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{{Infobox Webcast| | |||
story name= Scream of the Shalka | | |||
image= [[Image:Shalka_TARDIS.jpg|250px]]| | |||
series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[Webcast]]| | |||
number= 4 | | |||
doctor= [[Alternative Ninth Doctor]]| | |||
companions= [[The Master (android)]], [[Alison Cheney]] | | |||
enemy= [[Shalka]] | | |||
year= [[Earth]], [[England]] | | |||
writer= [[Paul Cornell]] | | |||
director= [[Wilson Milam]] | | |||
producer= [[Muirinn Lane Kelly]]| | |||
animator= [[Cosgrove Hall]]| | |||
broadcast date= 13th November [[2003]] – 18th December [[2003]] | | |||
format= 6 Episodes - Flash Animation | | |||
production code= BBCI-4 | | |||
previous production= [[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]| | |||
next production= [[The Feast of the Stone]] (online short story) }} | |||
'''Scream of the Shalka''' was a flash-animated serial based on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with [[Richard E. Grant]] as the voice of an [[Alternative Ninth Doctor]]. Its animation was produced by [[Cosgrove Hall]]. | '''Scream of the Shalka''' was a flash-animated serial based on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with [[Richard E. Grant]] as the voice of an [[Alternative Ninth Doctor]]. Its animation was produced by [[Cosgrove Hall]]. The serial was webcast by the [[BBC]]'s official Doctor Who website in November and December of [[1993]]. | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The [[TARDIS]] materialises in the village of Lannet in [[Lancashire]], disgorging an annoyed Doctor, who has apparently been transported here against his will. He discovers the village silent, its inhabitants all living in fear except for a barmaid, [[Alison Cheney]]. An alien race calling themselves the [[Shalka]] have taken up residence beneath Lannet in preparation for a wider invasion. Despite his initial reluctance, the Doctor finds himself having to save the world again, aided by Alison and an enemy who has become an ally. | The [[TARDIS]] materialises in the village of Lannet in [[Lancashire]], disgorging an annoyed Doctor, who has apparently been transported here against his will. He discovers the village silent, its inhabitants all living in fear except for a barmaid, [[Alison Cheney]]. An alien race calling themselves the [[Shalka]] have taken up residence beneath Lannet in preparation for a wider invasion. Despite his initial reluctance, the Doctor finds himself having to save the world again, aided by Alison and an enemy who has become an ally. | ||
==Cast & Characters== | |||
*[[Alternative Ninth Doctor]] - [[Richard E. Grant]] | |||
*[[Alison Cheney]] — [[Sophie Okonedo]] | |||
*Dawson/ Greaves — [[Conor Moloney]] | |||
*Max — [[Andrew Dunn]] | |||
*Joe — [[Craig Kelly]] | |||
*Mathilda Pierce — [[Anna Calder-Marshall]] | |||
*The Master — [[Derek Jacobi]] | |||
*Prime — [[Diana Quick]] | |||
*Major Kennet — [[Jim Norton]] | |||
*Caretaker — [[David Tennant]] | |||
==Original Website Release/Broadcast== | |||
*Episode 1 - 13th November, 2003 | |||
*Episode 2 - 20st November, 2003 | |||
*Episode 3 - 27th November, 2003 | |||
*Episode 4 - 4th December, 2003 | |||
*Episode 5 - 11th December, 2003 | |||
*Episode 6 - 18th December, 2003 | |||
==Plot== | |||
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==References== | |||
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==Story Notes== | |||
*When first broadcast this Doctor was advertised by the BBC as the 'Ninth Doctor'. | |||
===Myths=== | |||
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===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors=== | |||
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==Continuity== | |||
*Derek Jacobi appears in [[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]], again playing the Master. | |||
==Production background== | ==Production background== | ||
'' | ''Scream of the Shalka'' was produced to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of ''Doctor Who''. It was originally posted in six weekly parts from [[13th November]] to [[18th December]] [[2003]] on BBCi's ''Doctor Who'' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shalka/ website]. Although it was intended to be an "official" continuation of the television series that had ended in [[1989]], the revival of the programme in [[2005]] relegated it, and the Richard E. Grant's Ninth Doctor to non-[[canon]]ical status. | ||
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. | ||
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Although there has been no official announcement from the BBC, the British Board of Film Classification has cleared all six episodes of the serial for release on DVD. | Although there has been no official announcement from the BBC, the British Board of Film Classification has cleared all six episodes of the serial for release on DVD. | ||
==DVD, Video and Other Releases== | |||
* A DVD release of the story was planned, but the release was cancelled in the wake of the BBC announcing the pending return of ''Doctor Who'' as a live-action TV series and the relegating of Grant's Ninth Doctor to unofficial status. | |||
==Novelisation== | |||
: ''See [[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)]]'' | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who in April [[2005]] was announced as the [[Tenth Doctor]] in the television series proper. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a radio play in a neighbouring studio, and when he discovered what was being recorded next door managed to convince the director to give him a small role. Tennant would have several roles in ''Doctor Who'' productions by [[Big Finish]] (though not as the Doctor) before he was cast as the [[Tenth Doctor]] on television. | *Appearing in a cameo role in the serial was actor and ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Tennant]], who in April [[2005]] was announced as the [[Tenth Doctor]] in the television series proper. He was not originally cast in the production, but Tennant happened to be recording a radio play in a neighbouring studio, and when he discovered what was being recorded next door managed to convince the director to give him a small role. Tennant would have several roles in ''Doctor Who'' productions by [[Big Finish]] (though not as the Doctor) before he was cast as the [[Tenth Doctor]] on television. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[The Infinite Quest]], a short Doctor Who animated series for [[Totally Doctor Who]], also animated by Cosgrove Hall. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shalka/ ''Scream of the Shalka'', on the BBC website] | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shalka/ ''Scream of the Shalka'', on the BBC website] | ||
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/bbci_04.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - '''Scream of the Shalka Webcast'''] | |||
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/mp3/shalka.mp3 ''Scream of the Shalka'' theme music (mp3)] | * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/mp3/shalka.mp3 ''Scream of the Shalka'' theme music (mp3)] | ||
