''Dalek I Love You'' was a
radio drama broadcast on the British
digital radio
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station
BBC 7. The half-hour-long play premiered on 11 February 2006. It was written by
Colin Sharpe and directed by
Carrie Rooney.
The play follows Nigel English (
David Raynor), a ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
''-obsessed young man who meets a strange woman named Isabella (
Fiona Clarke) at a
science fiction convention, and brings her home to meet his mother (
Charlie Hardwick).
The title is taken from the 1970s
synthpop
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group
Dalek I Love You, which itself is named in part after ''Doctor Who's''
Daleks.
On 22 March 2008, a sequel, ''
Dalek, I Love You Too'' was broadcast on
BBC 7.
CD release
The story was released on
audio CD on 4 September 2006, as part of a compilation of ''Doctor Who''-inspired audio dramas entitled ''
Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays.''
References
External links
News of the premiere on the official ''Doctor Who'' site*
BBC Radio 4 Extra programmes
Doctor Who spin-offs
2006 radio dramas
British science fiction radio programmes
British radio dramas
Doctor Who fandom
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