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'''''Scream of the Shalka''''' was a [[Flash animation|Flash-animated]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial with [[Richard E Grant]] as the voice of the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]]. Its animation was produced by [[Cosgrove Hall]]. The serial was webcast by the [[BBC]]'s official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December 2003, tying in with the show's 40th anniversary. | '''''Scream of the Shalka''''' was a [[Flash animation|Flash-animated]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial with [[Richard E Grant]] as the voice of the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]]. Its animation was produced by [[Cosgrove Hall]]. The serial was webcast by the [[BBC]]'s official ''Doctor Who'' website in November and December 2003, tying in with the show's 40th anniversary. | ||
The serial finished production shortly before the BBC announced [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|a live-action ''Doctor Who'' revival]] with [[Russell T Davies]] at the helm. The live-action series would eventually introduce [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]], marking an incongruence that led to ''Shalka'' being disregarded by most ''Doctor Who'' fans. However, from [[November (releases)|November]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] to [[April (releases)|April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]], the Richard E Grant Doctor was still treated as a valid incarnation by the BBC, with [[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|one short story]] premiering the day after [[DWM 342|Eccleston was announced as the Ninth Doctor]]. Several novels (specifically ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'', and ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') either foreshadowed or referenced the webcast as one potential future for the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | The serial finished production shortly before the BBC announced [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|a live-action ''Doctor Who'' revival]] with [[Russell T Davies]] at the helm. The live-action series would eventually introduce [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]], marking an incongruence that led to ''Shalka'' being disregarded by most ''Doctor Who'' fans. However, from [[November (releases)|November]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] to [[April (releases)|April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]], the Richard E Grant Doctor was still treated as a valid incarnation by the BBC, with [[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|one short story]] premiering the day after [[DWM 342|Eccleston was announced as the Ninth Doctor]]. Several novels (specifically ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'', ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'', and ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') either foreshadowed or referenced the webcast as one potential future for the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | ||
[[Paul Cornell]]'s intention with the story was that between [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 TV movie]] and ''Shalka'', an alien threat had attempted to invade [[Gallifrey]], wiping out the [[Time Lord]] race and leaving the Doctor worn emotionally by the conflict. This was not only similar to the [[War in Heaven]] storyline of the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']], but also coincidentally resembles the [[Last Great Time War]] as described in [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' onwards and first seen{{note|While some sources describe certain episodes of the revival series as the ending of the war, those still take place some time after the assumed near-extinction of the Time Lords.}} in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | [[Paul Cornell]]'s intention with the story was that between [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 TV movie]] and ''Shalka'', an alien threat had attempted to invade [[Gallifrey]], wiping out the [[Time Lord]] race and leaving the Doctor worn emotionally by the conflict. This was not only similar to the [[War in Heaven]] storyline of the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']], but also coincidentally resembles the [[Last Great Time War]] as described in [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' onwards and first seen{{note|While some sources describe certain episodes of the revival series as the ending of the war, those still take place some time after the assumed near-extinction of the Time Lords.}} in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS (Scream of the Shalka)|The Doctor's TARDIS]] materialises in the village of [[Lannet]] in [[Lancashire]]. An annoyed [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Doctor]], who has apparently been transported here against his will, finds the village silent. Its inhabitants are all living in fear except for a barmaid, [[Alison Cheney]]. The alien [[Shalka]] have taken up residence beneath Lannet in preparation for a wider [[ | [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Scream of the Shalka)|The Doctor's TARDIS]] materialises in the village of [[Lannet]] in [[Lancashire]]. An annoyed [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Doctor]], who has apparently been transported here against his will, finds the village silent. Its inhabitants are all living in fear except for a barmaid, [[Alison Cheney]]. The alien [[Shalka]] have taken up residence beneath Lannet in preparation for a wider [[invasion]]. Despite his initial reluctance, the Doctor finds himself having to save the world again, aided by Alison and [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|an enemy]] who has become an ally. