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|audio anthology = Dark Eyes (audio anthology)
|number          = 2
|number          = 2
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|doctor          = Eighth Doctor
|companions      = [[Molly O'Sullivan]]
|companions      = [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]]
|enemy            = [[Dalek]]s, [[Dalek time controller]], [[Kotris]]
|featuring        = Sally Armstrong
|featuring2      = Straxus (The Great War)
|enemy            = [[Silver Dalek]]s, [[Kotris]]
|setting          = {{il|[[England]], [[6 July]] [[1970]]|[[France]], [[World War I]]|[[Srangor]], the [[1890s]]|[[Dunkirk]], [[29 May]] [[1940]]|[[London]], [[1972]]|[[Halalka]]}}
|setting          = {{il|[[England]], [[6 July]] [[1970]]|[[France]], [[World War I]]|[[Srangor]], the [[1890s]]|[[Dunkirk]], [[29 May]] [[1940]]|[[London]], [[1972]]|[[Halalka]]}}
|writer          = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|writer          = Nicholas Briggs
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director        = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|music            = [[Andy Hardwick]]
|music            = [[Andy Hardwick]]
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|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|cover            = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[November (releases)|November]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|release date    = 10 November 2012
|format          = 1 X 1 hour
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 4 stories
|production code  =  
|production code  = BFPDWCDMG035
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-977-6
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-977-6 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-883-7 (digital)
|series          = ''[[Dark Eyes (audio series)|Dark Eyes]]''
|series          = ''[[Dark Eyes (audio series)|Dark Eyes]]''
|prev            = The Great War (audio story)
|prev            = The Great War (audio story)
|next            = Tangled Web (audio story)
|next            = Tangled Web (audio story)
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|producer = [[David Richardson]]|epcount = 1}}{{audio stub}}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Ruth Bradley]] as [[Molly O'Sullivan]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Dark Eyes (audio anthology)|Dark Eyes]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Nicholas Briggs]] and featured [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Ruth Bradley]] as [[Molly O'Sullivan]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
With the first objective of his mission reached, almost nothing is going to plan for the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]]. He finds he cannot contact or return to the [[Time Lord]]s' home planet, [[Gallifrey]]. And just when [[Molly O'Sullivan]] thinks she's escaped [[World War I|one conflict]], she finds herself in the thick of [[World War II|another one]].
With the first objective of his mission reached, almost nothing is going to plan for [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]. He finds he cannot contact or return to the [[Time Lord]]s' home planet, [[Gallifrey]]. And just when [[Molly O'Sullivan]] thinks she's escaped [[World War I|one conflict]], she finds herself in the thick of [[World War II|another one]].


What is it that connects the Doctor, the [[Dalek]]s and the mysterious [[Ides Scientific Institute]]?
What is it that connects the Doctor, the [[Dalek]]s and the mysterious [[Ides Scientific Institute]]?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
On [[6 July]] [[1970]], at the IDES Scientific Institute, advanced experimental voice-activated computer [[VSAI 001]] announces to its creator and operator, Dr [[Sally Armstrong]], that it has a message for her - surprising since it’s not connected to anything yet. The message contains funds and instructions on how to build a device - and the message is from “the Doctor”...
On [[6 July]] [[1970]], at the IDES Scientific Institute, advanced experimental voice-activated computer [[VSAI 001]] announces to its creator and operator, Dr [[Sally Armstrong]], that it has a message for her - surprising since it's not connected to anything yet. The message contains funds and instructions on how to build a device - and the message is from "the Doctor"...


In World War I France, the Doctor and Molly escape attacking Daleks on horseback, then in a small plane, but they are shot down by flying Daleks just as they locate the TARDIS in No Man’s Land. They crash but both survive unscathed, to the Doctor’s astonishment. The Doctor realises the unusual metallic noise reported by several people is actually the sound of Daleks scraping against barbed wire; they’ve been following them, unseen, all along, without attacking - until now. The Doctor and Molly get into the TARDIS and take off. The Daleks report in to the [[Dalek Time Controller]], who considers the first phase of the plan complete.
In World War I France, the Doctor and Molly escape attacking Daleks on horseback, then in a small plane, but they are shot down by flying Daleks just as they locate the TARDIS in No Man's Land. They crash but both survive unscathed, to the Doctor's astonishment. The Doctor realises the unusual metallic noise reported by several people is actually the sound of Daleks scraping against barbed wire; they've been following them, unseen, all along, without attacking - until now. The Doctor and Molly get into the TARDIS and take off. The Daleks report in to the [[Dalek Time Controller]], who considers the first phase of the plan complete.


