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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image=Black.jpg | |image = Black.jpg | ||
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | ||
|main character= [[ | |main character =[[Maxel]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = | ||
|enemy= [[Apocalypse Device]] | |enemy = [[Apocalypse Device]] | ||
|setting= [[Goth (planet)|Goth]] | |setting= [[Goth (planet)|Goth]] | ||
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | |editor = [[Dez Skinn]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Alan Moore | ||
|artist= [[David Lloyd]] | |artist = [[David Lloyd]] | ||
|colourist= | |colourist = | ||
|letterer= | |letterer = | ||
|publication= [[Doctor Who Weekly]] [[DWM 35|35]]-[[DWM 38|38]] | |publication= [[Doctor Who Weekly]] [[DWM 35|35]]-[[DWM 38|38]] | ||
|release date= | |release date = 5 - 26 June 1980 | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|format= | |reprint=DW84 14 | ||
|prev= Yonder... The Yeti (comic story) | |reprint2=Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | ||
|next= Business as Usual (comic story) | |format = B&W 4 parts / 8 pages | ||
|prev = Yonder... The Yeti (comic story) | |||
|next = Business as Usual (comic story) | |||
}} | |||
'''''Black Legacy''''' was a [[DWM backup comic stories|backup comic story]] published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | '''''Black Legacy''''' was a [[DWM backup comic stories|backup comic story]] published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Cyber-Leader | [[Cyber-Leader|Cyberleader]] [[Maxel]] leads a party to the dead [[planet|world]] of [[Goth (planet)|Goth]] in search of a weapon that wiped out an entire civilisation overnight. As they explore the war museum, they are watched by the [[Apocalypse Device]], a synthetic creature carrying every conceivable disease and virus. The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] are wiped out by [[telepathic]] nightmares and a lethal rust-like virus. Maxel realises the only reason for his survival is so he can take the Apocalypse Device off the planet. He activates the ship's self-destruct, destroying it and himself, leaving the Device trapped on the planet, until a [[Sontaran]] craft arrives... | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Maxel]] | ||
* [[Loktar]] | * [[Loktar]] | ||
* [[Varan (Black Legacy)|Varan]] | * [[Varan (Black Legacy)|Varan]] | ||
* [[Vaux]] | * [[Vaux]] | ||
* [[Quaarl]] | * [[Quaarl]] | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Sontarans mention the [[Dalek]]s | * The Sontarans mention the [[Dalek]]s. | ||
* [[Theta Troop]] was a Cybermen squad. | * [[Theta Troop]] was a Cybermen squad. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is one of five collaborations between writer [[Alan Moore]] and illustrator [[David Lloyd]], who would later create the graphic novel {{wi|V for Vendetta}}. | * This is one of five collaborations between writer [[Alan Moore]] and illustrator [[David Lloyd]], who would later create the graphic novel {{wi|V for Vendetta}}. | ||
* | * Like other ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' [[time tale]]s, this back up strip story was introduced and tailed by the [[Fourth Doctor]] as if recounting a story. | ||
* The story portrays the Cybermen as uncharacteristically [[human]] in their thinking and speech patterns. | * The story portrays the Cybermen as uncharacteristically [[human]] in their thinking and speech patterns. | ||
* The [[Black Colossus of Goth]] is depicted in the shape of the 1903 {{w|František Kupka}} painting ''[https://www.wikiart.org/en/frantisek-kupka/the-black-idol-resistance-1903 The Black Idol (Resistance)]''. Twelve years later, the same painting would inspire [[Dracula]]'s castle in {{wi|Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula}}. | |||
=== Original print details === | === Original print details === | ||
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# [[DWM 37]] (2) To be Continued ... | # [[DWM 37]] (2) To be Continued ... | ||
# [[DWM 38]] (2) The End ? | # [[DWM 38]] (2) The End ? | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Cybermen | * The Cybermen resemble those from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''. | ||
{{DWM backups}} | {{DWM backups}} | ||
{{Cyberman stories}} | {{Cyberman stories}} | ||
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[[Category:1980 comic stories]] | [[Category:1980 comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Sontaran comic stories]] | [[Category:Sontaran comic stories]] | ||
[[Category:Cyberman comic stories]] | |||
[[Category:Fourth Doctor comic stories]] | |||
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