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|image | |image = Ma-23.jpg | ||
|range = Virgin Missing Adventures | |range = Virgin Missing Adventures | ||
|number in range = 23 | |number in range = 23 | ||
|number | |number = 23 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Grant Markham|Grant]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[CyberNomad]]s | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Agora]], [[2191]] | ||
|writer | |writer = [[Steve Lyons]] | ||
|cover | |cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|publisher | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|release date = [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]] | |release date = [[20 June (releases)|20 June]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]] | ||
|format | |format = Paperback Book; 16 Chapters, 256 Pages | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20474-3 | ||
|series | |series = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | ||
|prev | |prev = The Sands of Time (novel) | ||
|next | |next = The Scales of Injustice (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''Killing Ground''''' was the twenty-third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. Continuing on from the final events of author [[Steve Lyons]]' ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'', it showed what happened when the [[Sixth Doctor]] gave [[Grant Markham]] his "one trip" in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] — a journey back to Markham's home of [[Agora]]. | '''''Killing Ground''''' was the twenty-third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. Continuing on from the final events of author [[Steve Lyons]]' ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'', it showed what happened when the [[Sixth Doctor]] gave [[Grant Markham]] his "one trip" in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] — a journey back to Markham's home of [[Agora]]. | ||
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* [[Jean Markham]] | * [[Jean Markham]] | ||
* [[Ted Henneker]] | * [[Ted Henneker]] | ||
* [[ | * [[ArcHivist]] [[Hegelia]] | ||
* [[ | * ArcHivist [[Graduand Jolarr]] | ||
* [[Arthur Lakesmith]] | * [[Arthur Lakesmith]] | ||
* [[Ben Taggart]] | * [[Ben Taggart]] | ||
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=== Cybermen === | === Cybermen === | ||
* Hegelia is an expert on [[ | * [[Hegelia]] is an expert on the [[history]] of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. She is one of the most respected [[ArcHivist]]s from the [[ArcHive]]. | ||
* | * Hegelia undergoes [[cyber-conversion]] to record a first-hand experience of the process. | ||
* [[ | * The Cybermen that have conquered [[Agora]] are [[CyberNomad]]s, a [[Cyber-subspecies]] that fought in the [[Vogan War]]. The [[Sixth Doctor]] recalls encountering them on [[Nerva Beacon]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]]. | ||
* Hegelia | * According to [[Graduand Jolarr]], the CyberNomad attack on [[Nerva Beacon]] occurred three-hundred [[year]]s after the end of the Vogan War. | ||
* The Cybermen | * Hegelia proposed a hypothesis that a group of CyberNomads travelled to [[Telos]] and re-opened the [[Cyber-tomb]]s. They subsequently merged with the [[CyberTelosian]]s inside to become the [[CyberNeomorph]]s, which proliferated throughout the [[26th century]]. | ||
* The CyberNomads have been severely weakened by the Vogan War, in numerous ways: | |||
** They use more organic material than any variants of Cybermen before them since the [[CyberMondan]]s, which has also led to the CyberNomads regaining the CyberMondans' weakness to strong levels of [[radiation]]. | |||
** The cyber-conversion technology used by the CyberNomads is significantly more primitive. | |||
** The CyberNomad reinforcements that travel to Agora following the first force's destruction arrive in a [[Selachian]] battle cruiser, rather than a [[Cyber-ship]]. | |||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor contemplates [[suicide]]. | * The Doctor contemplates [[suicide]]. | ||
* The Doctor spends weeks in [[The Doctor's TARDIS| | * The Doctor spends weeks in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] recovering from the [[radiation poisoning]] he sustained onboard the Selachian battle cruiser. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* Grant has severe [[Grimwade's Syndrome|robophobia]] | * Grant has severe [[Grimwade's Syndrome|robophobia]], as a result of witnessing the Cybermen [[murder]] [[Jean Markham|his mother]] when he was a [[chid]]. | ||
* Arthur Lakesmith was the original rebel leader and was mutilated as a warning to other colonists following a failed rebellion in [[2176]]. | * [[Arthur Lakesmith]] was the original rebel leader and was mutilated as a warning to other colonists following a failed rebellion in [[2176]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor [[exile]]d himself to [[Torrok]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') and was forced to leave when the [[Time Lord]]s revealed him to the Watchers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'') | * The Doctor [[exile]]d himself to [[Torrok]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') and was forced to leave when the [[Time Lord]]s revealed him to the Watchers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'') | ||
* The Cybermen are | * The Cybermen are [[CyberNomad]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
* The Doctor refers to the painful beginnings of his third [[regeneration]] in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | * The Doctor refers to the painful beginnings of his third [[regeneration]] in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | ||
* When discussing the subjects of government cover-ups with Grant, the Doctor mentions the [[Great Intelligence]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') the [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') the [[Axos|Axons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') and the [[Zygon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') | * When discussing the subjects of government cover-ups with Grant, the Doctor mentions the [[Great Intelligence]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') the [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') the [[Axos|Axons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') and the [[Zygon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') | ||
* Earth is still rebuilding after the [[22nd century Dalek invasion | * Earth is still rebuilding after the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
* Grant had a recurring [[nightmare]] about being hunted by robots, which was cured. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'') | * Grant had a recurring [[nightmare]] about being hunted by robots, which was cured. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'') | ||
* The TARDIS has an emergency exit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | * The TARDIS has an emergency exit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | ||