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|doctor = Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Ace]] | |companions = [[Ace]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek]] | |featuring = [[Bev Tarrant]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek Supreme (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Supreme]] | |||
|setting = [[Kar-Charrat]] | |setting = [[Kar-Charrat]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Mike Tucker | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|producer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |producer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | ||
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|cover = [[Clayton Hickman]] | |cover = [[Clayton Hickman]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = April 2000 | ||
|format = 2 CDs<br/>2 cassettes<br/>Download | |format = 2 CDs<br/>2 cassettes<br/>Download | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7S]] | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7S]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 1-84435-069- | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-069-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-84435-688-1 (digital) | ||
|trailer = {{StoryTitle}}.ogg | |trailer = {{StoryTitle}}.ogg | ||
|prev = The Marian Conspiracy (audio story) | |prev = The Marian Conspiracy (audio story) | ||
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'''''The Genocide Machine''''' was the seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Mike Tucker]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] | '''''The Genocide Machine''''' was the seventh story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Mike Tucker]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and introduced [[Louise Faulkner]] as [[Bev Tarrant]]. | ||
It was the first serial in the ''[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]]'' arc, which continued in the [[Sixth Doctor]] audio ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'' and the [[Fifth Doctor]] audio ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'' before concluding in the [[Eighth Doctor]] audio ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]''. | It was the first serial in the ''[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]]'' arc, which continued in the [[Sixth Doctor]] audio ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'' and the [[Fifth Doctor]] audio ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'' before concluding in the [[Eighth Doctor]] audio ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]''. | ||
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The story introduced the character of [[Bev Tarrant]] who would go on to be a main character in the [[Bernice Summerfield (series)|''Bernice Summerfield'' audio range]]. | The story introduced the character of [[Bev Tarrant]] who would go on to be a main character in the [[Bernice Summerfield (series)|''Bernice Summerfield'' audio range]]. | ||
Behind the scenes, this story was notable, not just as the first Big Finish production to feature the [[Dalek]]s, but as [[Nicholas Briggs]]' first time voicing them in an official ''Doctor Who'' production. He previously voiced the Daleks for the [[Audio Visuals]] in the 1980s. Briggs later went on to voice the Daleks throughout the [[BBC Wales]] series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as [[Russell T Davies]] was a Big Finish subscriber and discovered him that way. | Behind the scenes, this story was notable, not just as the first Big Finish production to feature the [[Dalek]]s, but as [[Nicholas Briggs]]' first time voicing them in an official ''Doctor Who'' production. He previously voiced the Daleks for the [[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]] in the 1980s. Briggs later went on to voice the Daleks throughout the [[BBC Wales]] series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as [[Russell T Davies]] was a Big Finish subscriber and discovered him that way. | ||
Another first behind the scenes was the first use of {{w|Pro Tools}} to edit a Big Finish story, namely by Nick Briggs, who provided the post-production and music/sound design for ''The Genocide Machine''. The small 8-track device he previously used to edit Big Finish broke down mid-production, and he was forced to upgrade. | Another first behind the scenes was the first use of {{w|Pro Tools}} to edit a Big Finish story, namely by Nick Briggs, who provided the post-production and music/sound design for ''The Genocide Machine''. The small 8-track device he previously used to edit Big Finish broke down mid-production, and he was forced to upgrade. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
While doing some sorting in the TARDIS library, Ace finds some books from the library at Kar-Charrat, which is widely regarded as one of the wonders of the universe, and is said to hold all the knowledge of every civilised world. It's a fanciful claim, but the Doctor takes it seriously enough; and he determines to return the books and own up to having unintentionally removed them—it's not a lending library, after all. Meanwhile, on Kar-Charrat an expedition of four individuals led by [[Bev Tarrant]] is exploring a [[ziggurat]] of more than a thousand years in age, hidden in the rain forest and the perpetual rain. The | While doing some sorting in [[TARDIS library|the TARDIS library]], [[Ace]] finds some books from the library at [[Kar-Charrat]], which is widely regarded as one of the [[Wonders of the Universe|wonders of the universe]], and is said to hold all the knowledge of every civilised world. It's a fanciful claim, but [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] takes it seriously enough; and he determines to return the books and own up to having unintentionally removed them—it's not a lending library, after all. Meanwhile, on Kar-Charrat an expedition of four individuals led by [[Bev Tarrant]] is exploring a [[ziggurat]] of more than a thousand years in age, hidden in the rain forest and the perpetual rain. The expedition — actually a mission of theft, aiming to steal the entire ziggurat — is cut down by a mysterious assailant. As Bev, the only survivor, crawls away, odd voices note that her now-dead partner Rappell no longer needs his body—but someone else does. | ||
