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The Archive Of Islos

Daleks!The Dalek fleet descends upon the planet of Islos, wiping out most of its orbital defenses within minutes. Their target: the Archive of Islos, containing information the Dalek Emperor needs for the ongoing Dalek war effort. The people of Islos go to ground, leaving their automated Archivians – artificially intelligent librarians of the archive – to deal with the Daleks. The Chief Archivian finally, after the planet has been heavily bombarded, offers the Archives to the Emperor Dalek, who orders his ship to land there to claim his prize. But what he discovers is that the Archivians have merely been stalling to cover their masters’ escape…with the contents of the now-empty Archive.

written by James Goss
directed by Peter Caddock and Jon Doyle
music by Steve Foxon

Cast: Ayesha Antoine (Chief Archivian), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

Notes: Daleks! is set within the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate timeline transmedia event, and as such is not bound to some elements of Doctor Who continuity. (Other elements of Time Lord Victorious included novels, audio dramas, and comics, Daleks!all of them in a timeline somewhat removed from what is usually considered Doctor Who continuity.) Visually, there is a very strong influence from the Century 21 Dalek comics of the 1960s, including Dalek hoverbouts and an Emperor Dalek with a spherical head, as well as something of a video game aesthetic. The episodes were distributed via the BBC’s Doctor Who YouTube channel, and this episode has a running time of 13 minutes, 47 seconds.

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The Sentinel Of The Fifth Galaxy

Daleks!In exchange for the safety of their organic masters, the Archivians of Islos have given a destructive noncorporeal entity free reign to destroy the Daleks. Heavy losses are suffered by the Emperor’s fleet, but when they attempt to flee to Skaro for reinforcements, the entity outruns them and destroys the Daleks’ stronghold on their own planet. An attempted evacuation also fails, leaving Dalek forces decimated. Reinforcements are summoned from a secret location in the Fifth Galaxy, tended to by a rickety robot who seems to have a tenuous grip on the details of who is in charge… or perhaps the robot, and the reinforcements it guarded, have been compromised.

written by James Goss
directed by Peter Caddock and Jon Doyle
music by Steve Foxon

Cast: Joe Sugg (R-41), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

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Planet Of The Mechanoids

Daleks!Having lost the entire Dalek army hidden away in the Fifth Galaxy, the Emperor Dalek travels to the heart of Mechanoid space to propose an alliance with the longtime enemy of the Daleks. On Mechanus, the Mechanoid leader is skeptical of the proposal for cooperation, especially when the Emperor tries to avoid revealing that the powerful entity that has decimated Dalek forces was unleashed through the Dalek attack on Islos. Even as the Emperor and the Dalek Strategist confer with their Mechanoid counterparts, the tenuous truce between their armies breaks down quickly…while the transdimensional entity follows the Daleks to Mechanus.

written by James Goss
directed by Peter Caddock and Jon Doyle
music by Steve Foxon

Cast: Anjli Mohindra (Mechanoid Queen), Ayesha Antoine (Mechanoid 2150), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks / The Machanoids)

Daleks!Notes: This is the first on-screen appearance of the Mechanoids since the sixth episode of the 1965 Doctor Who story The Chase. The episode’s title, also shown on-screen, either settles or further complicates a long-running confusion over whether the Daleks’ enemies’ name is spelled “Mechanoid” or “Mechonoid”. The Mechanoids made only one prior TV appearance, but were frequent foils for the Daleks in the Century 21 Dalek comics of the 1960s, which continue to be a significant influence on this series’ visual style. Anjli Mohindra starred as Rani in The Sarah Jane Adventures’ second through fifth seasons, later reprising the role for Big Finish.

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The Deadly Ally

Daleks!The Mechanoid Queen discovers only too late that the Daleks led the all-consuming extradimensional entity to Mechanus in order to force and alliance; the Mechanoids must now fight for their survival. The entity takes over a single Mechanoid and demands that the last remaining Daleks be handed over to it. Using that Mechanoid’s internal sensors, the chief Mechanoid scientist gradually devises a defense against the entity, one which is powerful enough to expel it back to its native dimension. This now leaves the Dalek Emperor and the Dalek Strategist alone…surrounded by Mechanoids who are more than annoyed that they were tricked into defending their old foes.

written by James Goss
directed by Peter Caddock and Jon Doyle
music by Steve Foxon

Cast: Anjli Mohindra (Mechanoid Queen), Ayesha Antoine (Mechanoid 2150), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

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Day Of Recknoning

Daleks!After the Mechanoid declaration of war, the Emperor Dalek and the Dalek Strategist race back to Skaro to revive the Dalek city, their ship so badly damaged that it can only crash rather than landing. The Mechanoids arrive soon aftward, prepared to wipe out the Dalek threat once and for all, only to find that the Emperor has already mustered an army of Daleks to defend the city. Fierce fighting ensues, during which the Dalek Strategist is surrounded by Mechanoids, including the Queen, who try to manipulate it into betraying the Emperor. But if it is willing to do that, who else will it betray?

written by James Goss
directed by Peter Caddock and Jon Doyle
music by Steve Foxon

Cast: Anjli Mohindra (Mechanoid Queen), Ayesha Antoine (Mechanoid 2150), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

Daleks!Notes: Though the episode’s ending seems to hint at a further coming conflict with the extradimensional entity, this is the final episode of the series.

LogBook entry by Earl Green