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|image = Contact 21 A21 4.png | |||
|series = ''[[21 (series)|21]]'' short stories | |series = ''[[21 (series)|21]]'' short stories | ||
|main character = [[Brent Cleever]] | |main character = [[Brent Cleever]] | ||
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|editor = [[David Nightingale]] | |editor = [[David Nightingale]] | ||
|publication = [[A21 4]] | |publication = [[A21 4]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = January 1989 | ||
|prev = | |prev = Welcome to 2088 (short story) | ||
|next = Letters Special (short story) | |next = Letters Special (short story) | ||
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* [[Brent Cleever]] | * [[Brent Cleever]] | ||
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* Cleever reveals his decision to put the [[letter]]s on hold for the [[month]] but encourages people not to stop writing with their comments and [[question]]s about [[life]] in [[2089]]. | * Cleever reveals his decision to put the [[letter]]s on hold for the [[month]] but encourages people not to stop writing with their comments and [[question]]s about [[life]] in [[2089]]. | ||
* [[Bermuda]]'s first [[assassination]] took place "a [[century]] ago" when [[Governor]] [[Richard Sharples]] and [[Richard Sharples' aide|his aide]] were [[murder]]ed. | * [[Bermuda]]'s first [[assassination]] took place "a [[century]] ago" when [[Governor]] [[Richard Sharples]] and [[Richard Sharples' aide|his aide]] were [[murder]]ed. | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* By mentioning the [[World Intelligence Network]], this story is also a [[crossover]] with ''[[Joe 90 (series)|Joe 90]]''. | * By mentioning the [[World Intelligence Network]], this story is also a [[crossover]] with ''[[Joe 90 (series)|Joe 90]]''. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:41, 6 March 2024
Contact 21 was a 21 short story printed in Action 21 that contained elements from the Doctor Who universe.
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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[[edit] | [edit source]]
- By mentioning the World Intelligence Network, this story is also a crossover with Joe 90.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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)
