Grimbledon Down was a comic strip by British cartoonist Bill Tidy, which ran in New Scientist magazine from 26 March 1970 until 26 March 1994. The strip was set in a fictitious UK government research lab, satirising the secret Porton Down chemical and biological warfare establishment—New Scientist wanted 'some straight talking about the scope and purpose of research on Porton Down'. Grimbledon Down's scientists engaged in all sorts of questionable research—such as the production of antipornography, grossly disgusting pornographic films which were intended to turn off the audience's sexual drive and thus save the World's civilisation from catastrophic overpopulation. Another frequent feature was attempts to create or distribute Nu-Food, an artificial foodstuff made with processed human wast