tardis.wiki

The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)

️Mon Nov 04 2024

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference

The Master's Dalek Plan was the second story in the audio anthology Anti-Genesis, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Alan Barnes and featured Derek Jacobi as the War Master, Seán Carlsen as Narvin and Nicholas Briggs as an alternate race of Daleks.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the Master inflitrates the Kaled scientific elite, the Time Lords seek to counter his interference. But while Narvin and President Livia try to stabilise the past, a new and horrifying future dawns in the wastelands of ancient Skaro.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Skaro during the Thousand Year War, the surviving members of the Kaled Scientific Elite gather for a service for ten victims of a Thal shelling on the bunker. Amidst the mourners quiet talking, a familiar gliding sound of a wheelchair can be heard. however, It is revealed to be the War Master. He begins his speech with how the latest Kaled victims gave their lives to ensure the survival of their kind. Among the list of the deceased, which posthumously names as "so many valiant heroes", he names Dalazar, Darius, Frenton, Parran, Kavell who he mis-pronounces as Akavo, much to the bemused whispers of the crowd, Scientist Gharman, security Commander Nyder, Scientists Ral, Shan, and finally, Davros, once future creator of the Daleks. He goes on to list Davros' triumphs in the field of science during his now cut-short life in the War, and concludes the speech by bidding a mocking farewell to the doctors second greatest rival, saying that he, as "Sorvad," Master of Science, will light the fire to lead the Kaled race out of the darkness of their war with the "wretched Thals".

After the service ends, he askes if they are able to play music for the sombre occasion, claiming to the assembled Kaleds that it would have lifted their spirits.

in the watelands of ancient skaro, Lamarius who was convicted of firing on a Dalek ship which in turn killed her family while her squadron of battle-TARDISes were attacking a Dalek fleet over Vectim-4, has been sent by CIA Co-ordinator Narvin to Skaro with orders to kill the Master before he can catastrophically damage the timelines which lead up to the Last Great Time War as history has demanded . Although successful in landing her tardis on Skaro, she found that the Master's TARDIS had been ensnared by living barbed wire, she got caught by a piece of it while trying to force her way in. Struggling to escape a flock of Carrionoids (which she compares to vortisaurs in her recorded log to Narvin) circling above her location, she muses on the fact that her mission is seemingly now doomed to failure due to the nature of her current predicament. at the thought of her own death sealing the fate of her deceased family which would ensure their existences continued even for a short time before leading up to their deaths on vectin-4, especially her daughter, she renews her escape attempt, screaming at the flock to come in and get her.

In the bunker, the Master enters the infirmary on a "recruiting mission". He reaches out to Elrond, former assistant of Davros, to discuss the Mark III travel machine project. Whilst talking with "sorvad" the old Kaled explains that he has gone blind due to an accident in the adjacent science block. Feigning sympathy, the Master lies to Elrond, claiming to have lost the use of his legs and needs to use a mobile chariot to move around. Elrond is surprised when the Master claims to be Davros' uncle since he never believed that Davros even had an uncle in the first place. The Master, deciding to ensure his aid, enlist Elrond to further his scheme, claiming that only a monster would prolong suffering and that he himself is not such a monster.

On the Master's orders, two Med-Techs drag the old frightened Kaled out of the infirmary.

The Master glides out after them, jibbing to elrond that even davros got his ideas from somebody, meaning himself.

Out in the wastelands, Lamarius still has not freed herself. Suddenly a gun-shot is heard, followed by a startled gasp from Lamarius. A figure is kneeling beside her, frantically whispering for her to not let the Carrionoids get caught by the wire. Shocked by its appearance, she asks who and what it is, hitting a nerve when she asks if it is Kaled or Thal in origin. The figure is actually a mutated outcast from the warring races, created when the chemical weapons caused mutations amongst the population. He is called Arfor and he is a Muto. He is distrustful of the stranger, but sees that she is in trouble. After almost abandoning her to her fate, she manages to convince him to cut her free. He does so and they escape from the minefield.

