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Doctor Who: Shada( 2017)

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First on BBC One, a little later than originally billed...

Overview

The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help unlock one of the Time Lords' greatest secrets: what is Shada? Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the unfilmed material is completed via animation.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Tom Baker

      The Doctor

    2. cast image

      Lalla Ward

      Romana (voice)

    3. cast image

      David Brierly

      K9 (archive footage) (voice)

    4. cast image

      Christopher Neame

      Skagra (voice)

    5. cast image

      Daniel Hill

      Chris Parsons (voice)

    6. cast image

      Denis Carey

      Professor Chronotis (archive footage)

    7. cast image

      Victoria Burgoyne

      Clare Keightley (voice)

    8. cast image

      Gerald Campion

      Wilkin (archive footage)

    9. cast image

      Shirley Dixon

      The Ship (voice)

    10. cast image

      Derek Pollitt

      Dr. Caldera (archive footage)

    11. cast image

      James Coombes

      The Krargs (voice)

    12. cast image

      John Hallet

      Police Constable

    13. cast image

      David Strong

      Man in Car (archive footage)

    14. cast image

      James Muir

      Fisherman (archive footage)

    15. cast image

      Derek Suthern

      Krarg

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      Barnaby Edwards

      Krarg

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      Tim Bentinck

      The Doctor (body double)

    18. cast image

      Toby Hadoke

      Continuity Announcer (voice)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jul 03 2024
    I have a friend who was involved in the commissioning of these hybrid animation versions of the old missing or incomplete "Dr. Who" series' and I think my scepticism was probably borne out with this rather curiously spliced story. With industrial action hitting the production with a week's worth of filming still to do, the animators have tried to visualise the gaps whilst the "Doctor" (Tom Baker) and "Romana" (Lalla Ward) have returned to revoice the additional bits as the story takes us to the planet of "Shada". It's a prison that holds - well it used to hold - the devious "Skagra" (Christophe...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • time travel