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|image = Escape the Daleks! (audio story).jpg | |image = Escape the Daleks! (audio story).jpg | ||
|doctor = Third Doctor | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
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|enemy = [[Dalek]]s | |enemy = [[Dalek]]s | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[23rd century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steve Lyons | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|read by = [[Katy Manning]] | |read by = [[Katy Manning]] | ||
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|publisher = BBC Worldwide | |publisher = BBC Worldwide | ||
|epcount = | |epcount = | ||
|release date = | |release date = 4 January 2024 | ||
|format = 1 CD | |format = 1 CD | ||
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}}{{Audio stub}} | }}{{Audio stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an exclusive-to-audio story from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]], written by [[Steve Lyons]], released on [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an exclusive-to-audio story from [[BBC Audio]] featuring the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]], [[Writer|written]] by [[Steve Lyons]], released on [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
An Escape Room with a sting in its tail is the setting for [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]]’s latest encounter with [[Dalek|a familiar enemy]]. Three young graduates and their tutor race against time to crack the | An [[Escape Room|Escape room]] with a sting in its tail is the setting for [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]]’s latest encounter with [[Dalek|a familiar enemy]]. Three young graduates and their tutor race against [[time]] to crack the [[code]]s, open the exit [[door]], and obtain ‘A New [[Life]]’ – at least, that’s what the publicity said. | ||
As the Doctor observes proceedings, he begins to suspect that something far more sinister lurks on the other side of the door. To make matters worse, the room appears set to eliminate anyone who doesn’t make the grade. | As the Doctor observes proceedings, he begins to suspect that something far more sinister lurks on the other side of the door. To make matters worse, the room appears set to [[Elimination|eliminate]] anyone who doesn’t make the grade. | ||
Working against time, the Doctor and Jo form an uneasy alliance with the gamers. What terror lies waiting for them all? Katy Manning, who played Jo in the BBC TV series, reads this tense thriller by Steve Lyons. | Working against time, the Doctor and Jo form an uneasy [[alliance]] with the gamers. What terror lies waiting for them all? Katy Manning, who played Jo in the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] [[Doctor Who|TV series]], reads this tense thriller by Steve Lyons. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Jo Grant]] | * [[Jo Grant]] | ||
* [[Dalek (Escape the Daleks!)|Dalek sentry]] | |||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]] is stated to have occurred over a [[century]] ago. | |||
* The Doctor explains that the more [[Intelligence|intelligent]] someone is, the longer they will survive as a [[Roboman]] before they inevitably malfunction. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Despite the multiple Daleks on the front cover, only [[Dalek (Escape the Daleks!)|one of them]] is active during the story, with the rest remaining in stasis. | |||
* Additionally, the cover Daleks are [[Grey Dalek]]s commonplace in 1970s productions, yet the narration at one point describes the [[Dalek eyestalk]] as contracting and dilating. This was a design feature in the 1960s but not during the 70s or 80s, in which standard Dalek props had only a solid [[white]] ring on their [[lens]]. | |||
* Although not stated directly, it is implied these Daleks are survivors of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], having waited [[decade]]s for rescue in the century following the invasion after the Daleks fell back, and they are still utilising [[Roboman|Robomen]]. They do not express a familiarity with the Doctor. | |||
* The concept - with lost Dalek survivors hiding away in [[suspended animation]] while waiting for sufficiently intelligent explorers to unearth them and undergo enforced conversion - is similar to the plans of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in {{cs|The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)}}. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The characters discuss the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|Dalek invasion]] of the [[22nd century]]. The [[Dalek]]s continue to make use of [[Roboman|Robomen]] and [[Transfer|robotisation technology]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masters of Earth (audio story)}}) | |||
* The Doctor reminds Jo of their incarceration by the Daleks on [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
* The contestants recall seeing Dalek [[casing]]s in a [[Space Museum]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Space Museum (TV story)}}) | |||
* The Doctor states there is no cure for robotisation. In fact, [[Susan Foreman]], [[David Campbell]] and [[Jenny Chaplin]] discovered one on [[Earth]] not long after the [[First Doctor]] left them. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|After the Daleks (audio story)}}) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Third Doctor audio stories]] | [[Category:Third Doctor audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Dalek audio stories]] | [[Category:Dalek audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 23rd century]] | |||
[[Category:2024 audio stories]] | |||
[[Category:BBC Audio audio stories]] | |||
