Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)

Zodiac's Rescue Bid! 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 content in the issue with a smaller piece tying-in to The Daleks comic story Duel of the Daleks.

Zodiac's Rescue Bid!

Main character(s):

Steve Zodiac

Featuring:

Commander Zero, Golden Emperor, Zeg

Main setting:

24 April 2065

Key crew

Publisher:

City Magazines

Editor:

Alan Fennell

Release details

Printed in:

TV21 14

Release date:

24 April 1965

*TV Century 21* short stories
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The Omega-Minus device was discovered bolted beneath the space liner W.S.W.193 when Colonel Zodiac investigated the liner after recieving no reply to a search request.
Professor Matic has orders to destroy the ship with all aboard if Zodiac fails to release the device before it re-enters Earth's atmosphere. Commander Zero stated "It is either the 1,000 passengers in the space liner, or the rest of the world."
Elias Hoodreim, the Wall Street tycoon, has been killed after a fall from the twenty-third floor of his Los Angeles office. This caused the prices of Hoodreim's shares to tumble three points, knocking eleven million dollars off the company's value. Captain Burke of the Los Angeles Homicide Bureau is investigating.
Information received from the Undercover Department indicate that Lady Penelope, a special correspondent for TV 21, has been arrested by the Bereznik Army on suspicion of murdering Tobolsk, the late head of the Bereznik Secret Police.
The Space News Agency reports that the Dalek Robot Brain has ordered the Emperor and Zeg to fight a duel to the end.