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Doctor Who: Dalek Empire #3
Dalek Empire I: Chapter Three -Death to the Daleks!
Suz decides it is time to take control of events. But when she is summoned to an audience with the Dalek Emperor, she begins to fear that all her efforts have been in vain.
Meanwhile, Earth Alliance Security commander-in-chief Tanlee is intent on locating Alby. The Dalek advance across the galaxy seems unstoppable and the only possibility of salvation for the human race lies in the Lopra System. But how can Alby help, when no one will tell him the purpose of 'Project Infinity'?
Meanwhile, Earth Alliance Security commander-in-chief Tanlee is intent on locating Alby. The Dalek advance across the galaxy seems unstoppable and the only possibility of salvation for the human race lies in the Lopra System. But how can Alby help, when no one will tell him the purpose of 'Project Infinity'?
1 pages, Audio Play
First published September 1, 2001
About the author
Nicholas Briggs
375 books134 followersNicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. Some of Briggs' earliest Doctor Who-related work was as host of The Myth Makers, a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Reeltime Pictures in which Briggs interviews many of the actors and writers involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with War Time, the first unofficial Doctor Who spin-off, and Myth Runner, a parody of Blade Runner showcasing bloopers from the Myth Makers series built around a loose storyline featuring Briggs as a down on his luck private detective in the near future.
He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994).
Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range.
Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide.
Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.
He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994).
Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range.
Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide.
Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.
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April 8, 2015
Not quite as good as the previous chapter, but the battle and the ending were pretty climactic.
January 6, 2019
It's amazing how invested in the story you feel by this point. I wasn't a big fan of Alby until Miranda became part of his crew in this story, but Sus and Kalendorf (with all their frustration toward the revolution's delay) have truly become some of my favorite characters. This story happens not only after the first two chapters of Dalek Empire, but also after the 7th Doctor story Return of the Daleks. I would definitely recommend listening to the the Doctor Who story prior to starting this chapter. It doesn't change what happens in the story, and I've said before that it wasn't the best story for McCoy. It does, however, add to the relationship built between Sus and Kalendorf, and assist in demonstrating just what is at stake in this war.
By the end of this story, I was on the edge of my seat. Unfortunately, Briggs pulls one of his annoying time shifts, and delays the climax from immediately continuing in the next chapter. Fortunately, the story is good enough to hold its own through that unnecessary plot structure.
By the end of this story, I was on the edge of my seat. Unfortunately, Briggs pulls one of his annoying time shifts, and delays the climax from immediately continuing in the next chapter. Fortunately, the story is good enough to hold its own through that unnecessary plot structure.
November 3, 2017
And the plan's rip cord gets pulled! I've heard people complain about how Briggs handles the shocking climax, but I think it's sheer perfection.
Watching the threads of this story weave together here is a real joy.
Watching the threads of this story weave together here is a real joy.
August 31, 2014
Great human uprising against the Daleks
November 19, 2020
This is starting to shape up into a bloody entertaining space opera to rival Star Wars. Good stuff.
February 6, 2022
Pretty good overall. I like the characters and the concepts. Pretty funny scene with the bartender. The Daleks can be more frightening in audio, and not facing up against the doctor. They come across more as an overwhelming force with huge numbers, hard for most civilizations to come up against. Some of the third act is a bit muddled for me, but there seems to be a bit of a switcheroo, that Kalendorf is the one who gets to deliver the uprising message rather than Suz.
May 17, 2022
”慈悲の天使”とあだ名されるようになったスーザン。カーランドはダーレクがスーザンに与えた権力に甘んじて反乱を起こす気がなくなったのではないかと疑う。一方アルビーはタンリーからスーザンを探し、もしもダーレクに対抗する最後の手段であるプロジェクト・インフィニティについて知っているなら殺すよう命じられる。
ダーレク皇帝とついに対面したスーザン。反乱の合図を送ったカーランドはアルビーにスーザンは殺されたと伝えたけれども。ようやくお前の長い旅を終えたとダーレクの皇帝がスーザンに行ったことが気になる。ダーレクにされたんだろうか？それからアルビーの側に永遠にいる方法を見つけたとスーザンが言ったことも気になる。
ダーレク皇帝とついに対面したスーザン。反乱の合図を送ったカーランドはアルビーにスーザンは殺されたと伝えたけれども。ようやくお前の長い旅を終えたとダーレクの皇帝がスーザンに行ったことが気になる。ダーレクにされたんだろうか？それからアルビーの側に永遠にいる方法を見つけたとスーザンが言ったことも気になる。
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November 22, 2022
I love this series. But this is the weakest episode so far. A lot of great stuff, but a lot of time waisted with a new character who’s essentially “Holly Goodnight” from “The Man with the Golden Gun”. Nothing against the actor, she’s playing the character fine. It’s just a really annoying and pointless character.
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June 18, 2019
The third part of the Dalek Empire story. The plot moves on and there are some new developments in store. Very atmospheric and great to listen to if one works outdoors as I do. I would highly recommend this well written and wonderfully presented audio story.
