Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)
Cyber-Hunt was the second instalment in the Novelisations in Time & Space series. It was written by Callum Phillpott, adapted from Nick Briggs' script (writing as "Martin Peterson")[1] for the 1998 audio story. Unlike the original version, this story contained the licensed usage of Aurichall from P.R.O.B.E..
Publisher's summary
A Cyber War rages throughout the galaxy. The Earth-aligned worlds are fighting for survival against the cold, emotionless might of the Cyber Bloc - an alliance of planets whose inhabitants have undergone cybernetic conversion in the name of racial superiority.
Award-winning journalist Olivia is reporting from the front-line, when all her assumptions about the Cyber War are shattered, not only by a terrifying encounter with the enemy, but by the arrival of a wise and mysterious traveller. The result is a deadly Cyber-Hunt, in which human and machine creature are tested to the limit and the balance of galactic power is at stake.
Plot
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Characters
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References
- As in the original audio, "Fred" is strongly implied to be the Doctor but this isn't said for legal reasons. The novelisation goes further: a man in black robes, from a group who claim non-interference, has made a deal with Fred and seperates him from his past, which means Fred has to abandon his famous old name. Another version of Fred now exists to take up the abandoned name, implicitly splitting Fred from the Doctor.
- Some Cyberons are weak against gold, but the Tellurian Alliance doesn't make gold-firing weapons (refering to TV: Revenge of the Cybermen) as it's easier to simply throw bombs.
- Fred is half human on his mother's side. (TV: Doctor Who: The Movie)
- Fred angrily calls himself "Loom-sucking".
Notes
- The novelisation adds multiple scenes where time halts and Fred interacts with the man in black, and one where Sergeant Paisley Grange is saved by the man. The last such scene reveals Fred was sent on a mission to hold back Cyberon development.
- Partially converted humans are counted by the military as Cyberons and not human civilian deaths - this is despite cybernetic augments being common since the 24th century.
- Lorelise is the main language on Aurichall.
Continuity
- The Tellurian Alliance of the audio is retconned to be the Earth Alliance, as depicted in Flight of the Cyberons, during a period when Earth is under Cyberon occupation.
- ↑ Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who chapter 17
