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The Juggernauts was the sixty-fifth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. Featuring Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor and Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush this was the first appearance of the Mechanoids in an audio story. This was Bonnie Langford's second audio story with Colin Baker, the first being AUDIO: The One Doctor.
Publisher's summary
In a small mining colony on the dark and distant planet of Lethe, strange events are occurring -- the results of which could dramatically affect things on a universal scale. For within the dingy corridors of the artificial biosphere, the lone survivor of a devastating crash has expertly wormed his way into the lives of the colony's personnel.
A scientist known as Davros.
Separated from one another across space and time, the Doctor and Mel find themselves in very different predicaments: Mel has been employed on Lethe, while the Doctor has been imprisoned aboard an alien spacecraft. Both situations are inexorably linked, however, and at the apex of the two sits Davros and the terrifying possibility of a new threat even more powerful than the Daleks!
Rescuing Mel and stopping Davros should be the Doctor's primary goals, but could it be that this time, Mel does not wish to be rescued? And might Davros actually be working on something for the benefit of the civilised galaxies...?
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References
The Doctor
- The Doctor has met Melvin Schwartz, the co-discover of the muon neutrino.
Individuals
- The Doctor and Mel were trapped on a medical frigate when it was attacked by an mysterious enemy (which would later be revealed as the Daleks)
- Mel was sent via an escape pod to the nearest habitable planet, Lethe.
- Mel has been on Lethe for 72 days.
- Due to her programming skills, Mel became employed by the Outreach association, which was working on the upgrading of a number of ancient service robots under a scientist named Professor Vaso, whom she describes as "very sweet."
- Geoff has feelings for Mel. He was previously attracted to Sonali but she rejected his advances.
- Prior to her arrival on Lethe, the only computer languages at which Mel was adept were BASIC, COBOL and FORTRAN.
- Professor Vaso is, in actuality, Davros.
- The ship carrying Davros to Skaro was attacked in the Beta Orianus system and was presumed to have destroyed with all hands. However, the Daleks later discovered that it crashed on Lethe and Davros survived.
Daleks
- A Black Dalek is in charge of the Daleks who inform the Doctor of Davros' presence.
The TARDIS
- Shortly before the TARDIS dematerialised, it was ensnared by a Dalek Time Scoop.
Planets
- The atmosphere on Lethe was presumed to be poisonous to the Daleks, though harmless to humanoids.
Notes
- This story marks the first and only appearance of the Mechonoids in an audio drama.
- Given his cameo appearance in AUDIO: The Next Life, this is the second consecutive audio drama in the main range to feature Davros.
- This audio drama was recorded on 20 and 21 April 2004 at The Moat Studios.
Continuity
- After regaining consciousness, the Doctor calls out for Evelyn Smythe before remembering that she has departed the TARDIS to marry Justice Rossiter on Világ. (AUDIO: Thicker than Water)
- The Mechonoids were considered ancient when unearthed on the mining colony Lethe. (TV: The Chase)
- This is Davros' fourth of four known encounters with the Sixth Doctor. The others took place on an unnamed planet at some point after the 38th century (AUDIO: Davros), on Necros (TV: Revelation of the Daleks) and in Waterloo, Belgium in June 1815 (AUDIO: The Cures of Davros).
- The ship transporting Davros and the surviving Daleks, belonging to both the Imperial and Renegade factions, from Tranquil Repose on Necros crashed on Lethe during their return voyage to Skaro 716 days earlier. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)