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'''Dalek Empire''' is a series of linked audio dramas and one anthology in the ''[[Short Trips]]'' anthology published by [[Big Finish Productions]].
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{{Infobox Audio Series
|image            = Invasion of the Daleks cover.jpg
|release count    = 18
|story count      = 18
|release year      = 2001
|release year2    = 2008
|first story      = Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)
|first release    = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|end release      = [[January (releases)|January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|main character    =
|exec prod        = Jacqueline Rayner
|exec prod2        = Nicholas Briggs
|exec prod3        = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|producer          = Gary Russell
|producer2        = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|producer3        = Nicholas Briggs
|producer4        = Sharon Gosling
|script ed        = John Ainsworth
|music            = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|sound            = Nicholas Briggs, [[Chris Snyder]], [[Jamie Robertson]]
|cover            = [[Clayton Hickman]], [[Alex Mallinson]]
|production codes  = BFPCDDE01 - BFPCDDE18
|runtime          =
|publisher        = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/dalek-empire-collection-trailer
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'''''Dalek Empire''''' was a series of linked audio dramas and one book in the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series, all published by [[Big Finish Productions]].


==Publisher's Summary==
The ''Dalek Empire'' range started with a progressive thread through four stories in the [[Main Range]] of [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]] (''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]'', ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'', ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'' and ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]''), then spun off into an independent audio mini-series.
An epic saga of [[human]]ity's struggle to survive the relentless onslaught of the [[Dalek]]s. Spanning the entire [[Mutter's Spiral|galaxy]] and stretching over centuries, it is seemingly a war without end.


==Format==
[[File:Dalek empire.jpg|thumb|left|Promotional illustration for ''Dalek Empire'' by [[Lee Sullivan]] ([[DWM 307]])]]
===Dalek Empire - [[Big Finish - Doctor Who Audio Dramas|Doctor Who Audio Dramas]]===
The first two mini-series, ''[[Dalek Empire I|Dalek Empire]]'' and ''[[Dalek Empire II: Dalek War]]'', told the story of struggle against the Daleks, following their invasion of [[Mutter's Spiral]] and subsequent conquest of the galaxy from the perspectives of three key characters: [[Alby Brook]], [[Susan Mendes]] and [[Kalendorf]].
The Dalek Empire formally began with the following audio plays, featuring [[the Doctor]] and his companions:


*[[The Genocide Machine]] (Part 1)
''[[Dalek Empire III]]'' continued 2,500 years after ''Dalek Empire II: Dalek War'', as the galaxy prepared for a new invasion by the Daleks. ''[[Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless]]'' took a different approach and detailed other areas of the first war with the Daleks, with different characters.
*[[The Mutant Phase]] (Part 2)
*[[The Apocalypse Element]] (Part 3)
*[[The Time of the Daleks]] (Part 4)


===Dalek Empire===
In [[December (releases)|December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]], Big Finish released ''[[Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks]]'', a special subscribers exclusive audio drama, which featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] with Susan Mendes and Kalendorf. It takes place between the events of ''[[The Human Factor (audio story)|The Human Factor]]'' and ''[["Death to the Daleks!" (audio story)|"Death to the Daleks!"]]'', the second and third releases in [[Dalek Empire I|the first series of ''Dalek Empire'']]. Also in December 2006, Big Finish released ''[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]'', a short story anthology, featuring supplemental stories from various Dalek storylines, including [[the Doctor]] in several incarnations. Adapting ''Dalek Empire'' to the world of print, it also featured the full script to ''Return of the Daleks''.
*[[Dalek Empire I|Dalek Empire]]  
*[[Dalek Empire II: Dalek War]]  


The first two mini-series tell a story of struggle against the Daleks through the perspective of multiple individuals, most notably [[Alby Brook]], [[Susan Mendes]] and [[Kalendorf]].
In [[November (releases)|November]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], Big Finish released ''[[Dalek Empire: Series I - II]]'' and ''[[Dalek Empire: Series III - IV]]'', collecting all stories from the series.


