Extermination (audio story)

Extermination (identified on the cover simply as Chapter Twenty-Two) was the first story of series 6 of Gallifrey. It was written by Scott Handcock.

Publisher's summary
Gallifrey Fights...

Having infiltrated the Axis, the Daleks have secured access to a myriad alternative realities and, with them, countless Gallifreys... every one with secrets to be plundered.

As her new world falls to the might of the Dalek invasion force, Romana finds herself struggling to keep her friends alive as the Capitol collapses around her.

Against all odds, there may be a way out — back to the Axis and, potentially, back home. But desperate times call for desperate measures and, ultimately, sacrifices...

Plot
Surrounded by Daleks in the Panopticon, President Romana, Leela, Chancellor Narvin and Councillor Rahvon are ordered to remain still whilst they perform a scan. Romana sends a signal to the Chancellery Guard which the Daleks detect, leading them to destroy her communicator before locating a faint signal analagous to the multiversal anomaly that they are searching for. Narvin says that they will find no such anomaly, so the Daleks instead declare that they will make this Gallifrey their base from which they will dominate this universe. When Rahvon says that they cannot do this, they exterminate him.

Castellan Slyne enters the Panopticon with the Chancellery Guard and demands to know who the Daleks are and what their purpose is. The guards open fire, seemingly killing the Daleks, but Romana doubts that this is the case and tells Slyne to withdraw so that they can seal the room with the Daleks within. She sends Narvin to go to the Council Chambers with Leela and is taken to safety by Guard Commander Lukas when the Daleks awaken, undamaged. Slyne, however, refuses to leave. Lukas orders all nearby squadrons to report to the Panopticon whilst the others assist in the evacuation of the Capitol.

The Daleks are unharmed as they neutralised the staser fire prior to impact, meaning that they were never hit, and powered down only to trap Slyne in the Panopticon to keep him from leading the other squadrons. Romana contacts Slyne and, before the Daleks can stop the transmission, tells him that the Daleks' weakness is their eyestalk. After the Daleks detect the anomaly that they are searching for, they kill Jevon and start a shootout during which they apparently kill everybody in the Panopticon.

Lukas sets off an alarm and tries to take Romana to safety, but she refuses to leave Leela and Narvin waiting in the Council Chambers and orders him to accompany her there.

The Daleks spare Slyne, taking him prisoner, and are able to override the security systems by deciphering the biodata coding. As some Daleks leave to secure the Capitol, the Supreme Controller makes contact from the Axis for an update on the invasion.

Leela and Narvin head to the Council Chambers, although Leela wants to warn the Chancellery Guards that the Daleks will no doubt kill them. An emergency shutdown, enacted by either the Daleks or the guards, begins to lock down the sectors and trap Leela and Narvin in the Panopticon's sector. As the doors close, Leela chooses to remain to wait for Romana whilst the fearful Narvin is torn between staying with her and fleeing. He decides to stay at the last moment, surprising and pleasing Leela, as he is determined to at the very least have a good death at Leela's side.

A Dalek descends into the cells and encounters the incarcerated Allora. Saying that she was wrongfully imprisoned and had been denied a trial by Romana, she offers to pay the Dalek in return for her freedom. The Dalek says that prisoners are known to be unreliable and executes her.

Andred contacts Lukas, informing him that the Daleks have secured the central levels and are slaughtering their forces. Most of the Inner Council have been evacuated to a secure location, but several are unaccounted for.

Councillor Braxiatel is halted by a Dalek and threatens to shoot him with a weapon he has taken from a fallen Regenerator. The Dalek identifies him as "Irving Braxiatel", although he does not recognise the first name, and says that he is an associate of the Daleks. Braxiatel offers to assist them as their partner, but the Dalek says that he has previously betrayed the Daleks and exterminates him.

to be completed

Cast

 * Supreme Leader Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Outcast Leader Leela - Louise Jameson
 * Chancellor Narvin - Seán Carlsen
 * Castellan Slyne - Peter Sheward
 * Guard Commander Lukas / Outsider - Scott Arthur
 * Allora - Maggie Ollerenshaw
 * Councillor Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
 * The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
 * Andred - Andy Coleman
 * Jevon - Scott Handcock
 * Councillor Rahvon - Marcus Harris
 * Jamalan - Jack Baggs

Continuity

 * Romana states that she first met the Daleks in the Proxima System during her first incarnation (AUDIO: The Dalek Contract / The Final Phase) and later on their homeworld Skaro while she was travelling with the Fourth Doctor (TV: Destiny of the Daleks). After leaving the TARDIS, she encountered them once again on Etra Prime. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element)
 * Leela refers to meeting the Daleks on Earth and the Moon on 30 January 2025. (AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks)
 * Narvin tells Leela that he can no longer regenerate as his remaining regenerations were extracted as a form of torture on another alternative Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Reborn)
 * Allora tells the Daleks that she was imprisoned by Romana. (AUDIO: Emancipation)
 * The Daleks refer to the fact that the Irving Braxiatel of the proper timeline was once their ally but that he betrayed them. The alternative Braxiatel is exterminated as they believe that he would likely betray them as well if they were to ally themselves with him. (AUDIO: Death and the Daleks)
 * The Daleks recognise Romana as Unit 117 from her time as their prisoner and her involvement in the Archetryx operation. They still believe her to be Lady President of the High Council of the Time Lords. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element)
 * One of the Outsiders mentions that Leela has not been seen since she entered the Capitol with the Regenerators. (AUDIO: Arbitration)
 * Romana recalls that she was shocked that the Fifth Doctor ran away from his responsibilities after he was appointed Lord President of Gallifrey. (TV: The Five Doctors)