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At A Glance
Doctor Who:
Shada

by Douglas Adams
Adapted by
Gary Russell

Starring
Paul McGann
as the Doctor

Lalla Ward
as Romana

With
James Fox
Andrew Sachs
Sean Biggerstaff
Susannah Harker
Hannah Gordon

Directed by
Nicholas Pegg

Production Notes
Broadcast. May - Jun 2003
Rel. Dec 2003
Rec. Nov 2002
P/Code DWBBCi02
Rec. @ Christchurch Studios

Running Time
Episode 1 00:22:40
Episode 2 00:22:42
Episode 3 00:20:56
Episode 4 00:27:17
Episode 5 00:24:04
Episode 6 00:24:47
Total Time 02:22:26

Setting
This story takes place after the TV Movie, but before Storm Warning.

Review
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This audio features the Eighth Doctor, as played by Paul McGann
Doctor Who: Shada (#02)
By Douglas Adams

Shada
From The Back Cover...

The Doctor has a spot of unfinished business. Reunited with his old friends Romana and K9, he answers a summons from Professor Chronotis, a retired Time Lord now living the academic life in a Cambridge college.

But the Doctor isn’t the only visitor to Cambridge. Somewhere in the city is the sinister alien Skagra, who is intent on stealing an ancient and mysterious book brought to Earth by the Professor many years before.

What is Skagra’s diabolical masterplan? And who or what is the mysterious Shada? To discover the truth, the Doctor and his friends must embark on a perilous journey that will take them from the cloisters of Cambridge to the farthest reaches of deep space, risking deadly encounters with a sentient spaceship, the monstrous Krargs, and an ancient Time Lord criminal called Salyavin. As the Doctor soon discovers, the fate of the universe hangs in the balance...


The Cast

The Doctor Paul McGann
Romana Lalla Ward
K9 John Leeson
Professor Chronotis James Fox
Skagra Andrew Sachs
Chris Parsons Sean Biggerstaff
Clare Keightley Susannah Harker
The Ship Hannah Gordon
Wilkin Melvyn Hayes
Constable / Motorist / Shada Voice / Krags Stuart Crossman
Think Tank Voice Nicholas Pegg
Caldera / Krag Commander Barnaby Edwards

The Crew

Writer Douglas Adams
Adapted for audio by Gary Russell
Additional Material Nicholas Pegg
Director Nicholas Pegg
Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery
Gary Russell
Executive Producer for BBCi Martin Trickey
Music Russell Stone
Recording Alistair Lock
CD Mastering, Sound Design & Post Production Gareth Jenkins
Theme Arrangement Delia Derbyshire
Front Cover Clayton Hickman

Original Broadcast

Episode Transmission Date
Episode One 2nd May 2003
Episode Two 9th May 2003
Episode Three 16th May 2003
Episode Four 23rd May 2003
Episode Five 30th May 2003
Episode Six 6th June 2003

Comments

Shada is a new production from the BBC Cult website and Big Finish of Douglas Adams' unfinished season 17 story. This version sees the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) reunited with his old friends Romana (Lalla Ward) and K9 (John Leeson) as they discover they have old business to finish in Cambridge...

Featuring an all-star cast including James Fox, Susannah Harker, Andrew Sachs and Sean Biggerstaff, this version is directed by Nicholas Pegg and available to watch at bbc.co.uk now.

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