Doctor Who: Shada poster

Doctor Who: Shada( 2017)

TV-MAScience FictionAdventureAnimation
70%
User
Score

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

    16. cast image

      Barnaby Edwards

      Krarg

    17. cast image

      Tim Bentinck

      The Doctor (body double)

    18. cast image

      Toby Hadoke

      Continuity Announcer (voice)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    6
    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...

    Media

    Videos 0Backdrops 15Posters 14

    Recommendations

    1. Doctor Who: Deep Breath

      Doctor Who: Deep Breath77%

    2. Doctor Who: The Snowmen

      Doctor Who: The Snowmen77%

    3. Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

      Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl72%

    4. Kung Fu Panda

      Kung Fu Panda73%

    5. 102 Dalmatians

      102 Dalmatians55%

    6. Spider-Man 3

      Spider-Man 364%

    7. Kung Fu Panda 3

      Kung Fu Panda 369%

    8. Toy Story 3

      Toy Story 378%

    9. The Mummy Returns

      The Mummy Returns64%

    10. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

      Home Alone 2: Lost in New York68%

    11. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

      Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol79%

    12. The Mask

      The Mask70%

    13. A Christmas Carol

      A Christmas Carol69%

    14. Atlas

      Atlas67%

    15. Titanic

      Titanic79%

    16. Atlantis: Milo's Return

      Atlantis: Milo's Return63%

    17. The Return of Jafar

      The Return of Jafar62%

    18. Step Up

      Step Up69%

    19. Cars 2

      Cars 262%

    20. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

      Star Trek III: The Search for Spock66%

    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • time travel