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Revision as of 18:21, 6 January 2024
Contact 21 was a 21 short story printed in Action 21 that contained elements from the Doctor Who universe.
Summary
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Characters
Worldbuilding
- Cleever reveals his decision to put the letters on hold for the month but encourages people not to stop writing with their comments and questions about life in 2089.
- Bermuda's first assassination took place "a century ago" when Governor Richard Sharples and his aide were murdered.
- In 1973, the island of Bermuda had a population of fifty thousand, a number which tripled by 2089.
- Cleever states he doesn't envy his USS/WIN friends the job of finding the homicidal needle responsible for killing the Kaplan in that haystack.
- Only minutes are left before Brad Newman must take the Zero X main body out of Martian orbit.
Story notes
- By mentioning the World Intelligence Network, this story is also a crossover with Joe 90.
Continuity
- Brent Cleever says that the "grave news" from Unity City has cast a "dark shadow" over this edition of Action 21. (COMIC: Assassination!)
- Cleever also reminds his readers of the drama on Mars; four men are lost and out of range of help from Kahra. (PROSE: Zero X: Four Crew Missing)
