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|name            = We Are The Daleks
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|series         = '''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories]]'''
|number in range  = 201
|number         = 201
|series           = ''[[Main Range]]''
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|number           = 201
|companions     = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]]
|doctor           = Seventh Doctor
|enemy           = The [[Dalek]]s
|companions       = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], [[Serena Paget|Serena]]
|setting         = [[London]]; [[Bradford]], [[October]] [[1987]]; [[Skaro]]; [[Callico Nine]]
|enemy             = [[Imperial Dalek]]s, [[Celia Dunthorpe]]
|writer          = [[Jonathan Morris]]
|setting           = [[London]] and [[Bradford]], [[October]] [[1987]]; [[Skaro]]; [[Callico Nine]]
|director        = [[Ken Bentley]]
|writer           = Jonathan Morris
|music           = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
|director         = [[Ken Bentley]]
|sound           = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
|producer          = [[David Richardson]]
|cover           = [[Tom Webster]]
|music             = [[Wilfredo Acosta]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|sound             = Wilfredo Acosta
|release date   = [[9 July (releases)|9 July]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|cover             = [[Tom Webster]]
|format         = 4 parts, 2 CDs
|epcount          = 4
|production code =  
|publisher         = Big Finish Productions
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78178-541-6
|release date     = 9 July 2015
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|format           = 2 CDs<br/>Download
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|production code   = BFPDWCD201
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|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78178-541-6 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78178-542-3 (digital)
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'''''We Are The Daleks''''' was the two hundred and first story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and the [[Dalek]]s, as well as the return of [[Mel Bush]] who last appeared with [[Sylvester McCoy]] nearly a decade before in [[2006 (releases)|2006]]'s ''[[Red (audio story)|Red]]''. In the intervening years, Mel had appeared in multiple audio stories with the [[Sixth Doctor]].
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{{You may|We are the Daleks! (short story)|n1 = a similarly-titled short story}}
'''''We Are The Daleks''''' was the two hundred and first story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]] and featured [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]].
 
It featured the return of Mel who last appeared with the Seventh Doctor nearly a decade earlier in [[2006 (releases)|2006]]'s ''[[Red (audio story)|Red]]''. In the intervening years, Mel had appeared in multiple audio stories with the [[Sixth Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The year is [[1987]], and [[Britain]] is divided. In [[Bradford]], strikers are picketing and clashing with the police. In the city of [[London]], stockbrokers are drinking champagne and politicians are courting the super-rich. The mysterious media mogul [[Alek Zenos]], head of the [[Zenos Corporation]], is offering Britain an economic miracle. His partners wish to invest – and their terms are too good to refuse.
The year is [[1987]], and [[Britain]] is divided. In [[Bradford]], [[strike]]r are [[picket line|picketing]] and clashing with the [[police]]. In the city of [[London]], [[stockbroker]]s are drinking [[champagne]] and [[politician]]s are courting the super-rich. The mysterious media mogul [[Alek Zenos]], head of the [[Zenos Corporation]], is offering Britain an economic miracle. His partners wish to invest – and their terms are too good to refuse.


While the Doctor investigates ''[[Warfleet]]'', a new computer game craze that is sweeping the nation, [[Mel]] goes undercover to find out the truth about Zenos's partners.
While [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] investigates ''[[Warfleet]]'', a new [[computer game]] craze that is sweeping the nation, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] goes undercover to find out the truth about Zenos's partners.


The [[Daleks]] have a new paradigm. They intend to conquer the universe using economic power. The power of the free market!
The [[Dalek]]s have a new paradigm. They intend to conquer the universe using economic power. The power of the [[free market]]!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Alek Zenos]] - [[Angus Wright]]
* [[Alek Zenos]] - [[Angus Wright]]
* [[Celia Dunthorpe]] - [[Mary Conlon]]
* [[Celia Dunthorpe]] - [[Mary Conlon]]
* [[Niles Bunbury]]/[[Frank Lewis]] - [[Robbie Stevens]]
* [[Niles Bunbury]] / [[Frank Lewis]] - [[Robbie Stevens]]
* [[Brinsley Heaton]] - [[Ashley Zhangazha]]
* [[Brinsley Heaton]] - [[Ashley Zhangazha]]
* [[Shari]] - [[Lizzie Roper]]
* [[Shari]] - [[Lizzie Roper]]
* [[Afrid]] - [[Dominic Thornburn]]
* [[Afrid]] - [[Dominic Thorburn]]
* The [[Dalek]]s - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* The [[Dalek]]s / The [[Dalek Emperor]] / Newsreader / [[Thal]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== [[:Category:Daleks|Daleks]] ===
* The Daleks use a [[time corridor]] to travel to [[London]].
* The Daleks do not recognise the Doctor initially based on his physiognomy, indicating that they have not yet encountered him following his [[regeneration]].
* The Daleks have a [[Dalek Supreme Council|Supreme Council]].
 
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor informs the Daleks that he has [[Aliases of the Doctor|many names]].
* The Doctor refers to the fact that he defeated the Daleks using the [[Human Factor]] during [[Second Doctor|his second incarnation]].
 
=== Mel Bush ===
* Serena Paget has a [[car phone]]. She is surprised that Mel has a [[mobile phone]].
 
