Goodbye to All That (comic story)
Goodbye to All That was the fourth and final chapter of Lytton, a comic book spin-off of Doctor Who making use of Eric Saward's individual license to the titular character.
Publisher's summary
The hunt is on for the Positron, an artifact held in a warehouse full of alien technology. The mysterious Mr Seaton has tasked Lytton with acquiring it. Barely escaping from Aldwych West, Lytton, Wilson and their new friend Artemis are pursued through a catacomb by androids. Separated, Lytton is imprisoned, while Wilson and Artemis face off against the androids...
Plot
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Characters
Worldbuilding
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Notes
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DVD Commentary
Each issue of Lytton has a DVD of Value Added Material available, containing among other items a commentary for each issue by writer Eric Saward and artist Barry Renshaw. Below are some insights (and spoilers) from the commentary for Issue 4.
- Mr Longbody is finally revealed in detail this issue. Like Mr Seaton, his armour is loosely inspired by samurai armour with the mempo mask, but in a dark jade green. It is revealed Seaton and Longbody are redesigned Terileptils, a reptilian alien race first seen in the serial The Visitation. The unmasked reveal of Mr Longbody is saved for the final page of the issue.
- When the Silhouette is set alight, the flames are green, possibly indicating a barium based fuel source.
- The rectory the characters emerge from is visually inspired by the rectory from the artists own school in Liverpool, Alsop High School.
- Lytton uses a Hungarian Sabre in the fight with Longbody. We see Hungarian sabres in Lytton’s office in the first issue on the wall.
- The Vindanty Snare Beast is loosely based on macro photography of insects and bacteria.
- When the main characters leave Shend’s house they pass by various background characters which are based on kickstarter contributors. Also included is Logan's Run era Jenny Agutter, stood alongside a character dressed in the sandman costume from the film. On the same page, the club the characters pass is called Carousel, with posters warning admission only to under 30's.
- The appearance of alt-Lytton is a potential link to the end of the Resurrection of the Daleks serial, when Lytton is spotted wearing a police inspectors uniform, suggesting the version we've been following is from an alternate reality.
- On the penultimate page, the revellers highlighted in yellow are Cutaway Comics contributor: designer Colin Brockhurst, master of ceremonies Matt Charlton, editor and publisher Gareth Kavanagh, and writer Eric Saward, albiet sporting 70’s hair dos.
- The Terileptil ship interior shows the positron in its place. The room echoes the art deco green and gold colour scheme of the Jazz Sioree lobby, and reuses a chandelier created for an abandoned sequence in issue one, as part of the engine.
- The redesign of the Terileptils was suggested by Eric Saward to be a more athletic, lithe and fearsome version than what was achievable using a 1980’s BBC budget.
- The final caption teases "Next Time... Lytton: The Return Of The Terileptils!" A second series of Lytton is as yet unscheduled.
Continuity
- Possibly due to the time slip, a poster in London reads "Build High for Happiness". (TV: Paradise Towers, COMIC: Build High for Happiness, et al.)
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