The Doctor and Ace arrive, but the library appears to be in ruins. The Doctor explains that this is [[Time Lord]] technology at work; he was here with others at the time of construction. The Time Lords created not only a defensive grid, but also a time barrier that projects an impenetrable illusion of the way the library will look more than three thousand years in the future. Only one who is time-sensitive—like the Time Lords—or specially identified in the system can pass through it. He brings Ace through, and introduces her to the head librarian, [[Elgin (The Genocide Machine)|Elgin]], and his assistant Cataloguer, [[Prink]]. The return of the books prompts a momentary scandal; but Elgin relents, and shows them around. | The Doctor and Ace arrive, but the library appears to be in ruins. The Doctor explains that this is [[Time Lord]] technology at work; he was here with others at the time of construction. The Time Lords created not only a defensive grid, but also a time barrier that projects an impenetrable illusion of the way the library will look more than three thousand years in the future. Only one who is time-sensitive—like the Time Lords—or specially identified in the system can pass through it. He brings Ace through, and introduces her to the head librarian, [[Elgin (The Genocide Machine)|Elgin]], and his assistant Cataloguer, [[Prink]]. The return of the books prompts a momentary scandal; but Elgin relents, and shows them around. | ||
The library has a new achievement. It now contains a "wetworks", a huge array of water tanks that use the fluids as a complex form of memory storage. In this way, they have vastly increased their information capacity. The information can be retrieved via direct download to the brain. Elgin mentions that no one has access to the library—it is for storing information, not sharing it. This frustrates Ace, and she leaves to return to the TARDIS. Elgin tells the Doctor that the non-sharing policy has prompted a response from numerous races—including a semi-robotic race called the | The library has a new achievement. It now contains a "wetworks", a huge array of water tanks that use the fluids as a complex form of memory storage. In this way, they have vastly increased their information capacity. The information can be retrieved via direct download to the brain. Elgin mentions that no one has access to the library—it is for storing information, not sharing it. This frustrates Ace, and she leaves to return to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. Elgin tells the Doctor that the non-sharing policy has prompted a response from numerous races—including a semi-robotic race called the [[Dalek]]s. | ||
Outside the time barrier, Ace meets the wounded Bev; as she is taking her to the library to be cured, the duo are captured by the Daleks. | Outside the time barrier, Ace meets the wounded Bev; as she is taking her to the library to be cured, the duo are captured by the Daleks. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
Unknown to Bev, Ace is copied into a human-form Dalek operative. As Ace has been given a security tag for the library, the duplicate is able to return and infiltrate the library. At the same time, an alarmed Doctor begins to interrogate Elgin, and discovers that the Daleks did attack once, but failed to penetrate the defences. Worried about Ace, the Doctor takes Elgin out to find her, deeming the situation unsafe in case the Daleks are still around. He finds her—or rather, the duplicate—and Tarrant, and has them taken to the library's [[medical bay]]. He then has Elgin take him to the nearby ziggurat, which has piqued his curiosity. | Unknown to Bev, Ace is copied into a [[Ace (Dalek duplicate)|human-form Dalek operative]]. As Ace has been given a security tag for the library, the duplicate is able to return and infiltrate the library. At the same time, an alarmed Doctor begins to interrogate Elgin, and discovers that the Daleks did attack once, but failed to penetrate the defences. Worried about Ace, the Doctor takes Elgin out to find her, deeming the situation unsafe in case the Daleks are still around. He finds her—or rather, the duplicate—and Tarrant, and has them taken to the library's [[medical bay]]. He then has Elgin take him to the nearby ziggurat, which has piqued his curiosity. | ||
Near the ziggurat, they find the remains of Tarrant's crew, with some oddities about their corpses. Elgin tells him some unsettling stories about supposed phantoms in the jungle, dating from earliest colonisation. They then find that the ziggurat has been opened from the inside. Putting things together, the Doctor realises it's not an ancient artefact, but rather, a Dalek hibernation | Near the ziggurat, they find the remains of Tarrant's crew, with some oddities about their corpses. Elgin tells him some unsettling stories about supposed phantoms in the jungle, dating from earliest colonisation. They then find that the ziggurat has been opened from the inside. Putting things together, the Doctor realises it's not an ancient artefact, but rather, a Dalek hibernation unit — and its inhabitants have now awoken! He finds a cloning chamber in the corner, and realises that the Ace he sent to the medical bay is a Dalek operative. | ||
