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Whilst Paul is on his holidays, Phil enlists the help of new friend to the show Stephen Prescott from the rather excellent Mad Man With A Box Podcast to discuss The Fires of Pompeii. During the discussion, Stephen educates Phil on Latin textbooks and they both go wildly off tangent and delve into the merits of RTD versus The Moff and whether longstanding fans requests for classic monsters such as Ice Warriors and Zygons to return to the show would be a good thing.

Also in a very short news section, John Barrowman wants Captain Jack to return to Doctor Who and an actress who appeared in Doctor Who over 50 years ago reaches the grand age of 100. And because of that, we are claiming her as our own first Doctor Who centenarian. Join us!!

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Whilst Paul is on his holidays, Phil enlists the help of new friend to the show Stephen Prescott from the rather excellent Mad Man With A Box Podcast to discuss The Fires of Pompeii. During the discussion, Stephen educates Phil on Latin textbooks and they both go wildly off tangent and delve into the merits of RTD versus The Moff and whether longstanding fans requests for classic monsters such as Ice Warriors and Zygons to return to the show would be a good thing.

Also in a very short news section, John Barrowman wants Captain Jack to return to Doctor Who and an actress who appeared in Doctor Who over 50 years ago reaches the grand age of 100. And because of that, we are claiming her as our own first Doctor Who centenarian. Join us!!

Twitter: @MadManBoxPod

Website: A Mad Man With A Box Podcast

Whilst Paul is on his holidays, Phil enlists the help of new friend to the show Stephen Prescott from the rather excellent A Madman With A Box Podcast to discuss The Fires of Pompeii. During the discussion, Stephen educates Phil on Latin textbooks and they both go wildly off tangent and delve into the merits of RTD versus The Moff and whether longstanding fans requests for classic monsters such as Ice Warriors and Zygons to return to the show would a be good thing. Also, in a very short news section, John Barrowman wants Captain Jack to return to Doctor Who, more Daleks and an actress who once appeared in Doctor Who nearly 50 years ago reaches the grand age of 100. And because of that, we are claiming her as our own first Doctor Who centenarian. Join us!!

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Whilst Paul is on his holidays, Phil enlists the help of new friend to the show Stephen Prescott from the rather excellent A Madman With A Box Podcast to discuss The Fires of Pompeii. During the discussion, Stephen educates Phil on Latin textbooks and they both go wildly off tangent and delve into the merits of RTD versus The Moff and whether longstanding fans requests for classic monsters such as Ice Warriors and Zygons to return to the show would a be good thing. Also, in a very short news section, John Barrowman wants Captain Jack to return to Doctor Who, more Daleks and an actress who once appeared in Doctor Who nearly 50 years ago reaches the grand age of 100. And because of that, we are claiming her as our own first Doctor Who centenarian. Join us!!

A Madman With A Box Podcast
http://www.amadmanwithabox.com/
Brave Nerd World Podcast
http://www.geekscape.net/!/shows/brave-nerd-world
Twitter: @MadManBoxPod

Otherwise known as "Martha goes Stupid". We review the first Martha Jones episode "Smith and Jones" in which RTD takes what started out as an intelligent, independent, career minded woman and turns her into a husband seeking drone. And Judoon. A platoon of Judoon on the moon.

Note: The episode of M*A*S*H Daisy mentions is "Point of View".

Nicola Tesla invented AC current. Thomas Edison invented DC. See Links for a cool article on their rivalry.

Links:
Tesla unit of measurement
The Current War

Episode 30: Martha, Martha, Martha

Otherwise known as "Martha goes Stupid". We review the first Martha Jones episode "Smith and Jones" in which RTD takes what started out as an intelligent, independent, career minded woman and turns her into a husband seeking drone. And Judoon. A platoon of Judoon on the moon.

Note: The episode of M*A*S*H Daisy mentions is "Point of View".

Nicola Tesla invented AC current. Thomas Edison invented DC. See Links for a cool article on their rivalry.

Links:
Tesla unit of measurement
The Current War

Episode 30: Martha, Martha, Martha

Yes, we know we were meant to be doing "Aliens", this week, but Mr Chris has had to complete some community service work and couldn't attend. Rather than review "Aliens", without him, Mr Pete and Mr Paul decided that we would drop a recent film into the pit of Pharos and review "The Cabin in the Woods". News and feedback are covered first, so listeners who haven't seen the film can switch off before the SPOILERS begin.

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Email: pharos.project@yahoo.co.uk

No podcast next week, as we're all out on a jolly. In two week's time "Aliens", and after that, Hammer Horror.

As a result of one of the lightest news weeks in recent memory in the worlds of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule were allowed to devote their full attention to a commentary on Elisabeth Sladen's (first) finale in the classic series, namely 1976's "The Hand of Fear". Quarries, nuclear plants, Judith Paris in a sexy, skin tight rock costume, Rex Robinson's eyebrows - surely this story was a can't miss, epic conclusion to Sarah Jane Smith's tenure in the TARDIS, right? Well...at least there's that goodbye scene to look forward to, right? Also in this episode: a review of Michael E. Briant's upcoming memoir "Who is Michael E. Briant?", the classic Who director's collected memories of his time on Who and other TV shows of the day. Eldrad must live!

