Iceberg
From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.
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| Iceberg | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Virgin New Adventures |
| Release Number: | 18 |
| Doctor: | Seventh Doctor |
| Companions: | none |
| Enemy: | The Cybermen |
| Setting: | Earth, Antarctic Circle, SS Elysium, December 22, 2006 |
| Author: | David Banks |
| Publisher: | Virgin Books |
| Publication: | September 1993 |
| Format: | Paperback Book, 253 Pages |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0426203925 |
| Previous Story: | Birthright |
| Following Story: | Blood Heat |
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
'Depends on how you define alien,' the Doctor said simply. 'They were human once.'
In 2006 the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilization: the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field. Deep in an Antarctic base, the FLIPback team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity.
Above them, the SS Elysium carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is Ruby Duvall, a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called the Doctor, who is locked out of the strange green box he says is merely a part of his time machine. And she finds old enemies of the Doctor: silver giants at work beneath the ice.
[edit] Characters
- The Doctor
- Ruby Duvall
- 22 year old reporter for the Sunday Seeker.
- General Pamela Cutler
- Only female General in the armed forces.
[edit] References
- The Doctor uses the Jade Pagoda to get to Earth.
[edit] Notes
- The events of this novel runs parallel with those of NA: Birthright.
- Author David Banks was an actor in the TV series, having played Cybermen on several occasions. Although not the first Doctor Who actor to write a novel (Ian Marter wrote novelisations and the original work Harry Sullivan's War previously), he was the only past Doctor Who actor to contribute a work to the New Adventures line.
- A prelude to this novel was published in DWM Issue 204.
[edit] Continuity
- This novel occurs concurrent with NA: Birthright.
- Ruby Duvall reappears in NA: Happy Endings.
[edit] External links
- Prelude to Iceberg as published in DWM #204
- Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - Iceberg
- The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: Iceberg
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