m (Protected "The Dead Heart (comic story)": Preventing the move of this page, per forum:Move protecting all TV story pages, which can be applied to more than just TV pages. ([move=sysop] (indefinite))) |
No edit summary |
||
(39 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
+ | {{title dab away}} |
||
{{real world}} |
{{real world}} |
||
− | {{ |
+ | {{ImageLinkComics}} |
− | {{Infobox |
+ | {{Infobox Story |
⚫ | |||
− | name= The Dead Heart| |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
− | doctor=| |
||
+ | |writer = [[Alan Barnes]] |
||
− | companions=| |
||
+ | |artist = [[Adrian Salmon]] |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | |editor = [[Gary Russell]] |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
− | writer= | |
||
⚫ | |||
− | artist= | |
||
⚫ | |||
− | editor=| |
||
+ | |release date = [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] - [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]] |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | |cover date = [[3 August (releases)|3 August]] - [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]] |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
− | release date= [[3 August]] [[1994]]| |
||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
− | prev= none| |
||
⚫ | |||
}} |
}} |
||
− | The '''Dead Heart''' |
+ | The '''''Dead Heart''''' was the first story of ''[[The Cybermen]]'' series featuring the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] on [[Mondas]] and the [[Lizard King|Silurians]] native to the [[planet]]. It did not feature [[the Doctor]]. |
+ | |||
+ | == Plot summary == |
||
+ | A Cyberman scout crashes in a jungle and encounters a village of humans, who believe it is a servant of the gods. Raven, a heretic, is selected by their religious leader to accompany the scout on its mission to find the Lizard Kings. At the edge of the Blisterlands, they encounter a cybernetic dinosaur which conveys them to the Dead Heart of the World, an underground base. Inside, they revive Kho'dja, an augmented Lizard King, who tells them the history of Mondas: the planet departed from its orbit when its sister planet gained its moon; the Lizard Kings dominated the world but became lazy and corrupt; they used their technology to augment apes into cybernetic servants; and, finally, they entered suspended animation until they world would return to its original orbit, but instead the apes have evolved and taken over. The Cyberman kills Kho-Dja, declares that Mondas will belong to the Cyber-race, and has Raven placed in a conversion unit. |
||
+ | |||
+ | == Characters == |
||
+ | * a Cyberman |
||
+ | * [[Raven (The Cybermen)|Raven]] |
||
+ | * the village's preacher |
||
+ | * a [[Saurian (The Cybermen)|Saurian]] |
||
+ | * [[Kho'dja]] |
||
+ | |||
== References == |
== References == |
||
+ | ''to be added'' |
||
− | * There are species of [[Lizard King|Silurians]] and [[Mondasian Sea Devil|Sea Devils]] that are native to Mondas. |
||
− | * The [[Lizard King|Mondasian Silurians]] and [[Mondasian Sea Devil|Sea Devils]] worship a primordial god named [[Golgoth]]. |
||
== Notes == |
== Notes == |
||
+ | ''to be added'' |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | |||
− | == Timeline == |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | * This story connects Mondas departing its orbit ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') with Earth capturing the rogue planet which became its moon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') |
||
+ | |||
{{Cyberman stories}} |
{{Cyberman stories}} |
||
{{Homo Reptilian stories}} |
{{Homo Reptilian stories}} |
||
− | {{Comic stub}} |
||
{{TitleSort}} |
{{TitleSort}} |
||
− | |||
[[Category:The Cybermen]] |
[[Category:The Cybermen]] |
||
− | [[Category: |
+ | [[Category:1994 comic stories]] |
− | [[Category: |
+ | [[Category:Comic stories set on Mondas]] |
− | [[Category: |
+ | [[Category:Cyberman comic stories]] |
Revision as of 01:14, 28 January 2020
The Dead Heart was the first story of The Cybermen series featuring the Cybermen on Mondas and the Silurians native to the planet. It did not feature the Doctor.
Plot summary
A Cyberman scout crashes in a jungle and encounters a village of humans, who believe it is a servant of the gods. Raven, a heretic, is selected by their religious leader to accompany the scout on its mission to find the Lizard Kings. At the edge of the Blisterlands, they encounter a cybernetic dinosaur which conveys them to the Dead Heart of the World, an underground base. Inside, they revive Kho'dja, an augmented Lizard King, who tells them the history of Mondas: the planet departed from its orbit when its sister planet gained its moon; the Lizard Kings dominated the world but became lazy and corrupt; they used their technology to augment apes into cybernetic servants; and, finally, they entered suspended animation until they world would return to its original orbit, but instead the apes have evolved and taken over. The Cyberman kills Kho-Dja, declares that Mondas will belong to the Cyber-race, and has Raven placed in a conversion unit.
Characters
References
to be added
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- This story connects Mondas departing its orbit (TV: The Tenth Planet) with Earth capturing the rogue planet which became its moon. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
|