Energy of the Daleks explained

Energy of the Daleks
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Series:	Doctor Who Fourth Doctor Adventures
Number:	1.4
Featuring:	Fourth Doctor Leela
Director:	Nicholas Briggs
Executive Producer:	Nicholas Briggs
Production Code:	4S/D
Preceding:	The Wrath of the Iceni
Following:	Trail of the White Worm
Date:	30 April 2012

Energy of the Daleks is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

The scene is set in London 2025. An energy crisis persists and The GlobeSphere Corporation plans to alleviate it with solar panels on the moon and a satellite dish on top of the National Gallery. The Doctor has detected an even more incongruous energy in the vicinity.

Cast

• The Doctor – Tom Baker
• Leela – Louise Jameson
• Damien Stephens – Alex Lowe
• Jack Coulson – Mark Benton
• Lydia Harding – Caroline Keiff
• Kevin Winston – Dan Starkey
• Robomen – John Dorney / Alex Lowe / Dan Starkey
• Daleks – Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

• The Daleks converted humans into electronically controlled mind-slaves called "Robomen" in their second television story, The Dalek Invasion of Earth in 1964.

Notes

• This is Tom Baker's first Dalek story since 1979's Destiny of the Daleks. He also faced them in 1975's Genesis of the Daleks.
• Mark Benton played Clive in the first episode of the revived Doctor Who television series, Rose, in 2005.
• Dan Starkey has played Sontarans in several recent Doctor Who television stories, such as The Sontaran Stratagem and A Good Man Goes to War.
• Although the fourth in this series, Energy of the Daleks was the first story Tom Baker recorded with Big Finish Productions. The recording took place on 22 April 2011.^[3]

Critical reception

Paul Mount, writing for Starburst, gave the story 7/10, describing it as a "cracking little romp".^[4]

External links

• Energy of the Daleks

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Finish 4th Doctor 1.04 Energy of the Daleks.
2. Web site: Blogger.
3. Web site: Doctor Who News - Big Finish goes.
4. Web site: Audio Review: Doctor Who – Energy of the Daleks. Starburst. 19 April 2012. 31 October 2012. Paul. Mount. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034229/http://www.starburstmagazine.com/component/content/article/16-reviews-audio/2341-audio-review-doctor-who-energy-of-the-daleks. dead.