Nightmare of the Daleks (audio story)
Nightmare of the Daleks was the third and final story in the audio anthology The Lost Resort and Other Stories. It was written by Martyn Waites and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka, George Watkins as Marc.
Publisher's summary
Deep within a drilling rig on planet XB93, its crew has been suffering nightmares: dreams of cold, metallic creatures, stalking them through the base, killing them as they sleep. Fortunately for the crew, the Daleks' own worst nightmare has just arrived – and he goes by the name of the Doctor.
Plot
Part one
Marc collapses at the TARDIS' console after changing the coordinates. The Doctor suggests that something might have manipulated the Cyber technology within him and, once they land, Nyssa and Tegan carry the unconscious Marc outside to see where he has brought them.
Jez tells Foster that the enemy killed Oberman in front of her and she ran to save herself. A Dalek approaches them and shoots at Foster whilst Jex is pulled into a hiding place by Marc, who has no idea how he got here.
The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan find themselves in a sleep chamber, causing the Doctor to wonder if Marc brought them here so that he could have some sleep following his conversion. They put Marc in a sleep pod and are taken away by Chelmer, who is told that Jez and Foster are yet to wake up. The trio learn that they are on a rig on XB93 in the 51st century, drilling for gas and minerals under the crust, and that nightmares are a significant problem.
Marc wonders if he is in the Underworld and tells Jez, who last remembers being in a sleep pod, that he felt evil trying to contact him before waking up here. According to Jez, everybody has been having nightmares of the Daleks and some people have failed to wake up, dying in their sleep. Elsewhere, Foster is taken prisoner by the Daleks.
From Chelmer's description of the nightmare that everybody has been having, the Doctor realises that they are dreaming about Daleks. He tasks Tegan with mingling with the workers whilst he returns to the sleep chamber with Nyssa and Chelmer. Tegan learns that use of the sleep pods is compulsory and that the workers have no way of leaving and calls for help when the worker that she is talking to is injured by a loose pipe.
Marc suggests that he and Jez are not in each other's dreams but in the dream of the Daleks. Upon hearing Foster's cries, they go to try to save her.
The Doctor manages to persuade Chelmer to allow him to enter the sleep pods; he asks Nyssa to accompany him and Tegan to wake them up if they seem to be distressed. He and Nyssa enter the dream world, which they find is a nightmarish version of the rig underwater, and are chased by the Daleks.
Part two
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
- Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
- Marc - George Watkins
- Foster - Ajjaz Awad
- Chelmer - Alana Maria
- Jez - Kayi Ushe
- The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
References
- Jez says that the Daleks killed Oberman.
- The workers on the rig use sleep pods, which the Doctor says were developed in the 49th century.
- Marc thinks he is in the Underworld while in the dream world.
- Lexion is the most valuable stone in this part of the galaxy.
- Jez has a daughter, Clarice. His wife is dead.
- Jez's colony left the Federation as they believed that they would do better on their own. Since then, they have had to do whatever they can to survive.
Notes
- On 15 January 2020, the day of recording, George Watkins posted a photograph of the script cover for Nightmare of the Daleks on Instagram.[1]
- This story was originally intended to be part of Perils and Nightmares, the 269th release of the Monthly Adventures range, alongside The Perils of Nellie Bly.
Continuity
- This is Tegan's second encounter with the Daleks, after The Elite. She would later encounter them once again on the day she parted company from the Doctor. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
- Nyssa is already familiar with the Daleks due to encountering them on many previous occasions. (AUDIO: The Mutant Phase, Renaissance of the Daleks, Plague of the Daleks, Alien Heart)
- The Doctor would once again deal with monsters invading by using sleep pods in his twelfth incarnation. (TV: Sleep No More)
- The Doctor refers to himself as the Daleks' greatest enemy. (TV: The Chase, Victory of the Daleks, Evolution of the Daleks)
- The Daleks tell the Doctor that "Daleks do not take orders". (TV: Doomsday)
- The Doctor describes his friends as "the best of me". His eleventh incarnation would also refer to his companions in the same way. (TV: The Wedding of River Song)
- Marc recalls his history and his travels with the Doctor, remembering Cicero and his family, Tartarus, (AUDIO: Tartarus) Cybermen (AUDIO: Warzone) and Slitheen. (AUDIO: Madquake) He also mentioned Adric's death. (AUDIO: The Lost Resort)
External links
- Official Nightmare of the Daleks page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
