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|image = Space Hi-Jack.jpg | |image = Space Hi-Jack.jpg | ||
|series = '' | |series = [[TV Century 21 cover stories|''TV Century 21'' cover stories]] | ||
|main character = [[Joe Meesh]] | |main character = [[Joe Meesh]] | ||
|featuring = [[Horatio Hackenbacker|Brains]] | |featuring = [[Horatio Hackenbacker|Brains]] | ||
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|publisher = City Magazines | |publisher = City Magazines | ||
|editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | |editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | ||
|publication = TV21 72 | |publication = [[TV21 72]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 4 June 1966 | ||
|prev = Search and Destroy (short story) | |prev = Search and Destroy (short story) | ||
|next = World Navy Sub Turns Pirate (short story) | |next = World Navy Sub Turns Pirate (short story) | ||
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'''''Space Hi-Jack''''' 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 | '''''Space Hi-Jack''''' 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 {{cs|The Black Ship (comic story)}}, which was a [[crossover]] with the DWU. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Horatio Hackenbacker]] | * [[Horatio Hackenbacker]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Space City]] has announced that ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' has answered a [[mayday]] [[SOS]] call received from [[Cargo ship|cargo liner]] 203. | * [[Space City]] has announced that ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' has answered a [[mayday]] [[SOS]] call received from [[Cargo ship|cargo liner]] 203. | ||
* The liner was on its way from [[Jupiter]] to [[Earth]] by one of the ''[[Black Ship]]''s that have raided a number of [[spacecraft]] in the past [[month]]. | * The liner was on its way from [[Jupiter]] to [[Earth]] by one of the ''[[Black Ship]]''s that have raided a number of [[spacecraft]] in the past [[month]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' has responded to a [[mayday]] signal from ''[[Freighter 203]]'', which had been attacked by [[Jose Arnau|Damacles]] and the ''[[Black Ship]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Black Ship (comic story)|The Black Ship]]'') | * ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' has responded to a [[mayday]] signal from ''[[Freighter 203]]'', which had been attacked by [[Jose Arnau|Damacles]] and the ''[[Black Ship]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Black Ship (comic story)|The Black Ship]]'') | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250"> | |||
Space Hi-Jack.jpg|''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]''. | |||
Brains Space Hi-Jack.jpg|[[Horatio Hackenbacker|Brains]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 2066]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2066]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:07, 12 March 2024
Space Hi-Jack was a short story printed in TV Century 21 that contained elements from the Doctor Who universe. Framed as the front page of an in-universe periodical, the titular article made reference to the Fireball XL5 comic story The Black Ship [+]Loading...["The Black Ship (comic story)"], which was a crossover with the DWU.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Space City has announced that Fireball XL5 has answered a mayday SOS call received from cargo liner 203.
- The liner was on its way from Jupiter to Earth by one of the Black Ships that have raided a number of spacecraft in the past month.
- Professor Hackenbacker, better known in the science world as Brains, has been awarded the four million dollar Unity City Prize.
- The Presidential Citation recounts some of Brains' work with Robot CCD, the World Senate computer control decider, which is used to check senate decisions.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is another crossover with Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds.
- This story is the first to name the recurring Space City correspondent for TV 21 as Joe Meesh.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fireball XL5 has responded to a mayday signal from Freighter 203, which had been attacked by Damacles and the Black Ship. (COMIC: The Black Ship)
