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== DWU contents ==
== DWU contents ==
In accordance with its format, ''TV21'' was written with the intent that all the stories and articles printed within describe a single fictional future history of the [[solar system]]. Although it mainly featured comic strip stories based on the puppet television creations of [[Gerry Anderson]], the first 104 ''TV21'' issues also subsumed several elements of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] into this "merged canon", licensed not from the [[BBC]] but from [[List of recurring Doctor Who concepts not owned by the BBC|individual rightsholders]] [[Terry Nation]] and [[David Whitaker]].
In accordance with its format, ''TV21'' was written with the intent that all the stories and articles printed within describe a single fictional future history of the [[solar system]]. Although it mainly featured comic strip stories based on the puppet television creations of [[Gerry Anderson]], the first 104 ''TV21'' issues also subsumed several elements of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] into this "merged canon", licensed not from the [[BBC]] but from [[List of recurring Doctor Who concepts not owned by the BBC|individual rightsholders]] [[Terry Nation]] and [[David Whitaker|David Whitak]]  


The most famous consequence of this was ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' (later reprinted as ''[[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles|The Dalek Chronicles]]''), a comic serial written by [[David Whitaker]]. It constituted one of the earliest licensed [[Doctor Who spin-offs|''Doctor Who'' spin-offs]], as [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] did not appear in these stories; concurrent with the publishing of ''The Daleks'', the rights to the character were with [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.]], the publishers of ''[[TV Comic]]''. Polystyle created new recurring antagonists, the [[Trod]]s, to replace the Daleks, who would ultimately be shown being exterminated by the actual Daleks in ''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]'' when ''TV21''{{'}}s license expired and the Daleks were once again allowed to face Dr. Who in comics as they did on television. In the meantime, ''The Daleks'' instead revealed the early history of the [[Dalek Empire]], starting with [[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|an origin story for the species]] and continuing through the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]]'s first wars of conquest on the universe until the start of ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''<ref name="Essentials">"Daleks in the 21st Century - An introduction to ''The Dalek Chronicles''", [[DW50Y 1]]</ref>
The most famous consequence of this was ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' (later reprinted as ''[[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles|The Dalek Chronicles]]''), a comic serial written by [[David Whitaker]]. It constituted one of the earliest licensed [[Doctor Who spin-offs|''Doctor Who'' spin-offs]], as [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] did not appear in these stories; concurrent with the publishing of ''The Daleks'', the rights to the character were with [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.]], the publishers of ''[[TV Comic]]''. Polystyle created new recurring antagonists, the [[Trod]]s, to replace the Daleks, who would ultimately be shown being exterminated by the actual Daleks in ''[[The Trodos Ambush (comic story)|The Trodos Ambush]]'' when ''TV21''{{'}}s license expired and the Daleks were once again allowed to face Dr. Who in comics as they did on television. In the meantime, ''The Daleks'' instead revealed the early history of the [[Dalek Empire]], starting with [[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|an origin story for the species]] and continuing through the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]]'s first wars of conquest on the universe until the start of ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''<ref name="Essentials">"Daleks in the 21st Century - An introduction to ''The Dalek Chronicles''", [[DW50Y 1]]</ref>
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Two further unique interactions occurred between ''TV21'' and the ''Doctor Who'' universe. The first came when Issue 28 of the magazine tied in with the release of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', the first [[Peter Cushing]] feature film, by presenting a [[Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)|cover story]] and a [[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|special ''Lady Penelope'' short story]] which both referenced the film as [[The Doctor in popular culture and mythology|existing in-universe]]; ''[[The Story of the Film (short story)|The Story of the Film]]'', a short prose adaptation of the movie itself; and a parody, ''[[Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere! (short story)|Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premier!]]'', featuring "[[Doctor Da]] and the [[City Man|Humanie]]s".
Two further unique interactions occurred between ''TV21'' and the ''Doctor Who'' universe. The first came when Issue 28 of the magazine tied in with the release of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', the first [[Peter Cushing]] feature film, by presenting a [[Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)|cover story]] and a [[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|special ''Lady Penelope'' short story]] which both referenced the film as [[The Doctor in popular culture and mythology|existing in-universe]]; ''[[The Story of the Film (short story)|The Story of the Film]]'', a short prose adaptation of the movie itself; and a parody, ''[[Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere! (short story)|Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premier!]]'', featuring "[[Doctor Da]] and the [[City Man|Humanie]]s".
Also of note are the [[Fireball XL5 (series)|''Fireball XL5'']] comics printed in the publication, some of which contained DWU elements.


