Emissary of the Daleks (audio story)

Emissary of the Daleks
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companion(s):	Peri
Main enemy:	Dalek Supreme, Watchers of the Law
Main setting:	Omnia
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Andrew Smith
Director:	John Ainsworth
Producer:	John Ainsworth
Music:	Simon Power
Sound:	Simon Power
Cover by:	Lee Johnson
Release details
Number of parts:	4
Release number:	254
Release date:	14 August 2019
Format:	2 CDs Download
Production code:	BFPDWCD254
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-78178-857-8 (physical) ISBN 978-1-78178-858-5 (digital)
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Emissary of the Daleks was the two hundred and fifty fourth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Andrew Smith and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri.

Publisher's summary

On the planet Omnia, a young man leads the Doctor and Peri through the battle-scarred ruins of a city. Among the rubble he shows them proof that their invaders and new masters, thought to be invincible, can be defeated. The proof is the blasted, burnt-out remains of a Dalek.

But this is a Dalek-occupied world like few others. For one thing, there are few Daleks to be seen. And for another, the Daleks have appointed an Omnian, Magister Carmen Rega, to govern the planet as their emissary.

Why are the Daleks not present in force? And can the Doctor and Peri risk helping the Omnians, when the least show of resistance will be met with devastating reprisals from space?

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

• The Doctor - Colin Baker
• Peri - Nicola Bryant
• Carmen - Saskia Reeves
• Aldo - William Ellis
• Shayna / Tasha - Natasha Karp
• Kalib / Scientist - Ray Cezan
• Gordus - John Rayment
• Hingus - Bruce Alexander
• Watcher / Operative - Richard Keith
• The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Uncredited cast

• Dalek Supreme / Special Weapons Dalek - Nicholas Briggs (BFX: Emissary of the Daleks)

Crew

• Cover Art - Lee Johnson
• Producer, Script Editor & Director - John Ainsworth
• Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
• Music and Sound Design - Simon Power
• Writer - Andrew Smith
• Senior Producer - David Richardson
• Daleks created by Terry Nation

Worldbuilding

History

• Gordus mentions the First Republic, which existed 230 years ago.
• Omnia Prime, as a superpower, rose before the Omnian Empire.
• Aldo refers to the Battle of Destiny, which the Omnians lost. It ended 12 years ago, when the Daleks took over Omnia.
• Hingus, while still pretending to be a resistance sympathiser, claims to have served as a sergeant in the Omnian Army, specifically the Omnian Third Regiment.

Locations

• The Daleks have constructed the Over City on Omnia.
• Aldo takes the Doctor and others to the Forbidden Quadrant.

Literature

• Reading, writing and written texts have been outlawed on Omnia by the Daleks.
  • Truth speakers were able to memorise whole books before the book burnings took place. They recite these texts in manner of rebellion.
  • Tasha, a truth speaker, recites The Rise of the Omnian Empire by historian Alfrus Killian.

Occupations

• Gordus is the sexton of the Field of the Dead.
• Carmen Rega is the Magister. The previous Magister was a tyrant, according to Carmen, but opposed the Daleks.
• Major Steen is an Officer of the Watch.

Technology

• The Watch use sizzler guns, weapons which can be set to kill or stun.
• Refractive energy barriers are used for security, opened with encrypted key terminals.
• The Daleks use transolar discs, which the Doctor haven't seen for a long time.

Minerals and substances

• Many Omnians have been sent to work in vitanium mines.
• The Doctor is placed in a cell made of a Dalekanium alloy, 2 feet thick. This alloy is used elsewhere in the Over City, as well.

Notes

Alternate cover.

• Nicholas Briggs based his voice for the Dalek Supreme on his Dalek Emperor from The Parting of the Ways, comparing it more to the "new series" Supreme Daleks than to the higher-pitched voices commonly given to the Dalek Supreme in the classic series. (BFX: Emissary of the Daleks)
• The cover-art depicts Peri with the same clothing and hairstyle she has in The Mysterious Planet, suggesting that the events of Emissary of the Daleks takes shortly before that story.
• This story was recorded on 17 and 18 January 2019 at the the Moat Studios.

Continuity

• The Daleks use rels as a measure of time. (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine, The Mutant Phase, The Four Doctors, Blood of the Daleks, TV: Doomsday, et al.)
• The Doctor encounters a special weapons variant of a Dalek for the first time. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

External links

• Official Emissary of the Daleks page at bigfinish.com