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Killing Ground (novel)

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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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