Blood of the Daleks (audio story)

Blood of the Daleks
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Lucie Miller (Introduction)
Main enemy:	Daleks
Main setting:	Red Rocket Rising, c. early 26th century
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	Steve Lyons
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Producer:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins - ERS
Release details
Release number:	1.1/1.2
Release date:	January 2007 (Part 1) February 2007 (Part 2)
Format:	2 episodes on 2 discs
Production code:	BFPDWCDMG001 (Part 1) BFPDWCDMG002 (Part 2)
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-84435-255-5 ISBN 978-1-84435-256-2

Publisher's Summary

Part One

"People of Red Rocket Rising, my fellow citizens. Our long night is over. I've been contacted by a benevolent people. They too have known great trials, but they have overcome them and made it their mission to help others do the same. They have offered us refuge, and passage to the nearest human worlds. They have the resources, and the patience and compassion, to evacuate every one of us. My fellow citizens, my friends, rescue is at hand!"

Part Two

"The crashed ship. The one Tom Cardwell saw all those years ago. And you borrowed its technology, didn't you? Maybe even found a Dalek or two in the wreckage. Dead, but intact. And you began to turn human beings into creatures like them. You did that? I'm right, arent I?"

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Lucie Miller - Sheridan Smith
• Headhunter - Katarina Olsson
• Eileen Klint - Anita Dobson
• Tom Cardwell - Kenneth Cranham
• Asha - Hayley Atwell
• Lowell - Gerry O'Toole
• Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

References

• The Doctor asks the Dalek Supreme who they're at war with; the Mechanoids, Movellans or maybe other Daleks.
• The Doctor mentions to Lucie that he was present at the time of the Daleks' creation, and describes his decision not to erase the Daleks from history as a "big mistake".

Notes

At beginning of part 1 the Daleks are offering help and on end of part 2, the people of planet Telos (Cybermen) offer help to people of red rocket rising.

Continuity

• The Daleks are first seen to encounter the Mechanoids in DW: The Chase.
• The Daleks war with the Movellans is first mentioned (and they are seen) in DW: Destiny of the Daleks, while fall out from the war is mentioned in Resurrection of the Daleks.

Timeline

• Blood of the Daleks occurs after: The Girl Who Never Was
• Blood of the Daleks occurs before: Horror of Glam Rock

External Links

• Big Finish Blood of the Daleks (Part 1) page
• Big Finish Blood of the Daleks (Part 2) page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Blood of the Daleks (Part 1 & 2)