The Dalek Audio Annual
Dalek Stories from the Doctor Who Universe
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Narrated by:
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Nicholas Briggs
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Louise Jameson
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Matthew Waterhouse
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By:
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Terry Nation
About this listen
The Daleks rampage in this collection of vintage stories from Terry Nation’s Dalek Annuals of the 1970s.
"Exciting sci-fi adventures in their own right...beautifully pitched sound design...this is a great piece of work from BBC Audio." Doctor Who Magazine "If you’re a Dalek fan of any description, then you need to get hold of this. Before the Daleks arrive…" scifibulletin.com
Urgent message to all Anti-Dalek Force agents: the Daleks are coming! Defend yourself with The Dalek Audio Annual, packed with exciting tales of galactic terror, global invasion and the adventures of plucky human resistance fighters.
Special ADF agents Nicholas Briggs, Louise Jameson and Matthew Waterhouse will read five stories of battlefield reportage — Terror Task Force, Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!, Timechase, The Doomsday Machine and Report from an Unknown Planet — alongside factual updates on the Dalek War: Dalek Genius, Mark 7 Humanoid Robot, Special Report: Secret Meeting on Skaro and more. All material is authenticated from Terry Nation’s Dalek Annuals of the 1970s.
Order your copy now. It is your duty to remain informed of progress in the ongoing battle between humans and Daleks!
Text © Terry Nation 1976-77
Daleks as seen in the BBC TV series Doctor Who
Terry Nation’s Dalek Annuals first published by World Distributors by arranged with the BBC
Readings produced by Neil Gardner at Ladbroke Audio
Sound design by David Darlington
Executive Producer: Michael Stevens
Cover by Minty Design/images © BBC Studios 2018
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This selection of stories and features from the annuals is a delight. Narrated by Nicholas Briggs, Louise Jameson and Matthew Waterhouse, there’s a lot to love here.
Highly recommended for Dalek fans of a certain age!
Dalek nostalgia from the 70s
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Although the readers themselves do an excellent job, that can't disguise the fact that the Dalek annuals were aimed at pretty small children. The stories are fine, for that particular audience. But actual small children won't be buying this book.
So while it's nice to see the Daleks represented as an evil technological (but not all powerful) empire, and to hear their voices shouting "Exterminate!", the stories lack the science-fiction brain twisters, ethical dilemmas, internal conflict amongst the heroes opposing the Dalek's, really cunning Dalek plans, or dystopian environments associated with Dalek stories in Doctor Who (or within the 'Dalek Empire' audio stories).
I owned a Dalek annual (presumably from a jumble sale) and I remember the android character who evidently made up the protagonist for a great many of the stories. I remember that I enjoyed his sneaking around the Dalek capital in that annual. But the style of story is much less thrilling to an adult, who can predict that the android's undefined abilities will be used to physically outrun, overpower, or outwit the Dalek's, removing all sense of peril.
This is an interesting nostalgia trip, and was probably a labour of love for it's creators. However, it's not all that good. It's also short, although, given the material, I'm not upset asbout the length. This should only be a cheap novelty piece. Unfortunately it's actually fairly expensive. The main value of this product is not drama, but nostalgia and also as an historical curiosity (it's very 70's - or, rather, it's very 50's or 60's in style, but it was *actually* made and loved in the 70's).
In sum, despite the quality acting and the nostalgia factor, it's my duty to warn potential buyers that it's not actually very enjoyable. Save your audible credits for something more substantial both in quality and length.
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