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Previous ''Doctor Who'' [[webcast]]s had had limited animation which was little more than a series of illustrations. This story was the first-ever officially licensed animated ''Doctor Who'' story. ''Doctor Who'' had suspended production in [[1989]], and aside from charity specials, had only resurfaced as an American-funded [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|television movie]] in [[1996]], which did not garner enough ratings to go to a regular series. When ''Shalka'' was announced in July, [[2003]] for planned broadcast in November, the possibility of ''Doctor Who'' returning to television screens still seemed remote and BBC Worldwide were continuing to shop around for another possible movie deal. As a result, BBCi announced, with BBC approval, that the Doctor appearing in ''Shalka'' would be the "official" Ninth Doctor. However, events rapidly overtook this. | Previous ''Doctor Who'' [[webcast]]s had had limited animation which was little more than a series of illustrations. This story was the first-ever officially licensed animated ''Doctor Who'' story. ''Doctor Who'' had suspended production in [[1989]], and aside from charity specials, had only resurfaced as an American-funded [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie|television movie]] in [[1996]], which did not garner enough ratings to go to a regular series. When ''Shalka'' was announced in July, [[2003]] for planned broadcast in November, the possibility of ''Doctor Who'' returning to television screens still seemed remote and BBC Worldwide were continuing to shop around for another possible movie deal. As a result, BBCi announced, with BBC approval, that the Doctor appearing in ''Shalka'' would be the "official" Ninth Doctor. However, events rapidly overtook this. | ||
In September, [[Lorraine Heggessey]], the Controller of BBC One managed to persuade BBC Worldwide that as their plans for a ''Doctor Who'' film were nowhere near fruition, BBC television should be allowed to make a new series. A deal with [[Russell T | In September, [[Lorraine Heggessey]], the Controller of BBC One managed to persuade BBC Worldwide that as their plans for a ''Doctor Who'' film were nowhere near fruition, BBC television should be allowed to make a new series. A deal with [[Russell T Davies]] to produce the new series was quickly struck, and on September 26, the BBC announced that ''Doctor Who'' would be returning to BBC One in [[2005]], produced by BBC Wales. | ||
As a result, the "official" nature of the ''Shalka'' web cast was in doubt from even before it was web cast. After the web cast, in February [[2004]], plans for sequels were indefinitely shelved. For a period, it was unclear if the new television Doctor would be the Ninth or Tenth Doctor, but this was ultimately settled in April [[2004]] when in an interview with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', Davies announced that the new television Doctor (played by [[Christopher Eccleston]]), would be ''the'' [[Ninth Doctor]], relegating the Richard E. Grant Doctor to unofficial status. | As a result, the "official" nature of the ''Shalka'' web cast was in doubt from even before it was web cast. After the web cast, in February [[2004]], plans for sequels were indefinitely shelved. For a period, it was unclear if the new television Doctor would be the Ninth or Tenth Doctor, but this was ultimately settled in April [[2004]] when in an interview with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', Davies announced that the new television Doctor (played by [[Christopher Eccleston]]), would be ''the'' [[Ninth Doctor]], relegating the Richard E. Grant Doctor to unofficial status. | ||