[[Straxus]] lands his TARDIS on a mountain on the planet [[Srangor]], where he asks a local inhabitant to kill him. When the local refuses, he throws himself off the mountain, against the local’s protests.
[[Straxus (The Great War)|Straxus]] lands his TARDIS on a mountain on the planet [[Srangor]], where he asks a local inhabitant to kill him. When the local refuses, he throws himself off the mountain, against the local's protests.


Inside the TARDIS, Molly realises she's been in it before, though she can’t remember when or why. The Doctor admits he doesn’t know why he’s saving her, and looks up Molly’s name in the TARDIS database, noting that one of the meanings of O'Sullivan is “dark-eyed”, which matches her unusually dark eyes. Molly complains about the Doctor’s treatment of her, and he relays the story of Straxus recruiting him to save her - she is the “random human female” at the centre of an insane plan to destroy the Universe.
Inside the TARDIS, Molly realises she's been in it before, though she can't remember when or why. The Doctor admits he doesn't know why he's saving her, and looks up Molly's name in the TARDIS database, noting that one of the meanings of O'Sullivan is "dark-eyed", which matches her unusually dark eyes. Molly complains about the Doctor's treatment of her, and he relays the story of Straxus recruiting him to save her - she is the "random human female" at the centre of an insane plan to destroy the Universe.


The Doctor tries to contact [[Gallifrey]], but there’s no response, so he sets the TARDIS controls to travel there. Molly opens the door, and it turns out the TARDIS has instead landed in [[Dunkirk]] aboard the [[HMS Grenade|HMS ''Grenade'']] on the 29 May, 1940, just as it is struck by enemy fire and sunk, sending the TARDIS into the sea. The Doctor and Molly are washed up on shore but avoid enemy fire and return to the TARDIS underwater. The Doctor asks how Molly knew which control opens the door, but she doesn’t know; he again tries to get to Gallifrey.
The Doctor tries to contact [[Gallifrey]], but there's no response, so he sets the TARDIS controls to travel there. Molly opens the door, and it turns out the TARDIS has instead landed in [[Dunkirk]] aboard the [[HMS Grenade|HMS ''Grenade'']] on 29 May 1940, just as it is struck by enemy fire and sunk, sending the TARDIS into the sea. The Doctor and Molly are washed up on shore but avoid enemy fire and return to the TARDIS underwater. The Doctor asks how Molly knew which control opens the door, but she doesn't know; he again tries to get to Gallifrey.


On Srangor, the falling Straxus is saved part-way down the mountain by a flying drone, which then disappears with a TARDIS-like noise. He prepares to throw himself off again, but the drone returns to stop him.
On Srangor, the falling Straxus is saved part-way down the mountain by a flying drone, which then disappears with a TARDIS-like noise. He prepares to throw himself off again, but the drone returns to stop him.


The TARDIS lands in 1972 London, specifically [[107 Baker Street]] - a house owned by the Doctor. They meet Sally Armstrong, who has built the device in the instructions she received, and recognises both of them since the message included a captioned photo of the Doctor and Molly in Dunkirk. The Doctor knows nothing about this - as also mentioned in the message - and the device turns out to be a time-space portal, and it activates, allowing Daleks to emerge. The Doctor and Molly escape in a cab with Sally, doubling back to the Doctor’s house to return to the TARDIS. Sally follows them and is killed by a Dalek just as she expresses a desire to travel with the Doctor. This death is a final straw; he can’t face the idea of endless death in a war against the Daleks, and refuses to run when the Daleks catch up. He demands they kill him, but they hesitate. Molly knocks him out and drags him into the TARDIS; by the time he comes to, she is unsucessfully trying to take off. She talks him down from his despair and they become playful, Molly deciding that since they can’t make to Gallifrey, they should go somewhere nice.
The TARDIS lands in 1972 London, specifically [[107 Baker Street]] - a house owned by the Doctor. They meet Sally Armstrong, who has built the device in the instructions she received, and recognises both of them since the message included a captioned photo of the Doctor and Molly in Dunkirk. The Doctor knows nothing about this - as also mentioned in the message - and the device turns out to be a time-space portal, and it activates, allowing Daleks to emerge. The Doctor and Molly escape in a cab with Sally, doubling back to the Doctor's house to return to the TARDIS. Sally follows them and is killed by a Dalek just as she expresses a desire to travel with the Doctor. This death is a final straw; he can't face the idea of endless death in a war against the Daleks, and refuses to run when the Daleks catch up. He demands they kill him, but they hesitate. Molly knocks him out and drags him into the TARDIS; by the time he comes to, she is unsucessfully trying to take off. She talks him down from his despair and they become playful, Molly deciding that since they can't go to Gallifrey, they should go somewhere nice.


