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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
[[Hazil's spaceship|A spaceship]] carrying medical supplies comes under heavy fire and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] sends [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] to safety in an [[escape module]] whilst he locates [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. Mel crash-lands on [[Lethe (The Juggernauts)|Lethe]], sets up a [[homing beacon]] and waits for the Doctor for | [[Hazil's spaceship|A spaceship]] carrying medical supplies comes under heavy fire and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] sends [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] to safety in an [[escape module]] whilst he locates [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. Mel crash-lands on [[Lethe (The Juggernauts)|Lethe]], sets up a [[homing beacon]] and waits for the Doctor for three months, spending her time repairing [[Mechonoid|unearthed service robots]] for [[Davros|Professor Vaso]], a [[scientist]] who also survived a crash-landing and who takes an interest in the Doctor. | ||
The Doctor is [[Time Scoop]]ed and held in a [[molecular disintegration cage]] by the [[Renegade Dalek]]s, who hold the TARDIS and intend to recruit him to stop the creation of a rival race on Lethe, a [[planet]] with an [[atmosphere]] that is potentially lethal to the Daleks. They inform him that Mel is on Lethe and use a [[visualiser]] to show her with Professor Vaso, whom the Doctor immediately recognises as Davros. | The Doctor is [[Time Scoop]]ed and held in a [[molecular disintegration cage]] by the [[Renegade Dalek]]s, who hold the TARDIS and intend to recruit him to stop the creation of a rival race on Lethe, a [[planet]] with an [[atmosphere]] that is potentially lethal to the Daleks. They inform him that Mel is on Lethe and use a [[visualiser]] to show her with Professor Vaso, whom she is telling stories about her adventures; the Doctor immediately recognises him as Davros. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
' | The [[Black Dalek]] explains that Davros crash-landed on Lethe en route to his [[trial]] on [[Skaro]] and agrees to give the Doctor and Mel their freedom following Davros's capture. After a successful demonstration of the [[Juggernaut]]s adapted from the service robots for investors from [[Outreach Corporation|Outreach]], Mel returns to her [[bedroom]] and is reunited with the Doctor, who has been [[transmat]]ted down by the Daleks. Mel has difficulty believing the truth about Professor Vaso and rests whilst the Doctor looks around the [[colony]]. | ||
In the morning, [[Henning Brauer|Mr Brauer]] informs the staff that work on the Juggernauts will be taken over by one of Outreach's own product development team for a month or two, angering Davros. He deduces that [[Kryson|Mr Kryson]] is an [[addiction|addict]] immune to the [[virus]] masking his true appearance and [[blackmail]]s him into recommending that his superiors suspend their plan before the Doctor enters. As they discuss how Davros has taken a new identity and plans to leave a new legacy, three of his [[Imperial Dalek]]s arrive. | |||
=== Part three === | === Part three === | ||
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* [[Melanie Bush]] - [[Bonnie Langford]] | * [[Melanie Bush]] - [[Bonnie Langford]] | ||
* [[Davros]] - [[Terry Molloy]] | * [[Davros]] - [[Terry Molloy]] | ||
* [[Sonali]] - [[Bindya Solanki]] | * [[Sonali Akhtar|Sonali]] - [[Bindya Solanki]] | ||
* [[Geoffrey Gatlin]] - [[Klaus White]] | * [[Geoffrey Gatlin]] - [[Klaus White]] | ||
* [[Kryson]] - [[Peter Forbes]]<!--BF website appears to have a typo; this is Forbes, not Forbe--> | * [[Kryson]] - [[Peter Forbes]]<!--BF website appears to have a typo; this is Forbes, not Forbe--> | ||
* [[Brauer]] - [[Paul Grunert]] | * [[Henning Brauer|Brauer]] - [[Paul Grunert]] | ||
* [[Loewen]] - [[Julia Houghton]] | * [[Loewen]] - [[Julia Houghton]] | ||
* [[Dalek|The Daleks]] / [[Mechanoid|The Mechonoids]] / [[Computer (The Juggernauts)|Computer]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Dalek|The Daleks]] / [[Mechanoid|The Mechonoids]] / [[Computer (The Juggernauts)|Computer]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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* Prior to her arrival on Lethe, the only [[computer language]]s at which Mel was adept were [[BASIC]], [[COBOL]] and [[FORTRAN]]. | * Prior to her arrival on Lethe, the only [[computer language]]s at which Mel was adept were [[BASIC]], [[COBOL]] and [[FORTRAN]]. | ||
* The ship carrying Davros to Skaro was attacked in the [[Beta Orianus]] system and was presumed to have destroyed with all hands. | * The ship carrying Davros to Skaro was attacked in the [[Beta Orianus]] system and was presumed to have destroyed with all hands. | ||
* The investors are [[Henning Brauer|Mr Brauer]], [[Kryson|Mr Kryson]], [[Valmont (The Juggernauts)|Mr Valmont]] (in charge of financing for special projects) and [[Ferris (The Juggernauts)|Miss Ferris]]. | |||
* [[Eckhardt|Commander Eckhardt]] is in charge of mining. | |||
* Geoff has a cousin who lives in [[Australia]]. She is married with two children. | * Geoff has a cousin who lives in [[Australia]]. She is married with two children. | ||
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* Mel refers to the Doctor as [[Fred Astaire]] while the Doctor refers to Mel as [[Ginger Rogers]]. | * Mel refers to the Doctor as [[Fred Astaire]] while the Doctor refers to Mel as [[Ginger Rogers]]. | ||
* The Juggernaut prototypes are named [[Sooty]], [[Sweep]] and [[Soo]], after children's TV puppet characters. | * The Juggernaut prototypes are named [[Sooty]], [[Sweep]] and [[Soo]], after children's TV puppet characters. | ||
* Geoff gives Mel a [[music box]] which plays "[[Ave Maria]]" by [[Schubert]]. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
Revision as of 19:23, 21 June 2023
The Juggernauts was the sixty-fifth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Scott Alan Woodard and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush and Terry Molloy as Davros.
