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|image = Genocide revised.jpg | |image = Genocide revised.jpg | ||
|range = Main Range | |range = Main Range | ||
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|enemy = [[Dalek Supreme (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Supreme]] | |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]] | ||
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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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=== 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 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. | 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. | ||
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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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== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* Cover Art - [[Clayton Hickman]] | * Cover Art - [[Clayton Hickman]] | ||
* Music, Sound Design & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * Music, Sound Design & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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* Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Gary Russell]] | * Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Gary Russell]] | ||
* Writer - [[Mike Tucker]] | * Writer - [[Mike Tucker]] | ||
* Daleks created by Terry Nation | * Daleks created by [[Terry Nation]] | ||
== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Ace wanders around the [[TARDIS library]]. She finds a book from [[Kar-Charrat]]. | * Ace wanders around the [[TARDIS library]]. She finds a book from [[Kar-Charrat]], from the [[Alpha Centauri system|Alpha Centauri]] collection. | ||
=== Daleks === | === Daleks === | ||
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=== 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. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* 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. | * [[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 (The Genocide Machine)|Dalek Supreme]] of the same design as [[Dalek Supreme (Planet of the Daleks)|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}}) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{dwrefguide|who_bf07.htm|The Genocide Machine}} | {{dwrefguide|who_bf07.htm|The Genocide Machine}} | ||
* {{tetrap|7/genocide.html|The Genocide Machine}} | * {{tetrap|7/genocide.html|The Genocide Machine}} | ||
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== Footnotes == | |||
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{{BFDE}} | {{BFDE}} | ||
{{Dalek audio stories}} | {{Dalek audio stories}} |
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