Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)
Enemy of the Daleks, or The Enemy of the Daleks, was the one hundred and twenty-first story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by David Bishop and featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Philip Olivier as Hex.
It featured Hex's first encounter with the Daleks, having encountered the Cybermen in his first story The Harvest, and was also notable for explicitly acknowledging the continuity of the Virgin New Adventures with regards to Ace having spent a few years away from the Doctor fighting the Daleks in the 26th century before returning to being his companion.
Publisher's summary
Bliss used to be a paradise planet. The Galápagos Islands of space. But when the TARDIS brings the Doctor, Ace and Hex to Bliss, it's been over-run with ironweed plants, and the air is heavy with the stench of burnt silk and static electricity.
Worse, the Daleks are coming, on the trail of a lost patrol of starship troopers. Holed up in the Roarke 279 research facility, Lieutenant Beth Stokes is preparing her last stand against the invaders.
But there's a secret on Bliss, a secret guarded by the obsessive Professor Shimura...
This time, could it be the Daleks need saving?
Plot
Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Hex - Philip Olivier
- Lieutenant Beth Stokes - Kate Ashfield
- Sergeant Tahira Khan - Bindya Solanki
- Professor Toshio Shimura - Eiji Kusuhara
- Sistermatic / Kiseibya / Male Patient / Male Voice - Jeremy James
- The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
Crew
- Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
- Director - Ken Bentley
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music by Richard Fox and Lauren Yason @ FoxYason StudiosSteve Foxon
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Alan Barnes
- Writer - David Bishop
- Daleks created by Terry Nation
Worldbuilding
Daleks
- The Dalek force is led by a Black Dalek.
- Black Dalek can self-destruct to destroy a base.
Gallery
Original cover art
Notes
- This audio drama was recorded on 24-25 November 2008 at the Moat Studios.
- This audio release also included the second episode of The Three Companions "In Memoriam".
- This story is set after Survival.
- This story was previewed in DWM 408 with an illustration by Rob Davis.
- Looking back on Enemy of the Daleks in July 2022, David Bishop stated that he was "quite proud" of Enemy of the Daleks, and how it "tried to do something a bit different with Davros's creatures". He revealed that he originally developed the story under the title of Atrocity of the Daleks, and expressed a "shameless" hope that the Kiseibya might someday make the jump to the TV series.[1]
Continuity
- The Doctor refers to the mission that the Time Lords sent him on to avert the creation of the Daleks. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
- Ace previously encountered the Daleks in Shoreditch in November 1963, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) on Kar-Charrat, (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine) and during the three-year period she spent in the 26th century. (PROSE: Deceit)
- Ace is familiar with military spacecraft of this period being used against the Daleks. (PROSE: Deceit et al.)
- Hex compares the Daleks to the Cybermen that attacked St Gart's Hospital in October 2021. (AUDIO: The Harvest)
- The Valkyries mention rumours of Dalek duplicates. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
External links
- Official Enemy of the Daleks page at bigfinish.com
- Enemy of the Daleks at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for Enemy of the Daleks at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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- ↑ David Bishop (4 July 2022). I'm quite proud of Enemy of the Daleks. David Bishop on Twitter. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.
