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|image = Blackmail for Power.jpg | |image = Blackmail for Power.jpg | ||
|main character = [[Jeff Tracy|Jeff]], [[Scott Tracy|Scott]], [[Virgil Tracy|Virgil]] | |main character = [[Jeff Tracy|Jeff]], [[Scott Tracy|Scott]], [[Virgil Tracy|Virgil]] | ||
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|publication = ''Thunderbirds Annual 1966'' | |publication = ''Thunderbirds Annual 1966'' | ||
|release date = | |release date = 1966 | ||
|publisher = City Magazines | |publisher = City Magazines | ||
|format = 1 part - 8 pages | |format = 1 part - 8 pages | ||
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* [[Guard (Blackmail for Power)|Guard]] | * [[Guard (Blackmail for Power)|Guard]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The raiders use [[gas shell]]s to incapacitate the [[midnight]] [[guard]]s of the [[World Weather Control Experimental Research Sation]] in the [[Canadian Rockies]]. | * The raiders use [[gas shell]]s to incapacitate the [[midnight]] [[guard]]s of the [[World Weather Control Experimental Research Sation]] in the [[Canadian Rockies]]. | ||
* Phillips demands a [[ransom]] of a thousand million [[dollar]]s to not use their [[lightning maker]], but he later escalates his ambition to the takeover of the [[world]]. | * Phillips demands a [[ransom]] of a thousand million [[dollar]]s to not use their [[lightning maker]], but he later escalates his ambition to the takeover of the [[world]]. | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* As well as being a [[crossover]] with the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], this story was also a minor crossover with ''[[21 (series)|21]]'' through the visual reference to [[Universal Secret Service|the USS]] on the [[newspaper]] which [[Scott Tracy|Scott]] reads. | * As well as being a [[crossover]] with the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], this story was also a minor crossover with ''[[Fireball XL5 (series)|Fireball XL5]]'' through the cameos of [[Wilbur Zero|Commander Zero]] and [[Steve Zodiac]] and with ''[[21 (series)|21]]'' through the visual reference to [[Universal Secret Service|the USS]] on the [[newspaper]] which [[Scott Tracy|Scott]] reads. | ||
* All five of the Thunderbird craft receive use in this story though ''[[Thunderbird 4]]'' is never actually seen. | * All five of the Thunderbird craft receive use in this story though ''[[Thunderbird 4]]'' is never actually seen. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:42, 25 January 2024
Blackmail for Power was a Thunderbirds comic story printed in TV Century 21 in 1966. It featured the Doctor Who universe character of World President Nikita Bandranaik prominently, as well as the location of Unity City, first introduced in The Daleks story Duel of the Daleks.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jeff Tracy
- Scott Tracy
- Brains
- Virgil Tracy
- John Tracy
- Gordon Tracy
- Alan Tracy
- Nikita Bandranaik
- Commander Zero
- Steve Zodiac
- Morgan Phillips
- Glade
- WASP member
- Guard
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The raiders use gas shells to incapacitate the midnight guards of the World Weather Control Experimental Research Sation in the Canadian Rockies.
- Phillips demands a ransom of a thousand million dollars to not use their lightning maker, but he later escalates his ambition to the takeover of the world.
- The two hundred men which the directed lightning traps in the shaft three thousand feet below ground at Sun Set Gold Mine could not survive more than a few hours wthout ventilation.
- The Mole and Thunderbird 4 travel to the disaster zone in Pod 4 of Thunderbird 2.
- Zero suggests that they could organise a listening space station and get a fix on Phillips' position if only they had a few days.
- Bandranaik requests two hours to clear the appointment of Phillips to the post of World President with the World Senate. Phillips states he will destroy one major city every ten minutes after that point, beginning with Unity City.
- After Thunderbird 2 leaves the Mole in California to help rescue the miners, Thunderbird 4 is left with just twenty minutes to make the hundred miles to the North Pole and find Philips. Virgil abandons this plan, resolving to crash land TB2 on Philips should they find him instead of dropping off Gordon and TB4 at the pre-arranged location in the ice cap.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- As well as being a crossover with the Doctor Who universe, this story was also a minor crossover with Fireball XL5 through the cameos of Commander Zero and Steve Zodiac and with 21 through the visual reference to the USS on the newspaper which Scott reads.
- All five of the Thunderbird craft receive use in this story though Thunderbird 4 is never actually seen.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- International Rescue again assist the World Government of Nikita Bandranaik in a rescue operation. (COMIC: Sands of Terror, Solar Danger)
- Jeff reiterates to John that International Rescue does not act as a police force, though he eventually acquiesces considering the seriousness of the situation. (TV: The Man from MI.5)
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