Doctor Who_ Attack of the Cybermen - Eric Saward [0]
On twentieth-century Earth it appears that the Doctor’s old enemy, Lytton, has allied himself with the ruthless Cybermen. The Cybermen have devised a scheme which, if successful, could completely destroy the web of time and bring the human race to its knees.
When the Cyber-planet of Mondas was
destroyed in 1986 the Cybermen were forced to retreat to the planet Telos. Now they have journeyed back in time to prevent the destruction of their home world. And for Mondas to survive, the Earth must die...
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Science Fiction/TV Tie-in
DOCTOR WHO
ATTACK OF THE
CYBERMEN
Based on the BBC television serial by Paula Moore by arrangement with BBC Books, a division of BBC
Enterprises Ltd
ERIC SAWARD
Number 138 in the
Target Doctor Who Library
A TARGET BOOK
published by
The Paperback Division of
W. H. Allen & Co. PLC
A Target Book
Published in 1989
by the Paperback Division of W. H. Allen & Co. PLC
Sekforde House, 175/9 St John Street
London, EC1V 4LL
Novelisation copyright © Eric Saward, 1989
Original script copyright © Paula Moore 1985
‘Doctor Who’ series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1985, 1989
The BBC producer of Attack of the Cybermen was John Nathan-Turner
The director was Matthew Robinson
The role of the Doctor was played by Colin Baker Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading
ISBN 0 426 20290 2
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
In dedication to the memory of Bob, the father, And the splendour of the indigenous Peoples of the Americas
CONTENTS
1 The Day Begins
2 The Perfect Crime
3 The Peripatetic Doctor
4 The Search Begins
5 A Close Encounter of a Very Nasty Kind
6 Telos
7 The Tombs of the Cybermen
8 The Great Escape
9 Caught
10 The Final Encounter
1
The Day Begins
Outside, the rain rained. It had been doing so all night. A rather effeminate man on breakfast television warned of continued inclemency.
‘If you’re going out t’day,’ called a concerned mother,
‘you’d better take an umbrella.’
The words of advice, mingled with the smells of breakfast, coasted up the stairs and into her son’s bedroom.
‘Sure, Ma,’ he muttered, and pulled the sheet around his head.
Charlie Griffiths only ever felt really secure when he was warm and snug in bed. Yet he knew he must get up.
Today was important. And he wished it weren’t. He didn’t like rainy days. Things always seemed to go wrong for him when the streets were wet. Especially when crime was planned.
‘Breakfast’s ready, son.’
‘Sure, Ma.’
Whenever Charlie’s Ma said that something was ready, he knew he had another ten minutes. She liked to give him plenty of warning, for Charlie moved very slowly first thing in the morning. She also knew he appreciated such small, caring gestures. It was one of the reasons why, at thirty-five, he still lived at home.
So instead of getting up, Charlie turned over and stared at the rain-streaked window. Somewhere in the distance he heard the time-pips on a radio.
It was nine o