TV Century 21 cover stories were short stories printed on the front page of the magazine TV Century 21, later known as TV21 and TV21 and Tornado.
Each issue of TV21 was framed as a news magazine published exactly one hundred years in the future, with most of its series and features taking place in a single universe and shared continuity in the 2060s. These stories interacted with each other to varying degrees, but were most often brought together by the cover stories.
As part of its "magazine from the future" conceit, TV21 did not possess a conventional magazine cover in its beginning, with the space instead being filled by prose fiction in the format and style of front page newspaper articles. For a brief period, from TV21 150 to TV21 153, the cover stories spanned a total of two pages each by occupying the backcover as well. These stories often tied-in to events occurring in the ongoing comic serials contained within each issue and, by expounding upon what was seen in those strips or revealing important related details not present in their parent works, the cover stories were essentially extensions of the narratives which they referenced.
TV21 ditched cover stories at the end of 1967, replacing them with the similarly-formatted TV21 Stop Press series which was positioned further into each issue, while the first page of the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons comic strip was promoted to the cover. Cover stories were later reintroduced for a short time, being utilised somewhat sporadically from February 1969 until the publication's merger with Joe 90 Top Secret in September of that year.
TV Century 21 published The Daleks from 1965 to 1967 and this series was no exception with regards to appearances in cover stories, with reports on Skaro or the Golden Emperor's conquests regularly making the headlines during this time. Additionally, some cover stories also featured Astra, originally created by David Whitaker for the First Doctor television story The Rescue, or other Doctor Who universe elements such as Unity City.
The following cover stories involved DWU elements and are thus covered on this Wiki:
| Title |
Issue |
Released |
Parent DWU stories
|
| Stingray Lost!
|
1
|
23 January 1965
|
The Batmen
|
| Stingray Attacked!
|
2
|
30 January 1965
|
The Batmen, Genesis of Evil
|
| Stingray Lost!
|
3
|
6 February 1965
|
The Batmen
|
| Fireball Surrenders!
|
4
|
13 February 1965
|
The Batmen, Mr. Steelman, Power Play
|
| Titan Declares War!
|
5
|
20 February 1965
|
Mr. Steelman, Power Play
|
| Marineville Waits!
|
7
|
6 March 1965
|
Mr. Steelman
|
| Superjet Shot Down
|
8
|
13 March 1965
|
Curse of the Crustavons, Power Play
|
| Jungle Terror!
|
9
|
20 March 1965
|
| Earth in Peril!
|
10
|
27 March 1965
|
Curse of the Crustavons
|
| Stingray Hunts Aliens
|
11
|
3 April 1965
|
Curse of the Crustavons, Duel of the Daleks
|
| Scoop!
|
13
|
17 April 1965
|
Curse of the Crustavons
|
| Zodiac's Rescue Bid!
|
14
|
24 April 1965
|
Who Killed Elias Hoodreim?, Duel of the Daleks
|
| Battle in Space
|
15
|
1 May 1965
|
Space Border Battle
|
| Atlanta Kidnapped!
|
16
|
8 May 1965
|
Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts..., The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
|
| Fireball Mystery Flight!
|
17
|
15 May 1965
|
President Offers Peace...
|
| Tempest Awarded V.M.
|
18
|
22 May 1965
|
The Atlanta Kidnap Affair, The Amaryll Challenge
|
| Kaplan Assassinated!
|
19
|
29 May 1965
|
Assassination!, On the Trail of the Kaplan's Killer...
|
| Stingray Searches
|
20
|
5 June 1965
|
Zodiac Makes An Arrest, The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
|
| Stingray Breaks Out!
|
21
|
12 June 1965
|
The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
|
| Zodiac Sends For Stingray!
|
22
|
19 June 1965
|
Assassins Escape!, Stingray
|
| Daleks Seek New Conquests
|
23
|
26 June 1965
|
The Amaryll Challenge
|
| XL5 Collision Course!
|
24
|
3 July 1965
|
XL5 Under Attack, The Return of Mr. Steelman, The Amaryll Challenge
|
| Ghost Castle Mutiny
|
25
|
10 July 1965
|
The Return of Mr. Steelman
|
| Civil War
|
26
|
17 July 1965
|
Astra's Final Battle
|
| Spaceship S.O.S.
|
27
|
24 July 1965
|
The Giant Ant Invasion
|
| Peaceful Thals Ambushed!
|
28
|
31 July 1965
|
Who Killed Lord Nelson?, The Giant Ant Invasion, The Story of the Film, The Penta Ray Factor
|
| Bullion Train
|
29
|
7 August 1965
|
The Giant Ant Invasion, The Return of Mr. Steelman
|
| Ghost Ship Hunted!
|
30
|
14 August 1965
|
The Return of Mr. Steelman
|
| World Government Official Missing
|
31
|
21 August 1965
|
| New York Blaze
|
32
|
28 August 1965
|
The Giant Ant Invasion
|
| Black Forest Siege!
|
33
|
4 September 1965
|
The Return of Mr. Steelman
|
| Ice Planet Mystery
|
34
|
11 September 1965
|
Icemen of Space, Plague of Death
|
| Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses!
|
36
|
25 September 1965
|
Who Killed Death?, Plague of Death
|
| Revolutionary Engine For XL5
|
39
|
16 October 1965
|
Icemen of Space
|
| Fireball Explosion!
|
40
|
23 October 1965
|
Emergency Landing!, The Menace of the Monstrons
|
| FAB1 Back in Action!
