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. It features Carson's Planet, which was also seen in Briggs' "Death to the Daleks!". 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
References
- 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.
- The human colony on Phobos possessed a distinct culture which was disrupted when Cyberons invaded and the Earth Alliance took in the survivors. Sanders was assigned a gender on Phobos which was interpreted by the Earth-centric perspective as a non-binary identity.
- MacKentire grew up on a Solace Industries colony.
- Fred used to travel with someone named Truman.
Notes
- As in the original audio, "Fred" is the same character that Nicholas Briggs created as a new incarnation of the Doctor for the fan-made Audio Visuals series, who also significantly appeared in the comics Party Animals and Wormwood. For legal reasons, Cyber-Hunt only uses aspects of the character which are original to Briggs and not BBC-owned, similarly to how the novel Child of Time was able to use another author-created Doctor.
- The novelisation goes further in these connections than the original audio. A man in black robes, from a group who claim non-interference, has made a deal with Fred to restore Fred's homeworld (which was destroyed in the Audio Visual Planet of Lies) by separating Fred 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, explaining how the Audio Visuals Doctor can coexist with the main continuity of the Doctor Who universe.
- 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.
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.
- The Cyberons are led by a Cyberon Commander. (PROSE: Flight of the Cyberons)
- Carson's Planet is rich in resources, making it a frequent part of galactic conflict. (AUDIO: "Death to the Daleks!")
- Fred remembers being close friends with Ria. (COMIC: Party Animals)
- Fred is half human on his mother's side. (TV: Doctor Who)
- Fred angrily calls himself "Loom-sucking". (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, et al.)
- Lorelise is the main language on Aurichall. (PROSE: The Blue Scream of Death)
- 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.
Footnotes
- ↑ Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who chapter 17