The Doctor takes them to Halalka, a planet with a beautiful gravity-suspended waterfall in which tourists can swim. Oddly, Molly can’t understand a local policeman with whom the Doctor speaks - the TARDIS is not translating for her. While they swim amongst local dolphin-like creatures, the policeman reports to Kotris that the Doctor and Molly are here, and one of the dolphin-creatures is compelled to attack. The Doctor is forced to kill it in self-defence, and notices a mind control device attached to it just as a Dalek saucer attacks.
The Doctor takes them to [[Halalka]], a planet with a beautiful gravity-suspended [[waterfall]] in which tourists can swim. Oddly, Molly can't understand a local policeman with whom the Doctor speaks - the TARDIS is not translating for her. While they swim amongst local dolphin-like creatures, the policeman reports to [[Kotris]] that the Doctor and Molly are here, and one of the dolphin-creatures is compelled to attack. The Doctor is forced to kill it in self-defence, and notices a mind control device attached to it just as a Dalek saucer attacks.


The Doctor and Molly make it back to the TARDIS, where Molly activates the controls flawlessly to take off - without knowing how she did so. On Halalka, the saucer lands and Kotris arrives, demanding to see security footage of the Doctor and Molly. He is pleased to see the pair are bonding, and the Daleks kill the policemen before reporting the TARDIS has re-entered the vortex - again pleasing Kotris, who says the Doctor will soon be caught in their trap.
The Doctor and Molly make it back to the TARDIS, where Molly activates the controls flawlessly to take off - without knowing how she did so. On Halalka, the saucer lands and Kotris arrives, demanding to see security footage of the Doctor and Molly. He is pleased to see the pair are bonding, and the Daleks kill the policemen before reporting the TARDIS has re-entered the vortex - again pleasing Kotris, who says the Doctor will soon be caught in their trap.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]]
* [[Molly O'Sullivan]] - [[Ruth Bradley]]
* [[Molly O'Sullivan]] - [[Ruth Bradley]]
* [[Sally Armstrong]] - [[Natalie Burt]]
* [[Sally Armstrong]] - [[Natalie Burt]]
* [[Straxus]] - [[Peter Egan]]
* [[Straxus (The Great War)|Straxus]] - [[Peter Egan]]
* [[Straxus|Kotris]] - [[Toby Jones]]
* [[Kotris]] - [[Toby Jones]]
* [[Dalek|The Daleks]]/[[Dalek time controller|Dalek Time Controller]]/[[VSAI 001]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Dalek|The Daleks]]/[[Dalek Time Controller]]/[[VSAI 001]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Dunkirk sergeant|Dunkirk Sergeant]]/[[Srangor herder|Srangor Herder]]/[[Window cleaner (Fugitives)|Window Cleaner]]/[[Halalkan policeman|Halalkan Policeman]] - [[John Banks]]
* [[Dunkirk sergeant|Dunkirk Sergeant]]/[[Srangor herder|Srangor Herder]]/[[Window cleaner (Fugitives)|Window Cleaner]]/[[Halalkan policeman|Halalkan Policeman]] - [[John Banks]]
* [[Cab driver (Fugitives)|Cab Driver]]/[[Baker Street security guard|Baker Street Security Guard]] - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* [[Cab driver (Fugitives)|Cab Driver]]/[[Baker Street security guard|Baker Street Security Guard]] - [[Alex Mallinson]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Writer & Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Andy Hardwick]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Molly believes that "the Doctor" sounds like a "tenth rate stage name."
* Prior to World War I, Molly worked in Eaton Place in [[London]].
* Prior to World War I, Molly worked in Eaton Place in [[London]].
* Molly compares the Daleks to Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]].
* Molly compares the Daleks to Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]].
* Molly refers to Gallifrey as "[[Galilee]]".
* Molly refers to Gallifrey as "[[Galilee]]".
* Molly has four brothers.
* The Doctor and Molly are pursued by a [[Dalek time squad]].
* The Doctor and Molly are pursued by a [[Dalek time squad]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* Molly initially believes that there may be [[Germany|Germans]] inside the Daleks. The Doctor tells her that there is "[[Kaled mutant|something far worse than Germans]]" inside the Dalek casing.
* Molly initially believes that there may be [[Germany|Germans]] inside the Daleks. The Doctor tells her that there is "[[Dalek mutant|something far worse than Germans]]" inside the Dalek casing.


