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|companions     = [[K9 Mark II]], [[Romana II]]
 
|featuring     = Chronotis
|novelisation   = Shada (novelisation)
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|featuring3     = Chris Parsons
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|enemy         = [[Skagra]], [[Krarg]]s
 
|setting       = [[Cambridge]], [[Think Tank (space station)|Think Tank]], [[Shada (prison)|Shada]], [[1979]]
|doctor         = Fourth Doctor
|writer         = [[Douglas Adams]]
 
|director       = [[Pennant Roberts]]
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|producer       = [[Graham Williams]]
 
|epcount       = 1
|featuring      = Chronotis
 
|featuring2     = Clare Keightley
 
|featuring3     = Chris Parsons
 
|enemy          = [[Skagra]]
 
|setting        = {{il|[[Cambridge]], [[1979]]|''[[Think Tank (space station)|Think Tank]]''|[[Shada (prison)|Shada]]}}
 
|writer         = [[Douglas Adams]]
 
|director       = [[Pennant Roberts]]
 
|producer       = [[Graham Williams]]
 
|epcount        = 1
 
|broadcast date = [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|broadcast date = [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|format         = 1x2 hour, 18 minute episode
 
|trailer       = The Fourth Doctor Returns In Animation! – Shada Trailer – Doctor Who
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'''''Shada''''' was the intended final story of [[Season 17]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was to be the final story written by [[Douglas Adams]] for the series, the final six-part story until [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'', and the last story to feature [[Graham Williams]] as producer, as [[John Nathan-Turner]] would take over after this until the end of the series run in [[1989 (releases)|1989]].
 
'''''Shada''''' was the intended final story of [[Season 17]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was to be the final story written by [[Douglas Adams]] for the series, the final six-part story until [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' in [[2009 (releases)|2009]], and the last story to feature [[Graham Williams]] as producer, as [[John Nathan-Turner]] would take over after this until the end of the series run in [[1989 (releases)|1989]].
 


However, a combination of rampant inflation in Britain and union strikes halted production partway through filming. The story would become infamous for its incomplete nature and would lead to several attempts to create stories using the unpublished material. It was the basis for {{Wi|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency}}, a non-''Doctor Who'' book published by Adams in 1987 that was the start of the ''Dirk Gently'' book series.
However, a combination of rampant inflation in Britain and union strikes halted production partway through filming. The story would become infamous for its incomplete nature and would lead to several attempts to create stories using the unpublished material. It was the basis for {{Wi|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency}}, a non-''Doctor Who'' book published by Adams in 1987 that was the start of the ''Dirk Gently'' book series.


The parts of the story that were filmed were retained, and John Nathan-Turner was able to reuse them later in two notable ways. In [[1983 (production)|1983]], a few clips of the show were integrated into ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' when [[Tom Baker]] proved unavailable for filming. Later, in [[1992 (production)|1992]], the existing footage was integrated with some new linking narration by Baker. Finally, in [[2017 (releases)|2017]], a completed cut was released, including animations of missing scenes featuring many of the original actors and even some newly filmed scenes.


The story finally was aired on television for the first time on [[19 July (releases)|19 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]], on BBC America. This marked 37 years, 9 months, five days between the beginning of filming and the airdate, certainly a record for any episode of ''Doctor Who''.
The parts of the story that were filmed were retained, and John Nathan-Turner was able to reuse them later in two notable ways. In [[1983 (production)|1983]], a few clips of the show were integrated into [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' for the scenes with the Fourth Doctor when [[Tom Baker]] proved unavailable for filming. Later, in [[1992 (production)|1992]], the existing footage was integrated with some new linking narration by Baker. Finally, in [[2017 (releases)|2017]], a completed cut was released, including animations of missing scenes featuring many of the original actors, and even some newly filmed scenes.
 
 
The story finally was aired on television for the first time on [[19 July (releases)|19 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]], on BBC America. This marked 37 years, 9 months and five days between the beginning of filming and the airdate, a record for any episode of ''Doctor Who''.
 


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Shada (prison)|Shada]]: a [[prison]] built by the [[Time Lord]]s for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. [[Skagra]], one such inmate, needs the help of one of the prison's inmates. He finds nobody knows where Shada is anymore, except one aged Time Lord who has [[retire]]d to [[Earth]], where he is a professor at [[St. Cedd's College]]. Luckily for the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of [[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]] coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the [[Fourth Doctor]].
[[Shada (prison)|Shada]]: a [[prison]] built by the [[Time Lord]]s for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. [[Skagra]], one such inmate, needs the help of one of the prison's inmates. He finds nobody knows where Shada is anymore, except one aged Time Lord who has [[retire]]d to [[Earth]], where he is a professor at [[St. Cedd's College]]. Luckily for the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of [[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]] coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the [[Fourth Doctor]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part one ===
[[File:Shada - creation of sphear.jpg|thumb|left|The sphere is created.]]
[[File:Shada - creation of sphear.jpg|thumb|left|The sphere is created.]]


=== Part one ===
On the [[Think Tank (space station)|Think Tank space station]], Doctor [[Skagra]] uses a spherical device to drain the minds of his colleagues and departs in his spaceship for [[Earth]], leaving an automated, repeating quarantine message running: "This is a recorded message. The Foundation for the Study of Advanced Sciences is under strict quarantine. Do not approach. Do not approach. Everything is under our control."
On the [[Think Tank (space station)|Think Tank space station]], Doctor [[Skagra]] uses a spherical device to drain the minds of his colleagues and departs in his spaceship for [[Earth]], leaving an automated, repeating quarantine message running: "This is a recorded message. The Foundation for the Study of Advanced Sciences is under strict quarantine. Do not approach. Do not approach. Everything is under our control."


In [[Cambridge]] [[1979]], [[Professor Chronotis]] has a visit from one of his students, [[Chris Parsons]], who leaves with the wrong book. The [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] are enjoying a spot of punting. They're observed by Skagra and distracted by voices from the sphere he's carrying. They visit the professor.
In [[Cambridge]] [[1979]], [[Professor Chronotis]] has a visit from one of his students, [[Chris Parsons]], who leaves with the wrong book. The [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] are enjoying a spot of punting. They're observed by Skagra and distracted by voices from the sphere he's carrying. They visit the professor.


Chris discovers that the book is written in a completely alien script. He analyses the book with instruments that make it smoke and glow. Chronotis reveals to Romana he is an elderly [[Time Lord]] who has [[retire]]d to Earth and has been living in the same Cambridge rooms for three hundred years. The Doctor asks him why he was summoned by him to Cambridge but the Professor can't remember. He later recalls he needs the Doctor's help finding the book.
Chris discovers that the book is written in a completely alien script. He analyses the book with instruments that make it smoke and glow. Chronotis reveals to Romana he is an elderly [[Time Lord]] who has [[retire]]d to Earth and has been living in the same Cambridge rooms for three hundred years. The Doctor asks him why he was summoned by him to Cambridge but the Professor can't remember. He later recalls he needs the Doctor's help finding the book.


Skagra steals a car and [[David Taylor (Shada)|the driver's]] ability to drive. The Professor reveals the missing book is one he brought from [[Gallifrey]]. Skagra drives out to a field where his spaceship is concealed, invisible to the human eye. The Professor confesses the book he took was ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey]]'', which dates back to the time of [[Rassilon]] and has incredible power. Skagra receives word that all is ready from his carrier ship, commanded by a massive [[Krarg]]...
Skagra steals a car and [[David Taylor (Shada)|the driver's]] ability to drive. The Professor reveals the missing book is one he brought from [[Gallifrey]]. Skagra drives out to a field where his spaceship is concealed, invisible to the human eye. The Professor confesses the book he took was ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey]]'', which dates back to the time of [[Rassilon]] and has incredible power. Skagra receives word that all is ready from his carrier ship, commanded by a massive [[Krarg]]...


[[File:Shada - Timescoop.jpg|thumb|left|Chronotis's mind is stolen.]]


=== Part two ===
=== Part two ===
The Doctor and Romana search the Professor's rooms for the book. They discuss Time Lord law. This reminds them of the Time Lord criminal [[Salyavin]], a boyhood hero of the Doctor. The Professor, asked about his contemporary Salyavin, recalls Chris Parsons' visit and wonders if he has borrowed the book by accident.
The Doctor and Romana search the Professor's rooms for the book. They discuss Time Lord law. This reminds them of the Time Lord criminal [[Salyavin]], a boyhood hero of the Doctor. The Professor, asked about his contemporary Salyavin, recalls Chris Parsons' visit and wonders if he has borrowed the book by accident.
[[File:Shada - Timescoop.jpg|thumb|left|Chronotis's mind is stolen.]]


Chris and his friend [[Clare Keightley]] analyse the book as the Doctor cycles across Cambridge to the lab. Skagra, now wearing the car driver's contemporary clothes, comes to the Professor's college seeking him. While Romana looks in the TARDIS for milk so they can have tea, Skagra arrives for the book. He sets the sphere on the Professor, stealing part of his mind. The Doctor meets Clare at the lab, and examines the book.
Chris and his friend [[Clare Keightley]] analyse the book as the Doctor cycles across Cambridge to the lab. Skagra, now wearing the car driver's contemporary clothes, comes to the Professor's college seeking him. While Romana looks in the TARDIS for milk so they can have tea, Skagra arrives for the book. He sets the sphere on the Professor, stealing part of his mind. The Doctor meets Clare at the lab, and examines the book.


Romana and [[K9 Mark II]] find the collapsed Professor as Chris Parsons arrives. Using the TARDIS medical kit, Romana tries to stabilise the Professor's condition. The Doctor and Clare discover that the book carbon dates as minus twenty thousand years old. Skagra scans his copy of Professor Chronotis' mind for a trace of the book but finds nothing. The professor beats out a message to Romana on his hearts in Gallifreyan morse code, telling her to beware of the sphere, Skagra and Shada, but dies before he can reveal where the secret is.
Romana and [[K9 Mark II]] find the collapsed Professor as Chris Parsons arrives. Using the TARDIS medical kit, Romana tries to stabilise the Professor's condition. The Doctor and Clare discover that the book carbon dates as minus twenty thousand years old. Skagra scans his copy of Professor Chronotis' mind for a trace of the book but finds nothing. The professor beats out a message to Romana on his hearts in Gallifreyan morse code, telling her to beware of the sphere, Skagra and Shada, but dies before he can reveal where the secret is.


[[File:Shada - tbc.jpg|thumb|The Sphere catches up with the Doctor.]]
[[File:Shada - tbc.jpg|thumb|The Sphere catches up with the Doctor.]]
Skagra meets the Doctor trying to return the book to the Professor and has a sphere pursue him on a bike through Cambridge. During the chase the book is dislodged from his basket and retrieved by Skagra. Forced to run away, the Doctor is cornered by the sphere. He tries to escape under a gate, but the sphere approaches and begins to steal his mind...
Skagra meets the Doctor trying to return the book to the Professor and has a sphere pursue him on a bike through Cambridge. During the chase the book is dislodged from his basket and retrieved by Skagra. Forced to run away, the Doctor is cornered by the sphere. He tries to escape under a gate, but the sphere approaches and begins to steal his mind...


