A21, presented in full as A Gerry Anderson A21 News Report, was a series of in-universe news articles, published weekly by Anderson Entertainment from July 2019 until September 2023. Written by Andrew Clements, originally in character as news reporter “Andy Clems”, the stories are in the vein of the cover stories that were published in TV Century 21 during the 1960s.
Like TV Century 21, the stories depicted are set in a shared universe of the AP Films properties, and feature several concepts that originated in the publication, including Bereznik, the World Council and Unity City.
Articles[]
Stories revolving around Thunderbirds elements are listed below. There are more stories in the series, but as they focus on other Anderson properties, they are not covered here.
- International Rescue Have Done it Again!
- Terror at 50,000 Feet!
- Zero-X Makes History!
- Thunderbird 1 in Volcano Rescue!
- Situation Critical!
- Thunderbird 4 Lost!
- Road to Recovery
- Operation Deep-Freeze!
- Virgil to the Rescue
- Solar Station SOS!
- Secret Mission for Zero-X!
- Bound for Venus!
- Lady Penelope Foils Uranium Heist!
- Shaft of Fear!
- Success for Sidewinder
- Snooker is Go!
- Storm Surge!
- Fire on the Moon!
- Lunar Colonies Saved!
- Mine Fire Rages!
- Up From the Depths!
- The Flight Before Christmas
- Little Robot Lost!
- Dangerous Orbit!
- Historic Moon Mission!
- Thunderbirds and Stingray Battle Ocean Blaze!
- Thunderbird 2 Vanishes!
- Beyond the Ice!
- Cold Fury!
- Target: Tracy Island!
- Ultraliner Mystery Blaze!
- Thunderbird 1 Joins Search!
- Jungle Terror!
- Explorer Safe!
- The Switch!
- Fathom of Fear!
- Subterfuge!
- Mission Improbable!
- The FAB Factor!
- Edge of Oblivion!
- London Calling!
- First on the Scene!
- Lethal Lava!
- Fire Flow!
- Downtime
- Hooves of Thunder!
- The One That Got Away!
- Rescue Five-Zero!
- Century 22 Drama!
- The Falling Star
- Transmission Impossible!
- Tremor Trouble!
Related Stories[]
Fleet Assembles for Gerry Anderson Day![]
Fleet Assembles for Gerry Anderson Day! is a meta-crossover story featuring not just the original TV21 properties, but concepts from the additional Anderson-related series Terrahawks, New Captain Scarlet and First Action Bureau. Due to it's "meta" nature, and extensive reference to the "real world", the wiki does not consider it a valid in-universe story, and does not cover it as such.
Thunderbirds Are Gone![]
Thunderbirds Are Gone! is an exploration of an alternate timeline of Thunderbirds continuity, in which Lucille Tracy was not killed in an avalanche. Consequently, Jeff Tracy did not form International Rescue, and the Hood took up tennis in lieu of antagonising the rescue organisation. The events of the original 32 episodes, the two feature films, and the three anniversary episodes are briefly explored in their new settings.
The article had previously been published elsewhere outside of the A21 series, but had been taken offline several years before its republishing as an A21 story.
The Hood Who Stole Christmas![]
The Hood Who Stole Christmas! is the third A21 Christmas special, following Scarlet the Spectrum Captain! and The Flight Before Christmas!. Like those before it, it is presented as a poem and not a prose story. The poem itself is titled "You're a Mean One, Mr. Hood", and is set to the tune of 1966's "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Trivia[]
- While the original TV21 shared universe only included a handful of the AP Films Supermarionation properties, A21 expands this shared universe towards the entirety of the Anderson catalogue, including Space: 1999, Terrahawks, Space Precinct and First Action Bureau.