Meanwhile, "Ace" has lowered the defence grid, and the Supreme Dalek orders its ship in orbit to send in attack troops. | Meanwhile, "Ace" has lowered the defence grid, and the Supreme Dalek orders its ship in orbit to send in attack troops. | ||
=== Part three === | === Part three === | ||
The Dalek's plan, it seems, is to seize control of the wetworks facility and its store of data. They kill everyone in the library except a few key individuals; they save Tarrant for use in luring out the Doctor if necessary, and send the real Ace to join her at the library. They require the Doctor for his Time Lord brain; without him, their download of the data in the wetworks will take far longer, delaying their invasion—in fact, a test run without the Doctor sends the test Dalek into madness. | The Dalek's plan, it seems, is to seize control of the wetworks facility and its store of data. They kill everyone in the library except a few key individuals; they save Tarrant for use in luring out the Doctor if necessary, and send the real Ace to join her at the library. They require the Doctor for his Time Lord brain; without him, their download of the data in the wetworks will take far longer, delaying their invasion—in fact, a test run without the Doctor sends the test Dalek into madness. | ||
The Doctor and Elgin try to return to the TARDIS, but are intercepted and captured by the Dalek Supreme. They are returned to the library; the Daleks explain that they plan to create a Dalek that can contain the data store, creating a mobile repository of information that can be used to conquer first the galaxy, then the universe. For this, they require a Time Lord brain. The | The Doctor and Elgin try to return to the TARDIS, but are intercepted and captured by the Dalek Supreme. They are returned to the library; the Daleks explain that they plan to create a Dalek that can contain the data store, creating a mobile repository of information that can be used to conquer first the galaxy, then the universe. For this, they require a Time Lord brain. The ziggurat — and others like it around the region of space — was a trap set to spring at first detection of a time capsule of any type. | ||
The Doctor is plugged into the system, and the experiment succeeds—the second test Dalek acquires the data. However, the strain appears to kill the Doctor. The Dalek Supreme returns to his ship to destroy the library. | The Doctor is plugged into the system, and the experiment succeeds—the second test Dalek acquires the data. However, the strain appears to kill the Doctor. The Dalek Supreme returns to his ship to destroy the library. | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | * [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] | ||
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] | * [[Ace]]{{note|Aldred also plays [[Ace (Dalek duplicate)|Ace's Dalek duplicate]].}} - [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
* [[Bev Tarrant]] - [[Louise Faulkner]] | * [[Bev Tarrant]] - [[Louise Faulkner]] | ||
* [[Elgin (The Genocide Machine)|Chief Librarian Elgin]] - [[Bruce Montague]] | * [[Elgin (The Genocide Machine)|Chief Librarian Elgin]] - [[Bruce Montague]] | ||
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* The [[Dalek]]s - [[Alistair Lock]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * The [[Dalek]]s - [[Alistair Lock]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
* Ace wanders around the [[TARDIS library]]. She finds a book from [[Kar-Charrat]]. | * Cover Art - [[Clayton Hickman]] | ||
* Music, Sound Design & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Executive Producer - [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | |||
* Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Gary Russell]] | |||
* Writer - [[Mike Tucker]] | |||
* Daleks created by [[Terry Nation]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Ace wanders around the [[TARDIS library]]. She finds a book from [[Kar-Charrat]], from the [[Alpha Centauri system|Alpha Centauri]] collection. | |||
=== Daleks === | === Daleks === | ||
* The Daleks were kept in [[suspended animation|cryogenic hibernation]] in what was thought to have been a [[Dalek ziggurat|ziggurat]] on the planet. | * The Daleks were kept in [[suspended animation|cryogenic hibernation]] in what was thought to have been a [[Dalek ziggurat|ziggurat]] on the planet. | ||
* According to [[Bev Tarrant]], the Daleks' ziggurat is at least 1,270 years old. | * According to [[Bev Tarrant]], the Daleks' ziggurat is at least 1,270 years old. | ||
* A [[Special Weapons Dalek]], the [[Dalek Supreme]] and the [[Dalek Emperor (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Emperor]] are all present or are in contact during the course of events. | * A [[Special Weapons Dalek]], the [[Dalek Supreme (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Supreme]] and the [[Dalek Emperor (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Emperor]] are all present or are in contact during the course of events. | ||
* The Daleks count in [[rel]]s. | * The Daleks count in [[rel]]s. | ||
=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* The Doctor's | * [[The Doctor's mind]] is used as a buffer to control data transfer from the wetworks facility to the Dalek test subject. | ||
