Killing Ground (novel)

Publisher's summary
Imagine that you can live forever and life is totally free from pain. You can see all things with clarity, unblinkered by irrelevant details. You will never fear, never sicken, never lose control. That is what the Cybermen are offering.

The Doctor takes his new companion, Grant, back home to Agora -- only to find a world in the thrall of some of his oldest and deadliest foes.

The Cybermen have taken control and set up a breeding colony to propagate their own race. While the Doctor languishes in a cell at the mercy of the sadistic Overseers, Grant joins up with a group of rebels and works on a desperate rescue bid.

With time running out, the rebels move into action. But will their solution prove more deadly than the problem itself?

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Grant Markham
 * Ted Henneker
 * rebel on Agoria


 * Maxine Carter
 * Agorian scientist

ArcHivist Hegelia and Graduand Jolarr
 * Timetravelers from the future
 * aim to inteview the survivors of the Cyberman occupation

Overseers

 * Madrox (overseer leader)
 * Ben Taggart (former rebel who surrendered instead of sacrificing himself by detonating a bomb in population Control)

Continuity

 * The Doctor exiled himself to Torrok after the events of DW: The Ultimate Foe and was forced to leave when the Time Lords revealed him to the Watchers in MA: Time of Your Life.
 * The Cybermen here are that of the post-Cyber Wars variant seen in DW: Revenge of the Cybermen and BFA: Sword of Orion.

Timeline

 * Killing Ground occurs after: MA: Time of Your Life
 * Killing Ground occurs before: BFA: The Wormery