The Dalek Defence (audio story)
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The Dalek Defence was the second story in the audio anthology Dalek Universe 3, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jane Slavin as Anya Kingdom and Terry Molloy as Davros.
Publisher's summary
The Doctor and Anya are trapped between battling Dalek and Movellan forces and only the intervention of Earth can get them out of trouble.
But the humans have troubles too – and a very familiar prisoner. Davros.
Stuck in a universe before the Time War, the Doctor is bound by the rules of his own past... Can he keep everyone alive without changing history? And would he even want to?
Plot
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Anya Kingdom - Jane Slavin
- Davros - Terry Molloy
- The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
- Vilsa / Jeska / Dranta - Ajjaz Awad
- Colonel Keelan / Ranal - Joseph Millson
- The First Movellan - Joe Sims
Worldbuilding
- The Movellan Prime ship is the base of the First Movellan.
- Keelan is in the Earth Protection Corps while Vilsa is with the Transport Guild.
- Daleks can fly through space, but need to recalibrate first.
- Kembel's jungle is petrified.
Notes
- The Doctor refers to the Movellans as "your plastic pals who are no fun to be with," paraphrasing the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation motto from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Continuity
- Davros was recovered from a Movellan ship and is being taken to Earth, the Doctor recognising Tyssan's name from the events on Skaro. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)
- The Doctor brags to the Dalek Commander that he has faced the Cult of Skaro, (TV: Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks) and the Dalek Emperor. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks, The Parting of the Ways)
- The Doctor and Davros both comment on him having been present at Davros' previous awakening. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks)
- Davros's pride in the Daleks will wane and he will later tire of how he is treated by his creations and their wartime failures. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
- The Doctor can never remember how long a rel is. (TV: Resolution)
- The Daleks use their self-destruct mechanisms to ensure a state of mutually assured destruction for themselves and their enemies. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element)
- The Doctor compares the surface of Kembel to Skaro's petrified jungle which Davros notes was created by neutronic bombs. Kembel's equivalent was aged into being by the Time Destructor. (TV: The Daleks, The Daleks' Master Plan)
- Dalek duplicates are a recent development in the Dalek-Movellan War. (TV: The Chase)
- The Doctor recalls River Song telling him to find the First Movellan. (AUDIO: The First Son)
- Colonel Keelan considers imprisonment in a Dalek mine or robotisation as potential consequences of surrender. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
- The Doctor was previously forced into an incident involving backward causation with Davros during their seventh incarnation. In that instance, his presence influenced a future Dalek incursion to Earth that, from his perspective, had already happened. (COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks; TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
External links
- Official The Dalek Defence page at bigfinish.com
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