Main Range [218] Order of the Daleks - Mike Tucker

Written by Mike Tucker
Format: M4A
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Dramatization

Synopsis

This title was released in November 2016. It will be exclusively available to buy from the BF website until December 31st 2016, and on general sale after this date.

In the Galactic Census, idyllic Strellin is recorded as a Grade Three planet – its inhabitants possessing neither advanced technology, nor knowledge of other worlds. Accordingly, Strellin is protected: landings by off-worlders are strictly prohibited. Unless, of course, those off-worlders are officials of the Galactic Census itself, come to investigate the origin of a mysterious sub-space signal – a signal no native of Strellin should be able to send…

Breaking all local by-laws, the time-travelling Doctor and his companion L/Wren Mrs Constance Clarke (AWOL) have only just landed on Strellin, too. But they and the Census officials aren’t the only off-worlders to have come here. Inside a nearby monastery, the monks of the reclusive Brotherhood of the Black Petal are guarding a strange and terrible secret. Something that might bring disaster not just to Strellin, but to every civilised world in the galaxy!

Written By: Mike Tucker
Directed By: Jamie Anderson

Cast

Colin Baker (The Doctor), Miranda Raison (Constance Clarke), John Savident (Pendle), Olivia Hallinan (Asta), Robbie Stevens (Boswyck/Raspak), Sam Fletcher (Rosco/Gabber), Joseph Kloska (Habrild), and Nicholas Briggs (Tanapal and The Daleks). Other parts portrayed by members of the cast.

Producer David Richardson
Script Editor Alan Barnes
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Technical Details

Written By: Mike Tucker
Director: Jamie Anderson
Sound Design: Robert Harvey
Music: Jamie Robertson
Cover Art: Simon Holub
Number of Discs: 2
Duration: 120′ approx
Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-78178-897-4
Production Code: BFPDWCD218
Recorded Dates: 13th and 14th of April, 2016
Recorded At: The Moat Studios
Product Format: 2-disc CD (jewel case)

Behind the Scenes

The CGI designer responsible for the Dalek on the cover of this release, Chris Thompson, comments on the work:

“I take great enjoyment from the distinct styles of different cultures and I always thought it would be great fun to reinterpret various iconic sci-fi designs in the style of other cultures and eras.

For this reason, getting to do a stain glass Dalek (or Dalek Stainly as he/she is affectionately called) was particularly exciting. The brief from Jamie Anderson (the Director) was that it was constructed by the indigenous monks of an alien civilisation after the previous casings where destroyed.

I went around local churches for reference and looked at things such as iron gates, stained glass windows and cloisters for the shapes, my first designs somewhat deviated from the classic silhouette with added details such as crowns, a dome that came down like a samurai helmet, large ball rollers on the base etc.

Eventually we reigned it in to something more classic in style with a few gothic elements such as the neck piece and the claw holding the glass eye. No sink plungers on this planet so the arm became a claw and the weapon became a retractable spear.

We decided to lose the hemispheres on the skirt in favour of a stain glass design, in my head it depicts the various moons over the planet set against the seasons. There is also a second eye between the arms representing the mutant inside. There had to be a certain glass to iron ratio to make it look like it could support its own weight.

All in all I am very pleased how the design turned out and honoured to have featured on Simon Holub’s wonderful cover.”

- Chris Thompson, August 2016

Stainly: https://www.bigfinish.com/img/releaseimage/stainly_large.jpg

Dalek Test 2: https://www.bigfinish.com/img/releaseimage/dalektest2_large.png

Dalek Test: https://www.bigfinish.com/img/releaseimage/dalektest_large.png