Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range The Time of the Daleks 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 11 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 Overview Released Tuesday, May 21, 2002 Written by Justin Richards Cover Art by Clayton Hickman Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 121 minutes Time Travel Past, Future, Alternate Reality Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Daleks pretending to be good, Mistaken Identity, Political commentary, Rewriting History, Shakespearian Influence, Time Loop Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Dalek Empire, Web of Time Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London Synopsis The Doctor has always admired the work of William Shakespeare. So he is a little surprised that Charley doesn't hold the galaxy's greatest playwright in the same esteem. In fact, she's never heard of him. Which the Doctor thinks is quite improbable. General Mariah Learman, ruling Britain after the Eurowars, is one of Shakespeare's greatest admirers, and is convinced her time machine will enable her to see the plays' original performances. Which the Doctor believes is extremely unlikely. The Daleks just want to help. They want Learman to get her time machine working. They want Charley to appreciate the first-ever performance of Julius Caesar. They believe that Shakespeare is the greatest playwright ever to have existed and venerate his memory. Which the Doctor knows is utterly impossible. 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 Charlotte Pollard India Fisher William Shakespeare Spoiler!Click to reveal 👀 Daleks Mariah Learman Rassilon Show All Characters (6) How to listen to The Time of the Daleks: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio The Time of the Daleks Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: 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 11 reviews 26 April 2025 · 37 words Review by joeymapes21 A slog to get through, which is a shame because there are some really intriguing and interesting ideas and concepts which draw you in in the first part, but becomes boring while being overstuffed towards the end. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 0 6 April 2025 · 26 words Review by megaminxwin Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! god this is stupid. loving how learman thinks The Commoners arent good enough for shakespeare, and yet she isnt an anti-stratfordian. just not well thought through megaminxwin View profile Like Liked 1 28 March 2025 · 65 words Review by Shayleen Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! The Time of the Daleks is one of the most boring Doctor Who stories I have ever experienced. It has some interesting ideas, Daleks quoting Shakespeare is an experience and this is Paul McGanns first audio adventure with them, but the story is unfortunately extreme uninteresting and not very good. Richards is normally a good writer but this is one of his few misses. Shayleen View profile Like Liked 1 2 February 2025 · 54 words Review by mndy 3 Boy, this one is dull. A very, very messy plot, weird characters... Just not good, sadly. We get a little explanation for why there were Dalek noises in 'Seasons of Fear', and we get some more information on the Web of Time problem at the end of story, but this story is not essential. mndy View profile Like Liked 3 22 December 2024 · 65 words Review by RandomJoke 1 This one is pretty disappointing for me, having McGann facing against the Daleks in Audios for the first time leaves a lot to be desired. There are many great Ideas thrown in here, sadly some of them were done so much better in other Stories, such as “Evil”. There are some fun bits here with the Daleks, but it’s just quite unmemorable and quite dull. RandomJoke View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (11) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating349 members 2.77 / 5 GoodReads AVG. 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