Difference between revisions of "Shada"

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{{episodes|5M|17|4|unfinished|The Horns of Nimon|The Leisure Hive|}}
 
{{episodes|5M|17|4|unfinished|The Horns of Nimon|The Leisure Hive|}}
 
[[File:ShadaRussia.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Russian edition of Shada novelisation]]
 
[[File:ShadaRussia.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Russian edition of Shada novelisation]]
This 6-part serial was never completed and did not air on TV in early 1980.  
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Due to a strike at the BBC, this 6-part serial was never completed and did not air on TV in early 1980.  
  
The surviving location footage and studio recordings plus specially-filmed to-camera narration by Tom Baker was released on VHS video in '''1992'''.  
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All the surviving location footage and studio recordings plus specially-filmed to-camera narration by Tom Baker were released on VHS video in '''1992'''.  
  
A limited-movement "flash animation" adaptation with a newly-recorded soundtrack (by Big Finish Productions, using different actors in most of the main roles - i.e. this new version featured Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor) was released on the BBC Online website in '''2003'''.  
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A limited-movement "flash animation" adaptation with a newly-recorded soundtrack (by Big Finish Productions, using different actors in most of the main roles - i.e. this new version featured Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor) was released one episode per week on the BBCi website from '''2 May''' to '''6 June 2003'''. The full soundtrack of this version was also released on CD by Big Finish. 
*The webcast itself is no longer available, but some of the supporting behind the scenes material can still be accessed on the BBC's website:
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*The full webcast itself is no longer available, but some of the supporting behind the scenes material can still be accessed on BBCi's website:
 
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shada/ Shada on BBCi (original menu)]
 
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shada/ Shada on BBCi (original menu)]
  
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==Novelisation==
 
==Novelisation==
 
*The story was novelised by Gareth Roberts, published by BBC Books in '''March 2012'''.  
 
*The story was novelised by Gareth Roberts, published by BBC Books in '''March 2012'''.  
*The book was later translated into several languages, and published in [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Hungary]], [[Brazil]], [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Germany]], [[Czech Republic]], and [[Russia]], between 2013 and 2016.  
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**The book was later translated into several languages, and published in [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Hungary]], [[Brazil]], [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Germany]], [[Czech Republic]], and [[Russia]], between '''2013 and 2016'''.  
 
**[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.php?2496 List of Shada novelisation editions]
 
**[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.php?2496 List of Shada novelisation editions]
  
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==Reconstruction==
 
==Reconstruction==
 
[[File:Shada Lost.JPG|right|thumb|450px|"Shada: The Lost Episode"]]
 
[[File:Shada Lost.JPG|right|thumb|450px|"Shada: The Lost Episode"]]
*The story was officially reconstructed using full animation to replace all the missing material (but edited into an omnibus rather than as 6 episodes) and released as a digital download and on DVD in '''2017'''.  
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*The story was officially reconstructed using full animation to replace all the missing material (but edited into an omnibus rather than 6 episodes) and released as a digital download, DVD and Blu-ray in '''2017'''.  
*'''19 July 2018''': [[BBC America]] aired the omnibus restoration at 8pm. It was also given the title '''"Doctor Who: The Lost Episode"''' in some press coverage and online listings.
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*'''19 July 2018''': [[BBC America]] aired the animated omnibus restoration at 8pm. It was also given the title '''"Doctor Who: The Lost Episode"''' in some press coverage and online listings.
  
  

Revision as of 02:55, 26 September 2020

Story Code: 5M / Season 17 UK Airdate: unfinished Doctor: Tom Baker
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story
Russian edition of Shada novelisation

Due to a strike at the BBC, this 6-part serial was never completed and did not air on TV in early 1980.

All the surviving location footage and studio recordings plus specially-filmed to-camera narration by Tom Baker were released on VHS video in 1992.

A limited-movement "flash animation" adaptation with a newly-recorded soundtrack (by Big Finish Productions, using different actors in most of the main roles - i.e. this new version featured Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor) was released one episode per week on the BBCi website from 2 May to 6 June 2003. The full soundtrack of this version was also released on CD by Big Finish.

  • The full webcast itself is no longer available, but some of the supporting behind the scenes material can still be accessed on BBCi's website:


Novelisation


Reconstruction

"Shada: The Lost Episode"
  • The story was officially reconstructed using full animation to replace all the missing material (but edited into an omnibus rather than 6 episodes) and released as a digital download, DVD and Blu-ray in 2017.
  • 19 July 2018: BBC America aired the animated omnibus restoration at 8pm. It was also given the title "Doctor Who: The Lost Episode" in some press coverage and online listings.


Links