TV Century 21
E378466
TV Century 21 was a British science-fiction comic magazine of the 1960s best known for featuring strips based on popular TV series, including Doctor Who.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TV Century 21 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3659850 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TV Century 21 Context triple: [Doctor Who comic strips, publisher, TV Century 21]
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A.
Imagine Television
Imagine Television is the television production division of Imagine Entertainment, known for developing and producing a wide range of scripted and unscripted TV series.
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B.
My Century
"My Century" is a 1999 book by Nobel Prize–winning author Günter Grass that presents a mosaic of 100 short pieces, each depicting a different year of the 20th century from diverse perspectives.
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C.
This TV
This TV is an American digital multicast television network known for airing a wide selection of feature films and classic television programming.
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D.
Tiv
The Tiv are an ethnic group primarily found in central Nigeria, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and vibrant cultural festivals.
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E.
The Century
The Century is a notable Art Deco luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Central Park West, recognized for its twin-towered design and landmark status.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TV Century 21 Target entity description: TV Century 21 was a British science-fiction comic magazine of the 1960s best known for featuring strips based on popular TV series, including Doctor Who.
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A.
Imagine Television
Imagine Television is the television production division of Imagine Entertainment, known for developing and producing a wide range of scripted and unscripted TV series.
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B.
My Century
"My Century" is a 1999 book by Nobel Prize–winning author Günter Grass that presents a mosaic of 100 short pieces, each depicting a different year of the 20th century from diverse perspectives.
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C.
This TV
This TV is an American digital multicast television network known for airing a wide selection of feature films and classic television programming.
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D.
Tiv
The Tiv are an ethnic group primarily found in central Nigeria, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and vibrant cultural festivals.
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E.
The Century
The Century is a notable Art Deco luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Central Park West, recognized for its twin-towered design and landmark status.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British comic magazine
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science fiction comic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
TV21
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TV21 & Joe 90 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
television series Thunderbirds
ⓘ
surface form:
Gerry Anderson television series
|
| basedOn | television series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | cult classic British comic ⓘ |
| featuredSeries |
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
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Doctor Who ⓘ Fireball XL5 ⓘ Stingray ⓘ Thunderbirds ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| format | weekly comic ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFandom | British comics fandom ⓘ |
| includedFranchise |
Doctor Who comic strips
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surface form:
Doctor Who comic strip
|
| influenced | later British TV tie-in comics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | comic magazine ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
diegetic news-style covers
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licensed TV tie-in strips ⓘ |
| notableFor |
featuring strips based on popular TV series
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high production values for a children’s comic ⓘ |
| originalTitle | TV Century 21 self-link ⓘ |
| originatedIn | 1960s British popular culture ⓘ |
| periodicalType | licensed tie-in comic ⓘ |
| primaryDistribution | newsstands in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| publisher |
Century 21 Publishing
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City Magazines ⓘ |
| settingStyle | fictional future-history newspaper ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adventure
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futuristic technology ⓘ space travel ⓘ television science fiction adaptations ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| typeOfContent |
comic strips
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illustrated stories ⓘ text features ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: TV Century 21 Description of subject: TV Century 21 was a British science-fiction comic magazine of the 1960s best known for featuring strips based on popular TV series, including Doctor Who.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.