Secondly, ''TV21'' released a special record containing the audio story ''[[The Daleks (audio story)|The Daleks]]'', which was based on an episode of the TV serial ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' with new narration by frequent Dalek voice actor [[David Graham]].
Secondly, ''TV21'' released a special record containing the audio story ''[[The Daleks (audio story)|The Daleks]]'', which was based on an episode of the TV serial ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' with new narration by frequent Dalek voice actor [[David Graham]].
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|[[23 September (releases)|23 September]] 1967
|[[23 September (releases)|23 September]] 1967
|}
== Other DWU Short Stories ==
Many other short stories featuring DWU elements were released in ''TV 21'' and it's 1980s revival, ''[[Action 21]]''. There was also a [[Dateline (series)|DWU series]] published across these two publications.
{| class="article-table"
|+Dateline
!Title
!Issue
!Released
|-
|''[[President To Stand Down? (short story)|President To Stand Down?]]''
|54
|[[29 January (releases)|29 January]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
|-
|''[[Astran Volleyball Championships (short story)|Astran Volleyball Championships]]''
|58
|[[26 February (releases)|26 February]] 1966
|-
|''[[Mars Preview of State Fair (short story)|Mars Preview of State Fair]]''
|61
|[[19 March (releases)|19 March]] 1966
|-
|''[[Universal State Fair (short story)|Universal State Fair]]''
|62
|[[26 March (releases)|26 March]] 1966
|-
|''[[Planet Phone Link (short story)|Planet Phone Link]]''
|67
|[[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 1966
|-
|''[[World President to Visit Mars (short story)|World President to Visit Mars]]''
|69
|[[14 May (releases)|14 May]] 1966
|-
|''[[Cheers Greet World President (short story)|Cheers Greet World President]]''
|70
|[[21 May (releases)|21 May]] 1966
|-
|''[[World President Injured (short story)|World President Injured]]''
|80
|[[30 July (releases)|30 July]] 1966
|-
|''[[Astra (short story)|Astra]]''
|82
|[[13 August (releases)|13 August]] 1966
|-
|''[['Jinx Ship' Blasts Off For Mars (short story)|<nowiki/>'Jinx Ship' Blasts Off For Mars]]''
|A21 1
|[[July (releases)|July]] [[1988 (releases)|1988]]
|-
|''[[Zero X: Four Crew Missing (short story)|Zero X: Four Crew Missing]]''
|A21 2
|[[August (releases)|August]] 1988
|-
|''[[Astran Crisis (short story)|Astran Crisis]]''
|A21 3
|[[September (releases)|September]] 1988
|-
|''[[Get the Gunman! (short story)|Get the Gunman!]]''
|A21 4
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[1989 (releases)|1989]]
|-
|''[[Letters Special (short story)|Letters Special]]''
|A21 6
|[[March (releases)|March]] 1989
|-
|''[[They Watch the World (short story)|They Watch the World]]''
|A21 8
|August 1989
|-
|''[[Lhomel to go as freedom force hits Astra! (short story)|Lhomel to go as freedom force hits Astra!]]''
|A21 9
|September 1989
|-
|''[[Rogues Gallery (short story)|Rogues Gallery]]''
|A21 10
|[[October (releases)|October]] 1989
|}
{| class="article-table"
|+Interior Short Stories
!Title
!Issue
!Released
|-
|''[[Graham Page (short story)|Graham Page]]''
|7