=== Part three ===
=== Part three ===
Romana arrives in the TARDIS to rescue the Doctor. They return to Chronotis' rooms, where Chris reports that the Professor's body disappeared. The Doctor decides he needs to speak with Skagra. K9 tracks the sphere to Skagra's ship. Clare, worried about the danger the book may pose, comes to Chronotis's rooms to find them empty. The TARDIS materialises in an apparently empty field which holds Skagra's invisible ship. They enter and Skagra takes them prisoner. He tells them he was interested only in Chronotis' mind. He tries to force the Doctor to decode the book and sets the sphere on him to take his mind. K9 fails to blast out of the cell Romana, Chris and he are held in. K9 picks up the sphere's signals and detects the Doctor amongst its voices. Romana is transported from the cell and taken to the TARDIS by Skagra. He forces her to take it.
Romana arrives in the TARDIS to rescue the Doctor. They return to Chronotis' rooms, where Chris reports that the Professor's body disappeared. The Doctor decides he needs to speak with Skagra. K9 tracks the sphere to Skagra's ship. Clare, worried about the danger the book may pose, comes to Chronotis's rooms to find them empty. The TARDIS materialises in an apparently empty field which holds Skagra's invisible ship. They enter and Skagra takes them prisoner. He tells them he was interested only in Chronotis' mind. He tries to force the Doctor to decode the book and sets the sphere on him to take his mind. K9 fails to blast out of the cell Romana, Chris and he are held in. K9 picks up the sphere's signals and detects the Doctor amongst its voices. Romana is transported from the cell and taken to the TARDIS by Skagra. He forces her to take it.


While searching the Professor's rooms for the missing book, Clare finds concealed control panels and accidentally triggers an explosion. The Doctor awakens on the ship and explains to its computer how he survived. The sphere took only a copy of his mind.
While searching the Professor's rooms for the missing book, Clare finds concealed control panels and accidentally triggers an explosion. The Doctor awakens on the ship and explains to its computer how he survived. The sphere took only a copy of his mind.


[[File:Shada - missing room.jpg|thumb|left|A stolen room.]]
[[File:Shada - missing room.jpg|thumb|left|A stolen room.]]
[[Wilkin]], the college porter comes to the Professor's rooms. When he opens the door he doesn't find the room but the swirling [[time vortex]]. The Doctor tries to persuade the ship to release his companions and him, but it decides the sphere must haves succeeded in its task and killed the Doctor. To conserve resources, the ship turns off the oxygen supply, As the Doctor collapses slowly to the floor, the ship states "Dead men do not require oxygen..."
[[Wilkin]], the college porter comes to the Professor's rooms. When he opens the door he doesn't find the room but the swirling [[time vortex]]. The Doctor tries to persuade the ship to release his companions and him, but it decides the sphere must haves succeeded in its task and killed the Doctor. To conserve resources, the ship turns off the oxygen supply, As the Doctor collapses slowly to the floor, the ship states "Dead men do not require oxygen..."


=== Part four ===
=== Part four ===
Chris and K9 are transported out of their cell. The ship detects them and reactivates its oxygen supply. The TARDIS arrives at the Krarg carrier ship and Romana sees the Krargs being grown. Another Krarg starts to form on Skagra's ship. The Doctor boosts the ships power to allow it to cross space quickly.
Chris and K9 are transported out of their cell. The ship detects them and reactivates its oxygen supply. The TARDIS arrives at the Krarg carrier ship and Romana sees the Krargs being grown. Another Krarg starts to form on Skagra's ship. The Doctor boosts the ships power to allow it to cross space quickly.


In Professor Chronotis' rooms, Clare awakes. She is startled by the Professor, dressed in an old-fashioned nightcap and nightshirt. Skagra is unable to translate the book with the Doctor's mind in the sphere. The Professor explains to Clare that his rooms are his TARDIS and it interfered to save his life.
In Professor Chronotis' rooms, Clare awakes. She is startled by the Professor, dressed in an old-fashioned nightcap and nightshirt. Skagra is unable to translate the book with the Doctor's mind in the sphere. The Professor explains to Clare that his rooms are his TARDIS and it interfered to save his life.


The Professor decides they must find Skagra to save the book, which is the key to [[Shada (prison)|Shada]], the Time Lord prison which has been forgotten. The Doctor and Chris are attacked by a Krarg, but K9 holds it off, allowing them to explore the Think Tank complex where they have arrived. (The automated quarantine message is still playing, but is now naturally worn and distorted.) They find the aged figures of Skagra's former colleagues.
The Professor decides they must find Skagra to save the book, which is the key to [[Shada (prison)|Shada]], the Time Lord prison which has been forgotten. The Doctor and Chris are attacked by a Krarg, but K9 holds it off, allowing them to explore the Think Tank complex where they have arrived. (The automated quarantine message is still playing, but is now naturally worn and distorted.) They find the aged figures of Skagra's former colleagues.


Skagra notices that turning the pages of the book influences the TARDIS. He realises turning the last page of the book will take him to Shada where he will find the Time Lord criminal Salyavin, who is crucial to his plans.
Skagra notices that turning the pages of the book influences the TARDIS. He realises turning the last page of the book will take him to Shada where he will find the Time Lord criminal Salyavin, who is crucial to his plans.


The Doctor uses Chris's brain power to revive one of the scientists, the neurologist [[A. St. John D. Caldera|Caldera]]. He explains how Skagra set up Think Tank with himself, [[A. S. T. Thira]], [[G. V. Santori]], [[L. D. Ia]] and [[R. F. Akrotiri]] to pool the resources of the mind electronically, but when they had completed the sphere he used it to steal their minds. Skagra now intends to use his mind to dominate the whole of humanity, but needs Salyavin to accomplish this. K9 loses his fight against the Krarg and is driven into the Think Tank by the massive creature, which now advances on the Doctor...
The Doctor uses Chris's brain power to revive one of the scientists, the neurologist [[A. St. John D. Caldera|Caldera]]. He explains how Skagra set up Think Tank with himself, [[A. S. T. Thira]], [[G. V. Santori]], [[L. D. Ia]] and [[R. F. Akrotiri]] to pool the resources of the mind electronically, but when they had completed the sphere he used it to steal their minds. Skagra now intends to use his mind to dominate the whole of humanity, but needs Salyavin to accomplish this. K9 loses his fight against the Krarg and is driven into the Think Tank by the massive creature, which now advances on the Doctor...


=== Part five ===
=== Part five ===
The Krarg strikes the machinery in the Think Tank, creating explosions and a huge cloud of smoke, before it strikes down and kills the scientists. This allows the Doctor, K9 and Chris to escape back to Skagra's ship, leaving just as the Think Tank station explodes. The Ship is persuaded to take the Doctor to Skagra's home.
The Krarg strikes the machinery in the Think Tank, creating explosions and a huge cloud of smoke, before it strikes down and kills the scientists. This allows the Doctor, K9 and Chris to escape back to Skagra's ship, leaving just as the Think Tank station explodes. The Ship is persuaded to take the Doctor to Skagra's home.


[[File:Shada - hypnotism.jpg|thumb|The Professor opens into Clare's mind.]]
[[File:Shada - hypnotism.jpg|thumb|The Professor opens into Clare's mind.]]
While trying to repair the Professor's ship Clare asks who Salyavin is. The Professor places the knowledge that Clare needs to repair the TARDIS in her head telepathically. Skagra's ship takes the Doctor's ship to the Krarg carrier ship. They are captured and Skagra reveals his plan to take over the universe telepathically, merging them into one mind: his. The Doctor stages an escape with Chris and K9, but Romana is dragged back to the TARDIS by Skagra.
While trying to repair the Professor's ship Clare asks who Salyavin is. The Professor places the knowledge that Clare needs to repair the TARDIS in her head telepathically. Skagra's ship takes the Doctor's ship to the Krarg carrier ship. They are captured and Skagra reveals his plan to take over the universe telepathically, merging them into one mind: his. The Doctor stages an escape with Chris and K9, but Romana is dragged back to the TARDIS by Skagra.


[[File:Shada 2017 animation.jpg|thumb|left|Shada.]]
[[File:Shada 2017 animation.jpg|thumb|left|Shada.]]
Fleeing down the corridors of the ship the Doctor and company find an old wooden door and go through it. They are in Professor Chronotis' rooms/TARDIS. The Professor knows that with the book and TARDIS that Skagra can travel to Shada, which is exactly what he does. Skagra searches Shada's records for Salyavin, the Time Lord criminal.
Fleeing down the corridors of the ship the Doctor and company find an old wooden door and go through it. They are in Professor Chronotis' rooms/TARDIS. The Professor knows that with the book and TARDIS that Skagra can travel to Shada, which is exactly what he does. Skagra searches Shada's records for Salyavin, the Time Lord criminal.


The Professor's TARDIS arrives with K9, the Doctor and him. Skagra revived the following prisoners in chamber T when the Doctor arrives: the orange insectoid #547, the Boedicia-like #595, the cyborg #590, the Nero-like #512, the Genghis Khan-like #568, the Rasputin-like #504 and the purple man #503. Among the cryogenic cells' shadows also are an Ice Warrior and a Zygon silhouettes. But when Skagra opens Salyavin's cell, cabinet 9, they find it empty. The Professor admits he is Salyavin: he escaped centuries ago and used his powers to make the Time Lords forget about Shada.
The Professor's TARDIS arrives with K9, the Doctor and him. Skagra revived the following prisoners in chamber T when the Doctor arrives: the orange insectoid #547, the Boedicia-like #595, the cyborg #590, the Nero-like #512, the Genghis Khan-like #568, the Rasputin-like #504 and the purple man #503. Among the cryogenic cells' shadows also are an Ice Warrior and a Zygon silhouettes. But when Skagra opens Salyavin's cell, cabinet 9, they find it empty. The Professor admits he is Salyavin: he escaped centuries ago and used his powers to make the Time Lords forget about Shada.


The Sphere attacks the Professor, but is destroyed by K9. However it reforms into several smaller spheres, one of which attaches itself to the Professor. He sinks to the floor. The spheres attach themselves to the revived prisoners, bringing them under Skagra's control. Chris and Clare arrive, but Chris is taken under the control of a sphere. The prisoners, along with Chris advance menacingly towards the Doctor...
The Sphere attacks the Professor, but is destroyed by K9. However it reforms into several smaller spheres, one of which attaches itself to the Professor. He sinks to the floor. The spheres attach themselves to the revived prisoners, bringing them under Skagra's control. Chris and Clare arrive, but Chris is taken under the control of a sphere. The prisoners, along with Chris advance menacingly towards the Doctor...


[[File:Shada TARDIS Transfer.jpg|thumb|The Doctor's return to his TARDIS.]]


=== Part six ===
=== Part six ===
K9 fires at the prisoners, driving them back, but he is thrown aside by a Krarg. The Doctor, Romana and Clare grab K9 and flee to the Professor's TARDIS. Romana reminds the Doctor that his mind is inside Skagra's machine too. Skagra returns to the TARDIS and tells the former prisoners that they will return to the carrier ship and be distributed through the universe to further his revolution.
K9 fires at the prisoners, driving them back, but he is thrown aside by a Krarg. The Doctor, Romana and Clare grab K9 and flee to the Professor's TARDIS. Romana reminds the Doctor that his mind is inside Skagra's machine too. Skagra returns to the TARDIS and tells the former prisoners that they will return to the carrier ship and be distributed through the universe to further his revolution.


The Doctor follows his TARDIS in the Professor's. He captures it in a force field and has himself placed into the Time Vortex. The Doctor begins crossing to his TARDIS, but his journey appears in vain. An accident occurs in the Professor's TARDIS, deactivating the force field, throwing the Doctor into the vortex.
The Doctor follows his TARDIS in the Professor's. He captures it in a force field and has himself placed into the Time Vortex. The Doctor begins crossing to his TARDIS, but his journey appears in vain. An accident occurs in the Professor's TARDIS, deactivating the force field, throwing the Doctor into the vortex.
[[File:Shada TARDIS Transfer.jpg|thumb|The Doctor's return to his TARDIS.]]


The Doctor finds himself in a room in his TARDIS. He starts building a helmet shaped device. The Professor's TARDIS arrives on the carrier ship as the Doctor reveals himself and struggles for control of the joint mind.
The Doctor finds himself in a room in his TARDIS. He starts building a helmet shaped device. The Professor's TARDIS arrives on the carrier ship as the Doctor reveals himself and struggles for control of the joint mind.


