Killing Ground (novel)

Killing Ground

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Publisher:

Virgin Books

Writer:

Steve Lyons

Release details

Release number:

Release date:

20 June 1996

Format:

Paperback Book, 256 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-426-20474-3

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Killing Ground was the twenty-third novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons. It featured the Sixth Doctor, and it featured Grant Markham in his second and final appearance in a novel. This is the only Missing Adventures novel to feature the Cybermen, and it is only one of two novels published under Virgin Publishing's control of the Doctor Who licence.

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?

Plot

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Characters

References

Biologically modified species

Ted Henneker helps create the Bronze Knights.

Cybermen

Hegelia is an expert on Cyberhistory. She is one of the most respected ArcHivists from the ArcHive.
ArcHivist Hegelia undergoes the Cyber-conversion process to satisfy her curiosity about what the process feels like.
Cybermen are CyberNomads who were affected by the war with Voga and consequently have more organic components than any other model since the CyberMondasians.

The Doctor

The Doctor contemplates suicide.
The Doctor spends weeks in the TARDIS recovering from radiation poisoning sustained on board the Selacian warcraft.

Individuals

Grant has severe robophobia brought upon by early childhood memories of the Cybermen.
Jean Markham was Grant's mother. Ben Taggart was his father.
Ted Henneker leads the Agoran rebels.
Arthur Lakesmith was the original rebel leader. He was mutilated as a warning to other colonists following a failed rebellion in 2176.

Notes

This book is 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.
Hegelia is from David Banks' Cybermen book.

Continuity

The Doctor exiled himself to Torrok (TV: The Ultimate Foe) and was forced to leave when the Time Lords revealed him to the Watchers. (PROSE: Time of Your Life)
The Cybermen are those of the post-Cyber-Wars variant. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen, AUDIO: Sword of Orion, Cyberman audio series)
The Doctor refers to the painful beginnings of his third regeneration in the TARDIS. (TV: 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) the Autons, (TV: Spearhead from Space, TV: Terror of the Autons) the Axons (TV: The Claws of Axos) and the Zygons. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
Earth is still rebuilding after the decade long Dalek occupation. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
Grant had a recurring nightmare about being hunted by robots which was cured. (PROSE: Time of Your Life)
The TARDIS has an emergency exit. (PROSE: Original Sin)
The Doctor recalls his visit to Thoros-Beta in 2379. (TV: Mindwarp)

External links

Virgin Missing Adventures

First Doctor

Susan, Ian, Barbara	The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Ian, Barbara	Venusian Lullaby

Ian, Barbara, Vicki	The Plotters

Vicki, Steven	The Empire of Glass

Dodo	The Man in the Velvet Mask

Second Doctor

Ben, Polly	Invasion of the Cat-People

Jamie, Victoria	Twilight of the Gods • The Dark Path

Jamie, Zoe	The Menagerie

Third Doctor

Liz, UNIT	The Eye of the Giant • The Scales of Injustice

Jo, UNIT	Dancing the Code

Jo, Yates	Speed of Flight

Sarah, Jeremy, The Brig	The Ghosts of N-Space

Fourth Doctor

Sarah, Harry	System Shock • A Device of Death

Sarah	Evolution • Managra

Romana I, K9	The Shadow of Weng-Chiang

Romana II, K9	The Romance of Crime • The English Way of Death • The Well-Mannered War

Fifth Doctor

Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	Cold Fusion

Nyssa, Tegan	Goth Opera • The Sands of Time

Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion	The Crystal Bucephalus

Turlough	Lords of the Storm

Sixth Doctor

Peri	State of Change • Burning Heart

Grant	Time of Your Life • Killing Ground

Mel	Millennial Rites

Seventh Doctor

Chris, Roz

Cold Fusion

Other

Victoria, Sarah, The Brig	Downtime

Second, Third, Seventh Doctors with Dodo and UNIT	Who Killed Kennedy

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

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