|[[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[1965 (releases)|1965]]
|-
|''[[From Howard Whitehead (short story)|From Howard Whitehead]]''
|17
|[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] 1965
|-
|''[[Earth Declares War! (short story)|Earth Declares War!]]''
|18
|[[22 May (releases)|22 May]] 1965
|-
|''[[From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe (short story)|From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe]]''
|21
|[[12 June (releases)|12 June]] 1965
|-
|''[[From D. Connell of Essex (short story)|From D. Connell of Essex]]''
|23
|[[26 June (releases)|26 June]] 1965
|-
|''[[From J. Webster (short story)|From J. Webster]]''
|27
|[[24 July (releases)|24 July]] 1965
|-
|''[[From D. Corley (short story)|From D. Corley]]''
| rowspan="3" |28
| rowspan="3" |[[31 July (releases)|31 July]] 1965
|-
|''[[From R. Miles (short story)|From R. Miles]]''
|-
|[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|''Lady Penelope Investigates the'']]
[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|''stars of the Sensational new film'']]
[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|''Dr. Who and the Daleks!'']]
|-
|''[[From Philip Bevan (short story)|From Philip Bevan]]''
|29
|[[7 August (releases)|7 August]] 1965
|-
|''[[J. Gray (short story)|J. Gray]]''
|30
|[[14 August (releases)|14 August]] 1965
|-
|''[[E. Oglesby (short story)|E. Oglesby]]''
|33
|[[4 September (releases)|4 September]] 1965
|-
|''[[From Agent 671107 (short story)|From Agent 671107]]''
|42
|[[6 November (releases)|6 November]] 1965
|-
|''[[This is 2065 (short story)|This is 2065]]''
|45-46
|[[27 November (releases)|27 November]] 1965
|-
|[[Agent Inventor (short story)|''Agent Inventor'']]
|48
|[[18 December (releases)|18 December]] 1965
|-
|''[[Password Report on Red Dalek (short story)|Password Report on Red Dalek]]''
|68
|[[7 May (releases)|7 May]] [[1966 (releases)|1966]]
|-
|''[[Have Daleks Invaded Scotland? (short story)|Have Daleks Invaded Scotland?]]''
|90
|[[8 October (releases)|8 October]] 1966
|-
|''[[Agents In Action (TV21 91 short story)|Agents in Action]]''
|91
|[[15 October (releases)|15 October]] 1966
|-
|''[[Agents In Action (TV21 96 short story)|Agents in Action]]''
|96
|[[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 1966
|-
|''[[Information Service (TV21 121 short story)|Information Service]]''
|121
|[[13 May (releases)|13 May]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
|-
|''[[Information Service (TV21 122 short story)|Information Service]]''
|122
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1967
|-
|''[[Information Service (TV21 125 short story)|Information Service]]''
|125
|[[10 June (releases)|10 June]] 1967
|-
|''[[Joe Meesh (short story)|Joe Meesh]]''
|126
|[[17 June (releases)|17 June]] 1967
|-
|''[[Dalek Disguise (short story)|Dalek Disguise]]''
|128
|[[1 July (releases)|1 July]] 1967
|-
|''[[Friendly Dalek (short story)|Friendly Dalek]]''
|134
|[[12 August (releases)|12 August]] 1967
|-
|''[[Contact 21 (short story)|Contact 21]]''
|A21 4
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[1989 (releases)|1989]]
|-
|''[[Mark Sydney, Exeter (short story)|Mark Sydney, Exeter]]''
|A21 7
|[[July (releases)|July]] 1989
|}
|}


