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'''''{{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]]. | '''''{{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]]. | ||
The story was read by [[Katy Manning]], and marked the first appearance of the [[Dalek]]s in an original [[BBC Doctor Who audio stories|BBC audio drama]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story takes place between {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Green Death (TV story)}}. | |||
* 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. | * 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, | * 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, when 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. | * 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 | * The concept - with lost Dalek survivors hiding 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)}}. | ||
* Previously in [[2020 (releases)|2020]], as part of the ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]'' event, two real-life [[Dalek (The Last Message)|Dalek-themed]] [[Escape room|escape games]], entitled {{cs|A Dalek Awakens (escape game)}} and {{cs|The Hollow Planet (escape game)}} were run by [[Escape Hunt]]. The latter, a print and play game, acted as a prequel to the former immersive experience. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
