Solar Danger (comic story)
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Solar Danger was a Thunderbirds comic story printed in TV Century 21 in 1966. It featured the Doctor Who universe character of World President Nikita Bandranaik and notably marked the first instance of the secret organisation International Rescue teaming up with the World Government.
Summary
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Characters
- Brains
- Alan Tracy
- Nikita Bandranaik
- Jeff Tracy
- Scott Tracy
- Virgil Tracy
- Gordon Tracy
- John Tracy
- Tin Tin Kyrano
- Commander Zero
- Clifford
References
- London, Paris and New York City are hit by simultaneous earthquakes.
- The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has collapsed because the girders were twisted by the heat.
- Meteorites do not generate heat and only glow when they enter an atmosphere.
- Despite the Sun being millions of years old, according to Brains very little is known about it.
- International Rescue links up with the World President's private videophone.
- Thunderbird 2 collects a planetomic missile, the most powerful bomb in the world, from Space City.
- Alan and Brains crash in a sulphur lake on Venus after being pulled in by the gravity.
- Brains ejects radioactive isotopes into the lake to kill a monster.
- The gas clouds on Venus prevent radio waves from reaching Earth.
- Alan and Brains build a bonfire to act as a beacon.
- Virgil and Gordon are hit by a meteor shower in Thunderbird 2.
Story notes
- This marked the first comic story in the main Thunderbirds series to crossover with the Doctor Who universe, though not the first in the franchise. That distinction went to a Lady Penelope story which tied-in to the "Astra assassination" story arc.
- By featuring a cameo from Commander Zero, this story was also a crossover with Fireball XL5.
Continuity
- International Rescue operates in such secrecy that even World President Nikita Bandranaik knows little of them. (PROSE: "We Want Thunderbirds!")
