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 |series         = ''[[Dateline 2066]]'' stories
-|main character = [[Honved Astronians]], [[Satellite Citizen]]
+|main character = [[Washington Beatty]]
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-'''''Astran Volleyball Championships''''' was a ''[[Dateline 2066]]'' short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
+'''''Beatty Trial Sensation''''' was a ''[[Dateline 2066]]'' short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
 == Summary ==
-The [[Honved Astronians]] and [[Satellite Citizen]] meet in [[Astra Stadium]] for the final of the [[Astran]] [[volleyball]] championships, in front of six hundred thousand spectating [[Astran]]s.
+In a [[Unity City]] [[courtroom]], members of the public as well as personnel of the [[World Navy]] and the [[World Aquanaut Security Patrol]] pack themselves into the gallery in time to see the [[trial]] of [[Admiral]] [[Washington Beatty]]. In the dock, Beatty sits and talks with his defence counsel [[Friedland Barnhof]] while Prosecutor [[Rur Bendin]] sits at the other side of the room with the [[District Attorney]]. Before long, [[Judge]] [[Thor Bowdine]] enters the chambers and all court officials and the [[jury]] are sworn in. As proceedings get underway, Barnhof immediately requests counsel in the judge's chambers for obscure [[Law|legal]] arguments and, with Bendin raising no objections, the court is adjourned for thirty [[minute]]s. After the recess is over, Bowdine reveals that Barnhof asked for a two [[week]] delay in order to collect fresh evidence. With Bendin choosing again not to object, Bowdine grants the request and dismisses the court until [[8 March]]. Also in Unity City, [[Senator]] [[Clive Malaques]] of [[Mexico]] speaks about his [[Atlantic tunnel]] project following the [[news]] that the [[Ways and Transport Committee]] of the [[World Senate]] has given the go ahead for a survey, stating that it would begin almost at once.
-Honved wins the first set by fifteen [[Point (score)|points]] to six but their opponents make a remarkable recovery to win the next two sets by 12-9 and 14-7 respectively. Satelitte's grip is weakened when Honved equalises the [[rubber]], gaining the fourth set 12-9.
+Elsewhere, in response to recent [[radio]] messages received by [[Space City]], the ''[[Thunderfour]]'' Mach 56 [[rocket]] lifts off into [[space]] and begins its twenty-five [[year]] journey to the [[Mexican Hat Galaxy]]. Aided by their nine billion [[dollar]]s worth of special equipment, the twelve [[scientist]]s and twelve [[geologist]]s onboard hope to find out more about the [[galaxy]] and to discover new [[metal]]s and [[gas]]ses by experimenting on the [[rock]]s there.
-Going into the final game, both teams fight desperately hard with no break through occurring as they share the points equally. After the 44th point, Honved smashes [[home]] to take the championship and final set 25-23. This secures them a [[passport]] into the [[Space Cup]] competition for the next season in [[2067]].
+Across the [[world]], the [[World Weather Centre]] appeals all [[newspaper]]s and [[magazine]]s to urge [[farmer]]s to complete their [[weather]] request forms for the second half of [[2066]], which should have been returned in [[January]]. Speaking at the Weather Centre, assistant controller [[Zal Zulondo]] extends the deadline for one further week, threatening that farmers would not have the weather they need if the Weather Centre could not plan ahead.
+In the rest of the [[solar system]], news reports from the other [[planet]]s reach ''[[TV 21]]''. On [[Jupiter]], in protest at the [[Jupiter Government]]'s rejection of a pay demand for an extra sixty [[dollar]]s an [[hour]], the [[leader]]s of the [[National Union of Spacedrome Controller]]s decide to call a [[nation]]al [[strike]] on [[4 April]]. On [[Venus]], the [[National Tourists Office]] publish their [[2065]] figures, indicating that more people are spending their [[holiday]]s there than any other planet in the system. On [[Mercury]], [[Renfrew Contina]] is [[Election|elected]] [[President of Mercury|president]] by the [[Mercury State Committee]], succeeding [[Flar Tornad]] who recently [[retire]]d. On [[Mars]], 208 [[prisoner]]s escape from the planet's top [[security]] [[jail]] at [[Zortville]] by tunnelling their way to [[freedom]]. An extensive dragnet is quickly set up to recapture them. Also, on [[Pluto]], [[colour]] [[television]] is introduced to the planet for the first time.