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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He wakes up a short while later to see Alison and Kennet leaning over him. Alison tells the Major that she can’t find a pulse which leads the Doctor to reply “and with so many to choose from!” He gets to his feet and contains the parasite in a jar. He declares that the score is now 2:1 to him in the game of “I thought you were dead, Doctor”. He congratulates Kennet for not shooting anyone and the Major remarks that it’s about time they got some luck. The Doctor then adds that it’s about time they made their own and questions why the Shalka are still controlling people and why they had the people march on a warehouse. Greaves then reports that it’s not just happening there. | He wakes up a short while later to see Alison and Kennet leaning over him. Alison tells the Major that she can’t find a pulse which leads the Doctor to reply “and with so many to choose from!” He gets to his feet and contains the parasite in a jar. He declares that the score is now 2:1 to him in the game of “I thought you were dead, Doctor”. He congratulates Kennet for not shooting anyone and the Major remarks that it’s about time they got some luck. The Doctor then adds that it’s about time they made their own and questions why the Shalka are still controlling people and why they had the people march on a warehouse. Greaves then reports that it’s not just happening there. | ||
[[File:Shalka-5 World map.jpeg|thumb|Map showing sites of Shalka activity.]] | |||
Back at HQ, they learn that twenty-six communities have been mobilised all over the world and that there may be others that they don’t know about. The Doctor says that they’re arranging themselves precisely around the planet and asks if there’s a map of their exact positions. Greaves begins to bring that information up and the Doctor adds that if they can get a satellite photo of an area of [[Siberia]] then they will find controlled people there too. Greaves then brings up a picture of [[China]] from an American satellite and they see that the controlled people there are all just standing still. The Doctor declares that they have to stop all these people from reaching their destinations and that they have to try and coordinate the armed forces in those areas. Greaves reports that the Chinese have started shooting and Kennet tells the Doctor that soon this will be the story everywhere. He replies that the Shalka will protect them but, at the same time, they can afford to lose a lot of their slaves. He doubts that the loss of the Lannet group will make a difference to their plan and Alison asks what that plan is. He asks her and Joe if they’ve still got sore throats and Greaves replies that he has too. Joe affirms that a number of patients have been suffering from sore throats for several weeks and the Doctor realises the Shalka are using humans to transmit the scream; they’ve been subsonicly training them while they’ve been under the Shalka’s influence. Alison asks why they’ve done this and he replies that it’s because human vocal chords have evolved in Earth’s atmosphere whilst theirs haven’t. He then opens a cylinder releasing a gas into the room which makes everyone start coughing and so he quickly turns it off. He tells them that is the Shalka’s preferred atmosphere which is typically found deep inside a planet rather than on the surface. That is what the captured Shalka got Greaves to make: a chemical reaction caused by severe agitation at the molecular level. The scream turns the oxygen and nitrogen in the air into the complex compounds that the Shalka prefer. Alison questions why they can’t simply do that themselves and he replies that they are using a fast track invasion plan: get the humans to do it for them. He adds that they’ve been waiting these past three weeks so that they can activate all their human slaves at once; each group being led by someone with a Shalka parasite in their head. Kennet begins to question about the new atmosphere the Shalka have planned but the Doctor cuts in that they won’t be able to breathe it and he doubts that it will be able to absorb solar radiation; meaning the weather is about to become their biggest enemy. The Shalka will be able to move freely on the surface while the chaos unfolds and finish off any remaining survivors. Kennet asks how long they’ve got and the Doctor replies that the atmosphere is a very sensitive system and given the number of release sites, he concludes that once the controlled people start screaming they’ll have, maybe, an hour. | Back at HQ, they learn that twenty-six communities have been mobilised all over the world and that there may be others that they don’t know about. The Doctor says that they’re arranging themselves precisely around the planet and asks if there’s a map of their exact positions. Greaves begins to bring that information up and the Doctor adds that if they can get a satellite photo of an area of [[Siberia]] then they will find controlled people there too. Greaves then brings up a picture of [[China]] from an American satellite and they see that the controlled people there are all just standing still. The Doctor declares that they have to stop all these people from reaching their destinations and that they have to try and coordinate the armed forces in those areas. Greaves reports that the Chinese have started shooting and Kennet tells the Doctor that soon this will be the story everywhere. He replies that the Shalka will protect them but, at the same time, they can afford to lose a lot of their slaves. He doubts that the loss of the Lannet group will make a difference to their plan and Alison asks what that plan is. He asks her and Joe if they’ve still got sore throats and Greaves replies that he has too. Joe affirms that a number of patients have been suffering from sore throats for several weeks and the Doctor realises the Shalka are using humans to transmit the scream; they’ve been subsonicly training them while they’ve been under the Shalka’s influence. Alison asks why they’ve done this and he replies that it’s because human vocal chords have evolved in Earth’s atmosphere whilst theirs haven’t. He then opens a cylinder releasing a gas into the room which makes everyone start coughing and so he quickly turns it off. He tells them that is the Shalka’s preferred atmosphere which is typically found