Curse of the Crustavons was a Stingray comic printed in TV Century 21 in 1965.
The story crossed over with the Doctor Who universe by marking the reappearance of a doomed Fireflash Airliner, which had debuted in the Dalek short story Superjet Shot Down.
Summary[]
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Characters[]
Worldbuilding[]
- The Crustavons use the Lobot as a means of transport and to fire missiles.
- The water in the Brazilian jungle has turned from fresh to salt.
- Stingray meets the US Army vehicle Junglecat at rendezvous point 29.
- Marina can understand the language of the undersea creatures.
- Marina cannot speak.
- The Crustavons plan to launch attacks on every major capital city including Paris and Washington.
- Argentina is displayed on a map of South America.
- X20 observes Atlanta painting on the beach from the Isle of Lemoy.
Story notes[]
- This story had a cliffhanger which led into the following Stingray story, The Atlanta Kidnap Affair, which was also a crossover with the Doctor Who universe.
- Like most of TV Century 21's The Daleks comic stories from the same era, this comic serial was not given a title in the pages of TV Century 21 during its original printing; the title instead comes from later reference sources.
Continuity[]
- TV 21 reported on the progress of the Junglecat, which ripped its way through the Brazilian jungle to the inland lake of San Juan. (PROSE: Jungle Terror!)
- Doug Brogan interviewed Phones Sheridan as Stingray attemped to track the Crustavons. (PROSE: Stingray Hunts Aliens)
