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Overview

Released

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Written by

John Dorney

Cover Art by

Simon Holub

Directed by

Ken Bentley

Runtime

52 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Fake Regeneration, Robots

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, Mira

Synopsis

The far future. Anya Kingdom of the Space Security Service is on a mission investigating an SSS ship crashing on a distant jungle planet. Unknown to her superiors, she’s searching for something very specific... but what she finds is completely unexpected. Her old friend, the Doctor. With a completely different face and no idea what he’s doing there.

The Time Lord soon finds himself drawn into a conspiracy involving voracious predators, time travel and a malevolent businessman. History itself is breaking down. If he makes a mistake, it could mean the end of everything...

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A fantastic introduction to Dalek Universe 1. It begins with an epic speech from David Tennant, and sees the Tenth Doctor unexpectedly kidnapped from time and transported to a Space Security Service spaceship with several dead crew members.

Anya Kingdom makes for a good counterpart to the Doctor, sharing some of that tough Sara Kingdom spirit, and Mark Seven is an interesting android character, who feels similar to Supergirl's Braniac.

I love the fact that this story incorporates an obscure classic series monster in the Visians. They've only appeared in The Daleks' Master Plan, which Dalek Universe is a spiritual successor to, and only Big Finish could bring back monsters this obscure and still have them feel relevant to the plot.

The cliffhanger is a shocker too, with the Tenth Doctor somehow regenerating into a woman, when we know he becomes Matt Smith. Obviously, there's some form of twist, but it's quite an effective cliffhanger all the same.


WhoPotterVian

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"Вселенная далеков"

"Выиграть время"/"Не та женщина"
Доктор оказывается посреди корабля, полного трупов, и тут же взят под стражу старой знакомой - Аней Кингдом!
Без ТАРДИС и без понятия, что происходит, Доктору теперь предстоит разобраться с тем, кто вырвал его из своего времени и зачем.
Начало у этой арки очень мощное. Тут же вклиниваемся в настоящий ньюскульный экшн. Готов похвалить несколько любопытных решений касаемо времени.
Тут даже возвращается один классический персонаж, чьё появление я себе, к сожалению, давным давно проспойлерил. Я не скажу кто это, но скажу, что Джемма Уилан её шикарно сыграла, и было приятно услышать этого персонажа вместе с ньюскульным Доктором. Есть правда пара вопросов к тому, что Доктор там делает, учитывая, что действие происходит до Войны Времени, но это уже работы для канонных сварщиков.
Начало очень мощное, мне дико нравится динамика Десятого, Ани и Марка Семь. Не терпится послушать дальше.

Правда, скажу ещё, что эта арка пиарилась как самостоятельная, для новых слушателей, но в этих первух двух эпизодах активно упоминаются события "Генерального плана Синдиката", вплоть до того, что целые сюжетные ходы напрямую связаны, так что не сказал бы, что это хорошее начало для новичков.

"The Universe Far Away"

"Buying Time"/"Not That Woman"
The Doctor finds himself in the middle of a ship filled with corpses and is immediately taken into custody by an old acquaintance - Anya Kingdom!
Without the TARDIS and with no idea what is happening, the Doctor now has to figure out who pulled him out of his time and why.
The beginning of this arc is very powerful. We immediately plug into real new-school action. I am ready to praise several interesting decisions regarding time.
There is even the return of one classic character, whose appearance I unfortunately spoiled for myself a long time ago. I will not say who it is, but I will say that Gemma Whelan played her brilliantly, and it was delightful to hear this character alongside the new-school Doctor. However, there are a couple of questions about what the Doctor is doing there, given that the events occur before the Time War, but that's already a job for canonical welders.
The beginning is very powerful, I really like the dynamics of the Tenth, Anya, and Mark Seven. Can't wait to listen to more.

However, I must also say that this arc was promoted as standalone, for new listeners, but these first two episodes actively refer to the events of "The Syndicate Master Plan", to the extent that entire plot moves are directly connected, so I wouldn't say that this is a good start for newcomers.

(Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible).


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This is incredible, I have the vinyl of this and it is just really amazing. The fake regeneration into The Meddling Nun at the end is a spectacular plot twist and deserves to be talked about more.


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