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'''''Our Planet Story''''' was a [[Gallifrey]]an nursery book. [[Romana]] and [[the Doctor]] both had copies when they were [[Time Lord|Time Tot]]s; the Doctor thought it was "very good". It related Gallifreyan history, from [[Rassilon]] to criminals such as [[Scintilla|Lady Scintilla]] and [[Salyavin]]. One passage read:
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'''''Our Planet Story''''' was a [[Gallifrey]]an [[nursery book]]. [[Romana I|Romana]] and [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] both had copies when they were [[Time Tot]]s; the Doctor thought it was "very good". It related [[Gallifreyan history]], from [[Rassilon]] to criminals such as [[Scintilla|Lady Scintilla]] and [[Salyavin]]. One passage read:


:''And in the Great Days of Rassilon, five great principles were laid down. Can you remember what they were, my children?'' ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]])
:''And in the [[Rassilon Era|Great Days of Rassilon]], five great principles were laid down. Can you remember what they were, my children?'' ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'')


The book was illustrated vividly; decades later, Romana recalled a picture of "the wild, screaming insanity of the Great Mind Outlaw Salyavin" and another illustration of Scintilla, a "haughty flame-haired woman in red robes" with "six-inch razor-sharp nails painted blood red". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'')
The book was illustrated vividly; decades later, Romana recalled a picture of "the wild, screaming insanity of the Great Mind Outlaw Salyavin" and another illustration of Scintilla, a "haughty flame-haired woman in red robes" with "six-inch razor-sharp nails painted blood red". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
The passage above is found in all versions of ''Shada'', but the title ''Our Planet Story'' and the details of its illustrations come from the [[Shada (novelisation)|novelisation]] by [[Gareth Roberts]].
The passage above is found in all versions of ''Shada'', but the title ''Our Planet Story'', and the details of its illustrations, come from the [[Shada (novelisation)|novelisation]] by [[Gareth Roberts]].


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Latest revision as of 01:42, 16 May 2021

Our Planet Story was a Gallifreyan nursery book. Romana and the Doctor both had copies when they were Time Tots; the Doctor thought it was "very good". It related Gallifreyan history, from Rassilon to criminals such as Lady Scintilla and Salyavin. One passage read:

And in the Great Days of Rassilon, five great principles were laid down. Can you remember what they were, my children? (WC: Shada, AUDIO: Shada, PROSE: Shada)

The book was illustrated vividly; decades later, Romana recalled a picture of "the wild, screaming insanity of the Great Mind Outlaw Salyavin" and another illustration of Scintilla, a "haughty flame-haired woman in red robes" with "six-inch razor-sharp nails painted blood red". (PROSE: Shada)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The passage above is found in all versions of Shada, but the title Our Planet Story, and the details of its illustrations, come from the novelisation by Gareth Roberts.