Killing Ground (Doctor Who)

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Summary: Cyberfarming is not fun
Review: Following on from 'Time of Your Life', the Doctor tales Grant back to his home planet Agora. But what Grant doesn't remember (he was very young when he was sent away) is that the Cybermen are using Agora as a farm - they call back every few year to capture and convert humans to Cybermen. And here they come now...

This book spotlights Grant quite considerably, given that the Doctor is imprisoned for a good portion of it. As the new companion, we get to find out a lot of Grant's background, as does he. But the circumstances under which he learns things are not the best. While Grant goes through the emotional wringer, the Doctor gets the physical version as the Overseers and the Cybermen masters try some things out on him...

Fairly relentless in its grimness, the book certainly isn't the easiest to read. However, I recommend you persevere as it is worth your while - the eventual success of both the Doctor and Grant in the face of considerable adversity shows true triumph.

Rating:
Summary: Cyberfarming is not fun
Review: Following on from 'Time of Your Life', the Doctor tales Grant back to his home planet Agora. But what Grant doesn't remember (he was very young when he was sent away) is that the Cybermen are using Agora as a farm - they call back every few year to capture and convert humans to Cybermen. And here they come now...

This book spotlights Grant quite considerably, given that the Doctor is imprisoned for a good portion of it. As the new companion, we get to find out a lot of Grant's background, as does he. But the circumstances under which he learns things are not the best. While Grant goes through the emotional wringer, the Doctor gets the physical version as the Overseers and the Cybermen masters try some things out on him...

Fairly relentless in its grimness, the book certainly isn't the easiest to read. However, I recommend you persevere as it is worth your while - the eventual success of both the Doctor and Grant in the face of considerable adversity shows true triumph.

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Summary: Perhaps the only realistic Cyberportrayal
Review: Killing Ground captures the character of the Sixth Doctor perfectly: all those emotional outbursts to which he was so prone, the reader never really knowing what he's really thinking. In a way, this reads like exceptionally well-written fan-fiction: the exact ways in which the Cybermen go about their conquests are only hinted at in the televised stories. Their ruthlessness comes across exceptionally well here, and the scenes where the Doctor ridicules the Cyber way of 'life' are compelling. This is perhaps the most realistic DW novel in terms of what it would be like to have one's world taken over by an alien power

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Summary: Want know what it's like to become a Cyberman?
Review: This book was hard to put down. Definately not boring. There was plenty of action and insight into Grant Markham's origin. The Cyberman return in this novel to wreak havoc in a very beleivable storyline. You won't be disapointed.