The Daleks’ master plan

The Daleks’ master plan / Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner.— [Wiltshire] : BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2001.

5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
(Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989))

At head of title: Doctor Who
Contents: Mission to the Unknown – The Nightmare Begins -- Day of Armageddon – Devil's Planet – The Traitors – Counter Plot –Coronas of the Sun -- The Feast of Steven – Volcano – Golden Death – Escape Switch – The Abandoned Planet – Destruction of Time
Booklet includes full track listing, production notes and photos.
First broadcast between November 1965 and January 1966
Variant titles: The Dalek’s master plan, The Daleks Master Plan, The Dalek Master Plan.
Full cast dramatization, connecting narration by Peter Purves
Cast: William Hartnell (The Doctor), Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), Adrienne Hill (Katarina), Jean Marsh (Sara Kingdom), Kevin Stoney (Mavic Chen), Peter Butterworth (The Meddling Monk), Nicholas Courtney (Bret Vyon)
Compact discs
ISBN: 9780563535003

1. Doctor Who (Fictitious character) -- Drama. 2. Life on other planets -- Drama. 3. Science fiction television programs--Great Britain. 4. Time travel -- Drama.

791.4561

“We at this table pledge our allegiance to the Dalek cause. Our armies will reduce the galaxies to ashes, their people to dust. And Earth we will conquer first!”

On the planet Kembel in the 41st century, the Doctor and the agents of the solar system’s Space Security Service come across a fully formed plan to conquer the Milky Way, organized by the Daleks. And right in the midst of the plot is the Guardian of the Solar System, Mavic Chen. The head of the government is giving not only comfort to the enemy, but aid as well in the form of taranium, a rare substance found only on Uranus. It’s needed to power the Daleks’ ultimate weapon, the Time Destructor! When the Doctor snatches the taranium and takes off, it begins an epic chase through space and time: to the penal planet Desperus, to Mira with invisible eight-foot tall unfriendly inhabitants, to a volcanic planet, and to Earth in the 41st and 20th centuries and Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty. In the midst of this extended chase another Nemesis in the form of the time-meddler shows up still in his monk’s robes from 1066 to fiddle around with the history of the 41st century.

According to the Doctor Who Wikia, “Only Day of Armageddon (Episode 2), Counter Plot (Episode 5) and Escape Switch (Episode 10) survive on 16mm film telerecordings.” This audio adaptation uses the soundtrack connected by narrative done by Peter Purves who plays Steven in the original show. It’s quite an entertaining romp through space-time.