Drones of Doom (comic story)

Drones of Doom

Key crew

Publisher:

GE Fabbri Ltd

Editor:

Ben Robinson

Writer:

Steve Cook

Artist:

Lee Sullivan

Colourist:

Alan Craddock

Release details

Number of parts:

Printed in:

DWBIT 9

Release date:

10 January 2007

Format:

Comic
Part 2 of 4

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Drones of Doom was a comic story published in Doctor Who: Battles in Time. It was written by Steve Cook.

Opening narration box[]

After destroying the Cyber-factory on Centuria, the Doctor and Kadett were tracking down more of the metal menaces...

Summary[]

The Doctor and Kadett follow the Cyberman's signal, taking a robot-run airship across the now-deserted continent of Azlon on the planet Centuria. Before arriving at the airbus terminal (a Cyber-conversion factory), the conductor / law enforcer becomes influenced by the Cybermen's hypnotic signal, which is being used to subjugate the arriving humans. The Doctor, Kadett and a reprogrammed robot conductor pretend to be hypnotised and follow the other arrivals.

Seizing the right moment, the Doctor disrupts the hypnotic signal and the conductor robot attacks the Cybermen. A stray shot from the conductor ruptures the fuel banks, causing a huge explosion which kills most of the newly converted Cyber-drones, as their humanity starts to become more dominant.

As the Doctor and Kadett flee the explosion, they find a bit of a map in a Cyberman's hand — a map that might lead them to finding out what the Cybermen are up to on Centuria.

Characters[]

References[]

The Doctor destroys the hypnotic beam

Notes[]

The Doctor in this story has been redressed in his brown suit as opposed to his holiday wear last strip.

Original print details[]

2/4 DWBIT 9 (4 pages) TO BE CONTINUED!!!
No reprints to date.

Continuity[]

A robotic ticket conductor was also featured in TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

External links[]

Drones of Doom at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Once, Upon Time

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First

Short stories

Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • A Girl Called Doubt

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Save Paris • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek

Complete list of appearances

Tardis