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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
| name = ''Earthshock'' | | name = ''Earthshock'' | ||
| series = | | series = [[Leekley Bible]] story concepts | ||
| writer = [[John Leekley]] | |||
| adapted from = Earthshock (TV story) | | adapted from = Earthshock (TV story) | ||
| number = | | number = | ||
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| companions = | | companions = | ||
| featuring = | | featuring = | ||
| enemy = [[Cyberman| | | enemy = [[Cyberman|Cybs]] | ||
| setting = [[1994]] [[Wyoming]] | | setting = [[1994]] [[Wyoming]] | ||
| prev = The Talons of Weng-Chiang (unproduced TV story){{!}}The Talons of Weng-Chaing | | prev = The Talons of Weng-Chiang (unproduced TV story){{!}}The Talons of Weng-Chaing | ||
| next = The Horror of Fang Rock (TV story){{!}}The Horror of Fang Rock | | next = The Horror of Fang Rock (TV story){{!}}The Horror of Fang Rock | ||
}}{{you may|Earthshock (TV story)|n1=the Fifth Doctor story}}'''''Earthshock''''' was a | }}{{you may|Earthshock (TV story)|n1=the Fifth Doctor story}}'''''Earthshock''''' was a story concept in [[John Leekley]]'s [[Leekley Bible|series bible]] for Amblin Entertainment's proposed 1990s ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television show. It was based on the [[Fifth Doctor]] story ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' and notably reinterpreted the [[Cybermen]] as piratical plastic "Cybs".<ref>''[[The Nth Doctor]]''</ref> | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] arrives in [[Wyoming]] in [[1994]]. In an underground cave of [[dinosaur]] [[fossil]]s, a number of [[paleontologist]]s were [[murder]]ed by a raiding party of [[Cybermen|Cybs]], galactic slash-and-burn marauders who converted themselves into beautiful cybotic<!-- [sic] --> organisms of vat-grown [[plastic]] after ruining the environment of their home planet, [[Mondas]]. They are protecting a [[bomb]] capsule capable of destroying [[Earth]]. | [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] arrives in [[Wyoming]] in [[1994]]. In an underground cave of [[dinosaur]] [[fossil]]s, a number of [[paleontologist]]s were [[murder]]ed by a raiding party of [[Cybermen|Cybs]], galactic slash-and-burn marauders who converted themselves into beautiful cybotic<!-- [sic] --> organisms of vat-grown [[plastic]] after ruining the environment of their home planet, [[Mondas]]. They are protecting a [[bomb]] capsule capable of destroying [[Earth]]. | ||
Although the Doctor dismantles the bomb, the Cybs capture him and force their way onto [[the Tardis]], where a deadly fight takes place. The Doctor weaponises the Cybs' [[vanity]] against them, as well as their breathing apparatuses' vulnerability to [[gold]] dust.<ref>[[ | Although the Doctor dismantles the bomb, the Cybs capture him and force their way onto [[the Tardis]], where a deadly fight takes place. The Doctor weaponises the Cybs' [[vanity]] against them, as well as their breathing apparatuses' vulnerability to [[gold]] dust.<ref name="DWR">''[[Doctor Who: Regeneration]]''</ref> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* In an earlier draft of the ''Earthshock'' summary, written [[21 March (releases)|21 March]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]], the Doctor is not captured after dismantling the bomb but instead follows its radio signal to a space freighter that the raiders have locked on a collision course with Earth. The Doctor destroys the Cyb leader and saves Earth by sending the ship into a time spiral.<ref name="DWR" /> | |||
* ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'' notes that, while the visual reinterpretation of Cybermen as "deadly cyborg version[s] of a [[Native American]]-style warrior" would have been controversial among fans, the depiction of the Cybs as space scavengers is faithful to their introduction in ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' (rather than, as the authors note, "some silver-suited alternative to the [[Dalek]]s"). | * ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'' notes that, while the visual reinterpretation of Cybermen as "deadly cyborg version[s] of a [[Native American]]-style warrior" would have been controversial among fans, the depiction of the Cybs as space scavengers is faithful to their introduction in ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' (rather than, as the authors note, "some silver-suited alternative to the [[Dalek]]s"). | ||
