Daleks! Genesis of Terror (audio story)

Daleks! Genesis of Terror
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):	Sarah, Harry
Main enemy:	Davros
Main setting:	Skaro, Thousand Year War
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Terry Nation (with additional dialogue by Simon Guerrier)
Director:	Samuel Clemens
Producer:	Simon Guerrier
Music:	Nicholas Briggs
Sound:	Jaspreet Singh
Read by:	Nicholas Briggs (stage directions in Episode One)
Cover by:	Ryan Aplin
Release details
Release number:	7.2
Release date:	25 May 2023
Format:	2 CDs Download
Production code:	BFPDWLS33
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-83868-821-9 (physical); ISBN 978-1-83868-822-6 (digital)
The Lost Stories
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Daleks! Genesis of Terror was part of the seventh series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. Although it was numbered as the second story in the series, it came out before The Ark. It was adapted for audio from Terry Nation's first draft of Genesis of the Daleks, with additional dialogue written by Simon Guerrier, with the first episode performed by a full cast lead by Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, Sadie Miller as Sarah Jane Smith and Christopher Naylor as Harry Sullivan. The storylines for the other episodes were read by members of the cast.

Publisher's summary

In a paved garden outside time, the Doctor is presented with an awful prophecy: the conquest of all time by the Daleks. To prevent this terrible fate, the Time Lords have decided on a radical course — to weaponise time themselves, and destroy the Daleks before they were ever created. And they want the Doctor to carry out this extraordinary task!

Soon, he and his companions Sarah and Harry are on the battle-ravaged planet Skaro, where a war has been raging for centuries. The war is now waged by teenagers using the last surviving weapons. Everything is desperate. But the Kaled's chief scientist has a new weapon that he thinks might just change everything...

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Sarah Jane Smith - Sadie Miller
• Harry Sullivan - Christopher Naylor
• Time Lord / General Grainer - Peter Bankolé
• Nyder - Samuel Clemens
• Ravon / Kaled Leader - Alasdair Hankinson
• Davros - Terry Molloy
• Kaled Boy / Operator - James Phoon

References

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Notes

• This story was recorded remotely on 21 & 30 June, and 2 & 9 August 2021.
• Although this was advertised as the second story of the seventh series of The Lost Stories, this was released first.
• This story consists of a full cast performance of Episode One, with stage directions provided by Nicholas Briggs, and readings by individual cast members of the storylines for the other episodes. With Episodes Two, Four and Six narrated from the third person, Christopher Naylor narrates Part Three in-character as Harry Sullivan and Sadie Miller narrates Part Five in-character as Sarah Jane Smith.
• Disc 2 contains an interview with Philip Hinchcliffe, where he shared his memories of the production of Season 12.

Continuity

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External links

• Official Daleks! Genesis of Terror page at bigfinish.com