Black Legacy






	Now available from Altered Vistas is a full adaptation of the classic Doctor Who Weekly backup comic strip Black Legacy, featuring the Cybermen. When the Cybermen arrive on Goth, desolate homeworld of the once mighty Deathsmiths of Goth, they want only to find weapons to make them the mightiest force in the galaxy. But Goth is not quite the dead world they expected, and something evil and unstoppable lurks nearby, something with the power to drive the Cybermen mad with nightmares and visions, and reduce their metal skins to rust. As Commander Maxel’s forces dwindle, he must face the unknown horror and stop it once and for all. Also on the disc is a complete pictorial history of the Cybermen in comic strips and a short film by Steve Herbert about the Doctor Who event held at Wookey Hole - location for Revenge of the Cybermen - in June 2005. Click here to order your copy. Below is a selection of images from the production.

Not quite the Science Museum, but not bad...

The Cybermen bemoaned the lack of interactive buttons

The Cybermen discover the Deathsmiths’ war museum in a ruined city that lies in the shadow of the Black Colossus of Goth. That’s a big, funny-shaped rock to you and me.

In search of the ultimate weapon, Cyberleader Maxel explores the catacombs beneath the city.

The city of the Deathsmiths. They don’t exactly go for cheery when it comes to architecture. Mind you, they don’t exactly go for cheery when it comes to names either. I bet their Christmas parties were a real blast.

Cyberleader Maxel begins his quest to find the ultimate weapon. It seems the Deathsmiths have hidden it rather too well...

A particularly nasty fate awaits Maxel’s troops. This is junior Cyberleader Loktar. He’s in a fairly bad way, all things considered.

The Medic attends to Loktar, but the prognosis isn’t exactly optimistic.

Something rather unpleasant creeps up on Cyberleader Maxel.

All together now... “It’s behind you!”

The Cybermen rest compartments. See if you can spot a small in-joke here... Go on, it’s quite easy...

Actually, given that the Cybermen have names in this strip, it might have been more effective if the artist had used the original cloth-faced Cybermen.

Maxel explores the Deathsmiths weapon museum. Seems as good a place as any to hide the ultimate weapon...

Another shot of the weapon museum. It’s a little like the Victoria and Albert, only not as exciting.

The Cybertranslator. He meets a sticky end too.

Blimey! That’ll cost a fortune at the dentist’s to have put right. And the acid peel seems to have gone horribly wrong too.

Trooper Varan goes mad and starts shooting at shadows.

Maxel arms himself to the proverbial teeth. Somehow I get the feeling it won’t do him much good...

Something wicked this way comes...

Cyberleader Maxel calls for his opponent to face him. Unfortunately, it does.