Masters of War (audio story)

 was the eighth Doctor Who Unbound audio story produced by Big Finish Productions, it was also a sequel to the second Unbound story Sympathy for the Devil. For this story David Warner reprised his role as an alternative Third Doctor alongside Nicholas Courtney as an alternative Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. Also featuring in this story was Terry Molloy as an alternative version of Davros. This story was set hundreds of years following The Daleks and presents and alternative history free of the Doctor's presence in Genesis of the Daleks. This story was double the length of the previous Sympathy for the Devil (1 CD) being presented over 2 CDs.

Publisher's summary
The Doctor and his travelling companion, retired army officer Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, take a random trip in the TARDIS - and land on the planet Skaro. The Doctor helped the Thals to defeat the Daleks years ago, so he is surprised to find the Thal city under Dalek occupation. He determines to help them again, but what is the Daleks' purpose in keeping the Thals alive? Does it have anything to do with the Daleks' mythical creator, named in their teachings as Davros?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - David Warner
 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
 * Davros - Terry Molloy
 * The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
 * Nadel - Amy Pemberton
 * Gillen - Sarah Douglas
 * Delt - Jeremy James
 * Toloc - Christopher Heywood
 * The Quatch - Jeremy James and Jason Haigh-Ellery

Continuity

 * Masters of War is the sequel to NOTDWU: Sympathy for the Devil.
 * The Doctor's absence from the events of TV: Genesis of the Daleks meant the Daleks abandoned their creator Davros instead of taking the chance to exterminate him. The Daleks featured in TV: The Daleks are retroactively made out to be a second batch, programmed with feelings of mercy and pity to ensure loyalty. All other Dalek stories are said to have featured the original Daleks, here referred to as Renegade Daleks.
 * The Thals remember the Doctor. (TV: The Daleks)
 * The Brigadier fought three Daleks on Earth in 1972, seemingly a reference to an alternative version of the events of TV: Day of the Daleks.
 * The Doctor mentions having met the Daleks several times previously. These encounters were depicted in TV: The Daleks, TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, TV: The Chase, TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, TV: The Power of the Daleks, TV: The Evil of the Daleks and AUDIO: Fear of the Daleks as this Doctor's timeline diverged following the events of TV: The War Games.