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'''Century 21 Productions''' (formerly '''AP Films''') was a production company established by Gerry Anderson. Many of the shows it produced formed a shared fictional universe, primarily set in the [[21st century]]. Collectively, these productions formed a rival [[science fiction]] empire to that of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]'s own ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

Century 21 Publishing and [[City Magazines]] published the magazine [[TV Century 21]] (TV 21 for short). Through a connection between [[Alan Fennell]] and [[Terry Nation]], and the permission of the BBC, ''[[The Dalek Chronicles|The Daleks]]'' was the back-page comic between [[1965]] and [[1967]].

TV 21 maintained that, like all of its other stories, ''The Daleks'' was a news report and thus part of the Century 21 fictional universe.

Century 21 Records with [[Pye Records]] in [[1965]] produced thirty six 33 rpm mini albums in a series called "21 Minutes of Adventure". Much of the series consisted of abridged episodes of Century 21's tv shows or collections of [[Barry Gray]]'s music. For the two records in the series with the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]], Pye Records reused [[Eric Winstone]]'s [[1964]] arrangement.

A record, simply entitled ''The Daleks'' came out, containing the soundtrack to "The Planet of Decision", the last episode of ''[[The Chase]]'', with narration by [[David Graham]] (one of the voices of the Daleks) to explain plot points less obvious without any visuals. On a music record which contained theme songs to Gerry Anderson shows, the ''[[Doctor Who theme|Theme to "Dr.Who"]]'' was also included.

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