by David Whitaker
and Terry Nation
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'The Curse of the Daleks' by David Whitaker and Terry Nation |
The space ship Starfinder is taking two dangerous criminals for trial on Earth. En route, they crash through a meteor storm and have to make an emergency landing on Skaro – the planet of the dreaded Daleks. But Captain Redway and his faithful crew don’t anticipate any trouble. After all, the Daleks were defeated fifty years ago and now they are completely inactive. But when a crate full of mysterious devices is discovered and the Daleks start to come back to life, it becomes clear that there is a traitor amongst the Starfinder’s crew… A traitor intent on reactivating the power of the Daleks!
A special audio adaptation of the Doctor Who stage-play from the 1960s.
Nicholas Hawtrey (Captain Redway), Edward Gardener (Rocket Smith), David Ashford (Bob Slater), John Moore (Professor Vanderlyn), Hilary Tindall (Marion Clements), John Line (Jonathon Ladiver), Colin Miller (Harry Sline), Nicholas Bennet (Dexion), Suzanne Mockler (Ijayna) and THE DALEKS
Directed by Gillian Howell by arrangement with Donald Akbery
A John Gale and Ernest Hecht Presentation
Tour Dates:
December 21st, 1965 for one month.
Notes:
*Featuring the Daleks
*The play was performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London
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*In November 2008, Big Finish released 'The Curse of the Daleks' as a newly-recorded audio play, in which Colin Baker reprised his role of the Doctor, and David Banks his role of Karl:
'The Curse of the Daleks'
by David Whitaker
and Terry Nation
Audio adaptation Nicholas Briggs
The space ship Starfinder is taking two dangerous criminals for trial on Earth. En route, they crash through a meteor storm and have to make an emergency landing on Skaro – the planet of the dreaded Daleks. But Captain Redway and his faithful crew don’t anticipate any trouble. After all, the Daleks were defeated fifty years ago and now they are completely inactive. But when a crate full of mysterious devices is discovered and the Daleks start to come back to life, it becomes clear that there is a traitor amongst the Starfinder’s crew… A traitor intent on reactivating the power of the Daleks!
Michael Praed (Ladiver), Patric Kearns (Captain Redway), Nick Wilton ('Rocket' Smith), James George (Bob Slater), John Line (Professor Vanderlyn), Beth Chalmers (Marion Clements), Derek Carlyle (Harry Sline), Glynn Sweet (Dexion), Denise Hoey (Ijayna), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks / Narrator)
Directed by Nicholas Briggs
Release Date:
November 2008
Notes:
*Featuring the Daleks
*A Big Finish Audio Production