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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

2nd Doctor Novelisation

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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

By: John Peel
Narrated by: Nicholas Briggs
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About this listen

Nicholas Briggs reads this epic novelisation of the Second Doctor's debut TV adventure.

Following an encounter with the Cybermen, the Doctor's life appears to hang in the balance—until, before the eyes of his companions Ben and Polly, his physical appearance is transformed!

Disoriented after his regeneration, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the Earth colony planet Vulcan. Ben and Polly are disturbed—the Doctor isn't the man he used to be. The Doctor is also worried; the colonists have found the remains of two Daleks, which they plan to revive!

Once reanimated, the Daleks claim that they are content to serve humanity. Can it really be true? Or do they have their own, more sinister plans?

Nicholas Briggs, who is the voice of the Daleks in Doctor Who, reads John Peel's novelisation of the original 1966 TV serial by David Whitaker.

(Contains some descriptions of violence.)

Reading produced by Neil Gardner.

Dalek voices produced by Nicholas Briggs.

Sound design by Simon Power.

Executive Producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens

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So having listened to the original tv version it’s nice to hear a version with extra small details to fill in small gaps or tidy up details from from the original version I strongly suggest using a credit to listen to this one

A perfect adaptation of an original missing 6 parter

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This was a brilliantly read and produced release.The original scripts were written with depth and the adaptation by John Peel not only reflects this but enhances it.This is one of the best purchases on Audible that I have made.

One of the very best

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Downloaded without paying much attention to which story it was. Brilliant and a key part of the DW ‘timeline’. Recommend to all fans of old and new WHO.

WHO-tastic

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This is a wonderfully read Audiobook.

But it does feel very very padded. There is a lot of depth here and fleshed out many of the characters.

However at a certain point you are just wanting the story to get on with it.

However it’s still a highly enjoyable ride, with tremendous narration by Nicholas Briggs

Power of the Padding

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