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Subject: Re: How much of SHADA exists? (orig. (Re: Favorite Romana & Doctor)
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 07:50:40 EDT
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>Does anybody know how much of the story exists on film, regardless of how
>much post-production, etc. needs to be done?

Yes.  The only film that exists are the location shots, which I beleive
are less than two episodes worth (out of six).  It does include a
scene where a person is chased through Cambridge by a floating ball.

>Those of us who have seen "Planet of the Daleks" and "Invasion of the
>Dinosaurs" are used to seeing an incomplete Doctor Who story. Is there
>enough of "Shada" in the can for, say, Lionheart to put it together into
>some semblence of a coherent story. At worst, perhaps a narrator
>(reminiscent of the Time-Life commercial episodes) could explain any major
>missing segments.

Alas, no.  The pieces are too incongruous to attempt that, even with a
narrator.

>If nothing else, it's too bad that the writers couldn't build a Colin Baker
>story around it, like the Star Trek episode "The Menagerie".

I think the only way we'll see more of it is if Tom Baker choses not to
take part in the 25th anniversary special.