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TV Century 21, also known as TV21, was an English publication printing articles and tie-in comic strips to popular children's adventure series. It was published from 1965 through 1971.

Each issue of TV21 was formatted so as to pass itself off as a news magazine printed exactly one hundred years in the future. Although some stories taking place in the 20th century were presented in the magazine, they were printed in black and white, and presented as "archival documents" or footage from a time machine.

DWU contents

In accordance with its format, TV21 was written with the intent that all the stories and articles printed within describe a single fictional future history of the solar system. Although it mainly featured comic strip stories based on the puppet television creations of Gerry Anderson, the first 104 TV21 issues also subsumed several elements of the Doctor Who universe into this "merged canon", licensed not from the BBC but from individual rightsholders Terry Nation and David Whitak

The most famous consequence of this was The Daleks (later reprinted as The Dalek Chronicles), a comic serial written by David Whitaker. It constituted one of the earliest licensed Doctor Who spin-offs, as the Doctor did not appear in these stories; concurrent with the publishing of The Daleks, the rights to the character were with Polystyle Publications, Ltd., the publishers of TV Comic. Polystyle created new recurring antagonists, the Trods, to replace the Daleks, who would ultimately be shown being exterminated by the actual Daleks in The Trodos Ambush when TV21's license expired and the Daleks were once again allowed to face Dr. Who in comics as they did on television. In the meantime, The Daleks instead revealed the early history of the Dalek Empire, starting with an origin story for the species and continuing through the Golden Emperor's first wars of conquest on the universe until the start of Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.[1]

In addition to Terry Nation's Daleks and Mechonoids, another licensed DWU concept was introduced to TV21 fiction: the planet Astra, which had been created by David Whitaker in TV: The Rescue as part of the background of new companion Vicki Pallister. Astra was referenced in The Daleks and became central to further crossovers with other Anderson-based TV21 strips.

Two further unique interactions occurred between TV21 and the Doctor Who universe. The first came when Issue 28 of the magazine tied in with the release of Dr. Who and the Daleks, the first Peter Cushing feature film, by presenting a cover story and a special Lady Penelope short story which both referenced the film as existing in-universe; The Story of the Film, a short prose adaptation of the movie itself; and a parody, Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premier!, featuring "Doctor Da and the Humanies".

Also of note are the Fireball XL5 comics printed in the publication, some of which contained DWU elements.

Secondly, TV21 released a special record containing the audio story The Daleks, which was based on an episode of the TV serial The Chase with new narration by frequent Dalek voice actor David Graham.

After the end of The Daleks in January 1967, TV21 underwent several mergers with other comic publications. It subsumed TV Tornado in 1968 and became known as TV21 and Tornado; it also absorbed Joe 90 magazine in 1969, following which it was known as TV21 and Joe 90 for 37 issues. The end of the TV21 and Joe 90 run coincided with the end of Gerry Anderson-based content in the magazine.[2] Finally, in 1971, after 347 total issues, TV21 was itself merged into Valiant magazine, which was temporarily known as TV21 and Valiant as a result. Valiant joined Battle Picture Weekly in 1976, which in 1988 was merged into Eagle. Eagle ultimately ended in 1994.

Cover stories

Due to its "newspaper from the future" framing device, instead of a conventional magazine cover, the cover of the publication contained prose fiction in the shape of a newspaper front-page article. These prose stories usually tied into the narratives of the ongoing comic serials; as such, many of them featured the Daleks alongside content from the Stingray and Fireball XL5 strips, essentially serving as early crossovers between the DWU and the Gerry Anderson universe.

