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|image = XL5 Collision Course!. | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|series = '' | |image = XL5 Collision Course!.png | ||
|series = [[TV Century 21 cover stories|''TV Century 21'' cover stories]] | |||
|main character = [[Shienvif]] | |main character = [[Shienvif]] | ||
|featuring = [[Steve Zodiac]], [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]] | |featuring = [[Steve Zodiac]], [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]] | ||
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|publisher = City Magazines | |publisher = City Magazines | ||
|editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | |editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | ||
|publication = TV21 24 | |publication = [[TV21 24]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 July 1965 | ||
|prev = Daleks Seek New Conquests (short story) | |prev = Daleks Seek New Conquests (short story) | ||
|next = | |next = Ghost Castle Mutiny (short story) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''XL5 Collision Course!''''' was a short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. Framed as the front page of an in-universe periodical, the titular article | '''''XL5 Collision Course!''''' was a short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. Framed as the front page of an in-universe periodical, the titular article made reference to the ''[[Fireball XL5 (series)|Fireball XL5]]'' comic story ''[[XL5 Under Attack (comic story)|XL5 Under Attack]]'', part of a multi-series [[crossover]] with the DWU, with a smaller piece also tying-in to ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' story ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Les Hart]] | * [[Les Hart]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Shienvif is the [[commander]] of [[Space Station K42]] and has reported that ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' has been involved in a [[battle]] with the [[Astran space fleet]]. Specifically, [[Colonel]] Zodiac has placed ''Fireball'' on a collision course with the [[Astran]] [[flagship]]. Emergency Rescue Ships have been dispatched to pick up any survivors. | * [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Shienvif is the [[commander]] of [[Space Station K42]] and has reported that ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' has been involved in a [[battle]] with the [[Astran space fleet]]. Specifically, [[Colonel]] Zodiac has placed ''Fireball'' on a collision course with the [[Astran]] [[flagship]]. Emergency Rescue Ships have been dispatched to pick up any survivors. | ||
* The [[news]] has completely shattered the [[hope]]s of [[peace]] at [[Space City]] following the [[arrest]] of the [[Astra]] [[Kaplan (Colonel Zodiac Disappears)|Kaplan]]'s [[assassin]]s. The future outlook is gloomy and [[Space War]] seems increasingly likely. | * The [[news]] has completely shattered the [[hope]]s of [[peace]] at [[Space City]] following the [[arrest]] of the [[Astra]] [[Kaplan (Colonel Zodiac Disappears)|Kaplan]]'s [[assassin]]s. The future outlook is gloomy and [[Space War]] seems increasingly likely. | ||
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* Seemingly random [[explosion]]s are plaguing [[Paris]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') | * Seemingly random [[explosion]]s are plaguing [[Paris]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') | ||
* ''Fireball XL5'' is pictured in [[Space Station K42]]'s report with a [[hyper-space video-phone]], the same technology used by the [[Space News Agency]] to relay [[news]] of the Daleks. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Power Play (comic story)|Power Play]]'' et al.) | * ''Fireball XL5'' is pictured in [[Space Station K42]]'s report with a [[hyper-space video-phone]], the same technology used by the [[Space News Agency]] to relay [[news]] of the Daleks. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Power Play (comic story)|Power Play]]'' et al.) | ||
== Gallery == | |||
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XL5 Collision Course!.png|''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 2065]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2065]] | ||