart • Forever Autumn • Sick Building • Wetworld • Wishing Well • The Pirate Loop • Peacemaker • Martha in the Mirror • Snowglobe 7 • The Many Hands • The Story of Martha

Donna	Ghosts of India • The Doctor Trap • Shining Darkness • Beautiful Chaos • In the Blood

Alone	The Eyeless • Judgement of the Judoon • The Slitheen Excursion • Prisoner of the Daleks • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Autonomy • The Krillitane Storm

Quick Reads

Rose	I Am a Dalek

Martha	Made of Steel • Revenge of the Judoon

Alone	The Sontaran Games • Code of the Krillitanes

Audiobooks

Donna	Pest Control • The Forever Trap • The Nemonite Invasion

Alone	The Rising Night • The Day of the Troll • The Last Voyage • Dead Air

Eleventh Doctor

Main book series

Amy	Apollo 23 • Night of the Humans • The Forgotten Army • The Coming of the Terraphiles

Amy and Rory	Nuclear Time • The King's Dragon • The Glamour Chase • Dead of Winter • The Way Through the Woods • Hunter's Moon • Touched by an Angel • Paradox Lost • Borrowed Time • The Silent Stars Go By

Alone	Dark Horizons • Plague of the Cybermen • The Dalek Generation

Clara	Shroud of Sorrow

Quick Reads

Amy and Rory	Magic of the Angels

Alone	The Silurian Gift

Audiobooks

Amy	The Ring of Steel • The Runaway Train • The Jade Pyramid • The Hounds of Artemis • The Gemini Contagion

Amy and Rory	The Eye of the Jungle • Blackout • The Art of Death • Darkstar Academy • Day of the Cockroach • The Nu-Humans • The Empty House • Sleepers in the Dust • Snake Bite

2-in-1 books

Amy and Rory

Death Riders / Heart of Stone • System Wipe / The Good, the Bad and the Alien • Alien Adventures (The Underwater War/Rain of Terror) • Sightseeing in Space (Web in Space! / Terminal of Despair) • Monstrous Missions (Terrible Lizards / Horror of the Space Snakes) • Step Back in Time (Extra Time / The Water Thief)

Twelfth Doctor

Main book series

Clara	The Blood Cell • Silhouette • The Crawling Terror • Royal Blood • Deep Time

Benny	Big Bang Generation

Bill	The Shining Man • Diamond Dogs

Bill and Nardole	Plague City

Audiobooks

Clara	The Gods of Winter • The House of Winter • The Sins of Winter • The Memory of Winter

Alex and Brandon	The Lost Angel • The Lost Planet • The Lost Magic • The Lost Flame

Alone	Death Among the Stars • Rhythm of Destruction

Thirteenth Doctor

Main book series

Ryan, Yaz and Graham	The Good Doctor • Molten Heart • Combat Magicks

Ryan, Yaz, Graham and Ace	At Childhood's End

v • e Ice Warrior stories

For the purposes of this list, an "Ice Warrior story" is one in which one living, authentic Ice Warrior plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Television	The Ice Warriors • The Seeds of Death • The Curse of Peladon • The Monster of Peladon • Cold War • Empress of Mars

Audio	Red Dawn • Frozen Time • The Bride of Peladon • The Judgement of Isskar • Mission to Magnus • Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars • Thin Ice • The Dance of the Dead • The Prisoner of Peladon • Lords of the Red Planet • Cold Vengeance • Cry of the Vultriss • Fire and Ice • God of War • The Ordeal of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon • Wrath of the Ice Warriors • Ice Heist! • Run • The Martian Dilemma

Prose	Mission to Magnus • Legacy • GodEngine • The Dying Days • Beige Planet Mars • Cold • The Silent Stars Go By • Let it Snow • Sirgwain and the Green Knight • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • Christmas on Mars • Dr. Third • Red Planet

Comics	Deathworld • 4-Dimensional Vistas • A Cold Day in Hell! • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Descendance / Ascendance • Cold Blooded War! • Bazaar Adventures • A Stitch in Time • The Wolves of Winter

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Lost in Time

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