TV Century 21 (in-universe)

TV Century 21, also known as TV21 or TV 21, was a news agency and magazine active in the mid-2060s. It had connections to the Universal Secret Service and reported on a variety of restricted subjects including the exploits of the World Space Patrol and World Aquanaut Security Patrol ships Fireball XL5 and Stingray respectively, the private organisation International Rescue, the activities of the Daleks faraway in hyperspace, and the security organisation Spectrum.

History
In early 2065, when TV21 was just beginning, (PROSE: Stingray Attacked! et al.) its line-up included a focus on the World Space Patrol craft Fireball XL5 and its crew, with pictures and reports gathered via a remote control Neutroni Tele-Radar Satellite, (COMIC: The Batmen) as well as the World Aquanaut Security Patrol vessel Stingray, where reports were acquired through the use of a colour Videoscan and sometimes written up by a Marineville correspondent. (PROSE: Stingray Attacked!) Also featured were reports obtained from the Undercover Screening Department of 21 about the adventures of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, a secret agent working for herself, (COMIC: Mr. Steelman) and updates from the Space News Agency regarding the Daleks, a species on the brink of discovering space travel. (COMIC: Power Play) Additionally, the relationship between TV21 and the Universal Secret Service was a strong one at this time, with correspondence from agents (PROSE: Graham Page) and even assignments for Special Agents being printed within its pages. (COMIC: Power Play)

Fireball XL5 and Space City
TV Century 21s first reports regarding the World Space Patrol involved Fireball XL5s investigation of a distress call from a space freighter, their discovery of a new asteroid in hyperspace, and the crew's eventual confrontation with the "dangerous" Batmen who lived there. (COMIC: The Batmen, PROSE: Fireball Surrenders!)

Stingray and Marineville
In 2065, TV Century 21 reported on the disappearance of three WASP aircraft carriers (COMIC: Genesis of Evil, PROSE: Stingray Attacked!) which was later revealed to be Titan's preparation for an all-out attack on Marineville. (PROSE: Titan Declares War!, Marineville Waits!)

Lady Penelope and Parker
TV21 employed Lady Penelope as a correspondent in April 2065. (COMIC: Duel of the Daleks)

The Daleks
After the discovery of alien story-cubes on Earth in the early 2060s, their contents were translated by David Whitaker and printed in TV Century 21 magazine. (PROSE: The Dalek Chronicles Found!) By other accounts, TV 21's reporting on the Daleks was sourced from the Space News Agency. (PROSE: Fireball Surrenders!, COMIC: Power Play, etc.)

Behind the scenes

 * In the invalid source Doctor Who? 179, TV 21 put forward the Yarvelling and Zolfian Dalek birth theory to explain the creation of the Daleks. The Fourth Doctor disproved the theory by taking Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan to see Louis Marks, the true inventor of the Daleks, tearing a copy of the magazine in two to signify this.