Spiders of Metebelis III (Eight Legs)
The Spiders of Metebelis III, more commonly called Eight Legs, were a race of giant spiders that had psychic powers.
Physical Characteristics
The Eight Legs were black spiders, usually no more than a metre long (the Great One was considerably larger). They relied on humans as their transport although they could scuttle along. Eight Legs created webs like Earth spiders but they weren’t sticky, just tough. Their diets consisted of the flesh of living creatures, preferring human meat.
Powers and Abilities
Eight Legs could communicate via telepathy, discharge psychic energy, control the minds of humans and teleport through time and space.
The spiders generally rode on the backs of humans and could turn invisible and possess the human. While possessing the human, the human could project psychic energy blasts.
Appearances
Planet of the Spiders (TV)
The Eight Doctors (Prose)
Return of the Spiders (Prose)
The Forgotten (Comic)
The Eight Truths (Audio)
Worldwide Web (Audio)