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Follow us at @RadioFreeSkaro

As a result of one of the lightest news weeks in recent memory in the worlds of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule were allowed to devote their full attention to a commentary on Elisabeth Sladen's (first) finale in the classic series, namely 1976's "The Hand of Fear". Quarries, nuclear plants, Judith Paris in a sexy, skin tight rock costume, Rex Robinson's eyebrows - surely this story was a can't miss, epic conclusion to Sarah Jane Smith's tenure in the TARDIS, right? Well...at least there's that goodbye scene to look forward to, right? Also in this episode: a review of Michael E. Briant's upcoming memoir "Who is Michael E. Briant?", the classic Who director's collected memories of his time on Who and other TV shows of the day. Eldrad must live!

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Follow us at @RadioFreeSkaro

As a result of one of the lightest news weeks in recent memory in the worlds of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule were allowed to devote their full attention to a commentary on Elisabeth Sladen's (first) finale in the classic series, namely 1976's "The Hand of Fear". Quarries, nuclear plants, Judith Paris in a sexy, skin tight rock costume, Rex Robinson's eyebrows - surely this story was a can't miss, epic conclusion to Sarah Jane Smith's tenure in the TARDIS, right? Well...at least there's that goodbye scene to look forward to, right? Also in this episode: a review of Michael E. Briant's upcoming memoir "Who is Michael E. Briant?", the classic Who director's collected memories of his time on Who and other TV shows of the day. Eldrad must live!

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Follow us at @RadioFreeSkaro

Things get a little silly and sidetracked as we sit down to discuss our favorite types of classic series serials; Andrew comes to realize that he didn't like what he thought he did, Sarah keeps 'coloring outside the lines,' and both of us discourse on how Earth culture holds the Doctor back.

Yes, we know we were meant to be doing "Aliens", this week, but Mr Chris has had to complete some community service work and couldn't attend. Rather than review "Aliens", without him, Mr Pete and Mr Paul decided that we would drop a recent film into the pit of Pharos and review "The Cabin in the Woods". News and feedback are covered first, so listeners who haven't seen the film can switch off before the SPOILERS begin.

Twitter: @KungFuYoda @beastmasterpete @natalien @Doctor_Vendetta @PharosProject

Facebook: The Pharos Project Group Page

Email: pharos.project@yahoo.co.uk

No podcast next week, as we're all out on a jolly. In two week's time "Aliens", and after that, Hammer Horror.

As a result of one of the lightest news weeks in recent memory in the worlds of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule were allowed to devote their full attention to a commentary on Elisabeth Sladen's (first) finale in the classic series, namely 1976's "The Hand of Fear". Quarries, nuclear plants, Judith Paris in a sexy, skin tight rock costume, Rex Robinson's eyebrows - surely this story was a can't miss, epic conclusion to Sarah Jane Smith's tenure in the TARDIS, right? Well...at least there's that goodbye scene to look forward to, right? Also in this episode: a review of Michael E. Briant's upcoming memoir "Who is Michael E. Briant?", the classic Who director's collected memories of his time on Who and other TV shows of the day. Eldrad must live!

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Follow us at @RadioFreeSkaro

As a result of one of the lightest news weeks in recent memory in the worlds of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule were allowed to devote their full attention to a commentary on Elisabeth Sladen's (first) finale in the classic series, namely 1976's "The Hand of Fear". Quarries, nuclear plants, Judith Paris in a sexy, skin tight rock costume, Rex Robinson's eyebrows - surely this story was a can't miss, epic conclusion to Sarah Jane Smith's tenure in the TARDIS, right? Well...at least there's that goodbye scene to look forward to, right? Also in this episode: a review of Michael E. Briant's upcoming memoir "Who is Michael E. Briant?", the classic Who director's collected memories of his time on Who and other TV shows of the day. Eldrad must live!

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Follow us at @RadioFreeSkaro

As a result of one of the lightest news weeks in recent memory in the worlds of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule were allowed to devote their full attention to a commentary on Elisabeth Sladen's (first) finale in the classic series, namely 1976's "The Hand of Fear". Quarries, nuclear plants, Judith Paris in a sexy, skin tight rock costume, Rex Robinson's eyebrows - surely this story was a can't miss, epic conclusion to Sarah Jane Smith's tenure in the TARDIS, right? Well...at least there's that goodbye scene to look forward to, right? Also in this episode: a review of Michael E. Briant's upcoming memoir "Who is Michael E. Briant?", the classic Who director's collected memories of his time on Who and other TV shows of the day. Eldrad must live!

Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

Follow us at @RadioFreeSkaro

Things get a little silly and sidetracked as we sit down to discuss our favorite types of classic series serials; Andrew comes to realize that he didn't like what he thought he did, Sarah keeps 'coloring outside the lines,' and both of us discourse on how Earth culture holds the Doctor back.

