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comic name= The Arkwood Experiments|
|image= The Arkwood Experiments TVC Ten Year Old Takeover.jpg
image= [[file:Arkwood.jpg|250px]] |
|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
series= ''[[Doctor Who]]'' - [[TV Comic]]|
|number=
number=|
|doctor= Third Doctor
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|companions= [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
companions= [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]|
|enemy= [[Cedric Mathews]]
enemy= [[Cedric Matthews]]|
|setting= [[England]], the [[1970s]]
year= [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Earth]], [[1970s]]|
|writer= Roger Noel Cook
writer= |
|artist= [[John Canning]]
artist= |
|editor=
editor=|
|colourist=
colourist=|
|letterer=
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' [[TVC 944|944]]-[[TVC 949|949]]
publication title= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 944-949|
|release date= 17 January - 21 February 1970
publication dates= 17 January - 21 February [[1970]]|
|reprint = DWCC 4
publisher= |
|publisher= Polystyle
format= Comic - 6 parts (? pages)|
|format= Comic - 6 parts (12 pages)
previous story= [[The Night Walkers]]|
|prev= The Night Walkers (comic story)
next story= [[The Multi-Mobile]]|
|next= The Multi-Mobile (comic story)
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==Summary==
'''''The Arkwood Experiments''''' was the comic debut of the [[Third Doctor]], [[UNIT]] and [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. It followed the first major break in ''Doctor Who'' comic strip history — a nearly two month gap since [[The Night Walkers (comic story)|the Second Doctor's swansong]]. The hiatus somewhat mirrored the unusually long seven month gap between [[Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 6]] and [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 7]] on television.
Ten year old genius [[Cedric Matthews]] drugs his schoolfriends, sending them on a rampage across the country.


==Characters==
== Summary ==
*[[Third Doctor]]
When normally peaceful [[animal]]s at a [[Zoo (The Arkwood Experiments)|zoo]] become violent, the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] find that [[Cedric Mathews]], a pupil at [[Arkwood Private School|a nearby school]], has created [[change drug|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.
*[[The Brigadier]]
*[[Cedric Matthews]]


==References==
== Plot ==
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==Notes==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Cedric Mathews]]
* [[Keeper (The Arkwood Experiments)|Keeper]]
* [[Headmaster (The Arkwood Experiments)|Headmaster]]
* [[Thompson (The Arkwood Experiments)|Thompson]]
* [[Swithers (The Arkwood Experiments)|Swithers]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Among [[Zoo (The Arkwood Experiments)|the zoo]] animals affected by Cedric's drug are [[parrot]]s, [[penguin]]s, a [[gazelle]], a [[panther]], and [[Lion (The Arkwood Experiments)|a lion]].
* The Doctor remembers an event in a far-off [[galaxy]] where a herd of rampaging [[Creature (The Arkwood Experiments)|creatures]] came out of a [[volcano]].
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS]] has [[TARDIS laboratory|a lab]].
 
== Notes ==
* The first word 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.


==Continuity==
=== Original print details ===
''to be added''
:(Publication with page count and closing captions)
* TVC 944 (2 pages) Can Dr. Who and the Brigadier escape the frenzied parrots ? See next week !
* TVC 945 (2 pages) Next week the takeover of the ten-year-olds begins !
* TVC 946 (2 pages) Next week: Wild ten-year-olds on the rampage !
* TVC 947 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
* TVC 948 (2 pages) Next week the savage ten-year-olds attack the village !
* TVC 949 (2 pages) A new all-action adventure with Dr. Who starts next week : [[The Multi-Mobile (comic story)|The Multi-Mobile]] !


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
*This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''
* The Doctor has attached himself to [[UNIT]] after being [[Second Doctor's change of appearance|forced into a new body]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}) by [[animated scarecrow (The Night Walkers)|animated scarecrows]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Night Walkers (comic story)}}) in accordance with the [[Time Lord]]s' verdict on him breaching their [[non-interference policy]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)|The War Games}})
*This story occurs before: [[TVC]]: ''[[The Multi-Mobile]]''


==External links==
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
*[http://www.alteredvistas.co.uk/html/third_doctor.html| Altered Vistas - In the Comics - Third Doctor]{{comic stub}}
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{{Third Doctor TVC/TVA comics}}
 
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The Arkwood Experiments was the comic debut of the Third Doctor, UNIT and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The first word 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  • TVC 944 (2 pages) Can Dr. Who and the Brigadier escape the frenzied parrots ? See next week !
  • TVC 945 (2 pages) Next week the takeover of the ten-year-olds begins !
  • TVC 946 (2 pages) Next week: Wild ten-year-olds on the rampage !
  • TVC 947 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 948 (2 pages) Next week the savage ten-year-olds attack the village !
  • TVC 949 (2 pages) A new all-action adventure with Dr. Who starts next week : The Multi-Mobile !

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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TV Action
Late TV Comic
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Holiday
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TV Action specials
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