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The Genocide Machine
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At A Glance
Doctor Who:
The Genocide Machine

by Mike Tucker

Starring
Sylvester McCoy
as the Doctor

Sophie Aldred
as Ace

Directed by
Nicholas Briggs

Production Notes
Rel. Apr 2000
Rec. 13-14 Nov 1999
P/Code 7S
Rec. @ The Nu Groove Studios

Running Time
Episode 1 00:33:10
Episode 2 00:25:44
Episode 3 00:25:38
Episode 4 00:31:02
Total Time 01:55:34

Setting
This story takes place after Survival.

Review
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May Contain Spoilers!

This audio features the Seventh Doctor, as played by Sylvester McCoy
Doctor Who: The Genocide Machine (#07)
By Mike Tucker

The Genocide Machine
From The Back Cover...

The library on Kar-Charrat is one of the wonders of the Universe. It is also hidden from all but a few select species. The Doctor and Ace discover that the librarians have found a new way of storing data - a wetworks facility - but the machine has attracted unwanted attention, and the Doctor soon finds himself pitted against his oldest and deadliest enemies - the Daleks!


The Cast

The Doctor Sylvester McCoy
Ace Sophie Aldred
Cataloguer Prink Nicholas Briggs
Bev Tarrant Louise Faulkner
Rappell / Phantom Voices Daniel Gabriel
Dalek Voices Alistair Lock
Nicholas Briggs
Chief Librarian Elgin Bruce Montague

The Crew

Writer Mike Tucker
Director Nicholas Briggs
Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery
Gary Russell
Executive Producer for BBC Worldwide Jacqueline Rayner
Recording & CD Mastering Alistair Lock
Music, Sound Design & Post Production Nicholas Briggs
Theme Arrangement Delia Derbyshire
Front Cover Clayton Hickman

Episode Endings

Episode One:
Ace and Bev Tarrant are about to enter the disguised Library, but instead are captured by a Dalek who reports back to it's superiors. The Daleks have captured the Doctor's companion, and all units are ordered to battle conditions. Phase One of their plan is now complete.

Episode Two:
With the temporal barrier protecting the library deactivated, the Daleks enter the library. Kar-Charrat is now under Dalek control.

Episode Three:
Ace and Tarrant discover the true nature of the 'phantoms' but as they help them back to the library they run into an insane Dalek who prepares to exterminate them...

Episode Four:
The Daleks may have been defeated this time, but the Doctor ponders that they still remain a force for evil spreading destruction throughout the Universe...

Memorable Quotes

Elgin: 'The wonders of the Twentieth Century Earth! Such classics in newsprint. The Sun! The Mirror!'

The Doctor: 'You could acquire the wisdom of a million years from a billion worlds in less time than it'd take to read a bus ticket.'

The Doctor: 'Knowledge is dangerous when abused.'

Bev Tarrant: 'I hate to be a pain, but we did kill the right one, didn't we?'

The Dalek Emperor: 'Reasons are irrelevant. Failure is unacceptable.'

Comments

Originally entitled Wetworks, The Genocide Machine marks the debut of the Daleks in the Big Finish series, in the first of three loosely linked 'Dalek Empire' stories featuring the three Doctors that Big Finish were using at this time. Bev Tarrant, as played by Louise Faulkner would return in the later Seventh Doctor story Dust Breeding.

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