'You can't even exterminate your way out of a tomato'

The first time I tried listening to this I'd only heard a couple of the Bernice Summerfield stories and didn't have much of a clue what was going on. There were lots of characters and events I knew nothing of, so I went back to the first audio and have now caught up.

There is there is a bit of an info dump at the start; having followed the audios but not the novels etc. it does mean there are holes in my knowledge, and this 'The story so Far...' bit doesn't help that much, or at least not as much as it should.

Here we find the that Fifth Axis have taken over the Braxiatel Collection, and one of the masterminds behind it is Benny's father! Since he doesn't seem to know her, something is amiss. Can Benny overcome the occupation, save her father and get back to her baby Peter?

The fact is that is this adventure didn't do much for me. It was in starting part two that I began to really struggle - having to go back and relisten because I wasn't taking it in (much like the first time of listening). It feels like an epic end of series finale, and perhaps if you've followed all the Benny media maybe it does. Suddenly switching to narration is a bit confusing, I thought perhaps Benny was detailing events having skipped to a later part of the tale only to find we're still where we were. Though Brax, Jason and Adrian, I'm more familier with, Bev Tarrant I don't know much of, so I have nothing invested in her. Isaac - Bennys father, and Ms Jones - again I don't know much about and feel disconnected. The Daleks don't feature that much and its disappointing. Suddenly there is something I can connect with, understand and find a foothold in the adventure, but they have a couple of brief moments and that's it. So to name the story with Daleks in the title, and barely feature them leaves you feeling cheated.

There are some good moments and interesting ideas in this, but as a follower of the Benny audio's this fails to satisfy.