Doctor Who: Shada

May 2, 2003

2h 20m

★ 7.0

The Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams Dramatised in Full at Last!

Overview

Where the Fourth Doctor left off, the Eighth Doctor comes to finish the job. With Romana and K9 by his side, they have to stop the evil Skagra. A remounted version of the abandoned Fourth Doctor serial, rewritten to feature the Eighth Doctor and fit in with the Big Finish audio drama continuity.

Genres

Science Fiction

Animation

Production Companies

BBC

Big Finish

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Cast

The Doctor (voice)

Paul McGann

Romana (voice)

Lalla Ward

K9 (voice)

John Leeson

Professor Chronotis (voice)

James Fox

Skagra (voice)

Andrew Sachs

Chris Parsons (voice)

Sean Biggerstaff

Clare Keightley (voice)

Susannah Harker

Wilkin (voice)

Melvyn Hayes

The Ship (voice)

Hannah Gordon

Professor Caldera (voice) / Krarg Commander (voice)

Barnaby Edwards

Krarg (voice) / Police Constable (voice) / Motorist (voice)

Stuart Crossman

A boy, whose mother used to prohibit his time travel games, has grown into an adult. He executes his everyday life like any man - exercising at the gym, working as a nightclub bouncer and spending his spare time with those who just happened to end up around him. An ordinary day comes to a halt when he runs into a familiar woman - with whom he hasn’t met before. The twosome develop an unprecedented sense of connection which makes them question everything they have believed in. As their self-evident future together starts to shine in the horizon, his repressed childhood enters from behind it. Encountering the past drives at stake both - the hopes for true love and his sense of reality.

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