Romana deactivates the Krarg generating equipment, tipping the gas out and using it to destroy the Krargs. Skagra flees to his ship, but is taken prisoner by his ship's computer, who has now decided to serve the Doctor.
Romana deactivates the Krarg generating equipment, tipping the gas out and using it to destroy the Krargs. Skagra flees to his ship, but is taken prisoner by his ship's computer, who has now decided to serve the Doctor.


The Doctor promises to return the prisoners to Shada and summon the Time Lords. He returns his and the Professor's TARDISes to Earth. This confuses Wilkin, who has returned with a policeman to find the room back in its usual place and the Professor taking tea with his guests. The policeman then spots the TARDIS and asks about it. The Doctor says it's his, and he and Romana say goodbye to everyone and leave in the TARDIS. After the TARDIS has dematerialised, the policeman asks where the police box has gone. When Chrontis replies "What police box, officer?", the policeman — having had enough of stolen rooms and disappearing police boxes — tells everyone to get their coats on; they're coming with him "down to the Bridewell" (the police station).


[[File:Shada 2017 Doctor.jpg|thumb|right|A temporarily aged Doctor wonders if, in the future, someone will think "Is he really the Doctor? How strange. He seems such a nice old man."]]
The Doctor promises to return the prisoners to Shada and summon the Time Lords. He returns his and the Professor's TARDISes to Earth. This confuses Wilkin, who has returned with a policeman to find the room back in its usual place and the Professor taking tea with his guests. The policeman then spots the TARDIS and asks about it. The Doctor says it's his, and he and Romana say goodbye to everyone and leave in the TARDIS. After the TARDIS has dematerialised, the policeman asks where the police box has gone. When Chrontis replies "What police box, officer?", the policeman — having had enough of stolen rooms and disappearing police boxes — tells everyone to get their coats on; they're coming with the police station.
Aboard the TARDIS, Romana asks the Doctor where Skagra was from, to which he responds he was from the planet Dronid, according to K9's analysis. While the Doctor and K9 are tinkering under the console, a small explosion occurs. Romana then asks if the stories about Salyavin were exaggerated by the Time Lords, since the Professor seemed like a nice old man to her. The Doctor says the Time Lords overreact to everything, and wonders if someone will meet him 200 years in the future and ask themselves: "Is he really the Doctor? How strange. He seems such a nice old man." The Doctor then appears from under the console, to reveal that the explosion has aged him greatly...!
 
 
[[File:Shada 2017 Doctor.jpg|thumb|right|The  Doctor wonders if, in the future, someone will think ''"Is he really the Doctor? How strange. He seems such a nice old man."'']]
 
Aboard the TARDIS, Romana asks the Doctor where Skagra was from, to which he responds he was from the planet Dronid, according to K9's analysis. While the Doctor and K9 are tinkering under the console, a small explosion occurs. Romana then asks if the stories about Salyavin were exaggerated by the Time Lords, since the Professor seemed like a nice old man to her. The Doctor says the Time Lords overreact to everything, and wonders if someone will meet him 200 years in the future and ask themselves: "Is he really the Doctor? How strange. He seems such a nice old man." The Doctor then appears from under the console, to reveal that the explosion has aged him greatly.
 


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor Who]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|Doctor Who]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]]
* [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]]
* [[Skagra]] - [[Christopher Neame]]
* [[Skagra]] - [[Christopher Neame]]
* [[Chris Parsons]] - [[Daniel Hill]]
* [[Chris Parsons]] - [[Daniel Hill]]
* [[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]] - [[Denis Carey]]
* [[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]] - [[Denis Carey]]
* [[Clare Keightley]] - [[Victoria Burgoyne]]
* [[Clare Keightley]] - [[Victoria Burgoyne]]
* [[K9|Voice of K9]] - [[David Brierley]]
* [[K9|Voice of K9]] - [[David Brierley]]
* [[Wilkin]] - [[Gerald Campion]]
* [[Wilkin]] - [[Gerald Campion]]
* [[The Ship (Shada)|The Ship]] - [[Shirley Dixon]]
* [[The Ship (Shada)|The Ship]] - [[Shirley Dixon]]
* [[A. St. John D. Caldera|Caldera]] - [[Derek Pollitt]]
* [[A. St. John D. Caldera|Caldera]] - [[Derek Pollitt]]
* Voice of the [[Krarg]]s - [[James Coombes]]
* Voice of the [[Krarg]]s - [[James Coombes]]
* [[Police constable (Shada)|Police Constable]] - [[John Hallett]]
* [[Police constable (Shada)|Police Constable]] - [[John Hallett]]
* [[David Taylor (Shada)|Man in Car]] - [[David Strong]]
* [[David Taylor (Shada)|Man in Car]] - [[David Strong]]
* [[Man (Shada)|Fisherman]] - [[James Muir]]
* [[Man (Shada)|Fisherman]] - [[James Muir]]
* [[Krarg]]s
* [[Krarg]]s
** [[Derek Suthern]]
** [[Derek Suthern]]
** [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
** [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* Doctor's Body Double - [[Tim Bentinck]]
* Doctor's Body Double - [[Tim Bentinck]]
* [[Continuity announcement|Continuity Announcer]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]
* [[Continuity announcement|Continuity Announcer]] - [[Toby Hadoke]]


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - [[Douglas Adams]]
* [[Writer]] - [[Douglas Adams]]
* Continuity Announcer - [[Toby Hadoke]]
* Continuity Announcer - [[Toby Hadoke]]
* [[Production Unit Manager]]s
* [[Production Unit Manager]]s
** [[John Nathan-Turner]]
** [[John Nathan-Turner]]
** Kathleen Bidmead
** Kathleen Bidmead
* [[Production Assistant]] - [[Ralph Wilton]]
* [[Production Assistant]] - [[Ralph Wilton]]
* [[Production Assistant|Director's Assistants]]
* [[Production Assistant|Director's Assistants]]
** [[Olivia Bazalgette]]
** [[Olivia Bazalgette]]
** [[Jenny Doe]]
** [[Jenny Doe]]
* [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Val McCrimmon]]
* [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[Val McCrimmon]]
* [[Floor assistant|Floor Assistant]] - [[Barabara Jones]]
* [[Floor assistant|Floor Assistant]] - [[Barabara Jones]]
* [[Incidental Music]] & [[Sound design|Sound Design]] - [[Mark Ayres]]
* [[Incidental Music]] & [[Sound design|Sound Design]] - [[Mark Ayres]]
* Title Music written by [[Ron Grainer]] & Realised by [[Delia Derbyshire]]
* Title Music written by [[Ron Grainer]] & Realised by [[Delia Derbyshire]]
* [[Special Sounds|Special Sound]]
* [[Special Sounds|Special Sound]]
** [[Brian Hodgson]]
** [[Brian Hodgson]]
** [[Dick Mills]]
** [[Dick Mills]]
** [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]
** [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]
* [[Sound recordist|Sound Recordist]] - [[Ron Blight]]
* [[Sound recordist|Sound Recordist]] - [[Ron Blight]]
* [[Studio Sound]]
* [[Studio Sound]]
** [[John Hartshorn]]
** [[John Hartshorn]]
** [[Michael McCarthy]]
** [[Michael McCarthy]]
* [[Film Cameraman|Film Camera]]
* [[Film Cameraman|Film Camera]]
** [[Fintan Sheehan]]
** [[Fintan Sheehan]]
** [[Colin Case]]
** [[Colin Case]]
* Miniatures Photography - Peter Tyler
* Miniatures Photography - Peter Tyler
* First Assistant Camera - Chris Hayden
* First Assistant Camera - Chris Hayden
* [[Gaffer]]s
* [[Gaffer]]s
** [[Alan Graham]]
** [[Alan Graham]]
** [[Dave Scrivens]]
** [[Dave Scrivens]]
* [[Grip]] - [[Stan Sweetman]]
* [[Grip]] - [[Stan Sweetman]]
* Lighting Electricians
* Lighting Electricians
** [[Paul Barlow]]
** [[Paul Barlow]]
** [[Tony Edwards]]
** [[Tony Edwards]]
* Studio Camera Supervisor
* Studio Camera Supervisor
** [[Alec Wheal]]
** [[Alec Wheal]]
** Dicky Howett
** Dicky Howett
* [[Studio Lighting]]
* [[Studio Lighting]]
** [[Mike Jefferies]]
** [[Mike Jefferies]]
** [[Martin Kempton]]
** [[Martin Kempton]]
* Lighting Console Operator - [[Stephen Emmett]]
* Lighting Console Operator - [[Stephen Emmett]]
* Set Construction
* Set Construction
** [[Mark Barton Hill]]
** [[Mark Barton Hill]]
** [[Kevin Chapman]]
** [[Kevin Chapman]]
* Offline Editor & First Assistant Director - John Kelly
* Offline Editor & First Assistant Director - John Kelly
* [[Film Editor]] - [[Tariq Anwar]]
* [[Film Editor]] - [[Tariq Anwar]]
* [[Vision Mixer]] - [[James Gould]]
* [[Vision Mixer]] - [[James Gould]]
* Film & Video Remastering - [[Peter Crocker]]
* Film & Video Remastering - [[Peter Crocker]]
* Animation Character Art - [[Martin Geraghty]]
* Animation Character Art - [[Martin Geraghty]]
* Lead Animator & Animation Supervisor - [[AnneMarie Walsh]]
* Lead Animator & Animation Supervisor - [[AnneMarie Walsh]]
* 3D Animation & Compositing - [[Rob Ritchie]]
* 3D Animation & Compositing - [[Rob Ritchie]]
* Lead Animation Colourist & Storyboards - [[Adrian Salmon]]
* Lead Animation Colourist & Storyboards - [[Adrian Salmon]]
* Animators
* Animators
** [[Ana García Sebastia]]
** [[Ana García Sebastia]]
** [[Joanna Hepworth]]
** [[Joanna Hepworth]]
** [[Barry Evans]]
** [[Barry Evans]]
** [[Shaun Askew]]
** [[Shaun Askew]]
** [[David Busch]]
** [[David Busch]]
** [[Robin Brindle]]
** [[Robin Brindle]]
** [[Linda Kalcov]]
** [[Linda Kalcov]]
** [[Andy Gubba]]
** [[Andy Gubba]]
** [[Chris Bowles]]
** [[Chris Bowles]]
** [[Barry Baker]]
** [[Barry Baker]]
** [[Jane Davies]]
** [[Jane Davies]]
** [[Kate Sullivan]]
** [[Kate Sullivan]]
* Animation Background Artists
* Animation Background Artists
** [[Colin Howard]]
** [[Colin Howard]]
** [[Graham Bleathman]]
** [[Graham Bleathman]]
* Additional Storyboards
* Additional Storyboards
** [[Mike Collins]]
** [[Mike Collins]]
** [[Jez Hall]]
** [[Jez Hall]]
* Assistant Animation Colourist - [[Alan Craddodck]]
* Assistant Animation Colourist - [[Alan Craddodck]]
* [[Visual Effects Designer]] - [[Dave Havard]]
* [[Visual Effects Designer]] - [[Dave Havard]]
* [[Miniature effects|Miniature Effects]] Supervisor - [[Mike Tucker]]
* [[Miniature effects|Miniature Effects]] Supervisor - [[Mike Tucker]]
* Senior Effects Technician - [[Nick Kool]]
* Senior Effects Technician - [[Nick Kool]]
* Additional Model Making
* Additional Model Making
** [[Jonathan Sellers]]
** [[Jonathan Sellers]]
** [[Philip Robinson]]
** [[Philip Robinson]]
* K9 Operators
* K9 Operators
** [[Nigel Brackley]]
** [[Nigel Brackley]]
** [[Mat Irvine]]
** [[Mat Irvine]]
* Visual Effects Assistant - [[Roger Turner]]
* Visual Effects Assistant - [[Roger Turner]]
* Electronic Effects - [[Dave Chapman]]
* Electronic Effects - [[Dave Chapman]]
* [[Designer (crew)|Production Designer]] - [[Vic Meredith|Victor Meredith]]
* [[Designer (crew)|Production Designer]] - [[Vic Meredith|Victor Meredith]]
* [[Design assistant|Design Assistant]] - [[Les McCallum]]
* [[Design assistant|Design Assistant]] - [[Les McCallum]]
* [[Props buyer|Prop Buyer]] - [[Helen MacKenzie]]
* [[Props buyer|Prop Buyer]] - [[Helen MacKenzie]]
* [[Costumes|Costume Designer]] - [[Rupert Jarvis|Rupert Roxburghe-Jarvis]]
* [[Costumes|Costume Designer]] - [[Rupert Jarvis|Rupert Roxburghe-Jarvis]]
* Costume Restoration - [[Robert Allsopp]]
* Costume Restoration - [[Robert Allsopp]]
* [[Make-Up|Make-ups]]
* [[Make-Up|Make-ups]]
** [[Kim Burns]]
** [[Kim Burns]]
** [[Sinikka Ikaheimo]]
** [[Sinikka Ikaheimo]]
** [[Joan Stribling]]
** [[Joan Stribling]]
* Special Thanks
* Special Thanks
** [[Steve Roberts]]
** [[Steve Roberts]]
** [[Clayton Hickman]]
** [[Clayton Hickman]]
** [[Lydia Butz]]
** [[Lydia Butz]]
** [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
** [[Peter Ware (editor)|Peter Ware]]
** [[Andrew Martin]]
** [[Andrew Martin]]
** [[Gavin Rymill]]
** [[Gavin Rymill]]
** [[Roger Dilley]]
** [[Roger Dilley]]
** [[Helen Dilley]]
** [[Helen Dilley]]
** [[Brad Kelly]]
** [[Brad Kelly]]
** [[Karen Parks]]
** [[Karen Parks]]
** [[Andrew Pixley]]
** [[Andrew Pixley]]
** [[William Delauney]]
** [[William Delauney]]
* Legal & Business Affairs - [[Linda Duncan]]
* Legal & Business Affairs - [[Linda Duncan]]
* Production Finance - [[Jo Blaylock]]
* Production Finance - [[Jo Blaylock]]
* [[Producer]] - [[Graham Williams]]
* [[Producer]] - [[Graham Williams]]
* [[Director]] - [[Pennant Roberts]]
* [[Director]] - [[Pennant Roberts]]
* [[Executive Producer]]s for [[BBC Worldwide]]
* [[Executive Producer]]s for [[BBC Worldwide]]
** [[Paul Hembury]]
** [[Paul Hembury]]
** [[Rebecca Richmond]]
** [[Rebecca Richmond]]
* Produced & Directed by [[Charles Norton]]
* Produced & Directed by [[Charles Norton]]
* Dedicated to [[Dudley Simpson]] (1922-2017)
* Dedicated to [[Dudley Simpson]] (1922-2017)


