TV21 — Almost Perfect! (short story)

TV21 — Almost Perfect! was a Shades of Opinion short story printed in TV Century 21. Although it did not feature elements from the Doctor Who universe per se, it referenced an in-universe version of Doctor Who itself.

Notably, it was penned by a young Stephen Baxter, who would go on to write the Second Doctor novel The Wheel of Ice decades later in 2012.

Summary
Stephen Baxter sends a message to Colonel White informing him of his opinion that, following its incorporation of another magazine, TV21 and TV Tornado is better than it has ever been. He determines it to be near perfect and suggests that if he wanted it to be perfect then he should start a fourth dimension story of some kind, offering up Dr. Who and The Time Tunnel as possible options. Baxter then signs off, giving White another congratulations as he does so.

Characters

 * Stephen Baxter

Worldbuilding

 * Baxter believes that most comics or magazines that absorb another publication are spoilt as a result.

Story notes

 * This story was the only one of note to this Wiki that was part of the Shades of Opinion series, a sub-series of the Spectrum Shades letters page which was itself a sub-series of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.