City of Doom (comic story)

City of Doom

Rebels of the South American Federation

Scott Goodall

TV21 218-226

9 parts - 18 pages

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City of Doom was a Thunderbirds comic printed in TV Century 21 in 1969.

The story crossed over with the Doctor Who universe by featuring as one of its settings Unity City, a location first introduced in The Daleks story Duel of the Daleks.

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News and pictures of Project City are relayed to TV 21 from Thunderbird 5, the MEV telescan, and on-the-spot reports by Spencer Howard.
Jeff and Brains are returning to Tracy Island from a scientific conference held in the Caribbean.
The valued cargo on the plane are thermal plutonium blast devices intended for the Pan-Universe Mining Corporation. Brains describes it as the "most devastating collection of bombs man's ever dreamed of" in the wrong hands.
Scott claims secrecy is "second nature" to International Rescue.
Brains notes the fall-out from the thermal plutonium charges has blanketed the entire area in radiation and says the place will be a death trap for weeks.
Project City have had trouble with volcanic turbulence way below the tapping shafts in their attempts to tap the Earth's core with a huge power station.
One of the rebels states that liars are enemies of the revolution.
The Domo was originally a demolition vehicle and, as such, is equipped with a laser cannon. It also has a tele-video scanner.
Virgil and Brains attempt to retrieve the Mole with Thunderbird 2's magno-grapple.
The cargo bay of Thunderbird 3 is "seldom-used" but is used on this mission to carry Pod 2 to the danger zone.
The lieutenant thinks that one day they might emerge from Project City and find the whole world changed but his sergeant dismisses the thought as "kid's stuff" by suggesting being taken over by Martians as an example.

This story notably saw the destruction of two International Rescue vehicles which had previously been featured in Thunderbirds television episodes; the Mole was lost in a pit of lava while the Domo was wrecked in a short battle with a tank.