Back in the bunker, the Master is operating on Elrond. He installs a lens-like eye stalk in the Kaled's brain, telling Elrond afterwards that he only restored his sight to use his own powers of hypnosis to enslave elrond to his will. The Hypnotised Elrond is then ordered to retrieve the masters tardis from the wastelands.

Lamarius has meanwhile begun to transmit updates of her mission to Narvin and the CIA.

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Script Editors - Scott Handcock and Nicholas Briggs
Sound Design - Richard Fox @ FoxYason Studios and Rob Harvey
Cover Art - Tom Newsom
Producer & Director - Scott Handcock
Executive Producer Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
Music - Rob Harvey
Writer - Alan Barnes
Theme Music - Ioan Morris

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novar is from the Third Kaled Infantry.
Elrond mentions how carrionoids have evolved to scavenge from the Thousand Year War.
The Master goes by the alias name "Sorvad" which is "Davros" spelt backwards.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This story's title is a play on the television serial The Daleks' Master Plan.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Master speaks before the Military and Scientific Elite. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"], AUDIO: Innocence ^[+]Loading...["Innocence (audio story)","Innocence"], Purity ^[+]Loading...["Purity (audio story)","Purity"])
Kaleds killed in the bombardment of the Kaled Dome (AUDIO: From the Flames ^[+]Loading...["From the Flames (audio story)","From the Flames"]) include military officials Dalazar, Davius, (COMIC: Genesis of Evil ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of Evil (comic story)","Genesis of Evil"]) Frenton, Parran, Gharman, and Nyder (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"]) and scientists Ral, Shan, (AUDIO: Davros ^[+]Loading...["Davros (audio story)","Davros"], Corruption ^[+]Loading...["Corruption (audio story)","Corruption"]) Kavell, Ronson, and Davros. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"])
Lamarius compares the vulture-like Carrionoids to Vortisaurs. (AUDIO: Storm Warning ^[+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)","Storm Warning"], et al.)
The Kaled who captures Arfor mentions that Mutos are used to find handmines. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)","The Magician's Apprentice"])
Ripples in history from alterations on Skaro cause change to multiple fronts of the Last Great Time War: in Humanian Era 17000, Daleks win the Hyperon war, (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"]) in 2260, the Dalek Empire moves Earth into position above Peladon and demands surrender of the planet's trisilicate, (TV: The Monster of Peladon ^[+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)","The Monster of Peladon"], et al.) and in 2160 the Daleks successfully make Earth mobile before, in the temporal chaos, Earth collides with a parallel version of itself. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)","The Dalek Invasion of Earth"])
The Kaled experimental supply store contains Varga plants from the Forbidden Islands, (TV: Mission to the Unknown ^[+]Loading...["Mission to the Unknown (TV story)","Mission to the Unknown"], et al.) Rock-Clams (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"]) from the Drammankin Mountains, (TV: The Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)","The Daleks"]) eels (COMIC: The Menace of the Monstrons ^[+]Loading...["The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)","The Menace of the Monstrons"]) from the Ocean of Ooze, and Arkellis flowers. (COMIC: Genesis of Evil ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of Evil (comic story)","Genesis of Evil"])
Arkellis flowers sprout in metal. (COMIC: Genesis of Evil ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of Evil (comic story)","Genesis of Evil"])
In one version of history, Narvin talks to Livia about Crazlus. (AUDIO: From the Flames ^[+]Loading...["From the Flames (audio story)","From the Flames"])
In various histories experienced by Narvin and Livia as Gallifrey's time lock is shattered, Galaxy Five (TV: The Monster of Peladon ^[+]Loading...["The Monster of Peladon (TV story)","The Monster of Peladon"], et al.) the Medusa Cascade, (TV: The Stolen Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)","The Stolen Earth"], et al.) and the Mutter's Spiral are burned to nothing (TV: The Deadly Assassin ^[+]Loading...["The Deadly Assassin (TV story)","The Deadly Assassin"]) and a giant Dalek eyestalk appears atop Mount Cadon. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)","Timewyrm: Revelation"], et al.)
Gallifrey is held in a time lock. (TV: The End of Time ^[+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)","The End of Time"] et al.)
Arfor mentions Skaro's moon, Flidor. (COMIC: Genesis of Evil ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of Evil (comic story)","Genesis of Evil"], PROSE: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]])
The occupants of Skaro believe there is no life on other planets. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"])