It was the first appearance of the Mechonoids in a performed story since TV: The Chase in 1965. This was Bonnie Langford's second audio story with Colin Baker, the first being AUDIO: The One Doctor.
Publisher's summary
In a small mining colony on the dark and distant planet of Lethe, strange events are occurring — the results of which could dramatically affect things on a universal scale. For within the dingy corridors of the artificial biosphere, the lone survivor of a devastating crash has expertly wormed his way into the lives of the colony's personnel.
Separated from one another across space and time, the Doctor and Mel find themselves in very different predicaments: Mel has been employed on Lethe, while the Doctor has been imprisoned aboard an alien spacecraft. Both situations are inexorably linked, however, and at the apex of the two sits Davros and the terrifying possibility of a new threat even more powerful than the Daleks!
Rescuing Mel and stopping Davros should be the Doctor's primary goals, but could it be that this time, Mel does not wish to be rescued? And might Davros actually be working on something for the benefit of the civilised galaxies...?
Plot
Part one
A spaceship carrying medical supplies comes under heavy fire and the Doctor sends Mel to safety in an escape module whilst he locates the TARDIS. Mel crash-lands on Lethe, sets up a homing beacon and waits for the Doctor for three months, spending her time repairing unearthed service robots for Professor Vaso, a scientist who also survived a crash-landing and who takes an interest in the Doctor.
The Doctor is Time Scooped and held in a molecular disintegration cage by the Renegade Daleks, who hold the TARDIS and intend to recruit him to stop the creation of a rival race on Lethe, a planet with an atmosphere that is potentially lethal to the Daleks. They inform him that Mel is on Lethe and use a visualiser to show her with Professor Vaso, whom she is telling stories about her adventures; the Doctor immediately recognises him as Davros.
Part two
The Black Dalek explains that Davros crash-landed on Lethe en route to his trial on Skaro and agrees to give the Doctor and Mel their freedom following Davros's capture. After a successful demonstration of the Juggernauts adapted from the service robots for investors from Outreach, Mel returns to her bedroom and is reunited with the Doctor, who has been transmatted down by the Daleks. Mel has difficulty believing the truth about Professor Vaso and rests whilst the Doctor looks around the colony.
In the morning, Mr Brauer informs the staff that work on the Juggernauts will be taken over by one of Outreach's own product development team for a month or two, angering Davros. He deduces that Mr Kryson is an addict immune to the virus masking his true appearance and blackmails him into recommending that his superiors suspend their plan before the Doctor enters. As they discuss how Davros has taken a new identity and plans to leave a new legacy, three of his Imperial Daleks arrive.
Part three
to be added
Part four
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Colin Baker
- Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford
- Davros - Terry Molloy
- Sonali - Bindya Solanki
- Geoffrey Gatlin - Klaus White
- Kryson - Peter Forbes
- Brauer - Paul Grunert
- Loewen - Julia Houghton
- The Daleks / The Mechonoids / Computer - Nicholas Briggs
Uncredited cast
- Computer / Announcer - Gary Russell
Crew
- Cover Art - Lee Binding
- Director - Gary Russell
- Executive Producer - Jacqueline Rayner
- Music and Sound Design - Steve Foxon
- Producers - Gary Russell and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Writer - Scott Alan Woodard
- Daleks, Davros and Mechanoids created by Terry Nation
References
The Doctor
- The Doctor has met Melvin Schwartz, the co-discover of the muon neutrino.
