Shada (TV story)

Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Romana - Lalla Ward
 * Voice of K-9 - David Brierley
 * Caldera - Derek Pollitt
 * Chris Parsons - Daniel Hill
 * Claire Keightley - Victoria Burgoyne
 * Krarg - Harry Fielder
 * Krarg - Lionel Sansby
 * Krarg - James Muir
 * Krarg - Reg Woods
 * Krarg- Derek Suthern
 * Passenger - David Strong
 * Police Constable - John Hallett
 * Professor Chronotis - Denis Carey
 * Voice of Ship - Shirley Dixon
 * Skagra - Christopher Neame
 * Voice of the Krargs - James Coombes
 * Wilkin - Gerald Campion

Crew

 * Director - Pennant Roberts
 * Assistant Floor Manager - Val McCrimmon
 * Costumes - Rupert Jarvis
 * Designer - Vic Meredith
 * Make-Up - Kim Burns
 * Producer - Graham Williams
 * Production Assistant - Olivia Bazalgette
 * Production Assistant - Ralph Wilton
 * Production Unit Manager - John Nathan-Turner
 * Script Editor - Douglas Adams
 * Special Sounds - Dick Mills
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
 * Writer - Douglas Adams

Story Notes

 * Shada was never completed due to strikes at the BBC, the footage that was shot was released on BBC Video in 1992 and was also broadcast as the BBC website as a webcast in 2003.

Ratings
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Myths
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Location Filming
Cambridge

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

 * Professor Chronotis reappears in Unnatural History as Professor Daniel Joyce.


 * Rassilon mentions in Zagreus that he is Conqueror of Dronid, here mentioned as Skagra's homeworld.


 * Dronid incidentally is also the location of an attack made on the Faction Paradox by the Time Lords.

Quotes
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Influences
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agencey

DVD, Video and Audio Releases

 * BBC Video released a version compiling existing footage with linking narration by Tom Baker, it included full script of the original production.


 * Big Finish Productions created a limited Flash animation webcast version, later issued on an audio CD.

Target Novelisations
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