Open with a flashback scene: as the missiles approach Bond spots a scorched refrigerator with a note attached reading: "Property of Indiana Jones"....

Yes. It's possible Fennell was actively editing the scripts done by Hooper and Sullivan (hence why he brought in Allan as script editor). Also preparing the Lady Penelope comic. A pity no paperwork survives to give us a clue.

Sorry, I should have said: "Roger Perry states that it was commissioned to give Noble a holiday, though Perry joined TV21 after the event (so was only repeating what he was told by Bob Prior)." There is nothing to disprove your theory.

I first came across this XL5 strip as a complete story in the COUNTDOWN Summer Special (1971) and it works well as such - Roger Perry states that it was commissioned to give Noble a holiday, though he joined TV21 after the event downthetubes.net/eagle-daze-t...

Yes, Friday 14th November - I can't count!