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|image          = Mars Ship Hi-Jacked.jpg
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|series        = ''[[TV Century 21]]'' cover stories
|image          = Mars Ship Hi-Jacked.png
|main character = [[Paul Travers (Ambush!)|Paul Travers]]
|series        = [[TV Century 21 cover stories|''TV Century 21'' cover stories]]
|main character = [[Paul Travers]]
|featuring      = [[Steve Zodiac]]
|featuring      = [[Steve Zodiac]]
|setting        = [[22 April]] [[2067]]
|setting        = [[22 April]] [[2067]]
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|publisher      = City Magazines
|publisher      = City Magazines
|editor        = [[Alan Fennell]]
|editor        = [[Alan Fennell]]
|publication    = TV21 118
|publication    = [[TV21 118]]
|release date  = [[22 April (releases)|22 April]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
|release date  = 22 April 1967
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'''''Mars Ship Hi-Jacked''''' 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 instead made reference to the ''[[Zero X (series)|Zero X]]'' content in the issue with a smaller piece tying-in to the ''[[Fireball XL5 (series)|Fireball XL5]]'' comic story ''[[The Shrink Ray (comic story)|The Shrink Ray]]'', which was a [[crossover]] with the DWU.
'''''Mars Ship Hi-Jacked''''' 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 ''[[Zero X (series)|Zero X]]'' content in the issue with a smaller piece tying-in to the ''[[Fireball XL5 (series)|Fireball XL5]]'' comic story {{cs|The Shrink Ray (comic story)}}, which was a [[crossover]] with the DWU.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Paul Travers (Ambush!)|Paul Travers]]
* [[Paul Travers]]
* [[Steve Zodiac]]
* [[Steve Zodiac]]
* [[Jennings (Mars Ship Hi-Jacked)|Colonel Jennings]]
* [[Jennings (Mars Ship Hi-Jacked)|Colonel Jennings]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Mutiny]] struck ''[[Zero X]]'' as it trundled across the [[Glenn Field]] [[tarmac]]. During the countdown procedure all seemed calm but shortly before take-off [[Colonel]] Jennings, the [[spacecraft]]'s new [[commander]], was overpowered and bundled from the ship, with the [[neutronic engine]]s immediately bursting into life.
* [[Mutiny]] struck ''[[Zero X]]'' as it trundled across the [[Glenn Field]] [[tarmac]]. During the countdown procedure all seemed calm but shortly before take-off [[Colonel]] Jennings, the [[spacecraft]]'s new [[commander]], was overpowered and bundled from the ship, with the [[neutronic engine]]s immediately bursting into life.
* It is believed that [[Captain]] Travers, [[Death sentence|sentenced to death]] a [[week]] prior for breach of discipline, was responsible for the hijacking but officials are unsure if the rest of the crew were forced to obey Travers' orders or whether they joined him freely.
* It is believed that [[Captain]] Travers, [[Death sentence|sentenced to death]] a [[week]] prior for breach of discipline, was responsible for the hijacking but officials are unsure if the rest of the crew were forced to obey Travers' orders or whether they joined him freely.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Space City]] has announced that their ace [[astronaut]] [[Steve Zodiac]] is missing and believed killed while on normal patrol on the [[Astran]]-[[Solar system|Solar Space]] [[border]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shrink Ray (comic story)|The Shrink Ray]]'')
* [[Space City]] has announced that their ace [[astronaut]] [[Steve Zodiac]] is missing and believed killed while on normal patrol on the [[Astran]]-[[Solar system|Solar Space]] [[border]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shrink Ray (comic story)|The Shrink Ray]]'')
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== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
Mars Ship Hi-Jacked.png|''[[Zero X]]'' taking off.
Steve Zodiac Missing Feared Dead.png|[[Steve Zodiac]].
</gallery>


[[Category:Stories set in 2067]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2067]]
[[Category:TV21 short stories]]
[[Category:TV21 cover stories]]
[[Category:1967 short stories]]
[[Category:1967 short stories]]
[[Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series]]
[[Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series]]

Latest revision as of 22:00, 14 March 2024

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Mars Ship Hi-Jacked 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 Zero X content in the issue with a smaller piece tying-in to the Fireball XL5 comic story The Shrink Ray [+]Loading...["The Shrink Ray (comic story)"], which was a crossover with the DWU.

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