Time Runs Out For Thunderbird 3 (short story)

Time Runs Out For Thunderbird 3 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 comic story Solar Danger, which was a crossover with the DWU.

Summary
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Characters

 * International Rescue
 * Steve Zodiac

Worldbuilding

 * A long-range micro-scanner is the source of the picture depicting Thunderbird 3 plummeting towards the cloud-shrouded Venus, the last known sighting of the craft.
 * A death sentence has been passed on the captain and crew of Fireball XL5, at present on a good-will mission to planet Styrax.

Story notes

 * This story is another crossover with Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5.

Continuity

 * Thunderbird 3 has made a splashdown in one of the monster-infested sulphur lakes on the Magnax continent of Venus. (PROSE: Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3, Thunderbird One)
 * Thunderbird 1 is continuing its desperate race to the danger zone after being modified for deep-space penetration. (PROSE: Thunderbird One)
 * Radio contact has been blurred since TB 3 landed on Venus. It is believed the International Rescue astronauts are in grave danger from stress fractures sustained by the hull of their craft. (COMIC: Solar Danger)