Lucie Miller ( audio story ) Lucie Miller was the ninth release of the fourth series of " Eighth Doctor Adventures " . It was the first in a two - part story , concluding in " To the Death " . Publisher ' s summary . " Hello ! Doctor , it ' s me . Lucie . Lucie Miller . . . " Lucie Miller needs the Doctor ' s help . The whole planet Earth needs his help . But he is nowhere to be seen . While Lucie struggles to survive a terrible sickness , an even greater threat to the human race is about to be unleashed . And this will be the second Dalek invasion of Earth the Doctor ' s granddaughter has had to endure . " You must accept the reality of your situation . You have been defeated . " Plot . Lucie and Alex were travelling in Thailand when a terrible sickness broke out . Although Lucie became infected , Alex did not . They attempted to flee to Bangkok on a bus , though they were thrown off when it became apparent that Lucie had the sickness . Alex managed to procure a satellite phone and left a message with the international operator . After several days , his mother Susan is able to contact Lucie . Due to their Time Lord physiology , Susan and Alex are not affected . The doctors and scientists in London believe that the sickness is alien in nature , leading to Earth being quarantined . All of humanity ' s alien allies have left the planet . When Lucie and Alex began travelling , the Doctor slipped the temporal interocitor which had been built by his former companion Nyssa during his fifth incarnation . She used the interocitor to send a message to the TARDIS but the Doctor never arrived . Susan is able to pull some strings and has Lucie and Alex taken to a hospital in Singapore . After waiting for several days in a corridor , Lucie is examined by a doctor , who tells her that she is lucky to be alive as the sickness usually kills its victims in a day . Although Lucie partially recovers , she is confined to a wheelchair and lost all sight in her right eye . After a month long journey to Australia , Lucie and Alex procured a military plane using Susan ' s government connections to return to England . Shortly after Lucie and Alex ' s arrival in England , a fleet of Dalek flying saucer s is detected in orbit of Earth . Although the planet is conquered in short order and the majority of humanity are once again enslaved by the Dalek Empire , numerous resistance groups exist all over Earth . Susan , Lucie and Alex are with one such group underneath the surface of Portsmouth . As did they done in the aftermath of the first 22nd century Dalek invasion , the Dalek s have converted numerous humans into Robomen . Alex has discovered a fleet of nuclear submarine s stored in a nearby warehouse . With the help of the former submarine technician Seb Andrews , Alex is able to activate the submarines ' radio masts and hack into the Dalek communication network . They discover that the Daleks are building a mineshaft and propulsion unit which they plan to place in the planet ' s core . In doing so , they have dug up the majority of North America . The resistance stage an invasion of North America using seven submarines , which are equipped with short - range missiles . Susan , Alex , Lucie , Seb and thousands of soldiers make their way to the mineshaft construction area from various different directions . The Monk is present in the construction area and is able to both hack into and jam the resistance ' s transmissions . Although he believes that it is not necessary to kill all of the rebels , the Daleks have been ordered by the Dalek time controller to exterminate every one of them in order to show the rest of humanity the folly of opposing the Daleks . The majority of the rebels , including Seb , are exterminated in the Dalek attack . However , Susan , Lucie and Alex manage to escape . After several days , Susan is able to contact Lucie and tells her that the TARDIS key is glowing , meaning that the TARDIS is on its way . The TARDIS materialises in the vault of the Monk ' s base in England , where he meets his former companion Tamsin Drew . During his time on Earth , the Monk has procured the " Mona Lisa " , the Star of India , the Venus de Milo , the crown jewels of every royal dynasty in Earth ' s history and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . Tamsin claims that they are collecting these articles with the help of the Daleks in order to preserve humanity ' s culture for posterity . After the Doctor ' s presence is revealed to the Daleks by the Monk , he claims that he is not the Doctor but a plumber . The Dalek time controller is based in North America . The Monk confesses to Tamsin that he has revealed the location of the submarine on which Susan , Lucie and Alex are returning to England to the Daleks . It is targeted by the Dalek saucer on which the Doctor is imprisoned but it is disabled by the submarine ' s missiles . A second missile is launched at the saucer . Although the Doctor is able to contact Lucie via the interocitor , it is too late to abort the launch of the missile and the saucer is destroyed .