TV Century 21 cover stories

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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.

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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.

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

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