The Dead Heart (comic story)

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The Dead Heart

Main enemy:

The Cybermen
Mondasian Silurians

Main setting:

Mondas

Key crew

Release details

Printed in:

Doctor Who Magazine 215-220

Release date:

7 July - 24 November 1994

Cover date:

3 August - 21 December 1994

*The Cybermen*
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The Flesh Unbound

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

a Cyberman
Raven
the village's preacher
a Saurian
Kho'dja

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)

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 • Flux: Once, Upon Time - Bel's Story • The Power of the Doctor

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 • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

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

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

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 • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

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 • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling 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 • High Noon in Hollywood

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 • Airships • 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 • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

Complete list of appearances

Homo Reptilia stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Homo Reptilian story" is one in which one living, authentic Silurian or Sea Devil plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. Stories like Frontier in Space, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song are also not included due to Homo Reptilians' cameos being of little consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Madam Vastra of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Silurians

Television	Doctor Who and the Silurians • Warriors of the Deep • The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Prose	Blood Heat • The Scales of Injustice • Cold War • The Little Planet • The Silurian Gift • Dr. Eighth • The Red-Eyed League • The Master and Margarita

Comics	Final Genesis • Twilight of the Silurians • City of Devils • As Time Goes By • Faster Than Light • Surfshock • Supremacy of the Cybermen • Untitled • The Lost Dimension

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Evacuation Earth • The Mazes of Time • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • Lost in Time

Audio	Bloodtide • The Coup • Call to Arms • Retrieval • United • The Silurian Candidate

Complete list of appearances

Sea Devils

Television	The Sea Devils • Warriors of the Deep • Legend of the Sea Devils

Webcasts	Defenders of Earth

Comics	Devil of the Deep • The Bit After the Last Bit • Under Pressure • City of Devils • Clara Oswald and the School of Death • Surfshock • Alternating Current

Prose	Blood Heat • Dr. Eighth • The Heist • A brief lowdown on the Sea Devils

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Lost in Time

Audio	The Poison Seas • Tidal Wave • The Seas of Titan • Storm of the Sea Devils

Complete list of appearances

Mondasian Silurians
and Sea Devils

Comics

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

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-The '''Dead Heart''' is the first comic adventure of [[The Cybermen]] series featuring the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] on [[Mondas]] and the [[Lizard King|Silurians]] native to the planet. It does not feature [[the Doctor]].
+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 ==
+''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 ==
+''to be added''
-==Continuity ==
-== Timeline ==
+== Continuity ==
+* 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]]'')
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 {{Homo Reptilian stories}}
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+[[Category:Cyberman comic stories]]

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