=== Uncredited crew ===
=== Uncredited crew ===
* Animator - [[Michael Dinsdale]] ([[DWM 520]])
* Animator - [[Michael Dinsdale]] ([[DWM 520]])


== References ==
== References ==
* [[J WHIT 13]] was a [[number plate]] on a [[car]].
* [[J WHIT 13]] was a [[number plate]] on a [[car]].


=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor received an honorary degree from [[St. Cedd's College]], in [[1960]]. He visited Professor Chronotis in [[1955]], [[1960]] and [[1964]] in his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], and also in [[1958]] in a different incarnation.
 
* The Doctor will be aged greatly once again in ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]''.
* The Doctor received an honorary degree from [[St. Cedd's College]], in [[1960]]. He visited Professor Chronotis in [[1955]], [[1960]] and [[1964]] in his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], and also in [[1958]] in a previous incarnation.
 


=== Planets ===
=== Planets ===
* [[Dronid]] is [[Skagra]]'s homeplanet.
 
* [[Skagra]]'s home planet is [[Dronid]].
 


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* Chronotis recognises [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] as a [[Type 40]].
 
* Chronotis recognises [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] as a [[Type 40]], and claims they had been built when he was a youth.
 
* Chronotis mentions the [[TARDIS kitchen]].
* Chronotis mentions the [[TARDIS kitchen]].
* Chronotis' TARDIS has a [[conceptor geometry relay]], with [[magranomic trigger]], as well as a defunct [[field separator]], but this won't be needed if they can fix the [[interfacial resonator]].
* Chronotis' TARDIS has a [[conceptor geometry relay]], with [[magranomic trigger]], as well as a defunct [[field separator]], but this won't be needed if they can fix the [[interfacial resonator]].
* The Doctor goes [[vortex walking]] between Chronotis' and his own TARDIS.
* The Doctor goes [[vortex walking]] between Chronotis' and his own TARDIS.
* [[Chronotis' TARDIS]] is an older model, its chameleon circuit disguises it as a door leading into Chronotis' rooms while the control panel is hidden by a wall.
 
* [[Chronotis' TARDIS]] is an older model. Its chameleon circuit disguises it as a door leading into Chronotis' rooms, while the control panel is hidden by a wall.
 
* Chronotis salvaged his TARDIS from a [[scrapyard]].
* Chronotis salvaged his TARDIS from a [[scrapyard]].


=== Theories and concepts ===
=== Theories and concepts ===
* Chronotis' [[memory|memories]] are extracted through [[psychoactive extraction]].
* Chronotis' [[memory|memories]] are extracted through [[psychoactive extraction]].


=== People from the real world ===
=== People from the real world ===
* Whilst punting down the [[river]], the Doctor rambles to Romana, mentioning [[Isaac Newton]].
 
* Whilst punting down the [[river]], the Doctor mentions [[Isaac Newton]] while rambling to Romana.
 


=== Time Lords ===
=== Time Lords ===
* [[Salyavin]] was a notorious, [[mind control|mind-controlling]] criminal and a semi-hero of the young Doctor's. He was sentenced for "mind crimes" to the Time Lord [[prison]] [[Shada (prison)|Shada]].
 
* Chronotis is on his last [[regeneration]], but is brought back to life by Clare mucking around with his TARDIS.
* [[Salyavin]] was a notorious, [[mind control|mind-controlling]] criminal and a semi-hero of the Doctor's in his youth. He was sentenced for "mind crimes" to the Time Lord [[prison]] [[Shada (prison)|Shada]].
 
* Chronotis was on his last [[regeneration]] when he died, but he is brought back to life by Clare mucking around with his TARDIS.
 
* ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey]]'' dates back to the days of [[Rassilon]], and is one of the "artefacts".
* ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey]]'' dates back to the days of [[Rassilon]], and is one of the "artefacts".
* Chronotis is able to beat out a message with his [[heart]]s in [[Gallifreyan Morse code]].
* Chronotis is able to beat out a message with his [[heart]]s in [[Gallifreyan Morse code]].
* Chronotis is in his final incarnation.
 
* Retired Time Lords are not allowed to have access to a TARDIS.
* Retired Time Lords are not allowed to have access to a TARDIS.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* ''Shada'' was initially not completed due to "labour action" at the BBC. The footage that was shot was released on BBC Video in 1992, featuring linking narration by [[The Doctor (Shada)|Tom Baker]] to complete the story.
 
* The industrial action occurred due to conflict over which union had jurisdiction over the operation of an elaborate clock that was featured on the BBC children's programme {{wi|Play School (UK TV series)|Play School}}. ([[DOC]]: ''[[A Matter of Time]]'')
* [[Douglas Adams]] chose Cambridge as a setting so he could draw on his experiences as a student at the university.
* Had this story been broadcast when originally intended (from 19 January to 23 February 1980), this story would have marked the end of the following features of the show:
 
** The 1967 arrangement of the ''Doctor Who'' theme by [[Delia Derbyshire]].
** The tunnel opening sequence by [[Bernard Lodge]] and the diamond series logo introduced in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''.
** [[Graham Williams]]'s tenure as producer; the rest of the show's original run would be produced by [[John Nathan-Turner]].
** [[Douglas Adams]]'s tenure as script editor.
** [[Dudley Simpson]]'s tenure as incidental music composer (the 1992 and 2017 versions use incidental music by [[Sylvester McCoy]]-era composers [[Keff McCulloch]] and [[Mark Ayres]], respectively, the latter version featuring music done in the style of Simpson's work).
** [[David Brierley]] as the voice of [[K9 Mark II|K9]]; [[John Leeson]] would reprise the role the following season onwards.
** [[The Doctor's scarf|The Fourth Doctor's multicolour scarf]] and [[brown]] [[frock coat]]; the following season would feature the Doctor (in [[Tom Baker]]'s final season on the show) in a burgundy & purple scarf and a larger burgundy frock coat.
** The TARDIS prop designed by Barry Newberry; the next nine years of the show's original run would utilise a new, fibreglass prop designed by Tom Yardley-Jones.
** The use of six-part stories; all future serials would span four parts at most.
* The story would be remade in [[2003 (releases)|2003]] and released as [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'', explaining that the meddling in the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s timeline seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' caused the events following his and Romana's arrival in Cambridge to not take place until the [[Eighth Doctor]] and Romana came back to complete them.
* The story takes place in October [[1979]]. Coincidentally, that is the same month Douglas Adams published his first ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' novel. It was also during production that ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' launched.
* The story takes place in October [[1979]]. Coincidentally, that is the same month Douglas Adams published his first ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' novel. It was also during production that ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' launched.
* [[Douglas Adams]] later used elements from this story in his novel, {{wi|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency}}.
* [[Douglas Adams]] later used elements from this story in his novel, {{wi|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency}}.
* In [[2017 (releases)|2017]], a completed version of ''Shada'' was finally released, with unfilmed scenes replaced with animation and dialogue recorded by the original cast.
 
** Due to the actors [[David Brierley]] and [[Denis Carey]] having passed away in the years since the original studio shoots, a few changes had to be made regarding unfilmed scenes featuring their characters — specifically, a scene with [[K9]] in the TARDIS was cut completely (his dialogue in the finished product is minimal and consists entirely of archival audio of Brierley), and Professor Chronotis is completely silent in the scene in which he appears on Shada, communicating solely through nonverbal telepathy; him revealing himself to be Salyavin was rewritten so that the Doctor is the one to say it, using recycled audio of Carey from [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' to provide Chronotis' response in the affirmative.
** Discounting the non-canon [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' special in 1993, a series of [[Superannuation advertisement|in-character advertisements in 1997]], and his appearance as [[the Curator]] (implied to be a later incarnation of the Doctor) in [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' in 2013, Tom Baker's appearance as the Fourth Doctor at the end of the serial marks his first official televised portrayal of the role since [[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' in 1982.
** The TARDIS interior scenes used the season 20 console constructed for the [[Doctor Who: 50 Years (trailer)|50 Years]] trailer. It had been restored by [[Mark Barton Hill]] with components of the original console he collected along the years and was also exposed at the [[Doctor Who Experience (London/Cardiff)]] until it closed down'.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbhdalek/albums/72157646912778613 The BBC's season 20 console (50th anniversary trailer)] restoration diary by [[Mark Barton Hill]]</ref>
** There was another minor change during the scene where Romana emerges from the TARDIS with a bottle of milk. Her original dialogue was "I've got the milk! Come on, K9", but this was changed to "I've got the milk! Professor?" However, K9's reply "Coming, Mistress" was retained.
* Following the Blu-ray releases of seasons [[season 18|18]] and [[season 19|19]], ''Shada'' marks the start of what is, as of November 2019, the longest continuous run of classic series stories on Blu-ray. The run starts with ''Shada'' and ends with season 19's final story, ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]].''
* The cast for Shada's prisoners, though not called back for the eventual release, was originally intended to be: ([[DWM 267]])
* The cast for Shada's prisoners, though not called back for the eventual release, was originally intended to be: ([[DWM 267]])
** [[Lucretia Borgia]] - Ann Lee
** [[Lucretia Borgia]] - Ann Lee
** [[Boudica|Boedicia]] - [[Joan Harsant]]
** [[Boudica|Boedicia]] - [[Joan Harsant]]
** [[Lady Macbeth]] - Shirley Conrad
** [[Lady Macbeth]] - Shirley Conrad
** Salome - Julie La Rousse
** Salome - Julie La Rousse
** [[Executioner]] - [[John Cannon]]
** [[Executioner]] - [[John Cannon]]
** [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin]] - Derek Moss
** [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin]] - Derek Moss
** [[Nero]] - [[Barry Summerford]]
** [[Nero]] - [[Barry Summerford]]
** A [[Gladiator]] - [[Steve Kelly]]
** A [[Gladiator]] - [[Steve Kelly]]
** [[Genghis Khan]] - Dave Cooper
** [[Genghis Khan]] - Dave Cooper
** Space monsters (Dalek, Cyberman, Zygon)
** Space monsters (Dalek, Cyberman, Zygon)
*** [[Steven Ismay|Steve Ismay]]
*** [[Steven Ismay|Steve Ismay]]
*** [[Ridgewell Hawkes]]
*** [[Ridgewell Hawkes]]
*** [[Les Shannon]]
*** [[Les Shannon]]
* Those scheduled to perform the Krargs in the remaining unshot scenes were: [[Harry Fielder]] (Krarg Commander), [[Reg Woods]], [[Lionel Sansby]] and [[James Muir]]. ([[DWM 267]])
* Those scheduled to perform the Krargs in the remaining unshot scenes were: [[Harry Fielder]] (Krarg Commander), [[Reg Woods]], [[Lionel Sansby]] and [[James Muir]]. ([[DWM 267]])
* Those scheduled to perform the Lab technicians in the unshot scenes were: [[Roger Neate]] and Nicky Ryde. ([[DWM 267]])
* Those scheduled to perform the Lab technicians in the unshot scenes were: [[Roger Neate]] and Nicky Ryde. ([[DWM 267]])
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''.
 