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official The Master's Dalek Plan page at bigfinish.com

v • e

Big Finish's Time War audios

The War Doctor

Only the Monstrous

The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle

Infernal Devices

Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen

Agents of Chaos

The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony

Casualties of War

Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

The War
Doctor Begins

Forged in Fire	Light the Flame • Lion Hearts • The Shadow Squad

Warbringer	Consequences • Destroyer • Saviour

Battlegrounds	The Keeper of Light • Temmosus • Rewind

He Who Fights With Monsters	The Mission • The Abyss • The Horror

Comrades-in-Arms	A Mother's Love • Berserker • Memnos

Enemy Mine	The Hybrid's Choice • Fear Nothing • Exit Strategy

The War Doctor Rises

Morbius the Mighty • Unknown Soldiers

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

Volume One	The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life

Volume Two	The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah

Volume Three	State of Bliss • The Famished Lands • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard

Volume Four	Palindrome • Dreadshade • Restoration of the Daleks

Cass	Meanwhile, Elsewhere • Vespertine • Previously, Next Time

Reflections	Nowhere, Never • The Road Untravelled • Cass-cade • Borrow or Rob

The War Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Edge of Redemption • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Future Phantoms	His Close Companions • The Foxglove Cylinders • The Sitter • Signal and I'll Come to You

Gallifrey

Time War

Volume One	Celestial Intervention • Soldier Obscura • The Devil You Know • Desperate Measures

Volume Two	Havoc • Partisans • Collateral • Assassins

Volume Three	Hostiles • Nevernor • Mother Tongue • Unity

Volume Four	Deception • Dissolution • Beyond • Homecoming

War Room

Allegiance	The Last Days of Freme • The Passenger • Collateral Victim • The First Days of Phaidon

Manoeuvres	Collaborators • Remnants • Transference • Ambition's Debt

Echoes Through
Eternity

In Search of Lost Time • Damned If You Don't

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Family Ties	The Lost Son • The Golden Child

Shadow of the Daleks

Shadow of the Daleks 1	Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude

Shadow of the Daleks 2	Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause

Classic Doctors, New Monsters	The Sontaran Ordeal • Day of the Vashta Nerada

Short Trips	A Heart on Both Sides • All Hands on Deck • Death Will Not Part Us • Salvage

Other	The Rulers of the Universe • Lies in Ruins

v • e

War Master stories

Television

Utopia

Webcast

15 Years of the War Master!

Audio

The War
Master

Only the Good	Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm

The Master of Callous	Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father

Rage of the Time Lords	The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light

Anti-Genesis	From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins

Hearts of Darkness	The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kurnos 5 • The Cognition Shift

Killing Time	The Sincerest Form of Flattery • A Quiet Night In • The Orphan • Unfinished Business

Self-Defence	The Forest of Penitence • The Players • Boundaries • The Last Line

Escape from Reality	The Wrath of Medusa • The Shadow Master • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor • The Master of Dorian Gray

Solitary Confinement	The Walls of Absence • The Long Despair • The Life and Loves of Mr Alexander Bennett • The Kicker

Rogue Encounters	Runtime • Manhunt • The Sublime Porte • Alone

Future Phantoms	His Close Companions • The Foxglove Cylinders • The Sitter • Signal and I'll Come to You

Gallifrey:
Time War

The Devil You Know

UNIT: The
New Series

Master of Worlds

The Diary of
River Song

Concealed Weapon

The Eighth
Doctor
Adventures

Dark Gallifrey

Prose

Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe

Comics

Fast Asleep

* Substantial appearances only; see a full list of appearances here

v • e

Dalek audio stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek audio story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Main Range

