Often one of the most anticipated parts of Doctor Who in the new series is seeing new Doctors take on old enemies. One of the Doctor's oldest foes are the Ice Warriors, reptilian natives of Mars. They have appeared on TV in the classic stories "The Ice Warriors", "The Seeds of Death", "The Curse of Peladon", and "The Monster of Peladon", as well as numerous appearances in books, audios, and comic strips.
Now they return again to face off against the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory in the new book The Silent Stars Go By:
The Doctor battles his old enemies, the Ice Warriors - in a special holiday themed adventure
For centuries the Maintainers have worked. With no help from other worlds, they subsist on the food they can grow and that’s little enough. But their purpose, their whole life is to maintain the machines that will one day make their world as habitable as old Earth.
Life used to be hard. Now as their crops fail, livestock sickens, and the temperature drops, it’s becoming impossible. This year’s Winter Season Feast won’t be the usual celebration. It’s not a time for optimism or hope – and it’s not a time to welcome unexpected guests. The Doctor, Amy and Rory find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying...
And then the Doctor’s old enemies the Ice Warriors make their move. With the cold-hearted threat of invasion, the real battle for survival begins. Or does it? The Doctor begins to suspect that behind everything lies a deadlier, and even more chilling danger...
Written by Dan Abnett, it will be released on September 29 2011.