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Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn talk about the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with the episode Rose, have some more Things in Five Words, play Just a Minute, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:02 — Welcome!
• 01:50 – News:
• 01:55 — Doctor Who: Virgin pulls Tennant’s ad.
• 02:56 — Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks fan remake.
• 03:41 — Doctor Who: Karen Gillan now on twitter.
• 04:38 — JK Rowling: New book named ‘The Casual Vacancy’.
• 06:35 — Doctor Who: More not-lego on the way.
• 08:03 – Things in Five Words.
• 11:12 – Doctor Who: Rose (the episode).
• 34:08 – Just a Minute.
• 47:04 – A Staggering Day Out, on 24th June 2012.
• 48:50 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at show@StaggeringStories.net
• 62:54 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 98:18 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• David Tennant.
• Virgin Media.
• YouTube: Power of the Daleks Re-Imagined, part one.
• Twitter: Karen Gillan.
• Twitter: Arthur Darvill.
• Twitter: Steven Moffat.
• Little, Brown: JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy.
• Twitter: Darvill’s photo of Gillan mooning.
• BBC: Doctor Who - Rose.
• Wikipedia: Rose (Doctor Who episode).
• Podbean: The Liberating Podcast.
• WordPress: The Doctor Who Archives Podcast.
• ‘Who’ – Is The Man Cast.
• WordPress: The Pratchett Podcast.
• The Articles of the Shadow Proclamation.
• Doctor Who Cast.
• Travis Richey’s website (Inspector Spacetime actor).
• Wikipedia: Biology 101 (Community episode).
• Tumblr: Inspector Spacetime.
• A quick guide to Inspector Spacetime.
• Inspector Spacetime Confessions.
• YouTube: Community – Inspector Spacetime.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

Listen onwards...

Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn talk about the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with the episode Rose, have some more Things in Five Words, play Just a Minute, find some general news and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:02 — Welcome!
• 01:50 – News:
• 01:55 — Doctor Who: Virgin pulls Tennant’s ad.
• 02:56 — Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks fan remake.
• 03:41 — Doctor Who: Karen Gillan now on twitter.
• 04:38 — JK Rowling: New book named ‘The Casual Vacancy’.
• 06:35 — Doctor Who: More not-lego on the way.
• 08:03 – Things in Five Words.
• 11:12 – Doctor Who: Rose (the episode).
• 34:08 – Just a Minute.
• 47:04 – A Staggering Day Out, on 24th June 2012.
• 48:50 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself at show@StaggeringStories.net
• 62:54 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 98:18 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• David Tennant.
• Virgin Media.
• YouTube: Power of the Daleks Re-Imagined, part one.
• Twitter: Karen Gillan.
• Twitter: Arthur Darvill.
• Twitter: Steven Moffat.
• Little, Brown: JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy.
• Twitter: Darvill’s photo of Gillan mooning.
• BBC: Doctor Who - Rose.
• Wikipedia: Rose (Doctor Who episode).
• Podbean: The Liberating Podcast.
• WordPress: The Doctor Who Archives Podcast.
• ‘Who’ – Is The Man Cast.
• WordPress: The Pratchett Podcast.
• The Articles of the Shadow Proclamation.
• Doctor Who Cast.
• Travis Richey’s website (Inspector Spacetime actor).
• Wikipedia: Biology 101 (Community episode).
• Tumblr: Inspector Spacetime.
• A quick guide to Inspector Spacetime.
• Inspector Spacetime Confessions.
• YouTube: Community – Inspector Spacetime.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the United States Navy ship, see USS Shada (SP-580); for the Arabic emphasis sign, see Shadda; for the village in Azerbaijan, see Sada. Shada Doctor Who Serial Shada, the prison planetoid of the Time Lords. Cast Doctor Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) Companions Lalla Ward (Romana) David Brierley (Voice of K-9 Mk. II) Others Christopher Neame — Skagra Denis Carey – Professor Chronotis Daniel Hill – Chris Parsons Victoria Burgoyne – Clare Keightley Gerald Campion – Wilkin Derek Pollitt – Dr Caldera John Hallet – Police Constable David Strong – Passenger Shirley Dixon – Voice of the Ship James Coombes – Voice of the Krargs James Muir, Lionel Sansby, Derek Suthern, Reg Woods – Krargs Production Writer Douglas Adams Director Pennant Roberts (original) Script editor Douglas Adams Producer Graham Williams (original) John Nathan-Turner (video) Production code 5M Series Season 17 Length Incomplete (original) 6 episodes, 25 minutes each (intended) Originally broadcast Unaired (original) 6 July 1992 (video release)[1] Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → The Horns of Nimon The Leisure Hive Shada is an unaired serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was intended to be the final serial of the 1979-80 season (Season 17), but was never completed due to a strike at the BBC during filming. In 1992, its recorded footage was released on video using linking narration by Tom Baker, the Doctor to complete the story. The script, with adaptions, was later produced by Big Finish Productions as an audio play, with animation and was made available on BBCi and the BBC website in 2003. This version saw Paul McGann take on the role of the Doctor, with Lalla Ward reprising her role as Romana II, with an otherwise different cast. A novelisation of the story written by Gareth Roberts and returning the action to the Fourth Doctor and Romana was released in March 2012.[2] Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Continuity 2 Production 2.1 Original television version 2.1.1 Levine animated version 2.2 Big Finish version (2003) 2.2.1 The Cast 2.2.2 Outside references 3 In print 4 VHS, Webcast and DVD releases 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links 7.1 Reviews 7.2 Fan novelisation 7.3 Webcast Synopsis The story revolves around the lost planet Shada, on which the Time Lords built a prison for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, an up-and-coming would-be conqueror of the universe, needs the assistance of one of the prison's inmates, but finds that nobody knows where Shada is anymore except one aged Time Lord who has retired to Earth, where he is masquerading as a professor at St. Cedd's College, Cambridge. Luckily for the fate of the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of Professor Chronotis coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the Doctor. Continuity In an unfilmed scene in Episode 5, a listing of prisoners kept on Shada included a Dalek, a Cyberman, and a Zygon. Instead of these, aliens bearing resemblance to Ice Warriors were seen. In 1983, clips from Shada were used in The Five Doctors, the 20th-Anniversary special. Tom Baker, the fourth actor to play the Doctor, had declined to appear in the special, and the plot was reworked to explain the events in the clips.[3] In the book, various references are made to past and future Doctor Who. In particular past rebellious Time Lords are mentioned including, the Master, the Rani, the Meddling Monk and Morbius. For the Big Finish version, Tom Baker was originally approached to reprise the role of the Doctor, but declined. The Eighth Doctor was then substituted and the story reworked accordingly. Although working from the original Adams script, portions of the Big Finish version were reworked by Gary Russell to make the story fit into Doctor Who continuity. This included a new introduction, and a new explanation for the Fourth Doctor and Romana being "taken out of time" during the events of The Five Doctors; the Eighth Doctorhas come to collect Romana and K-9 because he has begun to have a feeling that there was something they should have done at that time. In addition to this – Romana is referred to as Madam President by Skagra in Episode 5. In Episode 6 it is Romana, using her Presidential powers, who decides that Chronotis should be allowed to return to Cambridge. When the policeman enters Chronotis' room, the Doctor can be heard talking about a "terrible way to see in the New Year" in a possible reference to that Doctor's first adventure. Various other minor dialogue changes throughout, mostly relating to the Eighth Doctor reflecting that he has missed Romana and K-9 since they left him and how much he enjoyed their company in the past. When Skagra is investigating the Doctor, clips from three other Big Finish productions can be heard, exclusively on the CD version – The Fires of Vulcan, The Marian Conspiracy and Phantasmagoria. The original serial was to have used clips from The Pirate Planet, The Power of Kroll, The Creature from the Pit, The Androids of Tara, Destiny of the Daleks, and City of Death. The webcast features outlines of the first eight Doctors' faces. Production Original television version The original story, as written by Adams, was scheduled to be 6 episodes. It is estimated that only about 50% of the story was filmed.[2] Location filming in Cambridge and the first of three studio sessions at BBC Television Centre were recorded as scheduled.[2] The second studio block was affected by a long-running technicians' dispute.[3] The strike was over by the time rehearsals began for the third recording session, but this was lost to higher-priority Christmas programming.[4] Attempts were made by new producer John Nathan-Turner to remount the story, but for various reasons it never happened and the production was formally dropped in June 1980. Nathan-Turner was eventually able to complete the story (so far as was possible) by commissioning new effects shots, a score and having Tom Baker record linking material to cover the missing scenes to create six shortened episodes of between 14 and 22 minutes each. The result was released on video in 1992 as a 111 minute VHS tape, but has never been aired on television—making Shada the only Doctor Who television story never to be broadcast.