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* Upon entering [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], Molly realises that she has been inside it before. Although she consistently refers to it as the "Tardy-box", she is nevertheless able to operate the console and [[Dematerialisation circuit|dematerialise]] the TARDIS.
* Upon entering [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], Molly realises that she has been inside it before. Although she consistently refers to it as the "Tardy-box", she is nevertheless able to operate the console and [[Dematerialisation circuit|dematerialise]] the TARDIS.
* The TARDIS [[translation circuit]] curiously does not work for Molly.
* The TARDIS [[translation circuit]] does not work for Molly.


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
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=== Time travel ===
=== Time travel ===
* The Daleks refer to [[World War I]]-era [[France]] as "[[Earth]]'s [[20th century]], Zone One."
* [[File:Centre Fold Fugitives.jpg|alt=On the left of the image, the Doctor gazes at the retro computer banks. On the right, Molly looks out from the beach at the waves crashing in the air.|thumb|CD booklet interior illustration of the Doctor at the Ides Institute and Molly on Halalka.]]The Daleks refer to [[World War I]]-era [[France]] as "[[Earth]]'s [[20th century]], Zone One."
* The Daleks refer to 1972 as "Earth's 20th century, Zone Two."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* The [[First Doctor]] previously witnessed the [[evacuation of Dunkirk]] in [[May]] [[1940]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')
* The [[First Doctor]] previously witnessed the [[evacuation of Dunkirk]] in [[May]] [[1940]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')
* Molly assumes that Gallifrey is in [[Ireland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
* Molly assumes that Gallifrey is in [[Ireland]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
* The Doctor visits [[107 Baker Street]], the house in which he lived during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] from [[November]] [[1866]] to [[November]] [[1867]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'') [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]] lived in the house while they were fugitives in [[1894]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Monstrous Menagerie (audio story)|The Monstrous Menagerie]]'') while Molly did so in [[1918]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]''). In [[2008]], the Doctor left the house to his companion [[Thomas Brewster]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Perfect World (audio story)|A Perfect World]]'')
* The Doctor visits [[107 Baker Street]], the house in which he lived during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] from [[November]] [[1866]] to [[November]] [[1867]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Haunting of Thomas Brewster]]'') [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot]] lived in the house while they were fugitives in [[1894]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Monstrous Menagerie (audio story)|The Monstrous Menagerie]]'') while Molly did so in [[1918]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'') In [[2008]], the Doctor left the house to his companion [[Thomas Brewster]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Perfect World (audio story)|A Perfect World]]'')
* Straxus tells the Doctor that the [[Time Lord]]s have foreseen "[[Last Great Time War|something terrible in the time tracks]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', et al.)
* Straxus tells the Doctor that the [[Time Lord]]s have foreseen "[[Last Great Time War|something terrible in the time tracks]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', et al.)
* Due to the fact that Kotris was erased from history, these events never happened. The Doctor, Molly and the Dalek Time Controller are the only individuals who remember the original timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'')
* Due to the fact that Kotris was erased from history, these events never happened. The Doctor, Molly and the Dalek Time Controller are the only individuals who remember the original timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'')
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Fugitives was the second story in the audio anthology Dark Eyes, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and featured Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Ruth Bradley as Molly O'Sullivan.

Publisher's summary

With the first objective of his mission reached, almost nothing is going to plan for the Doctor. He finds he cannot contact or return to the Time Lords' home planet, Gallifrey. And just when Molly O'Sullivan thinks she's escaped one conflict, she finds herself in the thick of another one.

What is it that connects the Doctor, the Daleks and the mysterious Ides Scientific Institute?

Plot

On 6 July 1970, at the IDES Scientific Institute, advanced experimental voice-activated computer VSAI 001 announces to its creator and operator, Dr Sally Armstrong, that it has a message for her - surprising since it's not connected to anything yet. The message contains funds and instructions on how to build a device - and the message is from "the Doctor"...

In World War I France, the Doctor and Molly escape attacking Daleks on horseback, then in a small plane, but they are shot down by flying Daleks just as they locate the TARDIS in No Man's Land. They crash but both survive unscathed, to the Doctor's astonishment. The Doctor realises the unusual metallic noise reported by several people is actually the sound of Daleks scraping against barbed wire; they've been following them, unseen, all along, without attacking - until now. The Doctor and Molly get into the TARDIS and take off. The Daleks report in to the Dalek Time Controller, who considers the first phase of the plan complete.

