The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)

The Secret Lives of Monsters  is a short story by Justin Richards published in 2014 as part of the larger book Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters. The book was written as an exposé of the alien activity covered up by governments and multinational organisations like UNIT and Torchwood.

Publisher's summary
A unique, in-depth look into the hidden lives and mysteries of the monsters from the hit BBC series Doctor Who—a fully illustrated color compendium that reveals proof of the existence of alien life out there and among us, packaged with removable artwork commissioned exclusively for the book.

For years, world governments and multinational organizations like the secretive UNIT have suppressed the truth. In this book, leading alientologist Justin Richards finally blows the lid off the biggest conspiracy to radically alter our world since the Scarlioni Incident.

Not only is there proof that alien life exists. The aliens are already here. Based on exclusive access to classified UNIT and Torchwood files—shocking information that has been suppressed for centuries—The Secret Lives of Monsters reveals the terrifying truth behind the rumors and legends.

Packed with iconic photographs, eyewitness accounts, diagrams and illustrations, and sixteen removable color prints, The Secret Lives of Monsters offers background details on a diverse range of alien species—including planetary and genetic origins, habits, social organization, and first human contact. If you want to know why the Sontaran’s probic vent is his weak point or what it is used for; how Daleks reproduce; or how to determine whether your best friend is a Zygon, the answers—as well as everything you need to know to survive future invasions—are here in The Secret Lives of Monsters.

Plot
After the Dalek invasion of 2009, the Battle of Canary Wharf and other incidents, it becomes clear that humanity is not alone in the universe. The authors, referred to as "we", bring together evidence that has been hidden for centuries to reveal the truth of alien life on Earth in the book The Secret Lives of Monsters. The book consists largely of previously classified documents "we" compiled and published for the first time with the help of whistleblowers and journalists, including James Stevens. The book is then found at the printers by the Twelfth Doctor, who replaces its Afterword with his own note for readers. The Doctor warns people that the monsters in The Secret Lives of Monsters are much more terrifying than even the book suggests and that there are many more that it didn't mention. He tells people that it's a good start, but only scratches the surface and that they shouldn't become complacent. He says to watch out for monsters, before he is abruptly cut off mid-sentence by an apparent monster attack.

Characters

 * Twelfth Doctor

Contents

 * Introduction
 * The Cybermen
 * The Daleks
 * The Great Intelligence
 * The Ice Wariors
 * The Judoon
 * The Krillitanes
 * The Nestene & The Autons
 * The Ood
 * The Silence
 * The Silurians & Sea Devils
 * The Slitheen
 * The Sontarans
 * The Weeping Angels
 * The Zygons
 * Afterword

Continuity

 * Jackson Lake's 1860 book A Man of Two Minds chronicled "Smith" fighting the Cybermen with a reverand's display sword and an infostamp. The Tenth Doctor fought the Cybermen at the home of Aubrey Fairchild in 1851. (TV: The Next Doctor)
 * A contemporary diary by Roderick Farnham told of the "Christmas spectacle" of a giant mechanical beast rising from the Thames, and a man in a hot-air balloon seeking to parlay and later battle it. Using Jackson Lake's balloon Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style, the Tenth Doctor tried to reason with the CyberKing and Mercy Hartigan. (TV: The Next Doctor)
 * Leaked UNIT files covered UNIT surveilling Tobias Vaughn and International Electromatics, (TV: The Invasion) and a photo of Hans de Flores in 1988. (TV: Silver Nemesis)
 * A photo from Russell's hidden camera showed Cybermen in a London sewer in 1985. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)
 * According to a fragment of an intercepted communication between Snowcap in Antarctica and International Space Command in Geneva, Cutler requested to use the Z-Bomb to destroy Mondas and stop its energy drain. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
 * Lady Peinforte was photographed in Windsor in 1988. (TV: Silver Nemesis)
 * The Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, and the Cybermen were photographed at Jackie Tyler's birthday party. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)
 * Leaked Torchwood files covered the founding charter of Torchwood that mentions the sacrifice of Robert MacLeish, the naming of Torchwood after the Torchwood Estate, and Queen Victoria's banishment of the Tenth Doctor, (TV: Tooth and Claw) surveillance footage from the Battle of Canary Wharf, (TV: Doomsday) and the failed analysis of the Void ship sphere and its connection with the Ghost Shifts. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
 * A radio conversation between the Moonbase and ISC mentioned three personnel that were taken ill due to a virus, later identified as Neurotrope X, developed by the Cybermen. (TV: The Moonbase)
 * Alnecht Kohl's Great Mysteries of the Universe describes the disappearance of the Silver Carrier and its later reappearance in the vicinity of Station Three. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
 * Notes taken by Station Three's Bill Duggan describes a metal creature matching the description of a Cybermat. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
 * Dig Deep for the Truth, a book containing the memoirs of Professor Parry, mentions Eric Klieg and Kaftan financing his expedition to unearth the secrets of the preserved Cyberman entombed on Telos and the Second Doctor speaking of a great evil locked away. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybeemen)
 * Pictures a comms satellite picked up from from the security systems of Briggs' freighter showed the Fifth Doctor and the Cybermen on board. An insurance claim mentions an army of Cybermen were in the freighter's cargo before it disappeared from all tracking systems. (TV: Earthshock)
 * Targus Migarian's A History of the Cyber Wars chronicled two isolated instances of Cyberman incursions between the "great Cyber Wars": the plague on Nerva Beacon and the attempted destruction of Voga in the 29th century, (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen) and the destruction of Hedgewick's World after the Cyber Wars of the 250th Millennium. (TV: Nightmare in Silver)
 * Other reports of Cybermat activity mentioned in The Secret Lives of Monsters included Nerva Beacon (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen) and a Colchester department store. (TV: Closing Time) The narration describes Cybermites, able to upgrade any human they come in contact with, as "the smallest evolution of Cybermat technology". (TV: Nightmare in Silver)