|
42
|
6 November 1965
|
| Britain Protests!
|
43
|
13 November 1965
|
Emergency Landing!, Down With The Director
|
| World Weather Chaos!
|
46
|
4 December 1965
|
The Menace of the Monstrons
|
| Help Plea from Planet
|
47
|
11 December 1965
|
Eve of the War
|
| World Emergency
|
49
|
25 December 1965
|
N/A
|
| Daleks Hit Back!
|
50
|
1 January 1966
|
Eve of the War
|
| Time Barrier Busted
|
51
|
8 January 1966
|
The Vanishing Ray
|
| Admiral Beatty Arrested
|
55
|
5 February 1966
|
Admiral Beatty Arrest Sensation
|
| Crown Jewels Stolen
|
59
|
5 March 1966
|
N/A
|
| Thunderbird Two
|
62
|
26 March 1966
|
The Rogue Planet
|
| "We Want Thunderbirds!"
|
65
|
16 April 1966
|
The Syntex Mystery
|
| Destroy Space City
|
68
|
7 May 1966
|
| Search and Destroy
|
69
|
14 May 1966
|
| Space Hi-Jack
|
72
|
4 June 1966
|
The Black Ship
|
| World Navy Sub Turns Pirate
|
74
|
18 June 1966
|
| "Come In, Tempest"
|
78
|
16 July 1966
|
Legacy of Yesteryear
|
| Welsh Volcano Erupts
|
83
|
20 August 1966
|
Solar Danger
|
| Stingray Goes Overland
|
84
|
27 August 1966
|
| Destination Sun
|
85
|
3 September 1966
|
| Sunflare Claims TB3
|
86
|
10 September 1966
|
| Daleks Face Destruction
|
87
|
17 September 1966
|
Solar Danger, The Reactor, Shadow of Humanity
|
| Operation Sunburst Begins!
|
88
|
24 September 1966
|
Solar Danger
|
| Suicide!
|
89
|
1 October 1966
|
| Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3
|
90
|
8 October 1966
|
| Thunderbird One
|
91
|
15 October 1966
|
| Time Runs Out For Thunderbird 3
|
92
|
22 October 1966
|
| Death-Lake Terror
|
93
|
29 October 1966
|
| Disaster!
|
95
|
12 November 1966
|
| XL5 on Terror Planet
|
96
|
19 November 1966
|
| TB 4 Trapped!
|
97
|
26 November 1966
|
| Stingray Storm!
|
107
|
4 February 1967
|
Fireball XL5
|
| Ambush!
|
110
|
25 February 1967
|
| Trackdown!
|
111
|
4 March 1967
|
| Thunderbirds on Secret Mission
|
113
|
18 March 1967
|
N/A
|
| Mars Ship Hi-Jacked
|
118
|
8 April 1967
|
The Shrink Ray
|
| World Mourns Dead Space Hero
|
119
|
15 April 1967
|
| Steve Zodiac Alive!
|
127
|
24 June 1967
|
| TB4 Trapped Under Liner
|
134
|
12 August 1967
|
The Premonitions
|
| Miami Beach Disaster
|
135
|
19 August 1967
|
| Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!
|
137
|
2 September 1967
|
| SPECTRUM is Green
|
140
|
23 September 1967
|
SPECTRUM
|
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
|
141
|
30 September 1967
|
We Will Destroy Unity City
|
| Captain Scarlet Our Only Hope
|
142
|
7 October 1967
|
| Indestructible
|
143
|
14 October 1967
|
| Mysterons Destroy Cloudbase?
|
144
|
21 October 1967
|
| 4 Hours to Live!
|
145
|
28 October 1967
|
| Is Scarlet Dead?
|
146
|
4 November 1967
|
| Thunderbirds Fail
|
148
|
18 November 1967
|
| Scarlet Kidnapped!
|
149
|
25 November 1967
|
| Mysterons Strike First
|
150
|
2 December 1967
|
The Giant Seed
|
| Marineville Ablaze
|
151
|
9 December 1967
|
N/A
|
| Where is Scarlet?
|
152
|
16 December 1967
|
| Landslide!
|
218
|
22 March 1969
|
City of Doom, The Big Tip-Off!
|
| Radiation Hazard!
|
219
|
29 March 1969
|
| 7,124 M.P.H.
|
220
|
5 April 1969
|
Planet of Bones
|
| Crash Dive!
|
221
|
12 April 1969
|
City of Doom, Planet of Bones
|
| Mole Doomed!
|
223
|
26 April 1969
|
City of Doom, Spectrum Top Security File No. CZ6PA
|
| Football United Starts Today!
|
225
|
10 May 1969
|
Capture
|
| Mercy Mission!
|
226
|
17 May 1969
|
City of Doom
|
| Hero Award
|
230
|
14 June 1969
|
Captain Scarlet
|
| Space Freak!
|
231
|
21 June 1969
|
Prisoners of the Eye Leaves
|
| New Hope for Ultra-Sonic Pilots!
|
232
|
28 June 1969
|
Collision Course Threat!
|
| The Guinea Pig!
|
233
|
5 July 1969
|
| Trapped!
|
236
|
26 July 1969
|
Prisoners of the Eye Leaves
|
| Mysteron Alert!
|
243
|
October 2014
|
Spectrum News Flash: Scarlet in Pursuit of Mysteron Agent
|
| Stingray Strikes Back!
|
245
|
Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra
|
| Zodiac Death Sentence!
|
246
|
Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra, Spectrum News Flash: Scarlet in Pursuit of Mysteron Agent
|
