HMS Thunder Child "Star Vikings", shows the influence of the Jeff Wayne image of the ironclad, combined with a 19th-century image of the Martian war machine. Details also appear in the TNE products "Path of Tears" and "Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide". A novel by Nick Pope, concerning the UK's response to UFOs, is named "Operation: Thunder Child". There is an adaptation novel set in the Victorian UK of 1898. It is called, "The Last Days of Thunder Child" by C.A. Powell. HMS Thunder Child HMS "Thunder Child" is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H.
Sci-Fi Valley Con raised in the charity auction for the Shriners Hospital for Children. Sci-Fi Valley Con, Part 3 was held on June 27–29, 2014 in Altoona, Pennsylvania at the Jaffa Shrine Center. Unlike the previous year, the convention utilized both floors of the venue for exhibitors and guests. In addition, it was the year the con debuts their first official convention vehicle; which was a Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler (#12). It was built and funded entirely by the Sci-Fi Valley Con's promoting company, Assett Conventions LLC. The 2014 show also featured several other movie cars, such as; the Back to the Future