The Movellan Manoeuvre (audio story)

was the second story of the third series of The New Counter-Measures, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Simon Williams as Ian Gilmore, Pamela Salem as Rachel Jensen, Karen Gledhill as Allison Williams, Hugh Ross as Toby Kinsella and Carolyn Seymour as Suzanne Clare.
David Richardson, the producer, stated that The Hollow King was intended to conclude the range, but its standalone nature and fan popularity led to further entries in the series in order to provide a better sense of closure. The Movellan Manoeuvre, together with its follow-up The Dalek Gambit, which was released on the same day, form a duology which serves as the overall conclusion to the Counter-Measures range.
== Publisher's summary ==
Arch-foe of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group, Lady Suzanne Clare – glamorous international arms dealer specialising in alien tech – is back. And she's branched out.
She’s now moved into technology and is rolling out a device designed to help out with chores around the house. As the launch date looms, Rachel Jensen and her team are determined to find out what she’s really up to and stop her.
What do these devices actually do? What exactly is her latest plan? And what exactly does it all have to do with an insidious alien menace?
It’s time for a home invasion.
== Plot ==
to be added
== Cast ==
* Group Captain Gilmore - Simon Williams
* Rachel Jensen - Pamela Salem
* Allison Williams - Karen Gledhill
* Sir Toby Kinsella - Hugh Ross
* Lady Suzanne Clare - Carolyn Seymour
* Maurice Vallan - Cyril Nri
* Soldier - Nicholas Briggs
== Crew ==
* Music - Nicholas Briggs
* Based on characters created by Ben Aaronovitch
* Cover Art - Ryan Aplin
* Director - Ken Bentley
* Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
* Producer - David Richardson
* Script Editor - Roland Moore
* Sound Design - Joe Meiners
* Writer - John Dorney
== Worldbuilding ==
* Suzanne Clare owns Clare Industries.
* The Robo-Helper 2000 does not appear to be made from Dalek technology.
* Movellans can be made as exact duplicates of humans which can replicate human personalities and speech patterns.
* Commander Vallan has a personality matrix.
* Movellans can be disabled with an EMP.
== Notes ==
* The depiction of the Robo-Helper 2000 on the story's cover has several design similarities with the Dalek androids seen in TV: Bad Wolf.
* This story was recorded on 5 June 2019 at the Moat Studios.
== Continuity ==
* Rachel thought that Suzanne Clare would remain trapped in the alien entanglement device. (AUDIO: My Enemy's Enemy)
* Toby doesn't trust Clare because of her history of dealing in alien technology. (AUDIO: A Gamble With Time, My Enemy's Enemy)
* Ian recalls that the Daleks didn't need external power sources. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
* Suzanne has been inconvenienced by the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group on more occasions than they were aware of, due to their continued opposition to Earth's alien technology arms trade. Several of Suzanne criminal competition have been defeated by Counter-Measures. (AUDIO: The Split Infinitive, et al.)
* Suzanne reminds Allison, Ian, and Toby that they abandoned her with August Frazer in a cultural entangler, which she escaped using a personal teleport which, due to the unreality of the entangler's prison, deflected her to a Movellan ship. (AUDIO: My Enemy's Enemy)
* The Movellans came to Earth as part of a war. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks, et al.)
* Time travelling Daleks confirm the extistence of a Movellan incursion in the 20th century time zone. (AUDIO: The Dalek Gambit)
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:The New Counter-Measures audio stories
Category:2020 audio stories
Category:Stories that use Nicholas Briggs' The New Counter-Measures theme
Category:Stories set in London
Category:Stories set in the 1970s
Category:Movellan audio stories
Category:Dalek audio stories
Category:One part audio stories