* One working title for this story was ''"Sunburst".''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/5m.html</ref>
* [[Doreen James]] was supposed to design the costumes, but she'd quit the series following a dispute with [[Lalla Ward]] on [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]].''
* Chronotis originally perished in episode two, but [[Douglas Adams]] had become fond of the character and decided to bring him back.
 
* [[Daniel Hill]], who played Chris Parsons, met his future wife [[Olivia Bazalgette]] (she was the production assistant) during the location filming of this story. They married two years later and remain so to this day.
* [[Douglas Adams]] was happy that the story was abandoned, because he thought it was not up to much. In 1992, he accidentally signed away rights for the BBC to make a direct-to-video version of it with linking narration by [[Tom Baker]], and was so distressed by this that he declared he would give away every penny of the proceeds he made of it to charity as penance.
* [[Doreen James]] was supposed to design the costumes, but she'd quit the series following a dispute with [[Lalla Ward]] on ''[[City of Death]].''
* The famous scene where the Doctor is chased by the orb while on a bicycle was supposed to take place at night.
* The famous scene where the Doctor is chased by the orb while on a bicycle was supposed to take place at night.
* [[Douglas Adams]] chose Cambridge as a setting so he could draw on his experiences as a student at the university.
 
* [[Douglas Adams]] named the characters of Chris Parsons and Clare Keightley after his friend Chris Keightley, president of the Cambridge Footlights. 
* [[Douglas Adams]] named the characters of Chris Parsons and Clare Keightley after his friend Chris Keightley, president of the Cambridge Footlights.
 
* The Thinktank scientists all bore names associated with Greek islands: Caldera, Akrotiri, Ia, Santori and Thira.
* The Thinktank scientists all bore names associated with Greek islands: Caldera, Akrotiri, Ia, Santori and Thira.
* The episode one joke in which Professor Chronotis forgets that he has a mind like a sieve was taken from a story of Adams' that had been published in the February 27th, 1965 edition of ''Eagle and Boy's World'', when he was just twelve years old.
* The episode one joke in which Professor Chronotis forgets that he has a mind like a sieve was taken from a story of Adams' that had been published in the February 27th, 1965 edition of ''Eagle and Boy's World'', when he was just twelve years old.
* [[Graeme MacDonald]] suggested a romantic subplot between Romana and Chris, but this was ignored.
* [[Graeme MacDonald]] suggested a romantic subplot between Romana and Chris, but this was ignored.
* [[Michael Hayes]] was originally supposed to direct.
* [[Michael Hayes]] was originally supposed to direct.
* While in a pub, [[Tom Baker]] and [[Pennant Roberts]] were approached by the secretary of the St John's Choristers, who enquired as to whether ''Doctor Who'' might make use of his choir's services. Roberts agreed and included the Choristers as part of the chase scene the next day; Baker was made an honorary fellow of St John's College in return.
 
* While in a pub, [[Tom Baker]] and [[Pennant Roberts]] were approached by the secretary of the St John's Choristers, who enquired as to whether ''Doctor Who'' might make use of his choir's services. Roberts agreed and included the Choristers as part of the chase scene the next day; Baker was made an honorary fellow of St John's College in return.
 
* When Skagra examines the Doctor's life, brief clips from [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'', ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'', ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'', ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'' are shown. Romana I is visible in some of the clips, marking one of only two times that both Romanas appeared in the same television story (the other being the pre-regeneration flashbacks at the end of [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'').
 
 
=== A lost story ===
 
* ''Shada'' was initially not completed due to "labour action" at the BBC. The footage that was shot was released on BBC Video in 1992, featuring linking narration by Tom Baker to complete the story.
 
* The industrial action occurred due to conflict over which union had jurisdiction over the operation of an elaborate clock that was featured on the BBC children's programme {{wi|Play School (UK TV series)|Play School}}. ([[DOC]]: ''[[A Matter of Time]]'')
 
* [[Douglas Adams]] was happy that the story was abandoned, because he thought it was not up to much. In 1992, he accidentally signed away rights for the BBC to make a direct-to-video version of it with linking narration by [[Tom Baker]], and was so distressed by this that he declared he would give away every penny of the proceeds he made of it to charity as penance.
 
* Had this story been broadcast when originally intended (from 19 January to 23 February 1980), this story would have marked the end of the following features of the show:
 
** The 1967 arrangement of the ''Doctor Who'' theme by [[Delia Derbyshire]].
 
** The tunnel opening sequence by [[Bernard Lodge]] and the diamond series logo introduced in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]''.
 
** [[Graham Williams]]'s tenure as producer; the rest of the show's original run would be produced by [[John Nathan-Turner]].
 
** [[Douglas Adams]]'s tenure as script editor.
 
** [[Dudley Simpson]]'s tenure as incidental music composer (the 1992 and 2017 versions use incidental music by [[Sylvester McCoy]]-era composers [[Keff McCulloch]] and [[Mark Ayres]], respectively, the latter version featuring music done in the style of Simpson's work).
 
** [[David Brierley]] as the voice of [[K9 Mark II|K9]]; [[John Leeson]] would reprise the role the following season onwards.
 
** [[The Doctor's scarf|The Fourth Doctor's multicolour scarf]] and [[brown]] [[frock coat]]; the following season would feature the Doctor (in [[Tom Baker]]'s final season on the show) in a burgundy & purple scarf and a larger burgundy frock coat.
 
** The TARDIS prop designed by Barry Newberry; the next nine years of the show's original run would utilise a new, fibreglass prop designed by Tom Yardley-Jones.
 
** The use of six-part stories; all future serials would span four parts at most.
 
* One working title for this story was ''"Sunburst".''<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/5m.html</ref>
 
* Chronotis originally perished in episode two, but [[Douglas Adams]] had become fond of the character and decided to bring him back.
 
* [[Daniel Hill]], who played Chris Parsons, met his future wife [[Olivia Bazalgette]] (she was the production assistant) during the location filming of this story. They married two years later.
 
* The story would be remade in [[2003 (releases)|2003]] and released as [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'', explaining that [[Borusa]]'s meddling in the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s timeline during [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' caused the events following his and Romana's arrival in Cambridge to not take place until the [[Eighth Doctor]] and Romana came back to complete them.
 
 
=== Recreation ===
 
* In [[2017 (releases)|2017]], a completed version of ''Shada'' was finally released, with unfilmed scenes replaced with animation and dialogue recorded by the original cast.
 
** Due to the actors [[David Brierley]] and [[Denis Carey]] having passed away in the years since the original studio shoots, a few changes had to be made regarding unfilmed scenes featuring their characters — specifically, a scene with [[K9]] in the TARDIS was cut completely (his dialogue in the finished product is minimal and consists entirely of archival audio of Brierley), and Professor Chronotis is completely silent in the scene in which he appears on Shada, communicating solely through nonverbal telepathy; him revealing himself to be Salyavin was rewritten so that the Doctor is the one to say it, using recycled audio of Carey's role as [[Keeper (The Keeper of Traken)|the Keeper]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' to provide Chronotis' response in the affirmative.
 
** Discounting the non-canon [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'' special in 1993, a series of [[Superannuation advertisement|in-character advertisements in 1997]], and his appearance as [[the Curator]]  in [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' in 2013, Tom Baker's appearance as the Fourth Doctor at the end of the recreation marked his first official televised portrayal of the role since [[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' in 1982.
 
** The TARDIS interior scenes used the season 20 console constructed for the [[Doctor Who: 50 Years (trailer)|50 Years]] trailer. It had been restored by [[Mark Barton Hill]] with components of the original console he collected along the years and was also exposed at the [[Doctor Who Experience (London/Cardiff)]] until it closed down'.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbhdalek/albums/72157646912778613 The BBC's season 20 console (50th anniversary trailer)] restoration diary by [[Mark Barton Hill]]</ref>
 
** There was another minor change during the scene where Romana emerges from the TARDIS with a bottle of milk. Her original dialogue was, ''"I've got the milk! Come on, K9"'', but this was changed to, ''"I've got the milk! Professor?"'' However, K9's reply, ''"Coming, Mistress"'', was retained.
 
* This story was later released as part of ''[[The Animation Collection]]''.
 


=== Myths ===
=== Myths ===
* [[Chronotis' TARDIS|Professor Chronotis' TARDIS]] is a [[Type 39]]. ''The type and model of Chronotis' TARDIS is not specified in the script or the surviving footage. In the [[2012]] [[Shada (novelisation)|novelisation]] by [[Gareth Roberts]], the Doctor identifies it as a "[[Type 12]], Mark 1".''
* [[Chronotis' TARDIS|Professor Chronotis' TARDIS]] is a [[Type 39]]. ''The type and model of Chronotis' TARDIS is not specified in the script or the surviving footage. In the [[2012]] [[Shada (novelisation)|novelisation]] by [[Gareth Roberts]], the Doctor identifies it as a "[[Type 12]], Mark 1".''


