Iceberg (novel)


 * ''You may be looking for the natural feature of the same name.

Iceberg is the eighteenth novel in the Virgin New Adventures series, and was published in 1993. It was written by David Banks, and features the Seventh Doctor.

Publisher's summary
Depends on how you define alien,' the Doctor said simply. 'They were human once.

In 2006 the world is about to be overwhelmed by a disaster that might destroy human civilization: the inversion of the Earth's magnetic field. Deep in an Antarctic base, the FLIPback team is frantically devising a system to reverse the change in polarity.

Above them, the SS Elysium carries its jet-set passengers on the ultimate cruise. On board is Ruby Duvall, a journalist sent to record the FLIPback moment. Instead she finds a man called the Doctor, who is locked out of the strange green box he says is merely a part of his time machine. And she finds old enemies of the Doctor: silver giants at work beneath the ice.

Characters

 * The Seventh Doctor
 * Is inspired to walk barefoot through the TARDIS to the Jade Pagoda. He ends up in snowdrifts without his shoes.
 * Ruby Duvall
 * General Pamela Cutler
 * Only female General in the armed forces.
 * was the daughter of the Cutler who was encountered by the first Doctor when facing the Cybermen previously on Snowcap Base.
 * Cyber-Controller
 * Is created by combining a Cyber-Coordinator with a Mondasian Cyberman.
 * Is not affected by gold.

Continuity

 * This novel occurs concurrent with NA: Birthright.
 * Ruby Duvall reappears in NA: Happy Endings.

Timeline

 * This story takes place after NA: Birthright
 * This story takes place before DWM: The Last Word