Big Finish Update
Saturday, 1 May 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Big Finish updated their website with details they released earlier in the week, including the cover for the anthology Short Trips: Life Science (at right; click for a larger version), the cover blurb for next February's The Juggernauts (not Jugganauts or other spellings as DWM and other websites have incorrectly reported), which features not only the return of Terry Molloy as Davros but also guest stars Paul Grunert (Bonnie Langford's husband) in one role, and the cover and details for the first Dalek Empire III serial, which bears the subtitle "The Exterminators," as well as the subsequent five chapters. The article on the site also corrects the proper name of the December 2003 serial as being The Next Life (not "Rassilon") and notes why the planned end of the Divergent universe storyline in the McGann serials was moved up. Says producer Gary Russell, "The arrival of a new series on TV in 2005 has caused us to move things around our schedule somewhat," explains Big Finish Doctor Who co-producer Gary Russell. 'With hopefully lots of new viewers coming to the show next year, Big Finish, like BBC Books and everyone else, are hoping they'll want to investigate the past of the show as well and thus we thought it might not be the best time to have running through the early part of the year an ongoing series of plays with running themes, alternate universes and no TARDIS. I think it's very important to make potential newcomers welcome to the stories and not feel as if they've missed out on so much they can't ever catch up." Russell also told Outpost Gallifrey that, despite comments in DWM and the BF site, he (not Nick Briggs) is directing "Faith Stealer" and the other McGann audios.
DALEK EMPIRE III, by Nicholas Briggs
Part One: The Exterminators
Twenty years ago, Siy Tarkov set off from planet Velyshaa, making his way back to the Galactic Union, carrying vital information about a deadly race known as the Daleks. But now, he's lost in deep space... Meanwhile, the Graxis Wardens have a new recruit. But their ecological paradise is about to be plunged into chaos.
Part Two: The Healers
The Border Worlds are gripped by a terrible plague... Galanar's mission takes him right to the heart of the tragedy. The Dalek plans for 'Geo-forming' are already in operation.
Part Three: The Survivors
Frey Saxton and Galanar must decide who they can trust. The Daleks have orders to take 'no prisoners'.
Part Four: The Demons
Georgi Selestru's fears about the Dalek threat may not be shared by his superiors. Galanar's very survival is at stake. And the Dalek plan is gaining momentum. But who are the Demons, and whose side are they on?
Part Five: The Warriors
The fight against the Daleks must succeed now. But while the Wardens are outnumbered and without a strategy, the Dalek Supreme is sensing victory.
Part Six: The Future
'Maybe this chapter of history will be a bad one. Another one in which the Daleks win. But maybe it won't be.' It would seem that not even Saloran Hardew knows what the future will hold.
Starring William Gaunt (Selestru), David Tennant (Galanar), Ishia Bennison (Frey Saxton), Stephen Elder (Siy Tarkov), Laura Rees (Kaymee), Claudia Elmhirst (Amur), Octavia Walters (Japrice), Peter Forbes (Culver), Oliver Hume (Carneill), Dot Smith (Mivas), Greg Donaldson (Telligan), Karen Henson (Saloran), Dannie Carr (Morli), Jeremy James (Sergic / Snubby), Sean Jackson (Seth), Ian Brooker (Mietok), Jane Goddard (Roozell), Philip Wolff (Chauley), Colin McIntyre (Jake), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek voices) and Sarah Mowat (Susan "Suz" Mendes). Directed by Nicholas Briggs.
Part One: The Exterminators
Twenty years ago, Siy Tarkov set off from planet Velyshaa, making his way back to the Galactic Union, carrying vital information about a deadly race known as the Daleks. But now, he's lost in deep space... Meanwhile, the Graxis Wardens have a new recruit. But their ecological paradise is about to be plunged into chaos.
Part Two: The Healers
The Border Worlds are gripped by a terrible plague... Galanar's mission takes him right to the heart of the tragedy. The Dalek plans for 'Geo-forming' are already in operation.
Part Three: The Survivors
Frey Saxton and Galanar must decide who they can trust. The Daleks have orders to take 'no prisoners'.
Part Four: The Demons
Georgi Selestru's fears about the Dalek threat may not be shared by his superiors. Galanar's very survival is at stake. And the Dalek plan is gaining momentum. But who are the Demons, and whose side are they on?
Part Five: The Warriors
The fight against the Daleks must succeed now. But while the Wardens are outnumbered and without a strategy, the Dalek Supreme is sensing victory.
Part Six: The Future
'Maybe this chapter of history will be a bad one. Another one in which the Daleks win. But maybe it won't be.' It would seem that not even Saloran Hardew knows what the future will hold.
Starring William Gaunt (Selestru), David Tennant (Galanar), Ishia Bennison (Frey Saxton), Stephen Elder (Siy Tarkov), Laura Rees (Kaymee), Claudia Elmhirst (Amur), Octavia Walters (Japrice), Peter Forbes (Culver), Oliver Hume (Carneill), Dot Smith (Mivas), Greg Donaldson (Telligan), Karen Henson (Saloran), Dannie Carr (Morli), Jeremy James (Sergic / Snubby), Sean Jackson (Seth), Ian Brooker (Mietok), Jane Goddard (Roozell), Philip Wolff (Chauley), Colin McIntyre (Jake), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek voices) and Sarah Mowat (Susan "Suz" Mendes). Directed by Nicholas Briggs.
The Juggernauts, by Scott Alan Woodard
Within a small mining colony on the dark and distant planet of Lethe, events are occurring the results of which could dramatically affect things on a universal scale. For within the dingy corridors of the artificial biosphere, the lone survivor of a devastating crash has expertly wormed his way into the lives of the colony?s personnel. A scientist known as Davros.
Separated from one another across space and time, the Doctor and Mel find themselves in very different predicaments: Mel has been employed on Lethe, while the Doctor has been imprisoned aboard an alien spacecraft. Both situations are inexorably linked, however,and at the apex of the two sits Davros and the terrifying possibility of a new threat even more powerful than the Daleks!
Rescuing Mel and stopping Davros should be the Doctor?s primary goals, but could it be that this time, Mel does not wish to be rescued? And might Davros actually be working on something for the benefit of the civilised galaxies...
Starring Colin Baker (the Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush) and Terry Molloy (Davros), with Paul Grunert (Brauer), Bindya Solanki (Sonali), Klaus White (Geoff), Peter Forbe (Kryson), Julia Houghton (Loewen) and Nicholas Briggs (Dalek / Mechanoid voices). Directed by Gary Russell.
Within a small mining colony on the dark and distant planet of Lethe, events are occurring the results of which could dramatically affect things on a universal scale. For within the dingy corridors of the artificial biosphere, the lone survivor of a devastating crash has expertly wormed his way into the lives of the colony?s personnel. A scientist known as Davros.
Separated from one another across space and time, the Doctor and Mel find themselves in very different predicaments: Mel has been employed on Lethe, while the Doctor has been imprisoned aboard an alien spacecraft. Both situations are inexorably linked, however,and at the apex of the two sits Davros and the terrifying possibility of a new threat even more powerful than the Daleks!
Rescuing Mel and stopping Davros should be the Doctor?s primary goals, but could it be that this time, Mel does not wish to be rescued? And might Davros actually be working on something for the benefit of the civilised galaxies...
Starring Colin Baker (the Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush) and Terry Molloy (Davros), with Paul Grunert (Brauer), Bindya Solanki (Sonali), Klaus White (Geoff), Peter Forbe (Kryson), Julia Houghton (Loewen) and Nicholas Briggs (Dalek / Mechanoid voices). Directed by Gary Russell.
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