The Premonitions (comic story)
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The Premonitions was a Front Page comic printed in TV Century 21 in 1967.
The story crossed over with the Doctor Who universe by containing a reference to the Kaplan of Astra, a planet first mentioned in the television story The Rescue. The Premonitions implied that the Bordon Ray was responsible or somehow influenced the events of the Fireball XL5 crossover Assassination!, published in TV21 two years prior.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Pete Tracker
- Lens Sharpe
- Mike Leyton
- Max Bordon
- Joe Chiffins
- Jack Dawkins
- Professor Cain
- Guggins
- Jack
- Roger
- Dick
- Inspector
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The TV 21 offices are located on Fleet Street.
- TV 21 have front pages with photographs of Stingray, Thunderbird 2 and Thunderbird 5.
- Bordon claims to dream disasters the night before they happen.
- Liverpool Spaceport "burn[s] like a candle".
- 704 Theobolds Road in London has been non-existent since Atom War 2028 and is now part of Gray's Park.
- TV 21's holoscope can be set to reproduce from a photograph an image showing a man at any age in his life.
- Pete and Lens travel by helijet and Fireflash.
- Bordon discovered an anti-matter ray which he named the bordongraph.
- The effect of the Bordon Ray results in the Post Office Tower collapsing.
- Two hundred criminals escape the New Pentonville Prison after the Bordon Ray is directed at its walls.
- Pete gets a Universal Secret Service pass authorising him to go anywhere in Great Britain.
- Park Lane is an area of London with many top class hotels.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was the first instalment of the short-lived TV Century 21 series Front Page, which focused on the pursuit of stories for the publication's in-universe counterpart.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Max Bordon references the Kaplan assassination, (COMIC: Assassination!) the President disaster, (PROSE: TB4 Trapped Under Liner) and the Zero X crash. (PROSE: Miami Beach Disaster)
- A "mysterious spaceship" has been sighted over Nice. Pete and Lens are sent to investigate. (COMIC: SPECTRUM)
