"We Want Thunderbirds!" (short story)

"We Want Thunderbirds!" was a short story printed in TV Century 21 that contained elements from the Doctor Who universe. Framed as the front page of an in-universe periodical, the titular article instead made reference to the Thunderbirds content in the issue with another piece tying-in to the Fireball XL5 comic story The Syntex Mystery, which was a crossover with the DWU.

Summary
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Characters

 * General N'Mobo

Worldbuilding

 * Madagascar reportedly "burst into life and colour" as its fifty thousand inhabitants started to celebrate the news that General N'Mobo was getting better after a desperate mercy flight across Africa had brought him life-saving drugs.
 * As word spread that N'Mobo owed his life to International Rescue's machines, crowds swarmed into the capital city of Tananrive chanting "We want Thunderbirds" but they had already gone, in a cloak of security and secrecy which nobody can penetrate.
 * Space City has been placed on orange standby and all spacecrafts have been ordered to track the approaching meteorites and be ready to take action if required.

Story notes

 * This story is another crossover with Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds.
 * This story marks one of the few instances where the titular article is not the one to be accompanied by an image.

Continuity

 * General N'Mobo's condition has improved considerably. (COMIC: Impasse)
 * Fireball XL5 is helping to rescue a construction crew on Syntex, speeding to the mining planet after recieving an emergency call from a relief supply ship unable to contact the crew. (COMIC: The Syntex Mystery)
 * Space Station Solar 7 has reported an unusually severe meteor shower deep in space heading for Earth. Unofficial sources have stated the showers were responsible for the events which led up to Fireball's mission. (COMIC: The Syntex Mystery)