=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
* The Backs, River Cam, [[Cambridge]]
* The Backs, River Cam, [[Cambridge]]
* Clare Bridge, River Cam, Cambridge
* Clare Bridge, River Cam, Cambridge
* Silver Street, Cambridge
* Silver Street, Cambridge
* Trumpington Street, Cambridge
* Trumpington Street, Cambridge
* Grantchester Meadows, Grantchester, Cambridgshire
* Grantchester Meadows, Grantchester, Cambridgshire
* Free School Lane, Cambridge
* Free School Lane, Cambridge
* Bridge Street, Cambridge
* Bridge Street, Cambridge
* Portugal Place, Cambridge
* Portugal Place, Cambridge
* Trinity Lane, Cambridge
* Trinity Lane, Cambridge
* Botolph Lane, Cambridge
* Botolph Lane, Cambridge
* King's Parade, Cambridge
* King's Parade, Cambridge
* St Edward's Passage, Cambridge
* St Edward's Passage, Cambridge
* High Street, Grantchester
* High Street, Grantchester
* Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge
* Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge
* Blackmoor Head Yard, Cambridge
* Blackmoor Head Yard, Cambridge
* Garret Hostel Lane, Cambridge
* Garret Hostel Lane, Cambridge
* Portugal Street, Cambridge
* Portugal Street, Cambridge
* All of the above location filming in Cambridge took place over a period of five days: 15th to 19th October 1979
* All of the above location filming in Cambridge took place over a period of five days: 15th to 19th October 1979
* [[Ealing Television Film Studios]] (Stage 2), Ealing Green, Ealing
* [[Ealing Television Film Studios]] (Stage 2), Ealing Green, Ealing
* [[BBC Television Centre]] (Studio TC3), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]
* [[BBC Television Centre]] (Studio TC3), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
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* When Chronotis says "Undergraduates" as Skagra is knocking on his door, voices from the sphere should be heard but they are not present in the final release.<ref>https://twitter.com/MarkAyresRWS/status/943928696003538944</ref>
* When Chronotis says "Undergraduates" as Skagra is knocking on his door, voices from the sphere should be heard but they are not present in the final release.<ref>https://twitter.com/MarkAyresRWS/status/943928696003538944</ref>
* When Professor Chronotis is attacked by Skagra's sphere in part two, his spectacles appear and disappear depending on the camera angle.
* When Professor Chronotis is attacked by Skagra's sphere in part two, his spectacles appear and disappear depending on the camera angle.
* When Romana rescues the Doctor with the TARDIS, at the beginning of part three, the end of the scarf gets caught in the door. Moments later the TARDIS materialises in the Professor's rooms, but the end of the scarf is no longer hanging out the door.
* When Romana rescues the Doctor with the TARDIS, at the beginning of part three, the end of the scarf gets caught in the door. Moments later the TARDIS materialises in the Professor's rooms, but the end of the scarf is no longer hanging out the door.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* During this adventure, the Doctor and Romana were captured by [[Borusa]], only to be returned after being trapped in the space time continuum. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
 
* The Doctor would use the ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey]]'' again later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'')
* While punting, the Doctor and Romana are captured by [[Borusa]], only to be returned after being trapped in the space time continuum. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* When Skagra examines the Doctor's life, brief clips from [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'', ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'', ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'', ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'', ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'' are shown. Romana I is visible in some of the clips, marking one of only two times that both Romanas appeared in the same television story (the other being the pre-regeneration flashbacks at the end of [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'').
 
* The [[First Doctor]] first met [[Chronotis]] in [[Cambridge]] in an unspecified year implied to be the [[1958]] visit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cambridge Previsited (short story)|Cambridge Previsited]]'') In another account, the [[Third Doctor]] went to see Chronotis in 1958. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|The Time Lord Letters]]'')
* The [[First Doctor]] first met [[Chronotis]] in [[Cambridge]] in an unspecified year implied to be the [[1958]] visit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cambridge Previsited (short story)|Cambridge Previsited]]'') In another account, the [[Third Doctor]] went to see Chronotis in 1958. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|The Time Lord Letters]]'')
* In the room where the Doctor builds his helmet are also stored: the [[Trilogic game]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'') a Cyberman head, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') his [[time sensor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') some [[Metebelis crystal]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') a [[Laserson probe]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'') the [[Polyphase Avatron]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') a Movellan gun and Dalek bomb, ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')  [[Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky|Kerensky]]'s time travel equipment, ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') and the [[Tythonian communicator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'')
* The Doctor would use the ''[[The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey]]'' again in his [[seventh incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'')
* In [[C. S. Lewis]]' short story ''The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop'', there was a book named ''[[Shada (book)|Shada]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'')
* In [[C. S. Lewis]]' short story ''The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop'', there was a book named ''[[Shada (book)|Shada]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'')
* In the room where the Doctor builds his helmet are also stored: his [[time sensor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') a [[Laserson probe]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'') a Cyberman head, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', et al.) some [[Metebelis crystal]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') a Movellan gun and Dalek bomb, ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') the [[Polyphase Avatron]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') the [[Trilogic game]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'') [[Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky|Kerensky]]'s time travel equipment, ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') and the [[Tythonian communicator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'')
 
* [[Rassilon]] once mentioned he would later call himself 'the Conqueror of [[Dronid]],' Skagra's homeworld. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'')
* [[Qixotl]] first heard about [[The Relic (Alien Bodies)|the Relic]] while stranded on Dronid. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'')


== Home video and audio releases ==
== Home video and audio releases ==
=== VHS releases ===
=== VHS releases ===
[[File:The Shada Doctor.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tom Baker]] narrating the missing segments of ''Shada'' in-character as [[The Doctor (Shada)|the Doctor]]]]
[[File:The Shada Doctor.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tom Baker]] narrating the missing segments of ''Shada'' in-character as [[The Doctor (Shada)|the Doctor]]]]
In [[1992 (releases)|1992]] BBC Video released a version compiling existing footage broken down into the planned six episodes, with linking narration by [[Tom Baker]] in the part of a fourth-wall-breaking, elderly [[the Doctor (Shada)|incarnation of the Doctor]] reminiscing about this earlier, "cancelled" adventure from his youth while wandering through a museum of the Doctor's enemies. In actuality this linking material was recorded in a ''Doctor Who''-themed area of the Museum of the Moving Image, London. Footage and still photos of a Krarg mannequin from the museum was further used in the link sequences to represent the Krargs in the story.
In [[1992 (releases)|1992]] BBC Video released a version compiling existing footage broken down into the planned six episodes, with linking narration by [[Tom Baker]] in the part of a fourth-wall-breaking, elderly [[the Doctor (Shada)|incarnation of the Doctor]] reminiscing about this earlier, "cancelled" adventure from his youth while wandering through a museum of the Doctor's enemies. In actuality this linking material was recorded in a ''Doctor Who''-themed area of the Museum of the Moving Image, London. Footage and still photos of a Krarg mannequin from the museum was further used in the link sequences to represent the Krargs in the story.


No writer's credit for Douglas Adams, or any other references to him, appeared on the video sleeve, aside from a sticker reading "All of Douglas Adams' royalties from the sale of this video are being donated to Comic Relief." ''(original printed text)''
No writer's credit for Douglas Adams, or any other references to him, appeared on the video sleeve, aside from a sticker reading "All of Douglas Adams' royalties from the sale of this video are being donated to Comic Relief." ''(original printed text)''


The UK release of the video included a book containing the full script of the original production; the North American release did not include the booklet. Unfortunately, the book's first two pages were transposed, so the ''Doctor Who'' diamond logo appeared on the second page instead of being visible through the appropriately-shaped hole in the front cover. To date, the book has only been included with the VHS release.
The UK release of the video included a book containing the full script of the original production; the North American release did not include the booklet. Unfortunately, the book's first two pages were transposed, so the ''Doctor Who'' diamond logo appeared on the second page instead of being visible through the appropriately-shaped hole in the front cover. To date, the book has only been included with the VHS release.


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File:Shada VHS UK cover.jpg|1992 VHS UK cover
File:Shada VHS UK cover.jpg|1992 VHS UK cover
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File:Shada script book.png|Script book included with the UK VHS
File:Shada VHS US cover.jpg|1992 VHS US cover
File:Shada VHS US cover.jpg|1992 VHS US cover
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File:Shada VHS Australian cover.png|1993 VHS Australian cover
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==== VHS release credits ====
==== VHS release credits ====
The following additional credits appear on the VHS release after the standard ''Doctor Who'' credits, and appear over a still shot of that release's version of the Shada prison floating in space with music exclusive to that release.
The following additional credits appear on the VHS release after the standard ''Doctor Who'' credits, and appear over a still shot of that release's version of the Shada prison floating in space with music exclusive to that release.
* Presented by - [[Tom Baker]]
* Presented by - [[Tom Baker]]
* Links Recorded at the Museum of the Moving Image, London.
* Links Recorded at the Museum of the Moving Image, London.
* Cameraman - [[Gerry Ellis]]
* Cameraman - [[Gerry Ellis]]
* Sound - [[Dave Hill]]
* Sound - [[Dave Hill]]
* Make-Up - [[Erika Wareing]]
* Make-Up - [[Erika Wareing]]
* Lighting - [[Ian Dow]]
* Lighting - [[Ian Dow]]
* [[Krarg]] Supplied by - [[Lorne Martin]]
* [[Krarg]] Supplied by - [[Lorne Martin]]
* Incidental Music - [[Keff McCulloch]]
* Incidental Music - [[Keff McCulloch]]
* Special Sound - [[Dick Mills]]
* Special Sound - [[Dick Mills]]
* Sound Dubbing - [[Gemini Audio]]
* Sound Dubbing - [[Gemini Audio]]
* Researcher - [[Ross McGinley]]
* Researcher - [[Ross McGinley]]
* Video Tape Editor - [[Simon Ashcroft]]
* Video Tape Editor - [[Simon Ashcroft]]
* Additonal Effects - [[Ace Editing]]
* Additonal Effects - [[Ace Editing]]
* Producer - [[John Nathan-Turner]]
* Producer - [[John Nathan-Turner]]


=== DVD and Blu-ray releases ===
=== DVD and Blu-ray releases ===
On [[7 January (releases)|7 January]], [[2013 (releases)|2013]], ''Shada'' was released in the [[DVD]] boxset, ''[[The Legacy Collection]]''. It was released with the 90 minute documentary, [[Thirty Years in the TARDIS|More Than Thirty Years in the TARDIS]]. It was re-released again in [[2017 (releases)|2017]] featuring the animated reconstructions for both DVD and Blu-ray.
On [[7 January (releases)|7 January]], [[2013 (releases)|2013]], ''Shada'' was released in the [[DVD]] boxset, ''[[The Legacy Collection]]''. It was released with the 90 minute documentary, [[Thirty Years in the TARDIS|More Than Thirty Years in the TARDIS]]. It was re-released again in [[2017 (releases)|2017]] featuring the animated reconstructions for both DVD and Blu-ray.


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File:Shadar4.jpg|Region 4 Boxset <ref>http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-legacy-shada-dvd/ </ref>
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=== Webcast version ===
=== Webcast version ===
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BBC commissioned [[Big Finish Productions]] to write and record a new version as part of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 40th anniversary. It was animated with a limited Flash animation and released on the BBC's website. This version was revised to feature [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]], along with [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]] voicing their original characters. This version also incorporated other then-current elements of Big Finish continuity, such as Romana becoming [[President of the High Council|President of Gallifrey]] after parting ways with the Doctor.
BBC commissioned [[Big Finish Productions]] to write and record a new version as part of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 40th anniversary. It was animated with a limited Flash animation and released on the BBC's website. This version was revised to feature [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]], along with [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]] voicing their original characters. This version also incorporated other then-current elements of Big Finish continuity, such as Romana becoming [[President of the High Council|President of Gallifrey]] after parting ways with the Doctor.


[[Shada (audio story)|An extended audio version of the webcast]] was later released on CD by Big Finish. The original version of the webcast was also included as a DVD-ROM bonus item in the 2013 ''Legacy Collection'' DVD release of ''Shada''.
[[Shada (audio story)|An extended audio version of the webcast]] was later released on CD by Big Finish. The original version of the webcast was also included as a DVD-ROM bonus item in the 2013 ''Legacy Collection'' DVD release of ''Shada''.


