Our look
at the three magazines produced by Polystyle Productions during the Seventies
continues with the 1974 Special.
The 1974
Special is fronted by a curious photo of the third Doctor looking a bit
knackered. See inside, it says, for “thrilling picture stories, quizzes,
exciting features, portrait pin ups and lots more!”
Judging from the photo the
excitement has exhausted him! Jon Pertwee’s introduction on the inside page hopes
we have a lovely holiday and continue to be fans of the Doctor. Well so far I
am but the holiday I’ve totally forgotten!
`Doomcloud`
is the first comic strip story this time concerning the bulbous headed
Zirconians who seem to travel about looking for new planets in the middle of a
galactic cyclone. After only a page and a half this is a far more engaging
story than any of the ones in the 1973 Special. In order to save people’s lives
UNIT has to evacuate everyone to nuclear shelters as a poisonous cloud envelops
the world. The ending is a little pat but even so this is a good start.
