The Silent Stars Go By (novel)

The Silent Stars Go By is hardcover book that marked the return of the Ice Warriors.

Publisher's summary
The Doctor battles his old enemies, the Ice Warriors – in a special holiday themed adventure.

For centuries the Maintainers have worked. With no help from other worlds, they subsist on the food they can grow and that's little enough.

But their purpose, their whole life is to maintain the machines that will one day make their world as habitable as old Earth.

Life used to be hard. Now as their crops fail, livestock sickens, and the temperature drops, it's becoming impossible.

This year's Winter Season Feast won't be the usual celebration. It's not a time for optimism or hope – and it's not a time to welcome unexpected guests. The Doctor, Amy and Rory find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying...

And then the Doctor's old enemies the Ice Warriors make their move. With the cold-hearted threat of invasion, the real battle for survival begins. Or does it? The Doctor begins to suspect that behind everything lies a deadlier, and even more chilling danger...

Characters

 * Eleventh Doctor
 * Amy Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Ice Warriors

Continuity

 * The Ice Warriors last appeared in IDW: Cold Blooded War!.
 * When associating snow with Scotland, the Doctor recalls his companion Jamie.
 * Rory remembers seeing Cybermen marching. He first encountered a damaged Cyberman in DW: The Pandorica Opens, and later stormed an full Cyber force in DW: A Good Man Goes to War.

Timeline
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