Iceberg (Banks novel)

Iceberg
Author David Banks
Series Doctor Who book:
Virgin New Adventures
Release number
 18
Subject Featuring:
Seventh Doctor
Publisher Virgin Books
Publication date
 September 1993
ISBN ISBN 0-426-20392-5
Preceded by Birthright
Followed by Blood Heat

Iceberg is an original novel written by David Banks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was number 18 (of 61) in the Virgin New Adventures range and featured the Cybermen, being a sequel to the serials The Invasion and The Tenth Planet. The events of the novel run concurrently with those of Birthright. Banks as an actor portrayed the Cyber Leader in several Doctor Who serials. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Banks, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #204.

This was the first original Doctor Who novel to feature the Cybermen, and the first New Adventure to feature a recurring foe from the television series.

Audio adaptation

In 1994 David Banks recorded his novel for Talking Books. It contains 35 chapters, and runs to around 9 hours.

Plot

In Antarctica in the year 2006, scientists frantically work to prevent the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field, while the Seventh Doctor faces one of his oldest and deadliest foes, the Cybermen.

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