[2] Douglas Adams himself did not regard the story highly and was content for it remain permanently unseen in any form. He once claimed that when he had signed the contract allowing the 1992 release, it had been part of a pile of other papers presented to him by his agent to sign and he wasn't fully aware of what he was agreeing to.[5] Levine animated version In 2010, Ian Levine decided to fund a project to complete the original Shada story using animation and the original voice actors, minus Tom Baker and David Brierley, to complete the parts of the story that were never filmed. John Leeson would replace Brierley as the voice of K9 and Paul Jones, impersonating Baker, would replace him as the Doctor.[2] In October 2010, Dan Hall of 2 Entertain confirmed that a DVD release of Shada was in production and intended to release it with another title.[6] The completed story was finished in late 2011 and announced by Levine, via his Twitter account, on September 8, 2011.[2][7] J. R. Southall, writer for the science fiction magazine Starburst, reviewed Levine's completed version and scored it 10 out of 10 in an article published on September 15, 2011.[8] On October 26, 2011, 2 Entertain announced that only the Shada framgents would be released on DVD, along with the 1993 documentary 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis and other items, possibly sometime in 2012.[9] Southall confirmed the news that same day writing that Dan Hall, 2 Entertain's comissioning editor, was not going to release Levine's completed version.[10] Big Finish version (2003) Big Finish Productions audio play Shada Series Doctor Who Release number II Featuring Eighth Doctor Romana II Writer Douglas Adams, Gary Russell Director Gary Russell Producer(s) Gary Russell Set between Army of Death and Storm Warning Length 150 Release date December 2003 The Cast The Doctor – Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor) Romana II – Lalla Ward K-9 Mk. II – John Leeson Skagra – Andrew Sachs Professor Chronotis – James Fox Chris Parsons – Sean Biggerstaff Clare Keightley – Susannah Harker Wilkin – Melvyn Hayes Dr Caldera – Barnaby Edwards Motorist/Constable – Stuart Crossman The Ship – Hannah Gordon Think Tank Voice – Nicholas Pegg Broadcast date: 10 December 2005 In 2003, the BBC commissioned Big Finish Productions to remake Shada as an audio play which was then webcast[11][2] in six episodic segments, accompanied by limited Flash animation, on the BBC website using illustrations provided by comic strip artist Lee Sullivan.[12] The play starred Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana. The audio play was also broadcast on digital radio station BBC 7, on 10 December 2005 (as a 21⁄2-hour omnibus), and was repeated in six parts as the opening story to the Eighth Doctor's summer season which began on 16 July 2006. Lalla Ward (Romana) is the only actor to appear in both the original television version and the subsequent Big Finish remake. Outside references In Episode 2 of the webcast version, when Chris is in his lab showing Clare the book, a vending machine-like object in the background is labelled "Nutrimat", a reference to a similar device in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Two other references are a sequence where Skagra steals a Ford Prefect and when images of Hitchhiker's Guide characters appear as inmates on Shada itself. In print Doctor Who book Doctor Who – Shada Writer Gareth Roberts Publisher BBC Books Release date 15 March 2012[13] Preceded by ' Followed by ' Doctor Who book Doctor Who and Shada Writer Paul Scoones & Jonathan Preddle Publisher JPS Books (unofficial novelisation) Cover artist Alistair Hughes Release date March 1989 Preceded by ' Followed by ' Elements of the story were reused by Adams for his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, in particular the character of Professor Chronotis who possesses a time machine. Adams did not allow Shada, or any of his other Doctor Who stories, to be novelised by Target Books. It is, therefore, one of only five serials from the 1963–1989 series not to be novelised by Target – along with Adams' other stories The Pirate Planet and City of Death, plus Eric Saward's two Dalek stories (Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks). A six-part adaptation of the story by Jonathan V Way appeared in issues 13-18 of Cosmic Masque, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's fiction magazine. Douglas Adams granted permission for the adaptation on condition that it was never published in collected form.[14] A fan group in New Zealand published an unofficial adaptation in 1989, later republishing it as an online eBook titled Doctor Who and Shada.[15] BBC Books published a novelisation of this serial on 15 March 2012, written by Gareth Roberts. Roberts has drawn on the latest versions of the scripts available, as well as adding new material of his own to "fix" various plotholes and unanswered questions.[16] VHS, Webcast and DVD releases VHS release: The original televsion version of Shada was released in 1992 on VHS and featured linking narration by Tom Baker and was accompanied by a facsimile of a version of Douglas Adams's script (except in North America).[2] The release was discontinued in the UK in 1996. Webcast: The webcast version (originally broadcast via BBCi's "Red Button") remains available from the BBC Doctor Who "classic series" website, and an expanded audio-only version is available for purchase on CD from Big Finish. This expanded version was the one broadcast on BBC7. DVD: Ian Levine announced on 8 September 2011 that his personally-funded reconstruction of all six episodes of the serial, using animation and recently-recorded vocal tracks to fill in missing parts of the story, had now been completed.[9][7] However, the animation was rejected by 2Entertain, and it has been announced that the shot footage for the story will be released in 2012 with assorted Doctor Who material, including the 1993 documentary More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS.[9] References ^ Sullivan, Shannon (September 23, 2008). "Serial 5M: Shada". A Brief History of Time (Travel). Shannon Patrick Sullivan. Retrieved June 9, 2009. ^ a b c d e f g h Southall, J. R. (September 12, 2011). Jordan, Royce. ed. "Doctor Who and the Shada Man". Starburst Magazine (London, England). ISSN 0955-114X. OCLC 79615651. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ a b Dicks, Terrance (September 11, 2001). Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (DVD). London, England: BBC. Event occurs at 12:45. OCLC 52906976. ^ Ley, Shaun (December 12, 2009). "Shelved". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Simpson, M. J. (2005). Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams. Boston, Massachusetts , US: Justin, Charles & Co.. ISBN 9781932112351. OCLC 144991011. ^ Wilson, Marcus (October 25, 2010). "DVD News - Seeds of Death Revisited". The Doctor Who News Page. Doctor Who News. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010. ^ a b Burk, Graeme (September 16, 2011). "Shadariffic". Doctor Who Blog. Doctor Who Information Network. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Southall, J. R. (September 15, 2011). Jordan, Royce. ed. "Review: Doctor Who 'Shada'". Starburst Magazine (London. England). ISSN 0955-114X. OCLC 79615651. Retrieved April 3, 2012. ^ a b c McArdell, Ian (October 28, 2011). "What hope Shada?". Regent Times. Alwyn Ash. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Southall, J. R. (October 26. 2011). Jordan, Royce. ed. "TV News: DOCTOR WHO - SHADA Update". Starburst Magazine (London. England). ISSN 0955-114X. OCLC 79615651. Retrieved April 3, 2012. ^ "BBC - Doctor Who - Classic Series - Webcasts - Shada". BBC. BBC. 2003. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^ Sullivan, Lee (2008). "Lee Sullivan Art, Doctor Who Webcasts". Lee Sullivan Art. Lee Sullivan. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^ "Doctor Who: Shada". Amazon. Amazon.com. 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Foster, Chuck (February 13, 2012). "Doctor Who News: Shada". Doctor Who News. News in Time and Space. Retrieved April 3, 2012. ^ Scoones, Paul (2006). "NZDWFC: Doctor Who and Shada". The New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club. Tetrap.