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STORY PLACEMENT

THIS EPISODE TAKES

PLACE BETWEEN THE

INTERACTIVE EPISODES "CITY OF THE DALEKS"

AND "TARDIS."
  
 

WRITTEN BY

PHIL FORD

 

BLURB

The Doctor and Amy materialiSe in the Arctic, where THE members of a survey team are turning

from flesh to metal and digging something sinister from under the ice that's been waiting thousands of years - an army of Cybermen!

 

Copyright © Daniel Tessier 2010

 

Daniel Tessier has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

  

Continuity is a little confused in this episode. Amy doesn’t seem familiar with the Cybermen here, leading the Doctor to explain their origins to her. However, she also asks what they are when she encounters one in The Pandorica Opens. Given the contradiction, we’ve assumed - for the moment - that this may be a side-effect of the cracks in time, and Amy’s altered memories. Given that Rory is not travelling in the TARDIS, we’ve placed this adventure after the previous Adventure Game, in the Rory-less period between Cold Blood and The Pandorica Opens.

 

It’s also uncertain which race of Cybermen we’re dealing with here. Dialogue (and the collectable Cyberman card in game) is consistent with the background for the original, Mondasian Cybermen. The Cybermen have crashed their time-ship into Earth, also hinting at the later Telosian Cybermen. They also utilise Cybermats, which - so far - we’ve never seen the parallel, Cybus Cybermen use. Yet they appear identical in design to the Cybus Cybermen, with the exception of the chest logo, which now resembles a Cyberman’s face.

 

The bulk of evidence suggests that these are Cybermen native to the primary universe. The resemblance to the Cybus Cybermen suggests that there may have been some contact, and sharing of technology, between the two races in an undisclosed encounter.

 

 

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