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''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. | ''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 | 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 (1996)|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 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. | 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. | ||
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: ''Main article: [[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)]]'' | : ''Main article: [[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)]]'' | ||
[[Paul Cornell]] wrote a novelisation of ''Scream of the Shalka'', which was published by [[BBC Books]]. This marked the first publication of a novelisation under the BBC Books paperback line since ''[[Doctor Who | [[Paul Cornell]] wrote a novelisation of ''Scream of the Shalka'', which was published by [[BBC Books]]. This marked the first publication of a novelisation under the BBC Books paperback line since ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' was so adapted in [[1996]], and the first novelisation of a non-televised ''Doctor Who'' story since ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novel)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' in [[1995]]; it is also the only webcast to be so adapted. The book was augmented with a section chronicling the making of the webcast. | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
