Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? was a Burke's Law comic printed in TV Century 21 in 1965.
The story crossed over with the Doctor Who universe by marking the reappearance of the titular character Elias Hoodreim, who had debuted in the Dalek short story Zodiac's Rescue Bid!.
Summary[]
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Characters[]
- Amos Burke
- Tim Tilson
- Elias Hoodreim
- Gerald Hoodreim
- Omar K Penton
- Lavinia Smith
- Pacer Reynolds
- Policeman
Worldbuilding[]
- The TV 21 Time Machine is used to report on news from 1965.
- Burke identifies himself to a police officer as being from "Homicide".
- Omar K Penton claims he was Elias' personal clairvoyant and reader of his stars.
- Penton predicted that it was Elias' lucky day. In response, Burke jokes if he got his Libra mixed with his Leo.
- Gerald Hoodreim says he is the black sheep of the family and heir to Elias' fortune, unless he has been written out of the will.
- Burke tells Tim that rich men get rich by being careful not by falling out of windows in response to the suggestion that Elias' death was an accident.
- Reynolds attempts to escape with Elias' twenty thousand dollars at an airport.
Story notes[]
- 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 and the regular naming conventions of the Burke's Law television series.
- Elias Hoodreim's secretary, Lavinia Smith, shares a name with Sarah Jane Smith's aunt Lavinia, who would be first mentioned in The Time Warrior nine years later.
Continuity[]
- TV 21 reported on the death of Wall Street tycoon Elias Hoodreim after he fell from the twenty-third floor of his Los Angeles office. (PROSE: Zodiac's Rescue Bid!)
