The Arkwood Experiments

Facts

Name:

The Arkwood Experiment

Doctor:

Third Doctor

Companion(s):

The Brig

Main enemy:

Cedric Mathews

Main setting:

England, the 1970s

Publisher:

Polystyle

Writer:

Roger Noel Cook

Artist:

John Canning

Release details

Printed in:

Comic 944-949

Release Date:

17 January – 21 February 1970

Reprinted In:

DWCC 4

Format:

Comic – 6 parts (12 pages)

Notes

The Arkwood Experiments was the comic debut of the Third Doctor, UNIT and the Brigadier. It followed the first major break in Doctor Who comic strip history – a nearly two month gap since the Second Doctor’s swansong. The hiatus somewhat mirrored the unusually long seven month gap between season 6 and season 7 on television.

SUMMARY

When normally peaceful animals at a zoo become violent, the Third Doctor and the Brigadier find that Cedric Mathews, a pupil at a nearby school, has created a drug which enhances aggression. Mathews infects all of the children at the school with the drug, and the Doctor and the Brigadier must stop the group of violent children before they reach a nearby village.

CHARACTERS

Third Doctor
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Cedric Mathews
Keeper
Thompson
Swithers
Headmaster

REFERENCES

Among the zoo animals affected by Cedric’s drug are parrots, penguins, a gazelle, a panther, and a lion.
The parrots are last seen flying off towards the town to wreak havoc there – and oddly, are never seen nor mentioned again.

NOTES

The first words spoken by the Third Doctor in his comic book tenure is:”What?” It is said in response to the Brigadier asking him to meet him at the zoo.
Original print details

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
C 944 (2 pages) Can Dr. Who and the Brigadier escape the frenzied parrots? See next week!
C 945 (2 pages) Next week the takeoverof the ten-year-olds begins!
C 946 (2 pages) Next week: Wild ten-year-olds on the rampage!
C 947 (2 pages)
C 948 (2 pages) Next week the savage ten-year-olds attack the village!
C 949 (2 pages) A new all-action adventure with Dr. Who starts next week : The Multi-Mobile!

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