Information Service (TV21 125 short story)

Information Service was a 21 short story printed in TV Century 21 that contained elements from the Doctor Who universe.
== Summary ==
Spencer James of Hounslow writes in to the Universal Secret Service to request information on the Astrans, a species which he notes the crew of Fireball XL5 are currently engaged with. In response, a history of the planet Astra dating back to the 18th century is printed for his viewing.
== Characters ==
* Spencer James
== Worldbuilding ==
* Astra is a planet similar to Earth in size and atmospheric conditions.
* Astran history dates back as far as Earth's and is one of war. For the latter part of the 18th and 19th centuries, Astra was intent on building up a space empire, which numbers "many hundreds of tiny planets" in 2067.
* The capital city of the Astran Empire is Kapland.
* The Empire is run with a governing parliament with a Kaplan as the President and a Kaplan Minus as the Vice President.
== Story notes ==
* This story reveals many details about the scarcely-told history of the planet Astra, first mentioned in the television story The Rescue, which was set in 2493.
== Continuity ==
* Spencer James acknowledges that the Astrans are currently featuring in an adventure relayed from Fireball XL5. (COMIC: The Shrink Ray)
* As they are on a level of intelligence equal to humans, the Astrans were at first hostile to Earth. (COMIC: Space Border Battle)
* The two space empires are currently united in friendship. (COMIC: Astra's Final Battle, Andromeda Or Die, The Shrink Ray)
Category:Stories set in 2067
Category:TV21 short stories
Category:1967 short stories
Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series