Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnji.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxt!mhuxv!abnji!nyssa From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: How much of SHADA exists? (orig. (Re: Favorite Romana & Doctor) Message-ID: <795@abnji.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 07:50:40 EDT Article-I.D.: abnji.795 Posted: Fri Aug 9 07:50:40 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:38:15 EDT References: <459@moncol.UUCP> Organization: Terminus Hospital, Incorporated Lines: 22 >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.