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^ Berriman, Ian (March 6 2012). "Doctor Who: Adapting Douglas Adams". SFX. Future Publishing Limited. Bibliography Howe, David J; Stammers, Mark; Walker, Stephen James. Doctor Who: The Seventies (1994) (London: Doctor Who Books) ISBN 9781852274443 External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Fourth Doctor Shada at BBC Online Shada at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) Shada at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Cambridge Time Traveller Group, Article on Shada, Reviews Shada reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide Fan novelisation Doctor Who and Shada ebook Shada reviews at Outpost Gallifrey Webcast Shada at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Shada webcast on the BBC website Big Finish Productions – Shada Shada reviews at Outpost Gallifrey Shada reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the United States Navy ship, see USS Shada (SP-580); for the Arabic emphasis sign, see Shadda; for the village in Azerbaijan, see Sada. Shada Doctor Who Serial Shada, the prison planetoid of the Time Lords. Cast Doctor Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) Companions Lalla Ward (Romana) David Brierley (Voice of K-9 Mk. II) Others Christopher Neame — Skagra Denis Carey – Professor Chronotis Daniel Hill – Chris Parsons Victoria Burgoyne – Clare Keightley Gerald Campion – Wilkin Derek Pollitt – Dr Caldera John Hallet – Police Constable David Strong – Passenger Shirley Dixon – Voice of the Ship James Coombes – Voice of the Krargs James Muir, Lionel Sansby, Derek Suthern, Reg Woods – Krargs Production Writer Douglas Adams Director Pennant Roberts (original) Script editor Douglas Adams Producer Graham Williams (original) John Nathan-Turner (video) Production code 5M Series Season 17 Length Incomplete (original) 6 episodes, 25 minutes each (intended) Originally broadcast Unaired (original) 6 July 1992 (video release)[1] Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → The Horns of Nimon The Leisure Hive Shada is an unaired serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was intended to be the final serial of the 1979-80 season (Season 17), but was never completed due to a strike at the BBC during filming. In 1992, its recorded footage was released on video using linking narration by Tom Baker, the Doctor to complete the story. The script, with adaptions, was later produced by Big Finish Productions as an audio play, with animation and was made available on BBCi and the BBC website in 2003. This version saw Paul McGann take on the role of the Doctor, with Lalla Ward reprising her role as Romana II, with an otherwise different cast. A novelisation of the story written by Gareth Roberts and returning the action to the Fourth Doctor and Romana was released in March 2012.[2] Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Continuity 2 Production 2.1 Original television version 2.1.1 Levine animated version 2.2 Big Finish version (2003) 2.2.1 The Cast 2.2.2 Outside references 3 In print 4 VHS, Webcast and DVD releases 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links 7.1 Reviews 7.2 Fan novelisation 7.3 Webcast Synopsis The story revolves around the lost planet Shada, on which the Time Lords built a prison for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, an up-and-coming would-be conqueror of the universe, needs the assistance of one of the prison's inmates, but finds that nobody knows where Shada is anymore except one aged Time Lord who has retired to Earth, where he is masquerading as a professor at St. Cedd's College, Cambridge. Luckily for the fate of the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of Professor Chronotis coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the Doctor. Continuity In an unfilmed scene in Episode 5, a listing of prisoners kept on Shada included a Dalek, a Cyberman, and a Zygon. Instead of these, aliens bearing resemblance to Ice Warriors were seen. In 1983, clips from Shada were used in The Five Doctors, the 20th-Anniversary special. Tom Baker, the fourth actor to play the Doctor, had declined to appear in the special, and the plot was reworked to explain the events in the clips.[3] In the book, various references are made to past and future Doctor Who. In particular past rebellious Time Lords are mentioned including, the Master, the Rani, the Meddling Monk and Morbius. For the Big Finish version, Tom Baker was originally approached to reprise the role of the Doctor, but declined. The Eighth Doctor was then substituted and the story reworked accordingly. Although working from the original Adams script, portions of the Big Finish version were reworked by Gary Russell to make the story fit into Doctor Who continuity. This included a new introduction, and a new explanation for the Fourth Doctor and Romana being "taken out of time" during the events of The Five Doctors; the Eighth Doctorhas come to collect Romana and K-9 because he has begun to have a feeling that there was something they should have done at that time. In addition to this – Romana is referred to as Madam President by Skagra in Episode 5. In Episode 6 it is Romana, using her Presidential powers, who decides that Chronotis should be allowed to return to Cambridge. When the policeman enters Chronotis' room, the Doctor can be heard talking about a "terrible way to see in the New Year" in a possible reference to that Doctor's first adventure. Various other minor dialogue changes throughout, mostly relating to the Eighth Doctor reflecting that he has missed Romana and K-9 since they left him and how much he enjoyed their company in the past. When Skagra is investigating the Doctor, clips from three other Big Finish productions can be heard, exclusively on the CD version – The Fires of Vulcan, The Marian Conspiracy and Phantasmagoria. The original serial was to have used clips from The Pirate Planet, The Power of Kroll, The Creature from the Pit, The Androids of Tara, Destiny of the Daleks, and City of Death. The webcast features outlines of the first eight Doctors' faces. Production Original television version The original story, as written by Adams, was scheduled to be 6 episodes. It is estimated that only about 50% of the story was filmed.[2] Location filming in Cambridge and the first of three studio sessions at BBC Television Centre were recorded as scheduled.[2] The second studio block was affected by a long-running technicians' dispute.[3] The strike was over by the time rehearsals began for the third recording session, but this was lost to higher-priority Christmas programming.[4] Attempts were made by new producer John Nathan-Turner to remount the story, but for various reasons it never happened and the production was formally dropped in June 1980. Nathan-Turner was eventually able to complete the story (so far as was possible) by commissioning new effects shots, a score and having Tom Baker record linking material to cover the missing scenes to create six shortened episodes of between 14 and 22 minutes each. The result was released on video in 1992 as a 111 minute VHS tape, but has never been aired on television—making Shada the only Doctor Who television story never to be broadcast.[2] Douglas Adams himself did not regard the story highly and was content for it remain permanently unseen in any form. He once claimed that when he had signed the contract allowing the 1992 release, it had been part of a pile of other papers presented to him by his agent to sign and he wasn't fully aware of what he was agreeing to.[5] Levine animated version In 2010, Ian Levine decided to fund a project to complete the original Shada story using animation and the original voice actors, minus Tom Baker and David Brierley, to complete the parts of the story that were never filmed. John Leeson would replace Brierley as the voice of K9 and Paul Jones, impersonating Baker, would replace him as the Doctor.[2] In October 2010, Dan Hall of 2 Entertain confirmed that a DVD release of Shada was in production and intended to release it with another title.[6] The completed story was finished in late 2011 and announced by Levine, via his Twitter account, on September 8, 2011.