Iceberg (novel)

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 Doctor
 * Is inspired to walk barefoot through the TARDIS to the Jade Pagoda. He ends up in snowdrifts without his shoes.
 * Ruby Duvall
 * 22 year old reporter for the Sunday Seeker.
 * Misses out on a trip in the TARDIS by seconds after she went back for a camera.
 * 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.