* The Doctor blows up the [[wetworks facility]], freeing the captive natives. | * The Doctor blows up the [[wetworks facility]], freeing the captive natives. | ||
=== Time technology === | === Time technology === | ||
* The Kar-Charrat Library is hidden behind a [[temporal barrier]]. | * The Kar-Charrat Library is hidden behind a [[temporal barrier]]. | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250"> | |||
The Genocide Machine cover.jpg|Original cover art | |||
Lee Sullivan BF 7 3Genocide Machine.JPG|Art by [[Lee Sullivan]] from [[DWM 290]]. | |||
The Genocide Machine DWM preview clean.jpg|Textless version of the DWM preview. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:The Genocide Machine | * [[File:007 The Genocide Machine credits.jpg|thumb|CD booklet credits.]]This is Big Finish's first [[Dalek]] audio drama, marked as "[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]] - Part One", voiced for the first time by [[Nicholas Briggs]], who continues the role to the present day in Big Finish audios and in the revived television series. [[Alistair Lock]] also provides Dalek voices in the story. | ||
* This audio was featured in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 290|issue 290]] with an accompanying illustration by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | * This audio was featured in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 290|issue 290]] with an accompanying illustration by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[13 November (production)|13]] and [[14 November (production)|14 November]] [[1999 (production)|1999]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[13 November (production)|13]] and [[14 November (production)|14 November]] [[1999 (production)|1999]] at [[The Nu Groove Studios|Nu Groove Studios]].<ref name=":1">https://web.archive.org/web/20240726195907/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-genocide-machine-625</ref> | ||
* The first two editions of ''[[ | * The first two editions of ''[[AHistory]]'' dates this story to 4256, as this was the date given by the Big Finish website; however, the third edition redates it to circa 5256, since in ''[[The Judas Gift (audio story)|The Judas Gift]]'' (set in 2607), Bev Tarrant says she's from "three thousand years in the future". | ||
* This story is set between [[Survival (TV story)|''Survival'']] and the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV Movie]], and after [[The Fearmonger (audio story)|''The Fearmonger'']].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
* This story was originally titled ''Wetworks.''<ref>[https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1814252654756778430 https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1814252654756778430]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/bigfinish/status/1814253518095524350 https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1814253518095524350]</ref> | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Ace]] recognises the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: | * [[Ace]] recognises the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks}}) | ||
* The Doctor hopes Ace ignored his rules of not transporting [[Nitro-9]]. ([[TV]]: | * The Doctor hopes Ace ignored his [[the Doctor's rules|rules]] of not transporting [[Nitro-9]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks}}) | ||
* This is the first appearance of art thief Bev Tarrant. She would later feature in [[AUDIO]]: | * This is the first appearance of the art thief [[Bev Tarrant]]. She would later feature in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding}} and the [[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Big Finish ''Bernice Summerfield'' series]], eventually (and somewhat ironically) running and protecting the [[Braxiatel Collection]], one of the largest collections of art in the universe. | ||
* The Dalek mission to the Kar-Charrat library would have important ramifications following the Dalek invasion of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | * The Dalek mission to the Kar-Charrat library would have important ramifications following the Dalek invasion of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks}}, {{cs|Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity}}) | ||
* A [[Dalek Supreme]] of the same design as the one seen in [[TV]]: | * A [[Dalek Supreme (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Supreme]] of the same design as [[Dalek Supreme (Planet of the Daleks)|the one]] seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks}} makes an appearance. It is subordinate to the [[Dalek Emperor (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Emperor]]. | ||
* Bev mentions [[Coralee]]. The Doctor and Ace visited Coralee in [[PROSE]]: | * Bev mentions [[Coralee]]. The Doctor and Ace visited Coralee in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Storm Harvest (novel)|Storm Harvest}}. [[Flinkstab]] murdered a dancing girl on Coralee in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Square One (Gallifrey audio story)|Square One}}. | ||
* The Doctor picked up [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny's]] | * The Doctor picked up [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]'s [[diaries]] from the Kar-Charrat Library, and sent them to her on the Collection. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (short story)|A la Recherche du Temps Perdu}}) | ||
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