The Bitter Cold Dish was a 21 comic printed in TV Century 21 in 1966.
It was the middle part of the second crossover story arc in the pages of TV21 to focus on the inhabitants of the planet Astra, first mentioned in The Rescue. Instead of directly featuring the Astrans, The Bitter Cold Dish followed Brent Cleever's quest for revenge for the murder of Tina Palamac in Andromeda Or Die, a fate ultimately sealed by Astra's presence in that story.
Summary[]
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Characters[]
- Brent Cleever
- S
- Colonel Paternik
- Tobolski
- Tatiana Bianca
- Abbis Ling
- Jackson
- Nikita Bandranaik
- Dai
- Clive
- Allan
- Dewie
- Captain
- Franz
- Jan
- Heinz
- Lieutenant
- Inshi
Worldbuilding[]
- Central Stores on Kahra has an anti-radio mesh to stop customers from disturbing each other.
- Cleever uses a mask to disguise himself as Colonel Mark Starr.
- Tatiana needs a clearance warrant to take Cleever from Great Britain back to Mars.
- The World President orders the World Navy and the WASPs to destroy any submarine heading for Bereznik.
- Cleever boards the British Navy ship B11 but has to swim the rest of the way to Bereznik when it is stopped by the Ramjet.
- Cleever steals a helijet from German police and uses it to cross the border with Bereznik.
- Tobolski claims that Paternik is in prison waiting to be shot for incompetence.
- Cleever assumes the alias "X Two One" as an agent of the Bereznik Secret Police.
Story notes[]
- In addition to continuing the events of Andromeda Or Die, this story is also sequel to Down With The Director, the first story to cross over with the Doctor Who universe. The two former revolutionaries Clive and Dai reappear with Clive as a high-ranking government official and Dai as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Twenty One and Tina helped them to overthrow the military dictatorship. The DWU character of World President Nikita Bandranaik also featured in both stories.
Continuity[]
- Brent Cleever is seeking revenge for the murder of Tina Palamac, which occurred because of Colonel Paternik's orders. (COMIC: Andromeda Or Die)
- S acknowledges that Great Britain owe Cleever "much" while Dai say that they owe him "everything". (COMIC: Down With The Director)
- Dai mentions the Director and gives Cleever back the samples case which he left on his last visit to Britain. (COMIC: Down With The Director)
- Cleever reflects that both Bereznik and the Universal Secret Service intend to kill him and that there is nothing to be done except wait to be found. (COMIC: The Long Road Back)
