The TARDIS brings the Doctor & his friends to a space tracking base in the Antarctic
- & straight into trouble. A space mission is going badly wrong & a new planet has appeared in the sky. Mondas ancient fabled twin planet of Earth has returned. Soon its inhabitants arrive. But while they used to be just like the humans of Earth now they are very different. Devoid of emotions their bodies replaced with plastic & steel the Cybermen are here. Humanity needs all the help it can get but the one man who seems to know whats going on is terminally ill. As the Cybermen take over the Doctor is dying... This novel is based on the final story to feature the First Doctor which was originally broadcast from 8 to 29 October 1966. This was the first Doctor Who" story to feature the Cybermen. This title features the First Doctor in his very last adventure as played by William Hartnell & his companions Ben & Polly."