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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 Tots]]; 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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Revision as of 04:23, 8 June 2017

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

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.