Return of the Daleks

Audio drama

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Return of the Daleks

Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	5
Featuring	Seventh Doctor
Written by	Nicholas Briggs
Directed by	John Ainsworth
Produced by	Sharon Gosling
Executive producer(s)	Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
Production code	DECD02A set_between
Length	61 mins
Release date	December 2006

Return of the Daleks is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Synopsis

The secret resistance led by Susan Mendes and Kalendorf encounters the Seventh Doctor on the planet Zaleria during Dalek occupation — a planet which hides a secret of its own.

Cast

The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy
Kalendorf — Gareth Thomas
Susan Mendes — Sarah Mowat
Skerrill — Christine Brennan
Mendac — Hylton Collins
Aytrax — Jack Galagher
The Daleks — Nicholas Briggs
Dorla, Zalerian & Ogrons — Hylton Collins
Zalerian 2 & Ogrons — Jack Galagher
Ogrons & Talamar — Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

This story is set between episodes 1 and 2 of the events of the first Dalek Empire miniseries.
The planet Zaleria is revealed to be Spiridon, the planet from the 1973 serial Planet of the Daleks. The Daleks are planning to thaw out the Dalek army frozen at the end of that story.
The script for this play is published in the short story collection Short Trips: Dalek Empire.

External links

Big Finish Productions – Return of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Seventh Doctor stories

Television

Season 24	Time and the Rani Paradise Towers Delta and the Bannermen Dragonfire
Season 25	Remembrance of the Daleks The Happiness Patrol Silver Nemesis The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Season 26	Battlefield Ghost Light The Curse of Fenric Survival
Minor appearances	Doctor Who "The Day of the Doctor" "The Power of the Doctor"
See also	Dimensions in Time "The Name of the Doctor"

Audio

The Monthly Adventures	The Sirens of Time The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine The Fires of Vulcan The Shadow of the Scourge Dust Breeding Colditz The Rapture Bang-Bang-a-Boom! The Dark Flame Project: Lazarus Flip-Flop Master Zagreus The Harvest Dreamtime Unregenerate! LIVE 34 The Settling Red No Man's Land Nocturne Valhalla The Dark Husband The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow Kingdom of Silver & Keepsake Forty-Five The Prisoner's Dilemma The Magic Mousetrap Enemy of the Daleks The Angel of Scutari A Thousand Tiny Wings The Architects of History Project: Destiny Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge Robophobia The Doomsday Quatrain House of Blue Fire Protect and Survive Black and White Gods and Monsters The Shadow Heart Daleks Among Us Fiesta of the Damned
The Lost Stories	Thin Ice Crime of the Century Animal Earth Aid
Novel adaptations	Love and War The Highest Science Damaged Goods All-Consuming Fire Cold Fusion
Other	Death Comes to Time The Seventh Doctor Adventures Excelis Decays Return of the Daleks Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code The Four Doctors Dominion Shockwave The Light at the End Classic Doctors, New Monsters River Song
Minor appearances	The Wormery Thicker Than Water The Final Amendment Doom Coalition

Books

New Adventures	Timewyrm: Genesys Timewyrm: Exodus Timewyrm: Apocalypse Timewyrm: Revelation Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible Cat's Cradle: Warhead Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark Nightshade Love and War Transit The Highest Science The Pit Deceit Lucifer Rising White Darkness Shadowmind Birthright Iceberg Blood Heat The Dimension Riders The Left-Handed Hummingbird Conundrum No Future Tragedy Day Legacy Blood Harvest Strange England St Anthony's Fire Falls the Shadow Parasite Warlock Set Piece Infinite Requiem Sanctuary Human Nature Original Sin Sky Pirates! Zamper Toy Soldiers Head Games The Also People Shakedown Just War Warchild Sleepy Death and Diplomacy Happy Endings Christmas on a Rational Planet Return of the Living Dad The Death of Art Damaged Goods So Vile a Sin Bad Therapy Eternity Weeps The Room with No Doors Lungbarrow
Missing Adventures	Cold Fusion
Past Doctor Adventures	Matrix Storm Harvest Prime Time Independence Day Bullet Time Relative Dementias Heritage Loving the Alien The Colony of Lies The Algebra of Ice Atom Bomb Blues
Novellas	Citadel of Dreams Companion Piece

Video games

Dalek Attack
Destiny of the Doctors
Legacy
Lego Dimensions

Doctor Who: Dalek stories

Television

First Doctor	The Daleks The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Chase "Mission to the Unknown" The Daleks' Master Plan
Second Doctor	The Power of the Daleks The Evil of the Daleks
Third Doctor	Day of the Daleks Planet of the Daleks Death to the Daleks
Fourth Doctor	Genesis of the Daleks Destiny of the Daleks
Fifth Doctor	Resurrection of the Daleks
Sixth Doctor	Revelation of the Daleks
Seventh Doctor	Remembrance of the Daleks
Ninth Doctor	"Dalek" "Bad Wolf" / "The Parting of the Ways"
Tenth Doctor	"Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday "Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks" "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End"
Eleventh Doctor	"Victory of the Daleks" "Asylum of the Daleks" "The Time of the Doctor"
Twelfth Doctor	"Into the Dalek" "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar"
Thirteenth Doctor	"Resolution" "Revolution of the Daleks" "Eve of the Daleks" "The Power of the Doctor"
Minor appearances	The Space Museum The Wheel in Space The War Games The Mind of Evil Frontier in Space Logopolis The Five Doctors Doctor Who "The Waters of Mars" "The Beast Below" "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" "The Wedding of River Song" "The Day of the Doctor" "Hell Bent" "The Pilot" "Twice Upon a Time" "Once, Upon Time" / "The Vanquishers"
See also	The Curse of Fatal Death Tardisode 13 – "Doomsday" "The Last Day" Daleks! "Destination: Skaro"

Films

Dr. Who films	Dr. Who and the Daleks Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
See also	The Lego Batman Movie

Audio

The Monthly Adventures	The Genocide Machine The Apocalypse Element The Mutant Phase The Time of the Daleks Jubilee The Juggernauts Terror Firma Return of the Daleks Renaissance of the Daleks Brotherhood of the Daleks Patient Zero Enemy of the Daleks Plague of the Daleks The Curse of Davros Daleks Among Us
Dalek Empire	Invasion of the Daleks The Human Factor Death to the Daleks! Project Infinity Dalek War The Exterminators The Healers The Survivors The Demons The Warriors The Future The Fearless
I, Davros	Innocence The Davros Mission
Other	Death and the Daleks Masters of War The Lost Stories The Four Doctors The Five Companions Energy of the Daleks Dark Eyes The War Doctor Living History Blood of the Daleks The Tenth Doctor Adventures After the Daleks Nightmare of the Daleks The Final Beginning
Minor appearances	Seasons of Fear Dust Breeding Eyes of the Master

Books

Novelisations	Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Chase The Daleks' Master Plan Part I: Mission to the Unknown The Daleks' Master Plan Part II: The Mutation of Time The Power of the Daleks The Evil of the Daleks Day of the Daleks Doctor Who and the Space War Planet of the Daleks Death to the Daleks Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks Resurrection of the Daleks Revelation of the Daleks Remembrance of the Daleks
Eighth Doctor Adventures	War of the Daleks Legacy of the Daleks
New Series Adventures	I Am a Dalek Prisoner of the Daleks The Dalek Generation Engines of War
Other	The Dalek Factor