ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FOUR PAGES...

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From the pages of the TV CENTURY 21 SUMMER EXTRA for 1966, comes this four page STINGRAY tale.  You know what though?  I first saw Stingray in black and white (didn't get a colour TV until sometime in the '70s), but because of the colour strip in the weekly TV21 (and much later colour screenings), it now seems like I saw it that way back in the '60s.  False memory syndrome?  However, the point I'm making is that because of that, seeing Stingray in a b&w strip somehow seems odd to me.  Anyway, that's enough self-indulgent twaddle from me - I'll now let you get into the action.  After all, it's what you're here for!

GERRY ANDERSON'S TV CENTURY 21 COVER GALLERY - PART ELEVEN...

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It's a funny thing, but when I look at these covers of TV CENTURY 21, I tend to think of the house I lived in when the comic first came out in 1965.  However, I moved from that house to another after only 42 or 43 issues, so you'd think I'd associate them with my new abode rather than my old one.

There are a few covers (not pictured here) that I associate with my new home (#53 being one of them), but they tend to be the exception rather than the rule.  However, fascinating as that is to me, I'm sure that you don't give a rat's @rse, so let's talk about the actual comic itself.

The DALEKS appeared on the back page (on any page in fact) for the last time with ish #104, and I have to say I think it was a mistake to let them go.  I thought the comic was never quite the same again in their absence.  I assume that perhaps it was a cost-cutting exercise, as the BBC must've charged a fair bit for the use of the scions of Skaro.

Anyway, that's enough padding from me - time to unleash you upon the covers themselves.  As usual, if you have any personal memories you'd care to share with the rest of us, the comments section awaits.