== Novelisations ==
== Novelisations ==
* No official novelisation of ''Shada'' was ever published by [[Target Books]], as they were unable to come to an agreement with [[Douglas Adams]] that would have allowed him, or another author, to adapt the story. However, the short scene filmed for ''Shada'' subsequently used in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' was novelised by [[Terrance Dicks]] for [[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|that story's adaptation]].
* No official novelisation of ''Shada'' was ever published by [[Target Books]], as they were unable to come to an agreement with [[Douglas Adams]] that would have allowed him, or another author, to adapt the story. However, the short scene filmed for ''Shada'' subsequently used in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' was novelised by [[Terrance Dicks]] for [[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|that story's adaptation]].
* Douglas Adams reused some of the elements of ''Shada'' in {{wi|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency}}, notably the character of Professor Chronotis, his time-travelling apartment, and St. Cedd's college. Elements of the ''Doctor Who'' mythos not created by Adams (such as the identification of Chronotis' species as Time Lord or his time and space machine as a TARDIS) did not appear in this novel.
* Douglas Adams reused some of the elements of ''Shada'' in {{wi|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency}}, notably the character of Professor Chronotis, his time-travelling apartment, and St. Cedd's college. Elements of the ''Doctor Who'' mythos not created by Adams (such as the identification of Chronotis' species as Time Lord or his time and space machine as a TARDIS) did not appear in this novel.
* In early 2011, [[BBC Books]] announced that [[Gareth Roberts]] had been commissioned to write an [[Shada (novelisation)|official novelisation of ''Shada'']], for release in hardback in March 2012. Its publication follows an the agreement with the estate of Douglas Adams and was the first novelisation of a regular TV ''Doctor Who'' story since 1994.<ref>http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/BBC-Books-to-release-Shada-in-2012.aspx</ref> This novelisation was also released as an audiobook read by [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]]. An ebook was also released on the Amazon Kindle store.
* In early 2011, [[BBC Books]] announced that [[Gareth Roberts]] had been commissioned to write an [[Shada (novelisation)|official novelisation of ''Shada'']], for release in hardback in March 2012. Its publication follows an the agreement with the estate of Douglas Adams and was the first novelisation of a regular TV ''Doctor Who'' story since 1994.<ref>http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/BBC-Books-to-release-Shada-in-2012.aspx</ref> This novelisation was also released as an audiobook read by [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]]. An ebook was also released on the Amazon Kindle store.


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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Shada was the intended final story of Season 17 of Doctor Who. It was to be the final story written by Douglas Adams for the series, the final six-part story until TV: Dreamland in 2009, and the last story to feature Graham Williams as producer, as John Nathan-Turner would take over after this until the end of the series run in 1989.


However, a combination of rampant inflation in Britain and union strikes halted production partway through filming. The story would become infamous for its incomplete nature and would lead to several attempts to create stories using the unpublished material. It was the basis for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, a non-Doctor Who book published by Adams in 1987 that was the start of the Dirk Gently book series.


The parts of the story that were filmed were retained, and John Nathan-Turner was able to reuse them later in two notable ways. In 1983, a few clips of the show were integrated into TV: The Five Doctors for the scenes with the Fourth Doctor when Tom Baker proved unavailable for filming. Later, in 1992, the existing footage was integrated with some new linking narration by Baker. Finally, in 2017, a completed cut was released, including animations of missing scenes featuring many of the original actors, and even some newly filmed scenes.


The story finally was aired on television for the first time on 19 July 2017, on BBC America. This marked 37 years, 9 months and five days between the beginning of filming and the airdate, a record for any episode of Doctor Who.


Synopsis

Shada: a prison built by the Time Lords for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, one such inmate, needs the help of one of the prison's inmates. He finds nobody knows where Shada is anymore, except one aged Time Lord who has retired to Earth, where he is a professor at St. Cedd's College. Luckily for the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of Professor Chronotis coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the Fourth Doctor.


Plot

Part one

The sphere is created.

On the Think Tank space station, Doctor Skagra uses a spherical device to drain the minds of his colleagues and departs in his spaceship for Earth, leaving an automated, repeating quarantine message running: "This is a recorded message. The Foundation for the Study of Advanced Sciences is under strict quarantine. Do not approach. Do not approach. Everything is under our control."


In Cambridge 1979, Professor Chronotis has a visit from one of his students, Chris Parsons, who leaves with the wrong book. The Doctor and Romana are enjoying a spot of punting. They're observed by Skagra and distracted by voices from the sphere he's carrying. They visit the professor.


Chris discovers that the book is written in a completely alien script. He analyses the book with instruments that make it smoke and glow. Chronotis reveals to Romana he is an elderly Time Lord who has retired to Earth and has been living in the same Cambridge rooms for three hundred years. The Doctor asks him why he was summoned by him to Cambridge but the Professor can't remember. He later recalls he needs the Doctor's help finding the book.


Skagra steals a car and the driver's ability to drive. The Professor reveals the missing book is one he brought from Gallifrey. Skagra drives out to a field where his spaceship is concealed, invisible to the human eye. The Professor confesses the book he took was The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey, which dates back to the time of Rassilon and has incredible power. Skagra receives word that all is ready from his carrier ship, commanded by a massive Krarg...


Part two

The Doctor and Romana search the Professor's rooms for the book. They discuss Time Lord law. This reminds them of the Time Lord criminal Salyavin, a boyhood hero of the Doctor. The Professor, asked about his contemporary Salyavin, recalls Chris Parsons' visit and wonders if he has borrowed the book by accident.


Chronotis's mind is stolen.

Chris and his friend Clare Keightley analyse the book as the Doctor cycles across Cambridge to the lab. Skagra, now wearing the car driver's contemporary clothes, comes to the Professor's college seeking him. While Romana looks in the TARDIS for milk so they can have tea, Skagra arrives for the book. He sets the sphere on the Professor, stealing part of his mind. The Doctor meets Clare at the lab, and examines the book.


Romana and K9 Mark II find the collapsed Professor as Chris Parsons arrives. Using the TARDIS medical kit, Romana tries to stabilise the Professor's condition. The Doctor and Clare discover that the book carbon dates as minus twenty thousand years old. Skagra scans his copy of Professor Chronotis' mind for a trace of the book but finds nothing. The professor beats out a message to Romana on his hearts in Gallifreyan morse code, telling her to beware of the sphere, Skagra and Shada, but dies before he can reveal where the secret is.


The Sphere catches up with the Doctor.

Skagra meets the Doctor trying to return the book to the Professor and has a sphere pursue him on a bike through Cambridge. During the chase the book is dislodged from his basket and retrieved by Skagra. Forced to run away, the Doctor is cornered by the sphere. He tries to escape under a gate, but the sphere approaches and begins to steal his mind...


Part three

Romana arrives in the TARDIS to rescue the Doctor. They return to Chronotis' rooms, where Chris reports that the Professor's body disappeared. The Doctor decides he needs to speak with Skagra. K9 tracks the sphere to Skagra's ship. Clare, worried about the danger the book may pose, comes to Chronotis's rooms to find them empty. The TARDIS materialises in an apparently empty field which holds Skagra's invisible ship. They enter and Skagra takes them prisoner. He tells them he was interested only in Chronotis' mind. He tries to force the Doctor to decode the book and sets the sphere on him to take his mind. K9 fails to blast out of the cell Romana, Chris and he are held in. K9 picks up the sphere's signals and detects the Doctor amongst its voices. Romana is transported from the cell and taken to the TARDIS by Skagra. He forces her to take it.


While searching the Professor's rooms for the missing book, Clare finds concealed control panels and accidentally triggers an explosion. The Doctor awakens on the ship and explains to its computer how he survived. The sphere took only a copy of his mind.


A stolen room.

Wilkin, the college porter comes to the Professor's rooms. When he opens the door he doesn't find the room but the swirling time vortex. The Doctor tries to persuade the ship to release his companions and him, but it decides the sphere must haves succeeded in its task and killed the Doctor. To conserve resources, the ship turns off the oxygen supply, As the Doctor collapses slowly to the floor, the ship states "Dead men do not require oxygen..."


Part four

Chris and K9 are transported out of their cell. The ship detects them and reactivates its oxygen supply. The TARDIS arrives at the Krarg carrier ship and Romana sees the Krargs being grown. Another Krarg starts to form on Skagra's ship. The Doctor boosts the ships power to allow it to cross space quickly.


In Professor Chronotis' rooms, Clare awakes. She is startled by the Professor, dressed in an old-fashioned nightcap and nightshirt. Skagra is unable to translate the book with the Doctor's mind in the sphere. The Professor explains to Clare that his rooms are his TARDIS and it interfered to save his life.


The Professor decides they must find Skagra to save the book, which is the key to Shada, the Time Lord prison which has been forgotten. The Doctor and Chris are attacked by a Krarg, but K9 holds it off, allowing them to explore the Think Tank complex where they have arrived. (The automated quarantine message is still playing, but is now naturally worn and distorted.) They find the aged figures of Skagra's former colleagues.


Skagra notices that turning the pages of the book influences the TARDIS. He realises turning the last page of the book will take him to Shada where he will find the Time Lord criminal Salyavin, who is crucial to his plans.


The Doctor uses Chris's brain power to revive one of the scientists, the neurologist Caldera. He explains how Skagra set up Think Tank with himself, A. S. T. Thira, G. V. Santori, L. D. Ia and R. F. Akrotiri to pool the resources of the mind electronically, but when they had completed the sphere he used it to steal their minds. Skagra now intends to use his mind to dominate the whole of humanity, but needs Salyavin to accomplish this. K9 loses his fight against the Krarg and is driven into the Think Tank by the massive creature, which now advances on the Doctor...


Part five

The Krarg strikes the machinery in the Think Tank, creating explosions and a huge cloud of smoke, before it strikes down and kills the scientists. This allows the Doctor, K9 and Chris to escape back to Skagra's ship, leaving just as the Think Tank station explodes. The Ship is persuaded to take the Doctor to Skagra's home.


The Professor opens into Clare's mind.

While trying to repair the Professor's ship Clare asks who Salyavin is. The Professor places the knowledge that Clare needs to repair the TARDIS in her head telepathically. Skagra's ship takes the Doctor's ship to the Krarg carrier ship. They are captured and Skagra reveals his plan to take over the universe telepathically, merging them into one mind: his. The Doctor stages an escape with Chris and K9, but Romana is dragged back to the TARDIS by Skagra.


Shada.

Fleeing down the corridors of the ship the Doctor and company find an old wooden door and go through it. They are in Professor Chronotis' rooms/TARDIS. The Professor knows that with the book and TARDIS that Skagra can travel to Shada, which is exactly what he does. Skagra searches Shada's records for Salyavin, the Time Lord criminal.


The Professor's TARDIS arrives with K9, the Doctor and him. Skagra revived the following prisoners in chamber T when the Doctor arrives: the orange insectoid #547, the Boedicia-like #595, the cyborg #590, the Nero-like #512, the Genghis Khan-like #568, the Rasputin-like #504 and the purple man #503. Among the cryogenic cells' shadows also are an Ice Warrior and a Zygon silhouettes. But when Skagra opens Salyavin's cell, cabinet 9, they find it empty. The Professor admits he is Salyavin: he escaped centuries ago and used his powers to make the Time Lords forget about Shada.


The Sphere attacks the Professor, but is destroyed by K9. However it reforms into several smaller spheres, one of which attaches itself to the Professor. He sinks to the floor. The spheres attach themselves to the revived prisoners, bringing them under Skagra's control. Chris and Clare arrive, but Chris is taken under the control of a sphere. The prisoners, along with Chris advance menacingly towards the Doctor...


Part six

K9 fires at the prisoners, driving them back, but he is thrown aside by a Krarg. The Doctor, Romana and Clare grab K9 and flee to the Professor's TARDIS. Romana reminds the Doctor that his mind is inside Skagra's machine too. Skagra returns to the TARDIS and tells the former prisoners that they will return to the carrier ship and be distributed through the universe to further his revolution.


The Doctor follows his TARDIS in the Professor's. He captures it in a force field and has himself placed into the Time Vortex. The Doctor begins crossing to his TARDIS, but his journey appears in vain. An accident occurs in the Professor's TARDIS, deactivating the force field, throwing the Doctor into the vortex.


The Doctor's return to his TARDIS.

