Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation

A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor as played by Matt Smith in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television

Nicholas Briggs has been a prolific Doctor Who contributor since 1999, when he began work on the Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas, for which he has written and directed extensively and is now Executive Producer. Nick is also an actor, and since Doctor Who’s return to television in 2005, he’s worked on set with all four of the new Doctors as the voice of the Daleks (also providing the voice of the Cybermen, and other aliens). Having spent most of his life in London, Nick now lives in Dorset with his wife and son, where he hopes life will be more peaceful... But, so far, London keeps dragging him back.

Can the most evil things in the universe be a force for good? 
 
Sunlight 349 is one of countless Dalek Foundation worlds, planets created to house billions suffering from economic hardship. The Doctor arrives at Sunlight 349, suspicious of any world where the Daleks are apparently a force for good – and determined to find out the truth. The Doctor knows they have a far more sinister plan – but how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of the Daleks for a generation? 
 
But convince them he must, and soon. For on another Foundation planet, archaeologists have unearthed the most dangerous technology in the universe...

Nicholas Briggs reads this exciting adventure featuring the Eleventh Doctor and the Daleks.

'The Sunlight Worlds Offer You A Life of Comfort and Plenty. Apply now at the Dalek Foundation.' Sunlight 349 is one of countless Dalek Foundation worlds, planets created to house billions suffering from economic hardship. The Doctor arrives at Sunlight 349, suspicious of any world where the Daleks are apparently a force for good - and determined to find out the truth. The Doctor knows they have a far more sinister plan - but how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of the Daleks for a generation? But convince them he must, and soon. For on another Foundation planet, archaeologists have unearthed the most dangerous technology in the universe... A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor as played by Matt Smith in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television.

Doctor Who: The Dalek Conquests

The essential guide to the most terrifying monsters in Doctor Who, presented by 'voice of the Daleks' Nicholas Briggs.

THE VOICE OF THE DALEKS SPEAKS… ‘Being the voice of the Daleks leads to many odd things. Almost all of them involve hiding behind something and screaming into a microphone. I’ve threatened to exterminate the great and the good in the Savoy at the Radio Times Awards. I’ve demanded that a terrified receptionist should put me through to David Beckham ‘immediately!’ live on BBC local radio. I’ve menaced Blue Peter presenters in the Albert Hall while the BBC Philarmonic played the Doctor Who theme in the background. It’s all been a bit strange. And, I suppose, some might say that putting together this documentary is the strangest thing of all. Pretending that the Daleks are real… a subject fit for historical analysis. When did the Time War really begin? What are the Dalek strategies of conquest? But, for me, at least it’s not odd at all; because the Daleks put a spell on me from the moment I first saw them glide on to the TV screen. That toddling little Nick Briggs, child of the 1960s, was inexplicably enchanted by these terrifying creatures. Was it the exciting stories? The astoundingly individualist design that looked eerily like a cross between kitchen appliances and a portable heater? The fact that their dastardly deeds made the good Doctor all the more heroic in his battles against them? Well, all of the above applied. But for me, from some unfathomably early age, it was THE VOICE! Simultaneously mesmerised and appalled by it, I just wanted to hear that voice. The cliché is true, you know. We did all run round the playground saying ‘exterminate’ in the 1960s. I’d be doing it again now, but my short trousers don’t fit so well any more! And so, as the years passed, I started to try to do THE VOICE. When people ask me how I got to be the voice of the Daleks, I tell them I’ve been practising since I was five. They laugh. But it’s true. Naturally, without the help of a ring modulator (the voice scrambling gizmo) I was reduced to just shouting and trying to cause as much distortion as possible… but it never worked. So, I would divert myself from the disappointment by putting together clips of Dalek stories I’d sneakily tape-recorded off the telly, linking them with bits of narration, analysing Dalek strategies of conquest, warning any listeners of impending invasion. But, of course, no one was listening. It was just me, playing my squeaky old reel-to-reel tape recorder. Now, dry your eyes, because I did finally get out and meet girls and everything. But as the years passed, I eventually got my hands on a ring modulator, and my dream came true. I could do THE VOICE! By the space year 2000, I was doing Dalek voices for the Big Finish Doctor Who CDs. Then, one day my agent phoned me and told me Russell T Davies and his team wanted me to do the Daleks on the telly. So it now seems fitting to me that after all that, I’m back editing together clips of my favourite Dalek stories, now ‘officially’ recorded off the telly. And between the clips, I’m warning of the dastardly evil of the Daleks! Not only that, but I’m doing THE VOICE as well. I couldn’t be happier. My hope is that my passion for these epic tales of good versus metallic evil will help you to experience some of the thrills and chills that made my childhood such fun. Nicholas Briggs, February 2006.

Exterminate! Everything you wanted to know about the Daleks but were too afraid to ask! The Daleks have a long and terrible history of aggression, and are among the most feared of all science fiction baddies. Ruthless, cunning, and utterly evil, they have no pity, no fear, and will stop at nothing to destroy all other forms of life.   Now Nicholas Briggs - the voice of the Daleks in the new BBC One Doctor Who TV series - goes deep underground to a deserted base in the Utah Desert to unearth the truth about the most nightmarish creatures in the universe.   Packed with extracts from the Daleks' many TV appearances, 'The Dalek Conquests' finds out where they come from, why they are bent on universal domination, and what part they played in the Time Wars. Above all, it explores their epic struggles with their nemesis, the Time Lord known as the Doctor.   Featuring clips from such classic stories as 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth', 'Day of the Daleks', 'The Planet of the Daleks', 'Genesis of the Daleks' and the 2005 episodes 'Dalek' and 'The Parting of the Ways', this release pieces together the mysterious jigsaw that is the history of the Daleks.   This is essential listening for Dalek fans and foes new and old.

Nicholas Briggs

Tommy Donbavand

Justin Richards

Mark Morris

George Mann

Paul Finch

James Goss

Frances Barber

David Troughton

Clare Corbett

Dan Starkey

11th Doctor Novels

Nicholas Briggs, Frances Barber, David Troughton, Clare Corbett and Dan Starkey read these original stories about the Eleventh Doctor, also featuring Clara and the Paternoster Gang. 
 
In The Dalek Generation, by Nicholas Briggs, the Doctor is determined to find out the truth about Sunlight 349, one of the apparently benevolent Dalek Foundation worlds. 
In Shroud of Sorrow, by Tommy Donbavand, it’s the day after John F Kennedy’s assassination, and the Doctor and Clara discover that the faces of the dead are everywhere. 
Tales of Trenzalore, by Justin Richards, Mark Morris, George Mann and Paul Finch, relates four stories of the Doctor’s exploits during the nine hundred years he spent defending the planet. 
In Summer Falls, by James Goss, young Kate discovers a mysterious painting called The Lord of Winter, and goes on an adventure she could never have planned. 
In The Devil in the Smoke, by Justin Richards, two young boys decide to build a snowman, and are confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. Madame Vastra is on hand to help save the world! 
 
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