deep inside a planet rather than on the surface. That is what the captured Shalka got Greaves to make: a chemical reaction caused by severe agitation at the molecular level. The scream turns the oxygen and nitrogen in the air into the complex compounds that the Shalka prefer. Alison questions why they can’t simply do that themselves and he replies that they are using a fast track invasion plan: get the humans to do it for them. He adds that they’ve been waiting these past three weeks so that they can activate all their human slaves at once; each group being led by someone with a Shalka parasite in their head. Kennet begins to question about the new atmosphere the Shalka have planned but the Doctor cuts in that they won’t be able to breathe it and he doubts that it will be able to absorb solar radiation; meaning the weather is about to become their biggest enemy. The Shalka will be able to move freely on the surface while the chaos unfolds and finish off any remaining survivors. Kennet asks how long they’ve got and the Doctor replies that the atmosphere is a very sensitive system and given the number of release sites, he concludes that once the controlled people start screaming they’ll have, maybe, an hour. | ||
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In the TARDIS, the Master tells Alison that she, horrifyingly, reminds him of “all the others”. She challenges him about that remark and asks who he is. He says to her, in a sinister tone, “I am the Master. And you will –” but the Doctor then steps in so the Master quickly says “–come to like me once you get to know me my dear Miss Cheney.” The Doctor tells them that he’s just been in an extreme state of meditation so as to prepare himself for what is about to come; remarking that it’s hard to clear one’s mind of all its baggage in five minutes. He then sings quite loudly for a moment and asks Alison and the Master what they think. They exchange a sideways glance and the Master replies “just a touch flat”. The Doctor says he learned to do that from Dame Nellie, leading the Master to comment that he would never have guessed. Alison asks the two Time Lords what they’re talking about, stating that this is serious. The Doctor replies that he is being deadly serious. | In the TARDIS, the Master tells Alison that she, horrifyingly, reminds him of “all the others”. She challenges him about that remark and asks who he is. He says to her, in a sinister tone, “I am the Master. And you will –” but the Doctor then steps in so the Master quickly says “–come to like me once you get to know me my dear Miss Cheney.” The Doctor tells them that he’s just been in an extreme state of meditation so as to prepare himself for what is about to come; remarking that it’s hard to clear one’s mind of all its baggage in five minutes. He then sings quite loudly for a moment and asks Alison and the Master what they think. They exchange a sideways glance and the Master replies “just a touch flat”. The Doctor says he learned to do that from Dame Nellie, leading the Master to comment that he would never have guessed. Alison asks the two Time Lords what they’re talking about, stating that this is serious. The Doctor replies that he is being deadly serious. | ||
[[File:Shalka-5 TARDIS materialise in Shalka cave.jpeg|thumb|The TARDIS materialises back in the Shalka's cave.]] | |||
The TARDIS materialises back in the cave of the Shalka. Alison asks if the Master is coming with them and the Doctor replies that he can’t leave the TARDIS. They step out and the Doctor comments that one can really admire the architecture of the cave now that there are less Shalka in it. He points to a spiral on the ceiling and Alison remarks that it’s very Gaudi, leading the Doctor to comment that he was a man who knew a thing or two about string; and that he was very lucky that the Doctor was there when he ran out. He then tells Alison that she’s a very informed barmaid and she replies that she gave up a degree in history to be with Joe. Prime then approaches them and she tells the Doctor that, despite the technology he possesses, he distracts, de-emphasises and he talks. She adds that she thinks that is all he does and he merely comments, sarcastically, that she sounds happy. She ignores this and declares that in a few moments Earth will be added to the Shalka Confederacy. He then tells Prime that he now has a horrible idea that he knows where their empire of a billion worlds is. She disagrees but he tells her that he used the TARDIS scanner to search for recent meteor debris and traces of radiation that suggest a miniature wormhole. He says that they’ve been targeting worlds that are in “ecological trouble” and she remarks that they take the weakest of the herd. She names three other planets that they have claimed and the Doctor replies that those planets were all dead with lost civilisations and that history records claim that they destroyed themselves. Prime says that they did most of the damage and then the Shalka merely finished them off. Those worlds are now occupied by billions of Shalka that reside underground and therefore don’t get into “ridiculous wars” like lesser creatures. She says that the Shalka now inhabit eighty percent of worlds in the universe; those which the Doctor rates as “dead”. The Doctor then calls Prime the “great limiting factor of the cosmos” and the “death principle” among other things and she replies that once the Earth’s atmosphere is gone and the surface is infected with solar radiation, the Shalka will arrive through the worm hole and live off pure volcanic energy. | The TARDIS materialises back in the cave of the Shalka. Alison asks if the Master is coming with them and the Doctor replies that he can’t leave the TARDIS. They step out and the Doctor comments that one can really admire the architecture of the cave now that there are less Shalka in it. He points to a spiral on the ceiling and Alison remarks that it’s very Gaudi, leading the Doctor to comment that he was a man who knew a thing or two about string; and that he was very lucky that the Doctor was there when he ran out. He then tells Alison that she’s a very informed barmaid