TV Century 21 cover stories

TV Century 21 cover stories
Publisher:	City Magazines
Type:	Prose series
Release date:	23 January 1965

TV Century 21 cover stories were short stories printed on the front page of the magazine TV Century 21, later known as TV21 and TV21 and Tornado.

Format

Each issue of TV21 was framed as a news magazine published exactly one hundred years in the future, with most of its series and features taking place in a single universe and shared continuity in the 2060s. These stories interacted with each other to varying degrees, but were most often brought together by the cover stories.

As part of its "magazine from the future" conceit, TV21 did not possess a conventional magazine cover in its beginning, with the space instead being filled by prose fiction in the format and style of front page newspaper articles. For a brief period, from TV21 150 to TV21 153, the cover stories spanned a total of two pages each by occupying the backcover as well. These stories often tied-in to events occurring in the ongoing comic serials contained within each issue and, by expounding upon what was seen in those strips or revealing important related details not present in their parent works, the cover stories were essentially extensions of the narratives which they referenced.

TV21 ditched cover stories at the end of 1967, replacing them with the similarly-formatted TV21 Stop Press series which was positioned further into each issue, while the first page of the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons comic strip was promoted to the cover. Cover stories were later reintroduced for a short time, being utilised somewhat sporadically from February 1969 until the publication's merger with Joe 90 Top Secret in September of that year.

Crossovers with the DWU

TV Century 21 published The Daleks from 1965 to 1967 and this series was no exception with regards to appearances in cover stories, with reports on Skaro or the Golden Emperor's conquests regularly making the headlines during this time. Additionally, some cover stories also featured Astra, originally created by David Whitaker for the First Doctor television story The Rescue, or other Doctor Who universe elements such as Unity City.

The following cover stories involved DWU elements and are thus covered on this Wiki:

Title	Issue	Released	Parent DWU stories
Stingray Attacked!	2	30 January 1965	The Batmen, Genesis of Evil
Fireball Surrenders!	4	13 February 1965	The Batmen, Mr. Steelman, Power Play
Titan Declares War!	5	20 February 1965	Mr. Steelman, Power Play
Marineville Waits!	7	6 March 1965	Mr. Steelman
Superjet Shot Down	8	13 March 1965	Curse of the Crustavons, Power Play
Jungle Terror!	9	20 March 1965
Earth in Peril!	10	27 March 1965	Curse of the Crustavons
Stingray Hunts Aliens	11	3 April 1965	Curse of the Crustavons, Duel of the Daleks
Scoop!	13	17 April 1965	Curse of the Crustavons
Zodiac's Rescue Bid!	14	24 April 1965	Who Killed Elias Hoodreim?, Duel of the Daleks
Battle in Space	15	1 May 1965	Space Border Battle
Atlanta Kidnapped!	16	8 May 1965	Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts..., The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
Fireball Mystery Flight!	17	15 May 1965	President Offers Peace...
Tempest Awarded V.M.	18	22 May 1965	The Atlanta Kidnap Affair, The Amaryll Challenge
Kaplan Assassinated!	19	29 May 1965	Assassination!, On the Trail of the Kaplan's Killer...
Stingray Searches	20	5 June 1965	Zodiac Makes An Arrest, The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
Stingray Breaks Out!	21	12 June 1965	The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
Zodiac Sends For Stingray!	22	19 June 1965	Assassins Escape!, Stingray
Daleks Seek New Conquests	23	26 June 1965	The Amaryll Challenge
XL5 Collision Course!	24	3 July 1965	XL5 Under Attack, The Return of Mr. Steelman, The Amaryll Challenge
Ghost Castle Mutiny	25	10 July 1965	The Return of Mr. Steelman
Civil War	26	17 July 1965	Astra's Final Battle
Spaceship S.O.S.	27	24 July 1965	The Giant Ant Invasion
Peaceful Thals Ambushed!	28	31 July 1965	Who Killed Lord Nelson?, The Giant Ant Invasion, The Story of the Film, The Penta Ray Factor
Bullion Train	29	7 August 1965	The Giant Ant Invasion, The Return of Mr. Steelman
Ghost Ship Hunted!	30	14 August 1965	The Return of Mr. Steelman
World Government Official Missing	31	21 August 1965
New York Blaze	32	28 August 1965	The Giant Ant Invasion
Black Forest Siege!	33	4 September 1965	The Return of Mr. Steelman
Ice Planet Mystery	34	11 September 1965	Icemen of Space, Plague of Death
Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses!	36	25 September 1965	Who Killed Death?, Plague of Death
Revolutionary Engine For XL5	39	16 October 1965	Icemen of Space
Fireball Explosion!	40	23 October 1965	Emergency Landing!, The Menace of the Monstrons
FAB1 Back in Action!	42	6 November 1965
Britain Protests!	43	13 November 1965	Emergency Landing!, Down With The Director
World Weather Chaos!	46	4 December 1965	The Menace of the Monstrons
Help Plea from Planet	47	11 December 1965	Eve of the War
World Emergency	49	25 December 1965	N/A
Daleks Hit Back!	50	1 January 1966	Eve of the War
Time Barrier Busted	51	8 January 1966	The Vanishing Ray
Admiral Beatty Arrested	55	5 February 1966	Admiral Beatty Arrest Sensation
Crown Jewels Stolen	59	5 March 1966	N/A
Thunderbird Two	62	26 March 1966	The Rogue Planet
"We Want Thunderbirds!"	65	16 April 1966	The Syntex Mystery
Destroy Space City	68	7 May 1966
Search and Destroy	69	14 May 1966
Space Hi-Jack	72	4 June 1966	The Black Ship
World Navy Sub Turns Pirate	74	18 June 1966
"Come In, Tempest"	78	16 July 1966	Legacy of Yesteryear
Welsh Volcano Erupts	83	20 August 1966	Solar Danger
Stingray Goes Overland	84	27 August 1966
Destination Sun	85	3 September 1966
Sunflare Claims TB3	86	10 September 1966
Daleks Face Destruction	87	17 September 1966	Solar Danger, The Reactor, Shadow of Humanity
Operation Sunburst Begins!	88	24 September 1966	Solar Danger
Suicide!	89	1 October 1966
Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3	90	8 October 1966
Thunderbird One	91	15 October 1966
Time Runs Out For Thunderbird 3	92	22 October 1966
Death-Lake Terror	93	29 October 1966
Disaster!	95	12 November 1966
XL5 on Terror Planet	96	19 November 1966
TB 4 Trapped!	97	26 November 1966
Stingray Storm!	107	4 February 1967	Fireball XL5
Ambush!	110	25 February 1967
Trackdown!	111	4 March 1967
Thunderbirds on Secret Mission	113	18 March 1967	N/A
Mars Ship Hi-Jacked	118	8 April 1967	The Shrink Ray
World Mourns Dead Space Hero	119	15 April 1967
Steve Zodiac Alive!	127	24 June 1967
TB4 Trapped Under Liner	134	12 August 1967	The Premonitions
Miami Beach Disaster	135	19 August 1967
Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!	137	2 September 1967
SPECTRUM is Green	140	23 September 1967	SPECTRUM
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons	141	30 September 1967	We Will Destroy Unity City
Captain Scarlet Our Only Hope	142	7 October 1967
Indestructible	143	14 October 1967
Mysterons Destroy Cloudbase?	144	21 October 1967
4 Hours to Live!	145	28 October 1967
Is Scarlet Dead?	146	4 November 1967
Thunderbirds Fail	148	18 November 1967
Scarlet Kidnapped!	149	25 November 1967
Mysterons Strike First	150	2 December 1967	The Giant Seed
Marineville Ablaze	151	9 December 1967	N/A
Where is Scarlet?	152	16 December 1967
Landslide!	218	22 March 1969	City of Doom, The Big Tip-Off!
Radiation Hazard!	219	29 March 1969
7,124 M.P.H.	220	5 April 1969	Planet of Bones
Crash Dive!	221	12 April 1969	City of Doom, Planet of Bones
Mole Doomed!	223	26 April 1969	City of Doom, Spectrum Top Security File No. CZ6PA
Football United Starts Today!	225	10 May 1969	Capture
Mercy Mission!	226	17 May 1969	City of Doom
Hero Award	230	14 June 1969	Captain Scarlet
Space Freak!	231	21 June 1969	Prisoners of the Eye Leaves
New Hope for Ultra-Sonic Pilots!	232	28 June 1969	Collision Course Threat!
The Guinea Pig!	233	5 July 1969
Trapped!	236	26 July 1969	Prisoners of the Eye Leaves
Mysteron Alert!	243	October 2014	Spectrum News Flash: Scarlet in Pursuit of Mysteron Agent
Stingray Strikes Back!	245		Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra
Zodiac Death Sentence!	246		Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra, Spectrum News Flash: Scarlet in Pursuit of Mysteron Agent