+Meanwhile, [[Honved Astronians]] and [[Satellite Citizen]] meet in [[Astra Stadium]] for the final of the [[Astran]] [[volleyball]] championships, in front of six hundred thousand spectating [[Astran]]s. Honved wins the first set by fifteen [[Point (score)|points]] to six but their opponents make a remarkable recovery to win the next two sets by 12-9 and 14-7 respectively. Satelitte's grip is weakened when Honved equalises the [[rubber]], gaining the fourth set 12-9. Going into the final game, both teams fight desperately hard with no break through occurring as they share the points equally. After the 44th point, Honved smashes [[home]] to take the championship and final set 25-23. This secures them a [[passport]] into the [[Space Cup]] competition for the next season in [[2067]].
+Finally, star of the recording-breaking [[film]] ''[[The Edge of the Galaxy]]'' [[Tolon Vike]] speeds through busy [[city]] [[street]]s, ignoring the city limit of 150 [[miles per hour]]. Chased by [[police]] on [[hoverbike]]s for five [[mile]]s, Vike is ultimately caught and ladened with a charge of [[dangerous driving]]. News of the [[celebrity]]'s misdeeds soon reaches [[journalist]]s and the story is given a prominent [[Article (publishing)|article]] in that [[day]]'s reports.
 == Characters ==
-* [[Honved Astronians]]
+* [[Washington Beatty]]
-* [[Satellite Citizen]]
+* [[Friedland Barnhof]]
+* [[Rur Bendin]]
+* [[Thor Bowdine]]
+* [[Tolon Vike]]
+* [[Clive Malaques]]
+* [[Zal Zulondo]]
+* [[Renfrew Contina]]
 == References ==
+* [[Blue]] is the traditional [[colour]] for the [[judge]]'s robes during an [[espionage]] [[trial]].
+* The cost of the [[Atlantic tunnel]] survey is estimated to be over seventeen million [[Crown (currency)|crowns]] which will be met by the [[World Senate]].
 * [[Volleyball]] on [[Astra]] is different to the version played on [[Earth]] because [[Astran]]s do not possess [[arm]]s or [[leg]]s. Instead, they propel and control the ball by means of a beam transmitted from the centre of their [[brain]]s.
 * The Astran representatives for the [[Space Cup]] in [[2066]] are [[Satellite Citizen]].
+* If the [[strike]] on [[Jupiter]] goes ahead, all [[space]] [[traffic]] to and from the [[planet]] will be affected.
+* [[Renfrew Contina]] was previously deputy head of the [[Mercury State Committee]].
+* [[Pluto]] was the only planet in the [[Solar System]] without any [[television]] at all until it was introduced from Earth [[2062|four years prior]].
 == Story notes ==
-* The publication of this story coincided with the release of the first part of ''[[Andromeda Or Die (comic story)|Andromeda Or Die]]'' within the same issue, the second [[story arc]] printed in the pages of ''[[TV Century 21]]'' to focus on the [[planet]] of [[Astra]], which was first mentioned in ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]''.
+* The publication of this story coincided with the release of the first part of ''[[Andromeda Or Die (comic story)|Andromeda Or Die]]'' within the same issue, another story to feature the [[Astran]]s and the second [[story arc]] printed in the pages of ''[[TV Century 21]]'' to focus on the [[planet]] of [[Astra]], which was first mentioned in ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]''.
 == Continuity ==
+* It was previously reported that [[Washington Beatty|Admiral Beatty]] had been [[arrest]]ed for passing [[secret]] [[information]] to [[Bereznik]], with the original [[court]] date set for [[26 February]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phyrne]]'')
 * [[Hans Beula]] had previously broken the [[Universe]] 100 [[metre]]s record at [[Astra Stadium]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Penta Ray Factor (comic story)|The Penta Ray Factor]]'')
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