Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)

Cyber-Hunt was the second instalment in the Novelisations in Time & Space series. It was written by Callum Phillpott, adapted from Nick Briggs' script (writing as "Martin Peterson") for the 1998 audio story. It features Carson's Planet, which was also seen in Briggs' "Death to the Daleks!". Unlike the original version, this story contained the licensed usage of Aurichall from P.R.O.B.E..

Publisher's summary
A Cyber War rages throughout the galaxy. The Earth-aligned worlds are fighting for survival against the cold, emotionless might of the Cyber Bloc - an alliance of planets whose inhabitants have undergone cybernetic conversion in the name of racial superiority.

Award-winning journalist Olivia is reporting from the front-line, when all her assumptions about the Cyber War are shattered, not only by a terrifying encounter with the enemy, but by the arrival of a wise and mysterious traveller. The result is a deadly Cyber-Hunt, in which human and machine creature are tested to the limit and the balance of galactic power is at stake.

Plot
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Characters

 * Fred
 * Olivia
 * Halloran
 * Grange
 * Holbrook
 * Stevens
 * Andrews
 * Sanders
 * MacKentire
 * Cyberon Commander

Continuity

 * The Tellurian Alliance of the audio is retconned to be the Earth Alliance, as depicted in Flight of the Cyberons, during a period when Earth is under Cyberon occupation.
 * The Cyberons are led by a Cyberon Commander. (PROSE: Flight of the Cyberons)
 * Carson's Planet is rich in resources, making it a frequent part of galactic conflict. (AUDIO: "Death to the Daleks!")
 * Fred remembers being close friends with Ria. (COMIC: Party Animals)
 * Fred is half human on his mother's side. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * Fred angrily calls himself "Loom-sucking". (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible, et al.)
 * Lorelise is the main language on Aurichall. (PROSE: The Blue Scream of Death)
 * Some Cyberons are weak against gold, but the Tellurian Alliance doesn't make gold-firing weapons (refering to TV: Revenge of the Cybermen) as it's easier to simply throw bombs.