''Energy of the Daleks'' is an

audio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine t ...

based on the long-running British

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series ''

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 ...

''. This audio drama was produced by

Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...

Plot

The scene is set in London 2025. An

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persists and The GlobeSphere Corporation plans to alleviate it with

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on the

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and a satellite dish on top of the

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. The Doctor has detected an even more incongruous energy in the vicinity.

Cast

* The Doctor –

Tom Baker Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the Fourth Doctor, fourth incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Wh ...

* Leela –

Louise Jameson Louise Jameson (born 20 April 1951) is an English actress with a wide variety of television and theatre credits. Her roles on television have included playing Leela in ''Doctor Who'' (1977–1978), Anne Reynolds in ''The Omega Factor'' (1979), ...

*Damien Stephens –

Alex Lowe Stewart Alexander Lowe (24 December 1958 – 5 October 1999) was an American mountaineer. He has been described as inspiring "...a whole generation of climbers and explorers with his uncontainable enthusiasm, legendary training routines, and sig ...

*Jack Coulson –

Mark Benton Mark Benton (born 16 November 1965) is an English actor and television presenter known for his roles as Eddie in ''Early Doors'', Howard in '' Northern Lights'' and Martin Pond in '' Barbara''. Benton has also starred in the BBC One school-based ...

*Lydia Harding –

Caroline Keiff Caroline Keiff is a British theatre performer, best known for her portrayal of Nessarose in ''Wicked''. She was member of the original London cast and performed on the show's opening night of 27 September 2006. She performed in the ensemble and ...

*Kevin Winston – Dan Starkey *

Robomen This is a list of henchman, henchmen, fictional characters serving List of Doctor Who villains, villains and/or List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens, monsters and aliens in the long-running British science fiction on television, science ficti ...

–

John Dorney John Dorney is a British writer and actor best known for stage roles at theatres including the National Theatre, the BBC Radio 4 sitcom ''My First Planet''; and his scripts for the Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' range. His script ''Solitaire'' was ...

/ Alex Lowe / Dan Starkey *

Dalek The Daleks ( ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. They were conceived by writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 ''Doctor Who'' ...

s –

Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Dale ...

Continuity

*The Daleks converted humans into electronically controlled mind-slaves called "Robomen" in their second television story, ''

The Dalek Invasion of Earth ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' is the second Serial (radio and television), serial of the Doctor Who (season 2), second season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Richard Ma ...

'' in 1964.

Notes

*This is Tom Baker's first Dalek story since 1979's ''

Destiny of the Daleks ''Destiny of the Daleks'' is the first serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 1 September to 22 September 1979. The story introduces ...

''. He also faced them in 1975's ''

Genesis of the Daleks ''Genesis of the Daleks'' is the fourth serial of the twelfth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Terry Nation and directed by David Maloney, and originally broadcast in six weekly parts from ...

''. *Mark Benton played Clive in the first episode of the revived Doctor Who television series, ''

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'', in 2005. *Dan Starkey has played

Sontaran The Sontarans ( ) are a fictional race of extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. A warrior race characterised by their ruthlessness and fearlessness of death, they w ...

s in several recent Doctor Who television stories, such as ''

The Sontaran Stratagem "The Sontaran Stratagem" is the fourth episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as The Doctor. The episode was broadcas ...

'' and ''

A Good Man Goes to War "A Good Man Goes to War" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 June 2011. It served as a mid-series finale. The episode was written b ...

''. *Although the fourth in this series, ''Energy of the Daleks'' was the first story Tom Baker recorded with Big Finish Productions. The recording took place on 22 April 2011.

Critical reception

Paul Mount, writing for ''

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'', gave the story 7/10, describing it as a "cracking little romp".

References

External links

Energy of the Daleks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Energy of the Daleks Fourth Doctor audio plays Dalek audio plays Audio plays by Nicholas Briggs