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Energy of the Daleks

Audio drama based on the television series Doctor Who


Energy of the Daleks is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.[1][2]

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Plot

The scene is set in London 2025. An energy crisis persists and The GlobeSphere Corporation plans to alleviate it with solar panels on the moon and a satellite dish on top of the National Gallery. The Doctor has detected an even more incongruous energy in the vicinity.

Cast

Continuity

  • The Daleks converted humans into electronically controlled mind-slaves called "Robomen" in their second television story, The Dalek Invasion of Earth in 1964.

Notes

  • This is Tom Baker's first Dalek story since 1979's Destiny of the Daleks. He also faced them in 1975's Genesis of the Daleks.
  • Mark Benton played Clive in the first episode of the revived Doctor Who television series, Rose, in 2005.
  • Dan Starkey has played Sontarans in several recent Doctor Who television stories, such as The Sontaran Stratagem and A Good Man Goes to War.
  • 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.[3]

Critical reception

Paul Mount, writing for Starburst, gave the story 7/10, describing it as a "cracking little romp".[4]


References

  1. "Big Finish 4th Doctor 1.04 Energy of the Daleks".
  2. Mount, Paul (19 April 2012). "Audio Review: Doctor Who – Energy of the Daleks". Starburst. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

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