*[[Dalek Empire III]] continues from the end of ''Dalek Empire II: Dalek War'', primarily with a new set of characters.
== Stories ==
=== Dalek Empire ===
{{Main|Dalek Empire I}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Author || Director || Featuring || Released
|-
|1.1
|''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]''
|rowspan=4 colspan=2|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gordon Pellan|Pellan]]
|[[25 June (releases)|25 June]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|-
|1.2
|''[[The Human Factor (audio story)|The Human Factor]]''
|[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] 2001
|-
|1.3
|''[["Death to the Daleks!" (audio story)|"Death to the Daleks!"]]''
|[[Mirana]]
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] 2001
|-
|1.4
|''[[Project Infinity (audio story)|Project Infinity]]''
|Mirana, [[Seer of Yaldos]]
|[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|}


*[[Dalek Empire IV]] took a different approach and details other areas of the war with the Daleks with different characters.
=== Dalek Empire II: Dalek War ===
{{Main|Dalek Empire II: Dalek War}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Author || Director || Featuring || Released
|-
|2.1
|''[[Dalek War: Chapter One (audio story)|Dalek War: Chapter One]]''
|rowspan=4 colspan=2|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|[[Mirana]], [[Saloran Hardew|Hardew]], [[Siy Tarkov|Tarkov]]
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|2.2
|''[[Dalek War: Chapter Two (audio story)|Dalek War: Chapter Two]]''
|rowspan=2|Mirana, Hardew, Tarkov, Morli
|[[February (releases)|February]] 2003
|-
|2.3
|''[[Dalek War: Chapter Three (audio story)|Dalek War: Chapter Three]]''
|[[March (releases)|March]] 2003
|-
|2.4
|''[[Dalek War: Chapter Four (audio story)|Dalek War: Chapter Four]]''
|Hardew, Tarkov
|[[April (releases)|April]] 2003
|}


===Other releases===
=== Dalek Empire III ===
*''[[Return of the Daleks]]'', a special subscriber's-only audio drama features both the [[Seventh Doctor]] with Susan Mendes and Kalendorf.  
{{Main|Dalek Empire III}}
*''[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]'', a short story anthology features the Doctor in various incarnations and adapts ''Dalek Empire'' to the world of prose. It also features the full script to ''Return of the Daleks''.
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Author || Director || Featuring || Released
|-
|3.1
|''[[The Exterminators (audio story)|The Exterminators]]''
|rowspan=6 colspan=2|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|rowspan=2|[[Frey Saxton|Frey]], [[Kaymee Arnod|Kaymee]], [[Dan Culver|Culver]], [[Susan Mendes|Suz]]
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|3.2
|''[[The Healers (audio story)|The Healers]]''
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2004
|-
|3.3
|''[[The Survivors (audio story)|The Survivors]]''
|Frey, Kaymee, Culver, [[Elaria|Amur Tarkov]], Suz
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2004
|-
|3.4
|''[[The Demons (audio story)|The Demons]]''
|Amur, Frey, Culver, Suz
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2004
|-
|3.5
|''[[The Warriors (audio story)|The Warriors]]''
|Frey, Kaymee, Culver, Elaria, Suz
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2004
|-
|3.6
|''[[The Future (audio story)|The Future]]''
|Frey, Kaymee, Hardew, Culver, Elaria, Suz
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2004
|}


==External Links==
=== Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless ===
*[http://www.bigfinish.com/Dalek-Empire Big Finish '''Dalek Empire''' main page]
{{Main|Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Author || Director || Featuring || Released
|-
|4.1
|''[[The Fearless: Part 1 (audio story)|The Fearless: Part 1]]''
|rowspan=4 colspan=2|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|rowspan=3|[[Susan Mendes|Suz]]
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|-
|4.2
|''[[The Fearless: Part 2 (audio story)|The Fearless: Part 2]]''
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2007
|-
|4.3
|''[[The Fearless: Part 3 (audio story)|The Fearless: Part 3]]''
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2007
|-
|4.4
|''[[The Fearless: Part 4 (audio story)|The Fearless: Part 4]]''
|
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|}


[[Category:Audio stories]]
=== Other 'Dalek Empire' releases ===
[[Category:Big Finish Audio Dramas]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Author
!Director
!Featuring
!Released
|-
|[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]
|[[Mike Tucker]]
| rowspan="4" |Nicholas Briggs
|[[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]], [[Bev Tarrant]]
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|-
|[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]
|[[Stephen Cole]]
|[[Sixth Doctor]], [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]], [[Romana II]], [[Vansell]]
|[[7 August (releases)|7 August]] 2000
|-
|[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]
|[[Nicholas Briggs]]
|[[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]]
|[[18 December (releases)|18 December]] 2000
|-
|[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]
|[[Justin Richards]]
|[[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley]]
|[[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|[[Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks]]
|Nicholas Briggs
|[[John Ainsworth]]
|Seventh Doctor, [[Susan Mendes|Suz]], [[Kalendorf]]
|[[December (releases)|December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|[[Short Trips: Dalek Empire]]
|Numerous
|N/A
|Numerous
|18 December 2006
|}
 
