The Dalek Transaction (audio story)
The Dalek Transaction was the first story in the audio anthology, Encounters, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Matt Fitton and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood, James Joyce as Josh Carter and Ramon Tikaram as Vikram Shindi.
Publisher's summary
When a rogue guerrilla faction offer an alien artefact for auction, Kate Stewart and her team go undercover to the jungles of Central America. But they find that the prize on offer is far deadlier than its owners realise. Captive, desperate and alone. That's when a Dalek is at its most dangerous.
Plot
Kate, Osgood, Josh and Shindi prepare to go undercover for a meeting with Captain Maria Gonsalves in Monte Bosque, set up by the now-missing Sam, using false identities put together by Jacqui. The artefact that they are investigating landed on Earth six weeks ago and disappeared off the coast of Brazil before Sam learnt about it whilst looking a group of underground traders who sell alien technology.
Gonsalves feeds nutrient soup to the "parcel" that UNIT are coming to purchase: a damaged and disarmed Dalek whose sale she intends to finance her group's revolution. After bribing the city officials, UNIT travel to the rendezvous point and are taken, blindfolded, into a truck where they are gassed and driven to the camp. Gonsalves has Osgood, Josh and Shindi taken to the bunker to see the Dalek and discusses the transaction with Kate. Osgood scans the Dalek and detects that it is mutating.
to be completed
Cast
- Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
- Captain Josh Carter - James Joyce
- Colonel Shindi - Ramon Tikaram
- Captain Gonsales - Karina Fernandez
- Guerilla - Jot Davies
- The Dalek - Nicholas Briggs
References
- Sam went missing for three weeks last year. It eventually turned out that he had gone scuba-diving and his holiday form had been misfiled.
- Monte Bosque is an unstable republic.
- The Dalek's eyestalk, gunstick and manipulator arm have all been removed, as well as half of its sensor globes.
- Osgood accesses the UNIT Cloud.
- Code D is a code used by UNIT in reference to the Daleks.
- Gonsalves gives Kate coffee.
- Kate identifies herself as being of the United Intelligence Taskforce.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Osgood suggests they contact Dr Jones at UNIT North America. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
- Jacqui McGee has been tasked with creating their false identities. She gained Kate's approval in AUDIO: In Memory Alone. At the end of that story, Kate considers recruiting her.
- UNIT was aware of a possible "Code D" crashing to Earth 50 years prior, following it as it passed through private collections. However, they lost track of it in Utah. (TV: Dalek, PROSE: Object Auction, The Secret Lives of Monsters)
- Colonel Shindi notes that UNIT has fought the Daleks on several occasions. (TV: Day of the Daleks) He himself has lost several colleagues to them, alluding to their recent invasion of Earth. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
- There is a black market dealing in alien material on Earth. (TV: The Man Who Never Was) UNIT will know their handlers as the Auctioneers. (AUDIO: The Sontaran Project)
External links
- Official The Dalek Transaction page at bigfinish.com
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