[2][7] J. R. Southall, writer for the science fiction magazine Starburst, reviewed Levine's completed version and scored it 10 out of 10 in an article published on September 15, 2011.[8] On October 26, 2011, 2 Entertain announced that only the Shada framgents would be released on DVD, along with the 1993 documentary 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis and other items, possibly sometime in 2012.[9] Southall confirmed the news that same day writing that Dan Hall, 2 Entertain's comissioning editor, was not going to release Levine's completed version.[10] Big Finish version (2003) Big Finish Productions audio play Shada Series Doctor Who Release number II Featuring Eighth Doctor Romana II Writer Douglas Adams, Gary Russell Director Gary Russell Producer(s) Gary Russell Set between Army of Death and Storm Warning Length 150 Release date December 2003 The Cast The Doctor – Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor) Romana II – Lalla Ward K-9 Mk. II – John Leeson Skagra – Andrew Sachs Professor Chronotis – James Fox Chris Parsons – Sean Biggerstaff Clare Keightley – Susannah Harker Wilkin – Melvyn Hayes Dr Caldera – Barnaby Edwards Motorist/Constable – Stuart Crossman The Ship – Hannah Gordon Think Tank Voice – Nicholas Pegg Broadcast date: 10 December 2005 In 2003, the BBC commissioned Big Finish Productions to remake Shada as an audio play which was then webcast[11][2] in six episodic segments, accompanied by limited Flash animation, on the BBC website using illustrations provided by comic strip artist Lee Sullivan.[12] The play starred Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana. The audio play was also broadcast on digital radio station BBC 7, on 10 December 2005 (as a 21⁄2-hour omnibus), and was repeated in six parts as the opening story to the Eighth Doctor's summer season which began on 16 July 2006. Lalla Ward (Romana) is the only actor to appear in both the original television version and the subsequent Big Finish remake. Outside references In Episode 2 of the webcast version, when Chris is in his lab showing Clare the book, a vending machine-like object in the background is labelled "Nutrimat", a reference to a similar device in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Two other references are a sequence where Skagra steals a Ford Prefect and when images of Hitchhiker's Guide characters appear as inmates on Shada itself. In print Doctor Who book Doctor Who – Shada Writer Gareth Roberts Publisher BBC Books Release date 15 March 2012[13] Preceded by ' Followed by ' Doctor Who book Doctor Who and Shada Writer Paul Scoones & Jonathan Preddle Publisher JPS Books (unofficial novelisation) Cover artist Alistair Hughes Release date March 1989 Preceded by ' Followed by ' Elements of the story were reused by Adams for his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, in particular the character of Professor Chronotis who possesses a time machine. Adams did not allow Shada, or any of his other Doctor Who stories, to be novelised by Target Books. It is, therefore, one of only five serials from the 1963–1989 series not to be novelised by Target – along with Adams' other stories The Pirate Planet and City of Death, plus Eric Saward's two Dalek stories (Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks). A six-part adaptation of the story by Jonathan V Way appeared in issues 13-18 of Cosmic Masque, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's fiction magazine. Douglas Adams granted permission for the adaptation on condition that it was never published in collected form.[14] A fan group in New Zealand published an unofficial adaptation in 1989, later republishing it as an online eBook titled Doctor Who and Shada.[15] BBC Books published a novelisation of this serial on 15 March 2012, written by Gareth Roberts. Roberts has drawn on the latest versions of the scripts available, as well as adding new material of his own to "fix" various plotholes and unanswered questions.[16] VHS, Webcast and DVD releases VHS release: The original televsion version of Shada was released in 1992 on VHS and featured linking narration by Tom Baker and was accompanied by a facsimile of a version of Douglas Adams's script (except in North America).[2] The release was discontinued in the UK in 1996. Webcast: The webcast version (originally broadcast via BBCi's "Red Button") remains available from the BBC Doctor Who "classic series" website, and an expanded audio-only version is available for purchase on CD from Big Finish. This expanded version was the one broadcast on BBC7. DVD: Ian Levine announced on 8 September 2011 that his personally-funded reconstruction of all six episodes of the serial, using animation and recently-recorded vocal tracks to fill in missing parts of the story, had now been completed.[9][7] However, the animation was rejected by 2Entertain, and it has been announced that the shot footage for the story will be released in 2012 with assorted Doctor Who material, including the 1993 documentary More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS.[9] References ^ Sullivan, Shannon (September 23, 2008). "Serial 5M: Shada". A Brief History of Time (Travel). Shannon Patrick Sullivan. Retrieved June 9, 2009. ^ a b c d e f g h Southall, J. R. (September 12, 2011). Jordan, Royce. ed. "Doctor Who and the Shada Man". Starburst Magazine (London, England). ISSN 0955-114X. OCLC 79615651. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ a b Dicks, Terrance (September 11, 2001). Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (DVD). London, England: BBC. Event occurs at 12:45. OCLC 52906976. ^ Ley, Shaun (December 12, 2009). "Shelved". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Simpson, M. J. (2005). Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams. Boston, Massachusetts , US: Justin, Charles & Co.. ISBN 9781932112351. OCLC 144991011. ^ Wilson, Marcus (October 25, 2010). "DVD News - Seeds of Death Revisited". The Doctor Who News Page. Doctor Who News. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010. ^ a b Burk, Graeme (September 16, 2011). "Shadariffic". Doctor Who Blog. Doctor Who Information Network. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Southall, J. R. (September 15, 2011). Jordan, Royce. ed. "Review: Doctor Who 'Shada'". Starburst Magazine (London. England). ISSN 0955-114X. OCLC 79615651. Retrieved April 3, 2012. ^ a b c McArdell, Ian (October 28, 2011). "What hope Shada?". Regent Times. Alwyn Ash. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Southall, J. R. (October 26. 2011). Jordan, Royce. ed. "TV News: DOCTOR WHO - SHADA Update". Starburst Magazine (London. England). ISSN 0955-114X. OCLC 79615651. Retrieved April 3, 2012. ^ "BBC - Doctor Who - Classic Series - Webcasts - Shada". BBC. BBC. 2003. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^ Sullivan, Lee (2008). "Lee Sullivan Art, Doctor Who Webcasts". Lee Sullivan Art. Lee Sullivan. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^ "Doctor Who: Shada". Amazon. Amazon.com. 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012. ^ Foster, Chuck (February 13, 2012). "Doctor Who News: Shada". Doctor Who News. News in Time and Space. Retrieved April 3, 2012. ^ Scoones, Paul (2006). "NZDWFC: Doctor Who and Shada". The New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club. Tetrap.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^ Berriman, Ian (March 6 2012). "Doctor Who: Adapting Douglas Adams". SFX. Future Publishing Limited. Bibliography Howe, David J; Stammers, Mark; Walker, Stephen James. Doctor Who: The Seventies (1994) (London: Doctor Who Books) ISBN 9781852274443 External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Fourth Doctor Shada at BBC Online Shada at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) Shada at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Cambridge Time Traveller Group, Article on Shada, Reviews Shada reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide Fan novelisation Doctor Who and Shada ebook Shada reviews at Outpost Gallifrey Webcast Shada at the Doctor Who Reference Guide Shada webcast on the BBC website Big Finish Productions – Shada Shada reviews at Outpost Gallifrey Shada reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

