History AudioPlay / DalekEmpire

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade[=/=]HistoricalVillainUpgrade: InUniverse. The future-set scenes of ''Dalek War'' reveal that Kalendorf will be subjected to a lot of this in the next few thousand years, because from a historical perspective, he seemed to be a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.

* ActorAllusion: Kalendorf is in many ways a more successful version of Gareth Thomas' most famous character, [[Series/BlakesSeven Roj Blake]].

''Dalek Empire'' is a series of linked audio dramas and one prose collection that make up Creator/BigFinish's first big [[TheEpic Dalek epic]], about the Daleks' almost entirely successful invasion of Mutter's Spiral (our galaxy) and the story of four people caught up in it: [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]], whose lives intersect with it at odd angles over hundreds of years; Susan "Suz" Mendes, a former Dalek slave who becomes the "Angel of Mercy" and finds herself walking the tightrope between rebel and [[LesCollaborateurs collaborator]]; Kalendorf, a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Knight of Velyshaa]] who becomes Susan's companion and secret rebel leader; and Alby Brook, a human spy who fell in love with Suz and now finds himself caught between his desire to find her and his duty to kill her as a collaborator.

! Tropes found in ''Dalek Empire'', ''Dalek War'' and ''The Fearless'':

** [[spoiler: The Mentor]], in Series 2.

* FramingDevice: Series Two introduces the idea that the events of the Dalek Invasion are being studied by the people of the 67th Century, who become the main characters of the third series.

''Dalek Empire'' is a series of linked audio dramas and one prose collection that make up Creator/BigFinish's first big [[TheEpic Dalek epic]], about the Daleks' almost entirely successful invasion of Mutter's Spiral (our galaxy) in the year 4162, and the story of four people caught up in it: [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]], whose lives intersect with it at odd angles over hundreds of years; Susan "Suz" Mendes, a former Dalek slave who becomes the "Angel of Mercy" and finds herself walking the tightrope between rebel and [[LesCollaborateurs collaborator]]; Kalendorf, a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Knight of Velyshaa]] who becomes Susan's companion and secret rebel leader; and Alby Brook, a human spy who fell in love with Suz and now finds himself caught between his desire to find her and his duty to kill her as a collaborator.

It's the 67th Century, and people have forgotten the Daleks completely. Only Siy Tarkov is insisting the Daleks are back... but will anyone listen to him?

* BigBad: The Dalek Emperor in Series 1. [[spoiler: The Mentor]], in Series 2.

* PlantAliens: The Daleks terraformed ''Jupiter''... then covered it in Varga plants to turn it into a giant trap.

* InevitableMutualBetrayal: As soon as the Alliance Daleks "Punish" the first world that doesn't sign up for the war effort, Kalendorf knows the Earth Alliance are going to fight their Dalek allies eventually.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade[=/=]HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The future-set scenes of ''Dalek War'' reveal that Kalendorf will be subjected to a lot of this in the next few thousand years, because from a historical perspective, he seemed to be a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.

* EvilPlan: The first series reveals what the Daleks' overarching EvilPlan has been since the beginning of the ''Dalek Empire'' arc in the main series - to find Project Infinity.
** They invaded [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho007TheGenocideMachine the library on Kar-Charrat]], where they first learned about Project Infinity. They [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho011TheApocalypseElement then invaded Gallifrey]] as a feint in order to use the Apocalypse Element to remake the Seriphia Galaxy in their image. Then they conquered their way across the galaxy while secretly closing in on Lopra Minor, home of the Project, with the ultimate aim of finding an alternate universe where the Daleks reign supreme, punching a hole through the dimensions and inviting them over to become [[MultiversalConqueror multiversal conquerors]].

* LesCollaborateurs: Suz's story in Series I is [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain very much about this]]. The Daleks charge her with keeping their slave workforce pacified, so they can be more efficient. After a few years of this, Kalendorf repeatedly catches her referring to the Daleks' objectives as "our" objectives, and reminds her of this. Suz feels herself caught between the responsibility to keep people alive under the Daleks, and the reality that it means helping them.

** MoleInCharge: [[spoiler: Tanlee, head of Earth Alliance security]] is made a Dalek agent.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: According to Creator/NicholasBriggs, the CentralTheme of this series is the power of friendship and trust. Daleks can (sort of) understand love from an outside perspective. But they can't fathom ''friendship'' at all.

The [[Audioplay/BigFinishDoctorWho main series arc]], where the Daleks plan their invasion, which the Doctor encounters in AnachronicOrder.

* LowerDecksEpisode: ''The Fearless'' is really the story of Salus Kade and Agnes Landen, against the background of the Dalek invasion.

** MoleInCharge: [[spoiler: Tanlee, head of Earth Alliance security]] is a Dalek agent.