TV21 Stop Press

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TV21 Stop Press was a series of short stories originally published in TV Century 21 across 1968.

It served as a direct replacement to TV21's cover stories and was a kind of fusion between that format and the earlier Dateline 2066 series, depicting an in-universe version of TV Century 21 reporting on the events seen in the other series and comic strips of the magazine on a weekly basis. TV21 Stop Press was brought to an end soon after the merger with TV Tornado but was one of many series revived for a one-off special edition of TV21 in 2014.

Crossovers with the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the conceit of TV Century 21 was that all its series took place in a single universe, several TV21 Stop Press stories crossed over with elements from the Doctor Who universe. For the most part, this consisted of references to or appearances from Unity City, the capital of the World Government which was first introduced in The Daleks comic strip. However, for its revival, the series was involved in a story featuring the planet Astra, originally created by David Whitaker for the First Doctor television story The Rescue.

The following TV21 Stop Press stories contained DWU elements and are thus covered on this Wiki:

Title Issue Released
Stingray Downs W.A.F. Bomber TV21 155 6 January 1968
Thunderbird One - Vanish Mystery TV21 156 13 January 1968
Invasion Threat? TV21 157 20 January 1968
Rescue Search for International Rescue TV21 158 27 January 1968
Brains Dies in New York TV21 162 24 February 1968
Tragan Dead TV21 183 20 July 1968
Shore Slams Tempest TV21 185 3 August 1968
Fireflash Mk II Bound for New York TV21 243 October 2014
XL5 Crew Detained on Astra! TV21 244
Stalemate! TV21 247
Thunderbirds Film for Sale! TV21 249