November 29, 2020
I was more into this third installment than the previous 2, so I'm glad I stuck with it. On to the closing act...
March 15, 2022
The rebellion builds.
December 23, 2025
The plot is fine but this is the same issue of too many different storylines going on.
May 12, 2016
I will make a combine review because honestly I can't rate this audiodrama without the rest becuase they are one big story...
Some spoilers ahead...
The Daleks attack a planet and they were enslaved. One of those slaves was Susan Mendes. After the initial attack they made the human work on the mines until exhaustion and afterwards getting more slaves from other planets. Susan Mendes confronted the Daleks and made an arragement with the Dalek Commmander (With the blessing of the Dalek Emperor)- if the Daleks would give them food and rest and they would work better and faster. As Susan Mendes continue to be a bridge between humans and the Daleks her word went throughout the conquered worlds and she became known as the Angel of Mercy.
Meanwhile, with humankind working hard for the Daleks they conquered most galaxy and even Earth. Only one thing remain to defeat the Daleks - Project Infinity. Inittialy this project infinity was a way of looking through other alternative realities and discover a way to defeat the Daleks. It seems this project took hundreds of years to be discover/created. But, The Emperor of the Daleks had other plans for it. In the last audiodrama we understand that the purpose was to bring forth from other reality more Daleks.
So, most of the 2, 3 and 4 audiodramas was about Susan Mendes life and of Alby Brook a spy that worked for Earth Alliance and at the same time the love affair of Susan. One other important character was Kalendorf a man capable of speaking with the mind; Mirana a police of some sort (Bounty hunter is the correct term) and Gordon (Alby's boss).
In the last audiodrama, as the Daleks conquerered Earth Susan Mendes was to broadcast the news but instead she brodcast "Death to the Daleks!" and a rebellion went viral throughout the galaxy with winning on both sides.
As the Dalek Emperor discussed with Dalek Commander we got the hint that was the plan of the Dalek Emperor all along. It seems that everything she plotted against the Daleks was only a way to the Dalek Emperor to learn more about the Human Factor. What makes humankind Human.
It seems, all the fightning, all the conquest and Death was a trial of some sorts.
In the end, the Daleks managed to bring forth the Daleks from an alternate universe but there, the Daleks were different. Their they were the keeppeacers/police of the Galaxy and they united all worlds (not by subjucation or extermination but by peace).
Some spoilers ahead...
The Daleks attack a planet and they were enslaved. One of those slaves was Susan Mendes. After the initial attack they made the human work on the mines until exhaustion and afterwards getting more slaves from other planets. Susan Mendes confronted the Daleks and made an arragement with the Dalek Commmander (With the blessing of the Dalek Emperor)- if the Daleks would give them food and rest and they would work better and faster. As Susan Mendes continue to be a bridge between humans and the Daleks her word went throughout the conquered worlds and she became known as the Angel of Mercy.
Meanwhile, with humankind working hard for the Daleks they conquered most galaxy and even Earth. Only one thing remain to defeat the Daleks - Project Infinity. Inittialy this project infinity was a way of looking through other alternative realities and discover a way to defeat the Daleks. It seems this project took hundreds of years to be discover/created. But, The Emperor of the Daleks had other plans for it. In the last audiodrama we understand that the purpose was to bring forth from other reality more Daleks.
So, most of the 2, 3 and 4 audiodramas was about Susan Mendes life and of Alby Brook a spy that worked for Earth Alliance and at the same time the love affair of Susan. One other important character was Kalendorf a man capable of speaking with the mind; Mirana a police of some sort (Bounty hunter is the correct term) and Gordon (Alby's boss).
In the last audiodrama, as the Daleks conquerered Earth Susan Mendes was to broadcast the news but instead she brodcast "Death to the Daleks!" and a rebellion went viral throughout the galaxy with winning on both sides.
As the Dalek Emperor discussed with Dalek Commander we got the hint that was the plan of the Dalek Emperor all along. It seems that everything she plotted against the Daleks was only a way to the Dalek Emperor to learn more about the Human Factor. What makes humankind Human.
It seems, all the fightning, all the conquest and Death was a trial of some sorts.
In the end, the Daleks managed to bring forth the Daleks from an alternate universe but there, the Daleks were different. Their they were the keeppeacers/police of the Galaxy and they united all worlds (not by subjucation or extermination but by peace).
November 3, 2015
Years into the occupation of the Vega system and surrounding planets by the Daleks, Suz has become known as the Angel of Mercy, encouraging humans to go along with Dalek demands, in exchange for bare survival, all while sowing the seeds of rebellion against the Daleks.
But Suz has come to think much of herself. She thinks the Daleks see her as necessary. Perhaps even as an equal. She couldn't be more wrong.
A chilling third part to the Dalek Empire saga, setting the stage for a no-doubt epic finale.
But Suz has come to think much of herself. She thinks the Daleks see her as necessary. Perhaps even as an equal. She couldn't be more wrong.
A chilling third part to the Dalek Empire saga, setting the stage for a no-doubt epic finale.
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