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|ranges/released/dalek-empire}}
 
{{BFDE}}
{{Big Finish}}
{{TitleSort}}
 
[[Category:Dalek Empire audio series]]
[[Category:Audio overviews]]

Latest revision as of 00:46, 23 August 2024

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You may wish to consult Dalek Empire (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Dalek Empire was a series of linked audio dramas and one book in the Short Trips series, all published by Big Finish Productions.

The Dalek Empire range started with a progressive thread through four stories in the Main Range of Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories (The Genocide Machine, The Apocalypse Element, The Mutant Phase and The Time of the Daleks), then spun off into an independent audio mini-series.

Promotional illustration for Dalek Empire by Lee Sullivan (DWM 307)

The first two mini-series, Dalek Empire and Dalek Empire II: Dalek War, told the story of struggle against the Daleks, following their invasion of Mutter's Spiral and subsequent conquest of the galaxy from the perspectives of three key characters: Alby Brook, Susan Mendes and Kalendorf.

Dalek Empire III continued 2,500 years after Dalek Empire II: Dalek War, as the galaxy prepared for a new invasion by the Daleks. Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless took a different approach and detailed other areas of the first war with the Daleks, with different characters.

In December 2006, Big Finish released Return of the Daleks, a special subscribers exclusive audio drama, which featured the Seventh Doctor with Susan Mendes and Kalendorf. It takes place between the events of The Human Factor and "Death to the Daleks!", the second and third releases in the first series of Dalek Empire. Also in December 2006, Big Finish released Short Trips: Dalek Empire, a short story anthology, featuring supplemental stories from various Dalek storylines, including the Doctor in several incarnations. Adapting Dalek Empire to the world of print, it also featured the full script to Return of the Daleks.

In November 2020, Big Finish released Dalek Empire: Series I - II and Dalek Empire: Series III - IV, collecting all stories from the series.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dalek Empire[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Dalek Empire I
# Title Author Director Featuring Released
1.1 Invasion of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs Pellan 25 June 2001
1.2 The Human Factor 6 August 2001
1.3 "Death to the Daleks!" Mirana 29 October 2001
1.4 Project Infinity Mirana, Seer of Yaldos 21 January 2002

Dalek Empire II: Dalek War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Dalek Empire II: Dalek War
# Title Author Director Featuring Released
2.1 Dalek War: Chapter One Nicholas Briggs Mirana, Hardew, Tarkov January 2003
2.2 Dalek War: Chapter Two Mirana, Hardew, Tarkov, Morli February 2003
2.3 Dalek War: Chapter Three March 2003
2.4 Dalek War: Chapter Four Hardew, Tarkov April 2003

Dalek Empire III[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Dalek Empire III
# Title Author Director Featuring Released
3.1 The Exterminators Nicholas Briggs Frey, Kaymee, Culver, Suz May 2004
3.2 The Healers June 2004
3.3 The Survivors Frey, Kaymee, Culver, Amur Tarkov, Suz July 2004
3.4 The Demons Amur, Frey, Culver, Suz August 2004
3.5 The Warriors Frey, Kaymee, Culver, Elaria, Suz September 2004
3.6 The Future Frey, Kaymee, Hardew, Culver, Elaria, Suz October 2004

Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless
# Title Author Director Featuring Released
4.1 The Fearless: Part 1 Nicholas Briggs Suz October 2007
4.2 The Fearless: Part 2 November 2007
4.3 The Fearless: Part 3 December 2007
4.4 The Fearless: Part 4 January 2008

Other 'Dalek Empire' releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Director Featuring Released
The Genocide Machine Mike Tucker Nicholas Briggs Seventh Doctor, Ace, Bev Tarrant April 2000
The Apocalypse Element Stephen Cole Sixth Doctor, Evelyn, Romana II, Vansell 7 August 2000
The Mutant Phase Nicholas Briggs Fifth Doctor, Nyssa 18 December 2000
The Time of the Daleks Justin Richards Eighth Doctor, Charley 21 May 2002
Return of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs John Ainsworth Seventh Doctor, Suz, Kalendorf December 2006
Short Trips: Dalek Empire Numerous N/A Numerous 18 December 2006

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