Title Issue Released
Stingray Attacked! 2 30 January 1965
Fireball Surrenders! 4 13 February 1965
Titan Declares War! 5 20 February 1965
Marineville Waits! 7 6 March 1965
Superjet Shot Down 8 13 March 1965
Jungle Terror! 9 20 March 1965
Earth in Peril! 10 27 March 1965
Stingray Hunts Aliens 11 3 April 1965
Scoop! 13 17 April 1965
Zodiac's Rescue Bid! 14 24 April 1965
Battle in Space 15 1 May 1965
Atlanta Kidnapped! 16 8 May 1965
Fireball Mystery Flight! 17 15 May 1965
Tempest Awarded V.M. 18 22 May 1965
Kaplan Assassinated! 19 29 May 1965
Stingray Searches 20 5 June 1965
Stingray Breaks Out! 21 12 June 1965
Zodiac Sends For Stingray! 22 19 June 1965
Daleks Seek New Conquests 23 26 June 1965
XL5 Collision Course! 24 3 July 1965
Ghost Castle Mutiny 25 10 July 1965
Civil War 26 17 July 1965
Spaceship S.O.S. 27 24 July 1965
Peaceful Thals Ambushed! 28 31 July 1965
Bullion Train 29 7 August 1965
Ghost Ship Hunted! 30 14 August 1965
World Government Official Missing 31 21 August 1965
New York Blaze 32 28 August 1965
Black Forest Siege! 33 4 September 1965
Ice Planet Mystery 34 11 September 1965
Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses! 36 25 September 1965
Revolutionary Engine For XL5 39 16 October 1965
Fireball Explosion! 40 23 October 1965
FAB1 Back in Action! 42 6 November 1965
Britain Protests! 43 13 November 1965
World Weather Chaos! 46 4 December 1965
Help Plea from Planet 47 11 December 1965
World Emergency 49 25 December 1965
Daleks Hit Back! 50 1 January 1966
Time Barrier Busted 51 8 January 1966
Thunderbird Two 62 26 March 1966
"We Want Thunderbirds!" 65 16 April 1966
Destroy Space City 68 7 May 1966
Search and Destroy 69 14 May 1966
Space Hi-Jack 72 4 June 1966
World Navy Sub Turns Pirate 74 18 June 1966
"Come In, Tempest" 78 16 July 1966
Welsh Volcano Erupts 83 20 August 1966
Stingray Goes Overland 84 27 August 1966
Destination Sun 85 3 September 1966
Sunflare Claims TB3 86 10 September 1966
Daleks Face Destruction 87 17 September 1966
Operation Sunburst Begins! 88 24 September 1966
Suicide! 89 1 October 1966
Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3 90 8 October 1966
Thunderbird One 91 15 October 1966
Time Runs Out For Thunderbird 3 92 22 October 1966
Death-Lake Terror 93 29 October 1966
Disaster! 95 12 November 1966
XL5 on Terror Planet 96 19 November 1966
TB 4 Trapped! 97 26 November 1966
Stingray Storm! 107 4 February 1967
Ambush! 110 25 February 1967
Trackdown! 111 4 March 1967
Mars Ship Hi-Jacked 118 8 April 1967
World Mourns Dead Space Hero 119 15 April 1967
Steve Zodiac Alive! 127 24 June 1967
TB4 Trapped Under Liner 134 12 August 1967
Miami Beach Disaster 135 19 August 1967
Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost! 137 2 September 1967
SPECTRUM is Green 140 23 September 1967

Other DWU Short Stories

Many other short stories featuring DWU elements were released in TV 21 and it's 1980s revival, Action 21. There was also a DWU series published across these two publications.

Dateline
Title Issue Released
President To Stand Down? 54 29 January 1966
Astran Volleyball Championships 58 26 February 1966
Mars Preview of State Fair 61 19 March 1966
Universal State Fair 62 26 March 1966
Planet Phone Link 67 30 April 1966
World President to Visit Mars 69 14 May 1966
Cheers Greet World President 70 21 May 1966
World President Injured 80 30 July 1966
Astra 82 13 August 1966
'Jinx Ship' Blasts Off For Mars A21 1 July 1988
Zero X: Four Crew Missing A21 2 August 1988
Astran Crisis A21 3 September 1988
Get the Gunman! A21 4 January 1989
Letters Special A21 6 March 1989
They Watch the World A21 8 August 1989
Lhomel to go as freedom force hits Astra! A21 9 September 1989
Rogues Gallery A21 10 October 1989
Interior Short Stories
Title Issue Released
Graham Page 7 6 March 1965
From Howard Whitehead 17 15 May 1965
Earth Declares War! 18 22 May 1965
From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe 21 12 June 1965
From D. Connell of Essex 23 26 June 1965
From J. Webster 27 24 July 1965
From D. Corley 28 31 July 1965
From R. Miles
Lady Penelope Investigates the

stars of the Sensational new film

Dr. Who and the Daleks!

From Philip Bevan 29 7 August 1965
J. Gray 30 14 August 1965
E. Oglesby 33 4 September 1965
From Agent 671107 42 6 November 1965
This is 2065 45-46 27 November 1965
Agent Inventor 48 18 December 1965
Password Report on Red Dalek 68 7 May 1966
Have Daleks Invaded Scotland? 90 8 October 1966
Agents in Action 91 15 October 1966
Agents in Action 96 19 November 1966
Information Service 121 13 May 1967
Information Service 122 20 May 1967
Information Service 125 10 June 1967
Joe Meesh 126 17 June 1967
Dalek Disguise 128 1 July 1967
Friendly Dalek 134 12 August 1967
Contact 21 A21 4 January 1989
Mark Sydney, Exeter A21 7 July 1989

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Daleks in the 21st Century - An introduction to The Dalek Chronicles", DW50Y 1
  2. ↑ The Knowledge Emporium: The Rise and Fall of TV 21
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