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=== Other Notable Prisoners ===
=== Other Notable Prisoners ===
[[File:Shada int.jpg|240px|thumb|A view of the Shada prisons ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'')]]While searching for Salyavin, Skagra accessed the records of war criminal [[Rungar]] and mass-murderer [[Sabjatric]] - also prisoners in perpetuity. Apart from Salyavin, Shada held at least one other [[renegade Time Lord]]. [[The Master]] was imprisoned there, though he also escaped. This would happen just before the [[Third Doctor|Third Doctor's]] first confrontation with him since the latter's exile to [[Earth]]. ([[VD]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun]]'')
[[File:Shada int.jpg|thumb|A view of the Shada prisons ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'')]]While searching for Salyavin, Skagra accessed the records of war criminal [[Rungar]] and mass-murderer [[Sabjatric]] - also prisoners in perpetuity. Apart from Salyavin, Shada held at least one other [[renegade Time Lord]]. [[The Master]] was imprisoned there, though he also escaped. This would happen just before the [[Third Doctor|Third Doctor's]] first confrontation with him since the latter's exile to [[Earth]]. ([[VD]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun]]'')


[[Daniel Joyce]] had the tattoo of a prisoner of Shada. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'')
[[Daniel Joyce]] had the tattoo of a prisoner of Shada. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'')

Revision as of 21:29, 29 February 2012

You may be looking for something else called "Shada".

Shada was a planetoid (or asteroid) into which Time Lords built a prison for would-be conquerors of the universe.

History

The Prison stood outside of Space and Time as an extra security measure. From Shada all of history could be witnessed. If history were ever altered so the Time Lords never existed, a backup of the Spiral Politic was stored on Shada to be remapped onto the universe. (FP: A Labyrinth of Histories)

The villainous Skagra managed a successful jail break of the prisoners while in search of Salyavin, the notorious Time Lord criminal who had developed a means of projecting his own thoughts into anyone's mind. Skagra believed that with this power, he could impose his own thoughts and will on the universe. Salyavin, though, had already escaped and was living a peaceful life as Professor Chronotis of the University of Cambridge. (DW: Shada)

Other Notable Prisoners

A view of the Shada prisons (WC: Shada)

While searching for Salyavin, Skagra accessed the records of war criminal Rungar and mass-murderer Sabjatric - also prisoners in perpetuity. Apart from Salyavin, Shada held at least one other renegade Time Lord. The Master was imprisoned there, though he also escaped. This would happen just before the Third Doctor's first confrontation with him since the latter's exile to Earth. (VD: Prisoners of the Sun)

Daniel Joyce had the tattoo of a prisoner of Shada. (EDA: Unnatural History)

Grandfather Paradox was later held there but apparently also escaped. (NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet) Faction Paradox members Cousin Justine and Kresta Ve Coglana Shuncucker were also imprisoned in Shada. (FP: Movers) Several members Faction Paradox infiltrated Shada and set all the prisoners free. Before the House Military arrived to keep order, Cousin Justine escaped in a TARDIS. (BBV: A Labyrinth of Histories)

Behind the scenes

  • In the unaired serial (DW: Shada) Shada was originaly going to hold a Dalek, a Cyberman and a Zygon.
  • The webcast illustration of Shada's interior contains several Daleks, as well as Arthur Dent and Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a nod to Douglas Adams.