The Black Archive (game)

The Black Archive
Key crew
Publisher:	Cubicle 7
Writers:	Walt Ciechanowski, Andrew Peregrine
Release details
Release date:	2017
Format:	Hardback, 144 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0857443100 ISBN ‎‎978-0857442482
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The Black Archive was a reference book published as part of Cubicle 7's Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game, covering the Black Archive and an expanded vision of the setting.

It was the last Cubicle 7 Doctor Who release during the Twelfth Doctor's television era.

Publisher's synopsis

‘The Black Archive. Highest security rating on the planet. The entire staff have their memories wiped at the end of every shift.’

The Tower of London: home to ravens, Beefeaters and one of the most extensive collections of esoteric alien artefacts on Earth.

Under the stewardship of UNIT, The Black Archive is charged with finding, storing and understanding the weirdest and most powerful alien Gadgets that come to our planet. Just as this unbelievably valuable and dangerous collection has expanded, so has UNIT itself evolved. No longer solely a military organisation, in the 21st Century UNIT agents are as likely to be diplomats and investigators as they are soldiers.

The Black Archive details the 21st Century organisation that collects, catalogues and protects some of the most incredible artefacts the Earth has ever known, and the collection itself.

• Play UNIT agents beyond the military, including alien UNIT characters with new UNIT Archetypes and new Traits

• A collection of recent notable characters connected to The Black Archive and UNIT

• Details on The Black Archive itself – its history, its security measures and how it fits into your Doctor Who Roleplaying Game adventures

• Information on the vast Black Archive armoury, Black Archive hospital and Black Archive motor pool

• New Gadget traits

• The mysteries of the Omega Locker are revealed, and the mysteries of the Enigma Vault are not!

Contents

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Worldbuilding

• Major Black Archives across the world include Black Archive, Seabase One at Seabase One in the Mariana Trench, Black Archive, Gateway of India in Mumbai, the Central Archive in Geneva, Black Archive, Peter and Paul Fortress in St Petersburg, Black Archive, Cuzco in Cuzco, Black Archive, Pharos in Alexandria, Black Archive, Shanghai World Financial Centre in Shanghai, Black Archive, Snowcap at Snowcap, Space Station W1, Black Archive, Washington Monument in Washington DC, and Black Archive, Statue of Liberty in New York City.

Continuity

• Snowcap was previously established as a UNIT base in GAME: Defending the Earth: The UNIT Sourcebook ^[+]Loading...["Defending the Earth: The UNIT Sourcebook (game)"].
• Liz Shaw is still alive in the present of this game, however she has been assigned to the not-yet-completed UNIT Moonbase. She recently ran into the Twelfth Doctor, who mentioned something about the Moonbase plans and 'not being able to make an omelette without breaking an egg', a reference to Shaw's death on the Moon in PROSE: Eternity Weeps ^[+]Loading...["Eternity Weeps (novel)"].
• The Auctioneers are listed as one of UNIT's enemies, as seen in AUDIO: Encounters.
• The Enigma Vault contains the empty casing of a Spider Dalek, as seen in PROSE: The Chronicles of Doctor Who? ^[+]Loading...["The Chronicles of Doctor Who? (short story)"].

External links

• The Black Archive on Cubicle