the daleks are back
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a one off doctor who audio story, complete in sixty minutes. It comes on one disc. It features Sylvester Mccoy as the doctor, without any travelling companions. And it features him battling his arch enemies the daleks.
The story involves a few characters and the setting from the earlier dalek empire audio series, most notably a pair of humans who try to work to make life better for slaves in the dalek empire whilst secretly fermenting rebellion. These are good characters because they present you with a moral dilemma that makes you think. what would you do in their situation? and it never presents any easy answers.
The story involves a world where the daleks have sent a science expedition. they're looking for something. and they have to be stopped...
the revelation as to what they're looking for will please long term fans of the show as it ties into a tv story. It's something that the casual listener should have no trouble picking up, though. and you can get into this easily enough without having heard the earlier dalek audio series.
The doctor is well presented, as he doesn't feature much in the first half of the story, and is more a shadowy and manipulative presence in the shadows, which fits the character of the seventh doctor perfectly.
The one major problem with this is that the ending comes on the listener rather suddenly. It's a clever ending and it's also well in keeping with the character of the doctor but it takes a while to sink in.
A perfectly decent little audio for what it is, though.
The disc ends with just under eleven minutes worth of trailers for the earlier dalek empire audios.
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