Stories Audio Drama What Lies Inside? Episode: 1 2 Paradox of the Daleks 2 images Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes 1 Overview Released Wednesday, November 2, 2022 Written by John Dorney Cover Art by Rafe Wallbank Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Ken Bentley Runtime 104 minutes Time Travel Unclear Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Bootstrap Paradox, Distress Signal, Space Station Location (Potential Spoilers!) Space Synopsis When the TARDIS is drawn to a space station running temporal experiments, the crew discover Daleks in control in the aftermath of an invasion. But these are no ordinary Daleks... To stop his mortal enemies gaining control of the time technology, the Doctor must work out why these Daleks are here and where they came from. A war fought through time has many fronts - and in this battle, the Doctor, Liv and Helen will face mortal danger in every time and place they find themselves. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Eighth Doctor Paul McGann Liv Chenka Nicola Walker Helen Sinclair Hattie Morahan Daleks Nicholas Briggs Dalek Supreme Show All Characters (5) How to listen to Paradox of the Daleks: Big Finish Audio The Eighth Doctor Adventures: What Lies Inside? Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 2 March 2025 · 215 words Review by MarkOfGilead19 1 Okay my head just exploded a bit. But this is John Dorney, so I wouldn't expect anything less from him. I love timeloop stories, and this did not dissapoint. I do believe that this kind of story is dragged down a bit by the medium, as I would have loved this a lot more if it were a two parter in the modern series. If I normally have to rewind when listening to a standard story (cause my mind just goes off randomly if I'm not 100% invested into the story), in this case it was tenfold, especially at the beginning when it seemed to me it like an okayish story with nothing to it. I'll probably have to listen to it again at some point. So yeah, if the show ever got the chance to do a limited series with the 8th Doctor, one of my top stories for them to adapt would be this one. The Daleks are handled so well (which is hard, as they are well overused at this point), the secondary characters are actually great, and the setting and sci-fi piece is incredibly well thought-out and innovative. Plus the cheeky call out to the Time War is a nice connection to that box set (which I have yet to listen to). MarkOfGilead19 View profile Like Liked 1 24 June 2025 · 177 words Review by OliverGreene 1 A fun, twisty first adventure in the post-box set standalone adventure era for 8 & friends; because of the very twisty time-based nature of this story, andalso driving around in a Dalek, this is essentially an ultra-Space Museum. It’s very cool how John Dorney has planned out the layers of reveals, and it all does click into place, but I think you could shave a full ten minutes off the running time if you just cut out every line where someone apologizes for how complicated time travel is or says they don’t understand what’s happening (one character essentially only says variations of this). The problem with that is that it makes the whole thing feel a bit apologetic for being complicated, which is sort of the opposite of what you want to do. Coupled with several absolutely diabolical lines (“he who smelt it dealt it” is criminal, Dorney), this is not one of my favorite of his scripts, but then he’s very prolific and almost all of them are great. This one is very good, but slightly padded. 3.75/5 OliverGreene View profile Like Liked 1 24 April 2025 · 34 words Review by Azurillkirby 1 Brilliant. CRAZY twists and turns that turned this story from extremely tense to extremely hilarious in the best way. It also might have the best dialogue I've heard in an Eighth Doctor story. S. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating141 members 4.20 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 239 Favourited 35 Reviewed 3 Saved 7 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny DOCTOR (DISGUISED AS A DALEK): He who smelt it, dealt it. DALEK SUPREME: This is illogical. Daleks cannot smell! — Paradox of the Daleks