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* [[Horatio Hackenbacker]] | * [[Horatio Hackenbacker]] | ||
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* [[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]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 6 September 2023
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 instead made reference to the Fireball XL5 comic story The Black Ship, which was a crossover with the DWU.
Summary
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Characters
Worldbuilding
- 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
- 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
- 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)
