Editing Miro Gilfor Sensation! (short story)

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{{Infobox Story
|image          = Uranus demolition.jpg
|series         = ''[[Dateline 2066]]'' stories
|main character = [[Miro Gilfor]]
|setting        = [[Unity City]] and [[Uranus]], [[2066]]
|writer         = 
|publisher      = City Magazines
|editor         = [[Alan Fennell]]
|publication    = TV21 77
|release date   = [[9 July (releases)|9 July]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
|prev           = Go Ahead on Atlantic Tunnel (short story)
|next           = GA34R Hunt (short story)
}}
'''''Miro Gilfor Sensation!''''' was a ''[[Dateline 2066]]'' short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].

Notably, [[Unity City]], a location introduced in ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'' comic story ''[[Duel of the Daleks (comic story)|Duel of the Daleks]]'', reappeared here.

== Summary ==
The [[Space News Agency]] releases the [[news]] that [[Doctor]] [[Miro Gilfor]]'s expedition to the [[Vorex Galaxy]] is returning to [[Earth]], with it being understood that Gilfor will be having talks with [[space]] [[security]]. In [[Unity City]], speculation about the expedition is rife among the populace. The party's potential discovery of something of unrivalled importance, the possible abandoning of the expedition and the connection between space security and space [[exploration]] are all [[question]]s being asked. [[Jaf Perison]] of [[S.P.N.]] instead speculates that Gilfor's return may have something to do with the recent [[disappearance]] of his team and its subsequent rescue from the [[planet]] [[Advex]].

Meanwhile, [[Uranus]] finds itself in the midst of a [[battle]] to restore its [[City|cities]] to their former glory following the worst [[meteorite storm]]s in the planet's [[history]]. A [[Correspondent (Miro Gilfor Sensation!)|correspondent]] for ''[[TV 21]]'' reports that many of the cities are "a mass of [[rubble]] and choking [[dust]]" as a huge [[army]] of [[demolition]] workers toil [[day]] and [[night]] to tear down the destroyed [[building]]s ready for re-development. A [[fleet]] of [[space freighter]]s soon arrives from [[Venus]] with [[cargo]]es of [[machine]]s estimated to cut down the [[Uranian]]s' work by half. Watching in the [[evening]] as the nine floors of the ruined [[telecommunication]]s building topple in [[second]]s from a barrage by the [[Water Canon]], ''TV 21''{{'}}s correspondent states their hopeful belief that Uranus will soon be back to normal.

On [[Pluto]], the [[Pluto Post Office]] launches a competition to produce designs for [[stamp]]s commemorating the planet's fifty years of space exploration.

On [[Mars]], the second major blockage of the [[main Martian cargo canal]] within the space of a few [[month]]s brings with it a wave of protests in the [[Martian Senate]]. In particular, [[Senator]] [[Gimpo Bofflex]] argues that the [[government]] should act now to modernise the [[canal]]s.

On [[Mercury]], the largest [[meteorite]] ever to land on the planet smashes down on the [[Garsott Plain]], forging a [[canyon]] one [[mile]] long and ten thousand [[Foot (unit)|feet]] deep.

== Characters ==
* [[Miro Gilfor]]
* [[Jaf Perison]]
* [[Gimpo Bofflex]]
* [[Correspondent (Miro Gilfor Sensation!)|Uranus Correspondent]]

== References ==
* Gilfor's expedition left [[Mercury]] six [[month]]s ago and was not due to return for another three [[year]]s.
* The most advanced of the [[demolition]] [[machine]]s is the [[Water Canon]] which was built by [[U.E.I.]] and designed by [[Professor]] [[Horatio Hackenbacker]]. It can fire a jet of [[water]] at more than thirty thousand [[ton]]s of [[pressure]] per [[square inch]].
* Opened in [[1966]], the [[G.P.O. Tower]] in [[London]] is now out of date and will be rebuilt at a cost of over twenty-five million [[Pound sterling|pounds]].

== Story notes ==
* By referencing that the [[Water Canon]] was built by [[U.E.I.]] and designed by [[Horatio Hackenbacker|Horatio "Brains" Hackenbacker]], this story was also a [[crossover]] with ''[[The Investigator (series)|The Investigator]]'' and ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'' respectively.

== Continuity ==
* The [[disappearance]] of [[Miro Gilfor]]'s party sparked one of the biggest hunts in [[space]] [[history]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Terrorkon Harvest (comic story)|The Terrorkon Harvest]]'')
* The [[demolition]] [[machines]] are the same ones used on [[Venus]] to restore the [[city]] of [[Pangad]] after it was hit with severe [[earthquake]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Admiral Beatty Arrest Sensation (short story)|Admiral Beatty Arrest Sensation]]'', ''[[Fireball XL3 Crashes at Space City (short story)|Fireball XL3 Crashes at Space City]]'')
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