The Doctor finds himself in a room in his TARDIS. He starts building a helmet shaped device. The Professor's TARDIS arrives on the carrier ship as the Doctor reveals himself and struggles for control of the joint mind.


Romana deactivates the Krarg generating equipment, tipping the gas out and using it to destroy the Krargs. Skagra flees to his ship, but is taken prisoner by his ship's computer, who has now decided to serve the Doctor.


The Doctor promises to return the prisoners to Shada and summon the Time Lords. He returns his and the Professor's TARDISes to Earth. This confuses Wilkin, who has returned with a policeman to find the room back in its usual place and the Professor taking tea with his guests. The policeman then spots the TARDIS and asks about it. The Doctor says it's his, and he and Romana say goodbye to everyone and leave in the TARDIS. After the TARDIS has dematerialised, the policeman asks where the police box has gone. When Chrontis replies "What police box, officer?", the policeman — having had enough of stolen rooms and disappearing police boxes — tells everyone to get their coats on; they're coming with the police station.


The  Doctor wonders if, in the future, someone will think "Is he really the Doctor? How strange. He seems such a nice old man."

Aboard the TARDIS, Romana asks the Doctor where Skagra was from, to which he responds he was from the planet Dronid, according to K9's analysis. While the Doctor and K9 are tinkering under the console, a small explosion occurs. Romana then asks if the stories about Salyavin were exaggerated by the Time Lords, since the Professor seemed like a nice old man to her. The Doctor says the Time Lords overreact to everything, and wonders if someone will meet him 200 years in the future and ask themselves: "Is he really the Doctor? How strange. He seems such a nice old man." The Doctor then appears from under the console, to reveal that the explosion has aged him greatly.


Cast


Crew

    • Kathleen Bidmead
  • Miniatures Photography - Peter Tyler
  • First Assistant Camera - Chris Hayden
  • Lighting Electricians
  • Studio Camera Supervisor
    • Dicky Howett
  • Set Construction
  • Offline Editor & First Assistant Director - John Kelly
  • Animators
  • Animation Background Artists
  • Additional Storyboards
  • Additional Model Making
  • K9 Operators
  • Special Thanks


Uncredited crew


References


The Doctor


Planets


TARDIS

  • Chronotis' TARDIS is an older model. Its chameleon circuit disguises it as a door leading into Chronotis' rooms, while the control panel is hidden by a wall.
  • Chronotis salvaged his TARDIS from a scrapyard.


Theories and concepts


People from the real world

  • Whilst punting down the river, the Doctor mentions Isaac Newton while rambling to Romana.


Time Lords

  • Chronotis was on his last regeneration when he died, but he is brought back to life by Clare mucking around with his TARDIS.
  • Retired Time Lords are not allowed to have access to a TARDIS.


Story notes

  • Douglas Adams chose Cambridge as a setting so he could draw on his experiences as a student at the university.
  • The cast for Shada's prisoners, though not called back for the eventual release, was originally intended to be: (DWM 267)
    • Salome - Julie La Rousse
    • Space monsters (Dalek, Cyberman, Zygon)
  • Those scheduled to perform the Lab technicians in the unshot scenes were: Roger Neate and Nicky Ryde. (DWM 267)
  • The famous scene where the Doctor is chased by the orb while on a bicycle was supposed to take place at night.
  • Douglas Adams named the characters of Chris Parsons and Clare Keightley after his friend Chris Keightley, president of the Cambridge Footlights.
  • The Thinktank scientists all bore names associated with Greek islands: Caldera, Akrotiri, Ia, Santori and Thira.
  • The episode one joke in which Professor Chronotis forgets that he has a mind like a sieve was taken from a story of Adams' that had been published in the February 27th, 1965 edition of Eagle and Boy's World, when he was just twelve years old.
  • Graeme MacDonald suggested a romantic subplot between Romana and Chris, but this was ignored.
  • While in a pub, Tom Baker and Pennant Roberts were approached by the secretary of the St John's Choristers, who enquired as to whether Doctor Who might make use of his choir's services. Roberts agreed and included the Choristers as part of the chase scene the next day; Baker was made an honorary fellow of St John's College in return.


A lost story

  • Shada was initially not completed due to "labour action" at the BBC. The footage that was shot was released on BBC Video in 1992, featuring linking narration by Tom Baker to complete the story.
  • The industrial action occurred due to conflict over which union had jurisdiction over the operation of an elaborate clock that was featured on the BBC children's programme Play School. (DOC: A Matter of Time)
  • Douglas Adams was happy that the story was abandoned, because he thought it was not up to much. In 1992, he accidentally signed away rights for the BBC to make a direct-to-video version of it with linking narration by Tom Baker, and was so distressed by this that he declared he would give away every penny of the proceeds he made of it to charity as penance.
  • Had this story been broadcast when originally intended (from 19 January to 23 February 1980), this story would have marked the end of the following features of the show:
    • The TARDIS prop designed by Barry Newberry; the next nine years of the show's original run would utilise a new, fibreglass prop designed by Tom Yardley-Jones.
    • The use of six-part stories; all future serials would span four parts at most.
  • One working title for this story was "Sunburst".[1]
  • Chronotis originally perished in episode two, but Douglas Adams had become fond of the character and decided to bring him back.
  • Daniel Hill, who played Chris Parsons, met his future wife Olivia Bazalgette (she was the production assistant) during the location filming of this story. They married two years later.


Recreation

  • In 2017, a completed version of Shada was finally released, with unfilmed scenes replaced with animation and dialogue recorded by the original cast.
    • Due to the actors David Brierley and Denis Carey having passed away in the years since the original studio shoots, a few changes had to be made regarding unfilmed scenes featuring their characters — specifically, a scene with K9 in the TARDIS was cut completely (his dialogue in the finished product is minimal and consists entirely of archival audio of Brierley), and Professor Chronotis is completely silent in the scene in which he appears on Shada, communicating solely through nonverbal telepathy; him revealing himself to be Salyavin was rewritten so that the Doctor is the one to say it, using recycled audio of Carey's role as the Keeper from TV: The Keeper of Traken to provide Chronotis' response in the affirmative.
    • There was another minor change during the scene where Romana emerges from the TARDIS with a bottle of milk. Her original dialogue was, "I've got the milk! Come on, K9", but this was changed to, "I've got the milk! Professor?" However, K9's reply, "Coming, Mistress", was retained.


Myths


Filming locations

  • Clare Bridge, River Cam, Cambridge
  • Silver Street, Cambridge
  • Trumpington Street, Cambridge
  • Grantchester Meadows, Grantchester, Cambridgshire
  • Free School Lane, Cambridge
  • Bridge Street, Cambridge
  • Portugal Place, Cambridge
  • Trinity Lane, Cambridge
  • Botolph Lane, Cambridge
  • King's Parade, Cambridge
  • St Edward's Passage, Cambridge
  • High Street, Grantchester
  • Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge
  • Blackmoor Head Yard, Cambridge
  • Garret Hostel Lane, Cambridge
  • Portugal Street, Cambridge
  • All of the above location filming in Cambridge took place over a period of five days: 15th to 19th October 1979


Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • When Chronotis says "Undergraduates" as Skagra is knocking on his door, voices from the sphere should be heard but they are not present in the final release.[3]
  • When Professor Chronotis is attacked by Skagra's sphere in part two, his spectacles appear and disappear depending on the camera angle.
  • When Romana rescues the Doctor with the TARDIS, at the beginning of part three, the end of the scarf gets caught in the door. Moments later the TARDIS materialises in the Professor's rooms, but the end of the scarf is no longer hanging out the door.


Continuity

  • While punting, the Doctor and Romana are captured by Borusa, only to be returned after being trapped in the space time continuum. (TV: The Five Doctors)


Home video and audio releases

VHS releases

Tom Baker narrating the missing segments of Shada in-character as the Doctor

In 1992 BBC Video released a version compiling existing footage broken down into the planned six episodes, with linking narration by Tom Baker in the part of a fourth-wall-breaking, elderly incarnation of the Doctor reminiscing about this earlier, "cancelled" adventure from his youth while wandering through a museum of the Doctor's enemies. In actuality this linking material was recorded in a Doctor Who-themed area of the Museum of the Moving Image, London. Footage and still photos of a Krarg mannequin from the museum was further used in the link sequences to represent the Krargs in the story.


No writer's credit for Douglas Adams, or any other references to him, appeared on the video sleeve, aside from a sticker reading "All of Douglas Adams' royalties from the sale of this video are being donated to Comic Relief." (original printed text)


The UK release of the video included a book containing the full script of the original production; the North American release did not include the booklet. Unfortunately, the book's first two pages were transposed, so the Doctor Who diamond logo appeared on the second page instead of being visible through the appropriately-shaped hole in the front cover. To date, the book has only been included with the VHS release.


  • 1992 VHS UK cover

    1992 VHS UK cover

  • Script book included with the UK VHS

    Script book included with the UK VHS

  • 1992 VHS US cover

    1992 VHS US cover

  • 1993 VHS Australian cover

    1993 VHS Australian cover


VHS release credits

The following additional credits appear on the VHS release after the standard Doctor Who credits, and appear over a still shot of that release's version of the Shada prison floating in space with music exclusive to that release.

  • Links Recorded at the Museum of the Moving Image, London.


DVD and Blu-ray releases

On 7 January, 2013, Shada was released in the DVD boxset, The Legacy Collection. It was released with the 90 minute documentary, More Than Thirty Years in the TARDIS. It was re-released again in 2017 featuring the animated reconstructions for both DVD and Blu-ray.


  • Region 2 Boxset [4]

    Region 2 Boxset [4]

  • Region 2 Shada DVD [5]

    Region 2 Shada DVD [5]

  • Region 2 More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS [6]

    Region 2 More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS [6]

  • Region 4 Boxset [7]

    Region 4 Boxset [7]

  • Region 1 Boxset [8]

    Region 1 Boxset [8]


Webcast version

Main article: Shada (webcast)

BBC commissioned Big Finish Productions to write and record a new version as part of Doctor Who's 40th anniversary. It was animated with a limited Flash animation and released on the BBC's website. This version was revised to feature Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor, along with Lalla Ward and John Leeson voicing their original characters. This version also incorporated other then-current elements of Big Finish continuity, such as Romana becoming President of Gallifrey after parting ways with the Doctor.


An extended audio version of the webcast was later released on CD by Big Finish. The original version of the webcast was also included as a DVD-ROM bonus item in the 2013 Legacy Collection DVD release of Shada.


Novelisations

  • Douglas Adams reused some of the elements of Shada in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, notably the character of Professor Chronotis, his time-travelling apartment, and St. Cedd's college. Elements of the Doctor Who mythos not created by Adams (such as the identification of Chronotis' species as Time Lord or his time and space machine as a TARDIS) did not appear in this novel.
  • In early 2011, BBC Books announced that Gareth Roberts had been commissioned to write an official novelisation of Shada, for release in hardback in March 2012. Its publication follows an the agreement with the estate of Douglas Adams and was the first novelisation of a regular TV Doctor Who story since 1994.[9] This novelisation was also released as an audiobook read by Lalla Ward and John Leeson. An ebook was also released on the Amazon Kindle store.


  • Fan Novelisation: Doctor Who and Shada (1989)

    Fan Novelisation: Doctor Who and Shada (1989)

  • Shada Novelisation (2012)

    Shada Novelisation (2012)

  • Shada novelisation audiobook

    Shada novelisation audiobook


External links


Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/serials/5m.html
  2. ↑ The BBC's season 20 console (50th anniversary trailer) restoration diary by Mark Barton Hill
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/MarkAyresRWS/status/943928696003538944
  4. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/12/dvds-191212233008.html
  5. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/12/dvds-191212233008.html
  6. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/12/dvds-191212233008.html
  7. ↑ http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-legacy-shada-dvd/
  8. ↑ http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/shada-r1-dvd-artwork.html
  9. ↑ http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/BBC-Books-to-release-Shada-in-2012.aspx


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