Doctor Who: Shada (2017)
November 24, 2017Release Date
Doctor Who: Shada (2017)
November 24, 2017Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tom Baker
The Doctor
Lalla Ward
Romana
David Brierly
K-9 (voice)
Christopher Neame
Skagra
Daniel Hill
Chris Parsons
Denis Carey
Professor Chronotis
Victoria Burgoyne
Clare Keightley
David Brierly
K9
Gerald Campion
Wilkin
Shirley Dixon
The Ship (voice)
Derek Pollitt
Dr. Caldera
James Coombes
The Krargs (voice)
John Hallet
Police Constable
David Strong
Passenger
James Muir
Fisherman
Derek Suthern
Krarg
Barnaby Edwards
Krarg
Tim Bentinck
The Doctor (body double)
Toby Hadoke
Continuity Announcer (voice)
Mark Ayres
Music / Sound
Joan Stribling
Makeup Designer / Hair Designer / Makeup Artist
Graham Williams
Producer
Tariq Anwar
Editor
Pennant Roberts
Director
Alec Wheal
Camera Supervisor
Mike Tucker
Modeling
Douglas Adams
Writer / Script Editor
Peter Tyler
Director of Photography
Keff McCulloch
Original Music Composer
Dudley Simpson
Original Music Composer
John Nathan-Turner
Producer
Ralph Wilton
Production Assistant
Brian Hodgson
Special Sound Effects
Dick Mills
Special Sound Effects
Ron Blight
Sound
John Hartshorn
Sound
Michael McCarthy
Sound
Fintan Sheehan
Camera Operator
Colin Case
Camera Operator
Alan Graham
Gaffer
Dave Scrivens
Gaffer
Sean Sweetman
Grip
Dicky Howett
Camera Supervisor
Mike Jefferies
Lighting Director
Martin Kempton
Lighting Director
AnneMarie Walsh
Lead Animator
Rob Ritchie
3D Animator / Compositor
Adrian Salmon
Storyboard Artist
Ana García Sebastiá
Animation
Joanna Hepworth
Animation
Barry Evans
Animation
Shaun Askew
Animation
David Busch
Animation
Robin Brindle
Animation
Linda Kalcov
Animation
Andy Gubba
Animation
Chris Bowles
Animation
Barry Baker
Animation
Jane Davies
Animation
Kate Sullivan
Animation
Mike Collins
Storyboard Artist
Jez Hall
Storyboard Artist
Dave Havard
Visual Effects Designer
Dave Chapman
Visual Effects
Victor Meredith
Production Design
Helen MacKenzie
Property Buyer
Rupert Roxburghe-Jarvis
Costume Design
Kim Burns
Makeup Artist
Sinikka Ikaheimo
Makeup Artist
Charles Norton
Director / Producer
James Goss
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 2017
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Genres
Wiki.
Shada is a story from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by the series' script editor Douglas Adams, it was intended as the final serial of the 1979–80 season (season 17) but was never originally completed, owing to strike action at the BBC during studio recording. Entering production as a six-part story (6 x 25-minute episodes) in 1979, plans were later revised for the story to be broadcast as a four-part story (4 x 25-minute episodes) in 1980. Ultimately however, the story would never be completed in either format.
The BBC released a completed version of Shada in 2017, with missing dialogue newly recorded by the original cast, using the same audio equipment employed in the initial shoot, and animated by the team that undertook the reconstruction of the 1966 serial The Power of the Daleks. This version was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2017, and finally broadcast on television as a feature length TV movie – which was titled The Lost Episode rather than Shada – in 2018.
A new version with enhanced animation and split into six episodes was released on 20 December 2021, as part of a Season 17 Blu-ray boxset.Previous attempts to present the story include a narrated reconstruction for BBC Video; a re-imagined audio play by Big Finish Productions, also offered with basic Flash imagery on BBCi and the BBC's Doctor Who website; and a novelisation by Gareth Roberts, based on the latest shooting scripts, with the author's own additions.