Jubilee is fascinating on a number of levels. The thing it reminds me most of is actually the John Carter film from not that long ago that Disney put out. That movie was based on the 1912 book A Princess of Mars, which, in turn, went on to inspire a whole roster of major figures in science fiction as well as scientists like Carl Sagan. This, in turn inspired Star Wars and James Cameron in the more modern age, and likely had an influence in the development of Doctor Who as well. But John Carter, the movie, didn't do very well. It didn't connect much to the audience who recognized a lot of the story of Princess of Mars in a hundred other pieces of fiction produced since 1912. Jubilee gave me a very similar effect, where, having seen Dalek first, I could definitely tell that this audio was very original.

So sure, Jubilee might be the original, but it really feels like Dalek is the refined, optimal, enhanced version of it. It makes Jubilee super interesting as a piece of data in Doctor Who history, but I'm not going to pretend that I don't prefer the more focus, shorter, and pared down Dalek. We have less distractions compared in Dalek compared to Jubilee - less random details and scenes while Dalek really focuses on the meat of the story and the more interesting elements of Jubilee.

Yes, I really like the Dalek elements of Jubilee and even the stuff with the English Empire, but weird choices like the Dwarves and even the second, legless Doctor feel like they diluted the good of this story a bit. Jubilee was fun, to be sure, and certainly influential on Doctor Who, but it wasn't the same polished experience as watching Dalek. It is very cool to see and listen to how this longer audio was adapted into a television episode, but it felt more like a curiosity to me than something that was strictly a piece of entertainment, even though, to be clear, it was entertaining. It was just a little more interesting for its history than its content.