Doctor Who, the Power of the Daleks (Dr Who Radio Collection)
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Edition: HardcoverAudio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2004-08-02
ISBN: 0563525037
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
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Book Review: New Doctor...Old Enemies...Classic Who
Summary: 5 Stars
Imagine the following for a moment would you?
It is November 5th, 1966 and you have just tuned into the BBC's successful series Doctor Who. William Hartnell, who has played the role of the mysterious time traveling alien known as the Doctor since November 1963, has just vanished in a glow of light and Patrick Troughton appears as the second actor to play the Doctor. Over the next few weeks this new Doctor and his companions (Ben and Polly played by Michael Craze and Anneke Wills) find themselves on the Earth colony Vulcan facing off against the Doctor's oldest enemy the Daleks in the midst of political intrigue. Sounds like a great story to watch right? Well because of BBC policy in the 1970's Power of the Daleks no longer exists in its visual form. Thanks to fans with tape recorders however, Power of the Daleks survives is audio form and is presented here with linking narration by Anneke Wills. The result is a new Doctor, old enemies, and classic Who.
Power of the Daleks is easily one of the strongest Doctor Who stories of the 1960's. On the distant Earth colony Vulcan where a scientist named Lesterson (played expertly by Robert James) finds a space craft. Upon opening it he discovers three Daleks inside and, against the Doctor's advice, brings back to life with hopes for them becoming servants for the colony. The Daleks promise to be servants, but soon begin using materials and power to begin creating an army. Meanwhile the political intrigue heats up and the Daleks go from benevolent to malevolent as first they fight for the rebels and then against everyone. Only the Doctor can hope to defeat the Daleks before the complete destruction of the colony. The story is at its heart a political thriller with two factions vying for control of the colony with the Doctor and the Daleks landing in the middle and making matters worse.
Due to the story being in audio it's hard to judge this story on its visuals, though surviving clips make it look impressive. Therefore the story can only be judged from an audio standpoint. From that stand point (with just voices, sound effects, and narration) this story is first rate. The story is a well-performed and well produced piece of science fiction drama with terrific performances from the cast. The Dalek voices have the same unsettling quality as they always have had and to hear an apparent army screaming "Annihilate! Exterminate! Destroy!" and "Daleks conquer and destroy!" makes for a truly incredible sound. Anneke Willis narration is not intrusive by any means. Instead it gives visuals to a story that otherwise would have none (keep in mind this was produced for TV originally not for audio). Power of the Daleks is a TV story that works very well in an audio format.
Despite having no visual images, Power of the Daleks is classic Who. From its political thriller heart to classic moments with the new Doctor facing his oldest enemy, this story is one of the strongest stories of the Troughton era even if it is his first story. This is a must for Doctor Who fans.
Summary of Doctor Who, the Power of the Daleks (Dr Who Radio Collection)
The first Doctor becomes the second in this exclusive recording of Doctor Who s original regeneration story, starring Patrick Troughton, with linking narration by Anneke Wills I ve been renewed...without it I couldn t survive. Before the astonished eyes of his companions Ben and Polly, the Doctor s whole body has apparently been transformed. Now they are confronted by a stranger who claims to be their old friend but how can they know whether to trust him? The TARDIS s arrival on the swamp planet of Vulcan brings its own problems; the Doctor is mistaken for an official come to solve the Earth colony s in-fighting, and soon he and his companions are embroiled in political wranglings. However, a far more serious threat lurks within the colony. The scientist Lesterson has discovered a crashed space capsule, within it a group of inert metallic creatures which the Doctor identifies as Daleks. Refusing to heed the Doctor s warnings, Lesterson supplies power to the Daleks and revives them. The awakened Daleks claim to be faithful servants of humanity but could such a thing ever be possible? By covert means they seek an increasing level of energy, but for what? By the time the Doctor and his friends discover the Daleks true plan for the colony, it looks as if it might already be too late to stop them...Anneke Wills, who plays Polly in the story, narrates this debut story for the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton, first broadcast in 1966 and long since missing from the television archives.Literature & Fiction Books
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