To date this is easily the best Big Finish audio the Twelfth Doctor has had, it's a real shame his collection of audios has been so small, even if they can't get Capaldi on board that still shouldn't stop them from doing more with this Doctor. If you're familiar with Jonathan Morris you know that in almost all his stories he employs some kind of spin on time travel, we now come to Emancipation of the Daleks which may not be my favourite work from him but it is probably his most quintessential bit of writing. The setup being Bill encountering an older Bill from the future, as the Doctor sets about investigating this unusual phenomenon, the TARDIS collides with a crashing Dalek saucer. Tracing the saucer they find themselves back in Bristol but something is very wrong with the world. What appears on the surface to be an altered future under Dalek control with facotires, slave workers and robomen couldn't be further from the truth as the Doctor is about to uncover a terrible secret.

It's amazing how even by 2022 you could still write a unique Dalek story, here Jonathan Morris has created a world where the English government after uncovering the crashed saucer that fell on St Luke's university killing everyone including the Doctor, have now harnessed the Dalek technology and have begun using the Daleks as slaves! Part two is easily the best of the story as we get a very bleak painting of how rotten the world progressively gets throughout Bill's new life from childhood to adulthood.

Like with any of these Audio Novels, it's quite the marathon to get through in one go, especially this story which is split in three two hour chapters. Probably not the best idea pacing wise but thanks to an engaging plot, some great narration from Dan Starkey, a wonderful characterisation of Bill and the Daleks especially getting a fantastic showcase, Emancipation of the Daleks represents a major high point for the Twelfth Doctor