In the second Bigger on the Inside Special, Dan sat down with his friend Libby to discuss "City of Death!"

In the second Bigger on the Inside Special, Dan sat down with his friend Libby to discuss "City of Death!"

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Timing issues, audio issues, sleep issues but no issues with the wine

With a plethora of Doctor Who fan productions making the news over the past few weeks, we decided to bring them all together in one big podKast (with a “K”) discussion!
From Gareth Kavanagh’s production of The Robots of Death (the first night of which will star Blake’s 7′s Paul Darrow) to the new interpretation of The Power of the Daleks written by, directed and starring Nick Scovell by way of Dennis Spielman’s Who-inspired Time Traveling Troupe improv web series, we cover a wide range of opinions and thoughts. Featuring an interview with Spielman and a discussion about the pitfalls of planning and producing a fan film.

Regular listeners may have noticed that we had some iTunes issues recently – these are now resolved, so you can find us listed on iTunes once again, you can subscribe to our RSS feed or you can simply use the player buttons above or in the top-right corner of the website!

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• The Ultimate Fan Film?
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• Time Traveling Troupe

With a plethora of Doctor Who fan productions making the news over the past few weeks, we decided to bring them all together in one big podKast (with a “K”) discussion!
From Gareth Kavanagh’s production of The Robots of Death (the first night of which will star Blake’s 7′s Paul Darrow) to the new interpretation of The Power of the Daleks written by, directed and starring Nick Scovell by way of Dennis Spielman’s Who-inspired Time Traveling Troupe improv web series, we cover a wide range of opinions and thoughts. Featuring an interview with Spielman and a discussion about the pitfalls of planning and producing a fan film.

Regular listeners may have noticed that we had some iTunes issues recently – these are now resolved, so you can find us listed on iTunes once again, you can subscribe to our RSS feed or you can simply use the player buttons above or in the top-right corner of the website!

References for this week’s podKast:

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• Robots of Death: LIVE!
• Time Traveling Troupe

The Blue Box Podcast - Episode 4: Time. Brought to you every Saturday by Starburst Columnist - JR Southall, Lee Rawlings, Mark Cockram and Simon Brett

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The 50th story in the franchise is a marathon, not a sprint, to the finish of the Patrick Troughton era. Mike, Mike, and Dave enlist in The War Games with some assistance from "The Ten Doctors"...

Earth Station Who is a show dedicated to the culture around the BBC icon Doctor Who. Join Mike F, Mike G and Dave as we explore the 50 year history and fandom surrounding the Doctor With reviews, interviews and just general talk you never know WHO might pop up.

The 50th story in the franchise is a marathon, not a sprint, to the finish of the Patrick Troughton era. Mike, Mike, and Dave enlist in The War Games with some assistance from "The Ten Doctors"...

Earth Station Who is a show dedicated to the culture around the BBC icon Doctor Who. Join Mike F, Mike G and Dave as we explore the 50 year history and fandom surrounding the Doctor With reviews, interviews and just general talk you never know WHO might pop up.