and she replies that she gave up a degree in history to be with Joe. Prime then approaches them and she tells the Doctor that, despite the technology he possesses, he distracts, de-emphasises and he talks. She adds that she thinks that is all he does and he merely comments, sarcastically, that she sounds happy. She ignores this and declares that in a few moments Earth will be added to the Shalka Confederacy. He then tells Prime that he now has a horrible idea that he knows where their empire of a billion worlds is. She disagrees but he tells her that he used the TARDIS scanner to search for recent meteor debris and traces of radiation that suggest a miniature wormhole. He says that they’ve been targeting worlds that are in “ecological trouble” and she remarks that they take the weakest of the herd. She names three other planets that they have claimed and the Doctor replies that those planets were all dead with lost civilisations and that history records claim that they destroyed themselves. Prime says that they did most of the damage and then the Shalka merely finished them off. Those worlds are now occupied by billions of Shalka that reside underground and therefore don’t get into “ridiculous wars” like lesser creatures. She says that the Shalka now inhabit eighty percent of worlds in the universe; those which the Doctor rates as “dead”. The Doctor then calls Prime the “great limiting factor of the cosmos” and the “death principle” among other things and she replies that once the Earth’s atmosphere is gone and the surface is infected with solar radiation, the Shalka will arrive through the worm hole and live off pure volcanic energy. | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays, followed by the final part of the episode. | * If the viewer right clicks and selects play after the end of episode 3, an alternate version of the closing credits plays, followed by the final part of the episode. | ||
* To give the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] an ongoing thread of foreshadowing to ''Scream of the Shalka'', [[Justin Richards]] introduced a disembodied version of the Master permanently trapped in the machinery of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in the novel | * To give the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']] an ongoing thread of foreshadowing to ''Scream of the Shalka'', [[Justin Richards]] introduced a disembodied version of the Master permanently trapped in the machinery of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in the novel {{cs|Sometime Never... (novel)}}, with the appearance of the ''Scream of the Shalka'' Master. The Eighth Doctor has several conversations with this Master in the later EDAs, with Richards intending that this Master would later be transferred into an android body by the Doctor.<ref>[[DWM 338]]{{which}}</ref> | ||
* Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]]. | * Around the time of providing the voice of Alison, [[Sophie Okonedo]] also filmed a role in the movie ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; this makes Okonedo, to date, the only companion actor to have been nominated for an Oscar. Okonedo would eventually return to televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|the 2010 series]] as the recurring character [[Elizabeth X]]. | ||
* [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a Tenth Doctor]] in | * [[Richard E Grant]] previously played [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|a Tenth Doctor]] in {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)}} and would later play [[Walter Simeon]] in {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}. | ||
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''. | * This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''. | ||
* Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who would go on to play the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role. | * Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who would go on to play the [[Tenth Doctor]]. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a Radio 4 adaptation of ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'' in a neighbouring studio. When he discovered what was being recorded next door, he convinced the director to give him a small role.<ref>[[DWM 336]]{{which}}</ref> | ||
* This story marks the first time [[Derek Jacobi]] would play [[The Master]], he would later go on to play the [[War Master]] in the revived series | * This story marks the first time [[Derek Jacobi]] would play [[The Master]], he would later go on to play the [[War Master]] in the revived series, in {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}} as well as in audio, in {{cs|Beneath the Viscoid (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Devil You Know (audio story)}}, and so on. | ||
=== Myths === | |||
* The funds to animate the two missing episodes of ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' came from money left over at the end of production. ''No evidence exists to suggest this.'' | |||
=== Production errors === | |||
{{Discontinuity}} | |||
* The cut on Allison's forehead originally appears on her right, but later appears in the middle. | |||
=== Production background === | === Production background === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor alludes to his "many friends" in the [[military]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | * The Doctor alludes to his "many friends" in the [[military]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | ||
* When referring to a cat, The Doctor says that "He must have used his nine lives, rather like me," suggesting that he is in his ninth incarnation. | |||
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== DVD, video and other releases == | == DVD, video and other releases == | ||
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== Novelisation audiobook == | == Novelisation audiobook == | ||
{{section stub}} | {{section stub}} | ||
An audiobook of the novelisation was released in [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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