=== United Kingdom ===
* There are three million people unemployed in the [[United Kingdom]].
* Zenos mentions that Britain has a rich culture of artists such as [[William Shakespeare]], [[Thomas Gainsborough]] and [[Edward Elgar]].
 
=== Skaro ===
* Niles Bunbury believes that [[Skaro]] looks like "something from a ''[[Dan Dare]]'' annual."
* [[Thal]] refugees from Skaro inhabit the world of [[Callico Nine]], a Dalek slave world. The only Thals who remain on Skaro are slaves.


== References ==
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor informs the Daleks he has [[Aliases of the Doctor|many names]], including Ka Faraq Gatri, the Bringer of Darkness, the Destroyer of Worlds, and the Oncoming Storm.
* Brinsley believes that ''[[Warfleet]]'' is the most realistic video game ever made.
* Zenos lists Britain as having a rich culture of artists such as [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], [[Thomas Gainsborough|Gainsborough]] and [[Edward Elgar|Elgar]].
* Thal refugees from Skaro inhabit the world of [[Callico Nine]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[5 January (production)|5]] and [[6 January (production)|6 January]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
[[File:We Are The Daleks (audio story) textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover]]
* This story was recorded on [[5 January (production)|5]] and [[6 January (production)|6 January]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* The story makes use of pre-title sequences, a format used occasionally by Big Finish and the television series during the original run in the 1980s.
* The story makes use of pre-title sequences, a format used occasionally by Big Finish and the television series during the original run in the 1980s.
* It is noted in the CD extras that this story is now a "historical" story in the same way ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' was and a similar amount of time existed between the publish date and the date this story is set.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Mel previously encountered both the Daleks and [[Davros]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Juggernauts (audio story)|The Juggernauts]]'')
* Mel previously encountered both the [[Dalek]]s and [[Davros]] on [[Lethe (The Juggernauts)|Lethe]]. The Daleks recognise her from this encounter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Juggernauts (audio story)|The Juggernauts]]'')
* Mel claims that 1987 is a year into her future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'')
* Mel claims that [[1987]] is a year into her future, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'') something that both [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrong Doctors (audio story)|The Wrong Doctors]]'' contradict.
* The Daleks do not recognise the Doctor initially based on his physiognomy, indicating that they have not yet encountered him following his regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
* A Dalek says, "Would you like some vol au vents?" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
* The Dalek Emperor believes that using children as battle computers is a good strategy because they enjoy it. They would later use a young girl, [[Judith Winters]], as their battle computer in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* Upon the destruction of the Daleks, the Doctor comments "ashes to ashes, rust to rust." ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* The Daleks use a [[Time corridor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor describes the Dalek mutant as a "bubbling lump of hate". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor describes the Dalek mutant as a "bubbling lump of hate". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'')
* Shari mentions that the Doctor have helped the [[Thal]]s before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor says, "I say, you've had the place redecorated. I don't like it." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Doctor comments, "Lead on, McDalek!" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'')
* The Dalek Emperor believes that using children as battle computers is a good strategy because they enjoy it. They would later use a young girl, [[Judith Winters]], as their battle computer in [[November]] [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the fact that he defeated the Daleks using the [[Human Factor]] during [[Second Doctor|his second incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor creates a [[time storm]] on Skaro. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* Upon the destruction of the Daleks, the Doctor comments "Ashes to ashes, rust to rust." ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* Celia Dunthorpe makes herself [[Prime Minister of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'')
* At the end of the story the building-sized Dalek is left on Skaro, suggesting it is the same as the one which appears at the beginning of [[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''.


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We Are The Daleks was the two hundred and first story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Jonathan Morris and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush.

It featured the return of Mel who last appeared with the Seventh Doctor nearly a decade earlier in 2006's Red. In the intervening years, Mel had appeared in multiple audio stories with the Sixth Doctor.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The year is 1987, and Britain is divided. In Bradford, striker are picketing and clashing with the police. In the city of London, stockbrokers are drinking champagne and politicians are courting the super-rich. The mysterious media mogul Alek Zenos, head of the Zenos Corporation, is offering Britain an economic miracle. His partners wish to invest – and their terms are too good to refuse.

While the Doctor investigates Warfleet, a new computer game craze that is sweeping the nation, Mel goes undercover to find out the truth about Zenos's partners.

The Daleks have a new paradigm. They intend to conquer the universe using economic power. The power of the free market!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part one[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part two[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part three[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Part four[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Daleks use a time corridor to travel to London.
  • The Daleks do not recognise the Doctor initially based on his physiognomy, indicating that they have not yet encountered him following his regeneration.
  • The Daleks have a Supreme Council.

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mel Bush[[edit] | [edit source]]

United Kingdom[[edit] | [edit source]]

Skaro[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Niles Bunbury believes that Skaro looks like "something from a Dan Dare annual."
  • Thal refugees from Skaro inhabit the world of Callico Nine, a Dalek slave world. The only Thals who remain on Skaro are slaves.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Brinsley believes that Warfleet is the most realistic video game ever made.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Textless cover
  • This story was recorded on 5 and 6 January 2015 at The Moat Studios.
  • The story makes use of pre-title sequences, a format used occasionally by Big Finish and the television series during the original run in the 1980s.
  • It is noted in the CD extras that this story is now a "historical" story in the same way Remembrance of the Daleks was and a similar amount of time existed between the publish date and the date this story is set.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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