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Produced to mark the 40th anniversary of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise, '''''Shada''''' was a remounting of [[Shada (TV story)|the television story of the same name]], which was originally planned to end [[Season 17]] in [[1980]], but abandoned before completion due to industrial action at the BBC. The original version featured [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Fourth Doctor]], but was rewritten to feature [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]], with [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]] returning to voice [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] respectively with their own characters modified to coincide with the continuity established in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama range and the [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] book line. | Produced to mark the 40th anniversary of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise, '''''Shada''''' was a remounting of [[Shada (TV story)|the television story of the same name]], which was originally planned to end [[Season 17]] in [[1980]], but abandoned before completion due to industrial action at the BBC. The original version featured [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Fourth Doctor]], but was rewritten to feature [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]], with [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]] returning to voice [[Romana II|Romana]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] respectively with their own characters modified to coincide with the continuity established in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama range and the [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] book line. | ||
Revision as of 08:17, 4 June 2013
Produced to mark the 40th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise, Shada was a remounting of the television story of the same name, which was originally planned to end Season 17 in 1980, but abandoned before completion due to industrial action at the BBC. The original version featured Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, but was rewritten to feature Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor, with Lalla Ward and John Leeson returning to voice Romana and K9 respectively with their own characters modified to coincide with the continuity established in the Big Finish Productions audio drama range and the Eighth Doctor Adventures book line.
Synopsis
Where the Fourth Doctor left off, the Eighth Doctor comes to finish the job. With Romana and K9 by his side, they have to stop the evil Skagra.
Plot
to be added
Cast & Characters
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- K9 - John Leeson
- Professor Chronotis - James Fox
- Skagra - Andrew Sachs
- Chris Parsons - Sean Biggerstaff
- Clare Keightley - Susannah Harker
- Wilkin - Melvyn Hayes
- The Ship - Hannah Gordon
- Professor Caldera - Barnaby Edwards
- Krarg Commander - Barnaby Edwards
- Krarg - Stuart Crossman
- Police Constable / Motorist - Stuart Crossman
References
- The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey is the key to Shada.
- Chronotis (aka Salyavin) removed the book from the Panopticon Archives to prevent anyone from remembering him.
- Quite a bit of tea (with and without milk and sugar) is consumed.
- Skagra's ship identifies The Doctor's TARDIS as "a Type 39, possibly Type 40."
- K9 states that Skagra's home planet was the planet Dronid.
Story notes
- As an "extra feature" to the webcast, the website created an animated video of Kylie Minogue's song "Can't Get You Out of My Head", with Romana, the Eighth Doctor, Skagra and Krargs dancing to the tune. Four years later, Minogue herself starred in TV: Voyage of the Damned.
Original website release/broadcast
- Episode 1 - 2nd May, 2003
- Episode 2 - 9th May, 2003
- Episode 3 - 16th May, 2003
- Episode 4 - 23rd May, 2003
- Episode 5 - 30th May, 2003
- Episode 6 - 6th June, 2003
Myths
to be added
Production errors
- Due to the limited animation in the webcast the character images are frequently mirrored, reversing details such as clothing and hairstyles.
- Chronotis' smiling mouth frequently extends beyond the boundaries of his face.
Continuity
- This webcast attempts to fill in the holes left by the unfinished serial 'Shada'. The Eighth Doctor recalls only the early events of the story. This would suggest that due to the events of TV: The Five Doctors, the fourth Doctor and Romana were left with partial amnesia and the adventure was prevented from concluding the first time around.
- Romana is Lord President of Gallifrey. This is in keeping with her character's continuity as featured at the time in the various Big Finish audios and Eighth Doctor Adventures novels in which she had appeared in recent years. This adventure happens after her years of imprisonment by the Daleks (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element). She is illustrated in Shada looking somewhat more mature than the image used to represent her on the cover of The Apocalypse Element.
- The Doctor mentions meeting Mary Shelley on Lake Geneva. (AUDIO: Mary's Story) In fact, he says that "Chronotis and I" spent a weekend with Mary Shelley and Lord Byron there; since Chronotis is not present in Mary's Story one must presume that the Doctor and Mary met Chronotis near Lake Geneva in another visit (perhaps when the Doctor returned her to her normal timeline).
CD and other releases
- Big Finish released an extended release on CD; see Shada (audio story) for more information. The webcast itself has yet to be issued on DVD.
