Mysterons Destroy Cloudbase? (short story)

Mysterons Destroy Cloudbase? 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 made reference to the Captain Scarlet comic story We Will Destroy Unity City, which was a crossover with the DWU.

Summary
Panic breaks out in Nice as it is learnt that Spectrum's headquarters Cloudbase has disappeared. Panic is not confined to the idle rich and World Government officials soon deny all knowledge of the move, though they insist there is no cause for alarm. However, TV 21 fears otherwise due to the fact that their tracking station Annil III has lost all radar and radio contact with the base. Coupled with other recent rumours, they suggest that Cloudbase may have been Mysteronised meaning that Colonel White and Spectrum is no more.

Elsewhere, Thunderbird 1 and Thunderbird 2 are forced to crash-land in a remote part of the Persian Desert. Following a struggle with strong whirlwinds, pilots Scott and Virgil Tracy successfully land their craft. It is not long before International Rescue technician Brains comes to the conclusion that, like the earthquakes they had been investigating, the whirlwinds were caused by some kind of unnatural force.

Meanwhile, reporter Pete Tracker and photographer Lens Sharpe disappear while presumably following a lead for a news story. Although there whereabouts are unknown, TV 21 choose to not immediately inform the police.

Characters

 * Scott Tracy
 * Virgil Tracy
 * Horatio Hackenbacker

Worldbuilding

 * The millionaires of Nice had basked in the security of Cloudbase's presence for "many weeks".
 * Annil III circles Earth at twenty orbits a day.

Story notes

 * This story is another crossover with Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Thunderbirds and Front Page.
 * Although this story claims that Cloudbase has vanished from the skies of Nice, We Will Destroy Unity City had established Cloudbase's location to be Unity City during its early stages. Furthermore, it began a journey to Canberra before being targeted by the Mysterons.

Continuity

 * There have been recent rumours of trouble aboard Cloudbase. (COMIC: We Will Destroy Unity City)
 * Cloudbase's "familiar moorings" is forty thousand feet above Nice. (COMIC: The Premonitions, SPECTRUM, PROSE: SPECTRUM is Green)
 * TV 21's Persian Information Bureau had earlier reported that Thunderbird 1 and Thunderbird 2 were on course for somewhere in the Persian Desert. (PROSE: Indestructible)