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Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Episode 1

The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Episode 1

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'It is forbidden to dump bodies in the river.' Ian and Barbara return to a conquered Earth

'It is forbidden to dump bodies in the river.' Ian and Barbara return to Earth to find it conquered. First Doctor adventure, read by William Russell.

The Daleks have WON. The Earth has fallen. Propaganda broadcasts, regular patrols, collaborators, black marketeers - all of this before the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan have even arrived. When they do, they are separated and find themselves fighting not just for their survival, but that of the entire planet.

You can't keep a good man down - so the Daleks discover when they make the grievous error of invading the Doctor's favourite planet... but it's a battle with a life-changing outcome for the Doctor's grand-daughter, Susan. 

Read by William Russell, who played Ian Chesterton in the original television serial on which this reading is based. Broadcast only 18 years after the end of World War II, this classic story addresses a very wartime anxiety... what would Britain have been like as an occupied nation?

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Ian and Barbara return to Earth to find it conquered. Read by William Russell.

Ian and Barbara return to Earth to find it conquered. New radio adaptation of the original First Doctor adventure from 1964, read by William Russell.

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