Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks & Galaxy 4 (Target Novelizations) - Terrance Dicks, William Emms

Written by Terrance Dicks, William Emms
Read by John Culshaw, Maureen O’Brien
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 160 Kbps
Unabridged

As promised, two more to help complete the Target Novelizations collection uploaded here by WhiteWolf225 the other day. These two come courtesy of MeanMrMustid. Not nearly so mean as advertised, apparently.

GENESIS OF THE DALEKS :

The place: Skaro
Time: The Birth of the Daleks

After a thousand years of futile war against the Thals, the scientist Davros has perfected the physical form that will carry his race into eternity: the dreaded Dalek. Without feeling, conscience or pity, the Dalek is programmed to exterminate all lifeforms it deems inferior.

At the command of the Time Lords, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry travel back through time in an effort to totally destroy this terrible menace of the future. But as events spiral out of control in horrific ways, it becomes clear that even the Doctor cannot always win…

Jon Culshaw reads Terrance Dicks’s complete and unabridged novelisation, based upon the 1975 TV serial by Terry Nation, first published by Target Books in 1976. Duration: 4 hours approx.

GALAXY 4 :

Following a skirmish in deep space, two alien spacecraft have crash landed on a barren planet in Galaxy Four. The Drahvins are a race of beautiful females, led by the imperious Maaga. The Rills are hideous tusked monstrosities, accompanied by their robotic servants, the Chumblies.

When the Doctor arrives, with companions Vicki and Steven in tow, he discovers that the planet will explode in two days’ time. The Drahvins desperately seek his help in escaping the planet and the belligerent Rills. But things are not always as they seem…

Maureen O’Brien, who played Vicki in the BBC TV series, reads William Emms’s complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1986.

Duration: 4 hours approx.