Fear of the Daleks (audio story)

Fear of the Daleks
Doctor:	Second Doctor
Companion(s):	Jamie, Zoe
Main enemy:	The Daleks Atrika
Main setting:	Lavonia
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writer:	Patrick Chapman
Director:	Mark J Thompson
Music:	Lawrence Oakley
Sound:	Lawrence Oakely Robert Dunlop
Read by:	Wendy Padbury Nicholas Briggs
Release details
Release number:	1.2
Release date:	January 2007
Format:	1 CD
Production code:	BFPDWCC02
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-264-7
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Fear of the Daleks was the second release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the second story of season 1. It was written by Patrick Chapman and featured Zoe Heriot.

Publisher's summary

Why has Zoe Heriot been having nightmares about the Daleks? Who is the Doctor, a mysterious man from her past? When an evil scientist hijacks her mind to control a galaxy-conquering weapon, Zoe must stop him. First, she and the Second Doctor will face an enemy they had thought destroyed forever.

Cast

• Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
• The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

References

Cities

• Lavonia was a city built inside a protective dome on an asteroid.

Empires

• The Xantha Empire was a former Earth colony that was now independent.

Governments

• The Tibari Republic was founded by fish-like amphibious humanoids.

Individuals

• Professor Atrika, a Tibari scientist, planned to assassinate the president of Xantha so he could rule both groups, with the help of the Daleks

Species

• Lavonia was where the peace talks between the Xantha and the Tibari were taking place.
• Both the Xantha and the Tibari share a common ancestry.

Notes

• This is Zoe's first appearance in an audio drama.
• To date, this is the only appearance of the Daleks in the Companion Chronicles.
• This is the only Big Finish audio drama to feature one of the first three incarnations of the Doctor facing the Daleks.

Continuity

• The Doctor reassures Zoe some time after this adventure that the Daleks have now really met their final end at last, but Zoe is sceptical as he has said this before. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)
• Dalek crystals are used in a similar fashion in AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element.
• Zoe remembers bits and pieces of her adventures with the Doctor (in the form of dreams), despite the erasure of her memory by the Time Lords. (TV: The War Games)

External links

• Official Fear of the Daleks page at bigfinish.com
• Fear of the Daleks at the Doctor Who Reference Guide