Davison vs Daleks

Part 1, due for release in October 2020, contains four one-episode adventures:

• Aimed at the Body by James Kettle
An encounter with a notorious cricketing legend should be right up the Doctor’s street. But the unexpected appearance of an old enemy is about to send the Doctor on a quest.
• Lightspeed by Jonathan Morris
The trail has led the Doctor to a spaceship in the far future - where he finds himself trapped in the middle of a terrifying revenge plot.
• The Bookshop at the End of the World by Simon Guerrier
It’s very easy to forget yourself and get lost in a bookshop. But in some bookshops more than most...
• Interlude by Dan Starkey
The play’s the thing! Or is it? The Doctor is roped into a theatrical spectacular - but who is he really performing to?

Part 2, due for release in November 2020, contains four more exciting episodes:

• The Echo Chamber by Jonathan Barnes
It’s the radio talk show where everyone’s free to call in with their opinions. Time to welcome its host - the Doctor!
• Towards Zero by Roland Moore
The Doctor finds himself in an old country house where he has to solve a very unusual murder - his own!
• Castle Hydra by Lizzie Hopley
Nearing the end of his journey, the Doctor enters a jail filled with familiar faces. But who are the prisoners and who are the wardens?
• Effect and Cause by John Dorney
A crash in the vortex leads the Doctor to the source of his all his troubles, and to the Daleks. The answers are here. If he can live long enough to find them.

Necessity really is the mother of invention. In the very early days of lockdown, we knew we would have to adapt some of our plans for the Monthly Adventures range. What we needed were two releases that could be achieved with one Doctor and four guest cast members, recording remotely in a block. When you have a brief like that, it’s not at all restricting - it forces you to do something different, something bold, something fun.

So what we have in Shadow of the Daleks Parts 1 and 2 are eight half-hour stories, in which the Doctor lands in different times, different places... and keeps meeting the same faces, but as different people. The mystery is heightened by the oblique appearances of Daleks. And not only that - these are Time War-era Daleks!

And so we had a lot of fun with these stories - weaving them together, pushing in different directions, and getting to play with the audacious concept. And Peter Davison really enjoyed it - we had a fantastic and esteemed guest cast, and by the end of recording it was almost like we were at the studio together, sipping coffee in the green room and chatting like old friends.