Insect was a Third Doctor comic strip published in TV Comic.
Summary[]
When an insecticide causes Britain's insects to grow to enormous size, the Third Doctor must make a formula to stop them.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
Worldbuilding[]
- Among the insect species affected by the improperly mixed pesticide spray are caterpillars, ants and wasps.
- The Doctor and the Brigadier use a UNIT helicopter equipped with riot gas.
- A military gun crew are told they will be transferred to Iceland if they miss their targets.
Notes[]
- Insect contains the earliest direct reference to World War II in Doctor Who fiction, with the Brigadier referring to the conflict by name. However, both Invasion of the Daleks and Doctor Who and the Crusaders had previously alluded to the conflict. This reference was followed by Timebenders, the first Doctor Who story to be set during the war.
- According to The Terrestrial Index, this story is alternatively titled The Insects.
Original print details[]
- (Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVC 955 (2 pages) Next week, Dr. Who attacks the monster from the air!
- TVC 956 (2 pages) What is the Doctor's plan ? Don't miss next week's episode.
- TVC 957 (2 pages) Will the giant insect attack?
- TVC 958 (2 pages) Will the cage hold this giant caterpillar? See next week.
- TVC 959 (2 pages) Thrilling new story next week. Mysterious meteorite comes to earth.
Continuity[]
- The First Doctor previously encountered seemingly large insects as a result of harmful pesticides, though that was because he had shrunk down to their size. (TV: Planet of Giants [+]Louis Marks, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964).)
- The Third Doctor would later encounter another instance of insects which had massively increased in size as a result of exposure to chemicals. (TV: The Green Death [+]Robert Sloman, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).)
- Once again, the Doctor is annoyed that the Brigadier won't let him get on repairing his TARDIS. (COMIC: The Arkwood Experiments [+]Roger Noel Cook, TVC comic stories (Polystyle, 1970)., The Multi-Mobile [+]Roger Noel Cook, TVC comic stories (Polystyle, 1970).)
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