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 1980.  
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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 additional material was released on VHS video in '''1992'''.  
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The surviving location footage and studio recordings plus specially-filmed to-camera narration by Tom Baker was released on VHS video in '''1992'''.  
  
A "flash animation" adaptation with a newly-recorded soundtrack (by Big Finish Productions, using different actors in several of the roles) 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 on the BBC Online website in '''2003'''.  
*The webcast is no longer available, but the old menus are still on the BBC's website:
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*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:
 
**[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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==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 animation to replace all the missing material (edited into an omnibus rather than episodically) 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 as 6 episodes) and released as a digital download and on DVD 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.
 
*'''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.
  

Revision as of 04:32, 17 April 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

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.

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.

  • 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:


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 as 6 episodes) and released as a digital download and on DVD 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.


Links