The Genocide Machine • The Apocalypse Element • The Mutant Phase • The Time of the Daleks • Jubilee • The Juggernauts • Terror Firma • Renaissance of the Daleks • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Enemy of the Daleks • Patient Zero • Plague of the Daleks • The Curse of Davros • Daleks Among Us • Masters of Earth • We Are The Daleks • Order of the Daleks • Alien Heart / Dalek Soul • Emissary of the Daleks • Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • Interlude • Effect and Cause

Bernice Summerfield

Death and the Daleks

I, Davros

Innocence • Purity • Corruption • Guilt • The Davros Mission

Bonus Releases

Return of the Daleks • The Four Doctors • The Five Companions

The Eighth Doctor Adventures

Blood of the Daleks • Lucie Miller / To the Death • The Dalek Trap • Paradox of the Daleks

Dark Eyes

The Great War • Fugitives • Tangled Web • X and the Daleks • The Traitor • The Monster of Montmartre • Master of the Daleks • Eye of Darkness

The Companion Chronicles

Fear of the Daleks • Across the Darkened City • The Death of the Daleks

The Stageplays

The Ultimate Adventure • Seven Keys to Doomsday • The Curse of the Daleks

Doctor Who Unbound

Masters of War

Doctor of War

Dust Devil • Aftershocks • The Key To Key To Time

The Lost Stories

The Destroyers • The Elite • Daleks! Genesis of Terror

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

Energy of the Daleks • The Dalek Contract / The Final Phase • The Dalek Protocol

Gallifrey

Extermination • Ascension • Soldier Obscura • Desperate Measures • Unity • Dissolution • Homecoming • The First Days of Phaidon • Remnants • Ambition's Debt

The New Adventures
of Bernice Summerfield

Good Night, Sweet Ladies • The Lights of Skaro

The War Doctor

The Innocent • The Thousand Worlds • The Heart of the Battle • Legion of the Lost • A Thing of Guile • The Neverwhen • The Shadow Vortex • The Eternity Cage • Eye of Harmony • Pretty Lies • The Lady of Obsidian • The Enigma Dimension

The Churchill Years

Living History

The Third Doctor Adventures

The Conquest of Far • Poison of the Daleks

The Eighth Doctor: Time War

The Starship of Theseus • Echoes of War • The Conscript • One Life • The Lords of Terror • Planet of the Ogrons • In the Garden of Death • Jonah • Fugitive in Time • The War Valeyard • Palindrome • Restoration of the Daleks • Previously, Next Time

UNIT: The New Series

The Dalek Transaction

The War Master

Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins • The Wrath of Medusa • Runtime

Class: The Audio Adventures

In Remembrance

The Early Adventures

The Dalek Occupation of Winter • Daughter of the Gods • After the Daleks

The First Doctor Adventures

Return to Skaro • Fugitive of the Daleks

The New Counter-Measures

The Dalek Gambit

Susan's War

Sphere of Influence • The Shoreditch Intervention

The Tenth Doctor Adventures

Out of Time

Dalek Universe

The Wrong Woman • Cycle of Destruction • The Trojan Dalek • The First Son • The Dalek Defence • The Triumph of Davros

Time Lord Victorious

The Enemy of My Enemy • Mutually Assured Destruction • Genetics of the Daleks

Master!

Vengeance

The War Doctor Begins

The Shadow Squad • Destroyer • Saviour • Temmosus • Rewind • The Abyss • The Horror • Berserker • Memnos • The Hybrid's Choice • Exit Strategy

The Fifth Doctor Adventures

Nightmare of the Daleks

The Audio Novels

Watchers • Emancipation of the Daleks

The Second Doctor Adventures

The Final Beginning

The Seventh Doctor Adventures

Scream of the Daleks

The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles

Daleks Victorious • The Last Stand of Miss Valarie Lockwood / Victory of the Doctor

Once and Future

A Genius for War

BBC Doctor Who audio stories

Escape the Daleks!

Others

The Daleks • Glorious Goodwood • The Dalek Conquests • Incoming Transmission

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on audio appearances here, except for Dalek Empire, which has its own template, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.