I’ve talked about Shada before, mostly around the Big Finish / BBC Eighth Doctor version; now it’s time to consider the 2017 part-animated version (as discussed on BBC Cambridgeshire: Doctor Who: Tom Baker finishes abandoned 1979 Shada serial).
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Animated Shada finally announced
In what comes as no surprise at all if you’ve been following any Doctor Who sources, is the confirmation of the animated Shada due November 24, 2017. Does the world need another version of this story? Will it displace the Big Finish Eighth Doctor version as the go to edition? How will it’s animation compare with Power of the…
The Doctor goes back to Cambridge – twice!
Over on the Radio Times blog there’s a post announcing Doctor Who stars Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann to address Cambridge University Union. Amongst a host of other names the actors that played the Seventh and Eighth Doctors will be opening and closing a run of talks between May and June.
BBC Webcasts
If you scout around the more obscure parts of the BBC Doctor Who website, you might stumble upon some old webcasts for classic Who. These pre-date the re-launch and I have no idea how long they might be available (other things have vanished in the past). Available for your delectation are: Scream of the Shalka: Richard E…
Ian Levine’s Dalek Master Plan
And now for something completely different – a project to produce something that might be truly wonderful, Ian Levine’s proposal for an animated Dalek Master Plan. I shamelessly lifted the gorgeous picture of Hartnell as the First Doctor from a posting on this topic on the JR Southall blog ‘Watching Doctor Who‘. As JR’s post…
Shada – the best “lost” story?
So we have available the ‘lost’ Douglas Adams story Shada. We all know the story – part filmed for the Fourth Doctor and not finished due to strikes. The BBC and Big Finished produced an animated update for the Eighth Doctor and Romana which Big Finish then tweaked and released in its own right (and jolly…
Red Rocket Rising 