- According to Mel, the Doctor is approximately 900 years old. She tells Geoff that he does not look a day older than 45.
Individuals
- Captain Hazil is killed.
- Due to her programming skills, Mel became employed by the Outreach association.
- Prior to her arrival on Lethe, the only computer languages at which Mel was adept were BASIC, COBOL and FORTRAN.
- The ship carrying Davros to Skaro was attacked in the Beta Orianus system and was presumed to have destroyed with all hands.
- The investors are Mr Brauer, Mr Kryson, Mr Valmont (in charge of financing for special projects) and Miss Ferris.
- Commander Eckhardt is in charge of mining.
- Geoff has a cousin who lives in Australia. She is married with two children.
The Daleks
- A Supreme Dalek is in charge of the Daleks who inform the Doctor of Davros' presence.
The TARDIS
- Shortly before the TARDIS dematerialised, it was ensnared by a Dalek Time Scoop.
Cultural references
- Mel refers to George Orwell and quotes "Big Brother is Watching You" from his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
- The Doctor refers to the Seven Dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- Mel refers to the Doctor as Fred Astaire while the Doctor refers to Mel as Ginger Rogers.
- The Juggernaut prototypes are named Sooty, Sweep and Soo, after children's TV puppet characters.
- Geoff gives Mel a music box which plays "Ave Maria" by Schubert.
Gallery
Original cover art
Textless cover art
Notes
- This story marks the first appearance of the Mechonoids in an audio drama.
- Given his cameo appearance in AUDIO: The Next Life, this is the second consecutive audio drama in the main range to feature Davros.
- This audio drama was recorded on 20 and 21 April 2004 at the Moat Studios.
- The story was reissued in 2007 as part of The Complete Davros Collection DVD boxset.
- Music from this story is available from composer Steve Foxon's Soundcloud.
- This story was originally released on CD. It is now available as a download.
- Among the Doctor's many quips regarding new Dalek innovations is the notion of "purple Daleks". A purple Dalek does appear in COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks in a role analogous to a Black Dalek or Red Dalek.
- This story establishes that Davros reconstructed his chair using a Necros Dalek, thus it now appears white with gold sense globes rather than the original black with silver sense globes. A precursor to Emperor Davros's casing, such a form was previously envisioned as an action figure by Dapol.
Continuity
- After regaining consciousness, the Doctor calls out for Evelyn Smythe before remembering that she has departed the TARDIS to marry Justice Rossiter on Világ. (AUDIO: Thicker Than Water)
- The Mechonoids were considered ancient when unearthed on the mining colony Lethe. (TV: The Chase)
- The ship transporting Davros and the surviving Daleks, belonging to both the Imperial and Renegade factions, from Tranquil Repose on Necros crashed on Lethe during their return voyage to Skaro 716 days earlier. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
- This is Davros' fourth of five known encounters with the Sixth Doctor. The others took place on Skaro, (COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!) an unnamed planet at some point after the 38th century, (AUDIO: Davros) on Necros (TV: Revelation of the Daleks) and in Waterloo, Belgium in June 1815. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros)
- It is difficult to reconcile Davros' near obliteration in this story with his subsequent appearance in COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks! where both he and his life support chariot remain undamaged during his later trial on Skaro. Disregarding this account detailing his rise to Emperor, it appears that Mel is responsible for his subsequent emaciation in TV: Remembrance of the Daleks after sending the Juggernauts to murder Davros.
- The Doctor mentions the Thal attack on the Kaled Dome which left Davros crippled. (AUDIO: Davros, Corruption)
- Davros has built a mechanical right hand for himself after his original one was destroyed by Bostock on Necros. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth / Journey's End)
- Davros refers to the various times that the Daleks betrayed him and attempted to exterminate him, only to later seek his assistance. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks, Destiny of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks)
- The Doctor tells Davros that he previously encountered the Mechanoids on their native planet Mechanus during his first incarnation. (TV: The Chase)
- The Doctor reminds Davros that their previous attempt to work together was a disaster. (AUDIO: Davros)
- Davros refers to the Doctor's refusal to avert the creation of the Daleks due to moral considerations. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
- Mel's address in Pease Pottage is 36 Downview Crescent. (PROSE: Business Unusual; AUDIO: The Wrong Doctors)
- The Doctor refers to Davros' attempt to create a new race of Daleks from humans on Necros. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
- The Doctor refers to his last encounter with Davros as being the events on Necros; this disregards their encounter during the Battle of Waterloo, (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros) but this may be attributed to the Doctor recognising that the current events take place chronologically shortly after the confrontation on Necros, and therefore dates the Waterloo confrontation as being in Davros's future even if it occurred in the Doctor's past.
External links
- Official The Juggernauts page at bigfinish.com
- The Juggernauts at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Juggernauts at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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