Through a space-time visualizer the Doctor and his companions are horrified to see an execution squad of Daleks about to leave Skaro on a mission to find the TARDIS and exterminate the time travelers. Eluding the Daleks on the barren planet Aridius the Doctor and his friends escape in the TARDIS. But this is only the beginning of an epic journey. As they travel through space and time, they try to shake off their pursuers by making a series of random landingsbut the Daleks dont give up easily. This is a chase to the death Maureen OBrien, who played Vicki in the original Doctor Who TV serial, reads John Peels complete and unabridged novelization, first published by Target Books in 1989.