Straxus lands his TARDIS on a mountain on the planet Srangor, where he asks a local inhabitant to kill him. When the local refuses, he throws himself off the mountain, against the local's protests.

Inside the TARDIS, Molly realises she's been in it before, though she can't remember when or why. The Doctor admits he doesn't know why he's saving her, and looks up Molly's name in the TARDIS database, noting that one of the meanings of O'Sullivan is "dark-eyed", which matches her unusually dark eyes. Molly complains about the Doctor's treatment of her, and he relays the story of Straxus recruiting him to save her - she is the "random human female" at the centre of an insane plan to destroy the Universe.

The Doctor tries to contact Gallifrey, but there's no response, so he sets the TARDIS controls to travel there. Molly opens the door, and it turns out the TARDIS has instead landed in Dunkirk aboard the HMS Grenade on 29 May 1940, just as it is struck by enemy fire and sunk, sending the TARDIS into the sea. The Doctor and Molly are washed up on shore but avoid enemy fire and return to the TARDIS underwater. The Doctor asks how Molly knew which control opens the door, but she doesn't know; he again tries to get to Gallifrey.

On Srangor, the falling Straxus is saved part-way down the mountain by a flying drone, which then disappears with a TARDIS-like noise. He prepares to throw himself off again, but the drone returns to stop him.

The TARDIS lands in 1972 London, specifically 107 Baker Street - a house owned by the Doctor. They meet Sally Armstrong, who has built the device in the instructions she received, and recognises both of them since the message included a captioned photo of the Doctor and Molly in Dunkirk. The Doctor knows nothing about this - as also mentioned in the message - and the device turns out to be a time-space portal, and it activates, allowing Daleks to emerge. The Doctor and Molly escape in a cab with Sally, doubling back to the Doctor's house to return to the TARDIS. Sally follows them and is killed by a Dalek just as she expresses a desire to travel with the Doctor. This death is a final straw; he can't face the idea of endless death in a war against the Daleks, and refuses to run when the Daleks catch up. He demands they kill him, but they hesitate. Molly knocks him out and drags him into the TARDIS; by the time he comes to, she is unsucessfully trying to take off. She talks him down from his despair and they become playful, Molly deciding that since they can't go to Gallifrey, they should go somewhere nice.

The Doctor takes them to Halalka, a planet with a beautiful gravity-suspended waterfall in which tourists can swim. Oddly, Molly can't understand a local policeman with whom the Doctor speaks - the TARDIS is not translating for her. While they swim amongst local dolphin-like creatures, the policeman reports to Kotris that the Doctor and Molly are here, and one of the dolphin-creatures is compelled to attack. The Doctor is forced to kill it in self-defence, and notices a mind control device attached to it just as a Dalek saucer attacks.

The Doctor and Molly make it back to the TARDIS, where Molly activates the controls flawlessly to take off - without knowing how she did so. On Halalka, the saucer lands and Kotris arrives, demanding to see security footage of the Doctor and Molly. He is pleased to see the pair are bonding, and the Daleks kill the policemen before reporting the TARDIS has re-entered the vortex - again pleasing Kotris, who says the Doctor will soon be caught in their trap.

Cast

Crew

Worldbuilding

Individuals

  • Prior to World War I, Molly worked in Eaton Place in London.
  • Molly compares the Daleks to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
  • Molly refers to Gallifrey as "Galilee".
  • The Doctor and Molly are pursued by a Dalek time squad.

Species

TARDIS

  • Upon entering the TARDIS, Molly realises that she has been inside it before. Although she consistently refers to it as the "Tardy-box", she is nevertheless able to operate the console and dematerialise the TARDIS.
  • The TARDIS translation circuit does not work for Molly.

Technology

  • Upon arriving in 1972, Molly is surprised that electric lights have replaced gas lights and that cars have entirely replaced horse-drawn carriages.
  • The Doctor and Molly arrive on the HMS Grenade in 1940.

Time travel

  • On the left of the image, the Doctor gazes at the retro computer banks. On the right, Molly looks out from the beach at the waves crashing in the air.
    CD booklet interior illustration of the Doctor at the Ides Institute and Molly on Halalka.
    The Daleks refer to World War I-era France as "Earth's 20th century, Zone One."

Notes

Continuity

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The Audio Novels
The Second Doctor Adventures
The Seventh Doctor Adventures
The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles
Once and Future
BBC Doctor Who audio stories
Others
Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on audio appearances here, except for Dalek Empire, which has its own template, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.
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