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As a result, the "official" nature of the ''Shalka'' webcast was in doubt from even before it was released. After the webcast, in February 2004, plans for sequels were indefinitely shelved. For a period, it was unclear if the new television Doctor would be a new Ninth Doctor or a regenerated Tenth Doctor, but this was 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 official [[Ninth Doctor]], relegating Richard E Grant's Doctor to unofficial status. | As a result, the "official" nature of the ''Shalka'' webcast was in doubt from even before it was released. After the webcast, in February 2004, plans for sequels were indefinitely shelved. For a period, it was unclear if the new television Doctor would be a new Ninth Doctor or a regenerated Tenth Doctor, but this was 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 official [[Ninth Doctor]], relegating Richard E Grant's Doctor to unofficial status. | ||
Grant's incarnation of the [[Time Lord]] (often referred to as the "REG Doctor" or the "Shalka Doctor" by fans) has since appeared in an online short story, ''[[The Feast of the Stone]]'' by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]. [[Paul Cornell]], who wrote ''Scream of the Shalka'', once took a picture with two cosplayers of the Doctor and the Master, with the | Grant's incarnation of the [[Time Lord]] (often referred to as the "REG Doctor" or the "Shalka Doctor" by fans) has since appeared in an online short story, ''[[The Feast of the Stone]]'' by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]. [[Paul Cornell]], who wrote ''Scream of the Shalka'', once took a picture with two cosplayers of this story's version of the Doctor and the Master, with the caption: "Dude, they’re, like, cosplaying my [[Doctor Who Unbound|unbound]]!"<ref>[http://www.paulcornell.com/2009/02/gallifrey-and-things "Gallifrey and Things" on Paul Cornell's website]</ref> | ||
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