Name:
The Arkwood Experiment
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)
The Arkwood Experiments was the comic debut of the
SUMMARY
When normally peaceful animals at a zoo become violent, the
CHARACTERS
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
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!