Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!moncol!john From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: How much of SHADA exists? (orig. (Re: Favorite Romana & Doctor) Message-ID: <459@moncol.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 12:22:52 EDT Article-I.D.: moncol.459 Posted: Wed Aug 7 12:22:52 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 02:33:47 EDT References: <250@anasazi.UUCP> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 39 ]From: guy@anasazi.UUCP (Guy Finney) ]Message-ID: <250@anasazi.UUCP> ]Organization: Anasazi, Phoenix Az. ] ]The film clips of Baker & Ward shown in "The Five Doctors" were ]evidently from a story in the Baker era called "Shada", which was ]never finished due to a nasty strike at the BBC at the time. ]When the strikers came back, the budget was running out so they ]decided to cut their losses & forget about completing the shooting ]of the story. Too bad, too. Written by Douglas Adams, it sounded ]like a good one - Shada was sort of a penal colony or something. ]Kind of like the Death Zone, another skeleton in the Time Lords' closet. I've heard so much about "Shada" that I'd love to see it. From what I've also heard it sounds like a great story. Does anybody know how much of the story exists on film, regardless of how much post-production, etc. needs to be done? 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. 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". -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Silly quote: DM: I'm going to take the car into a bank. Col. K: Don't do it, DM. It'll never fit through the door.