Doctor Who: Shada Steelbook (UK)

[Jezza]

Doctor Who: Shada Steelbook UK

Release Date: Dec 04, 2017

Purchase Link:

Amazon UK

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Back & Interior:

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[Jezza]

Doctor Who: Shada Teaser - YouTube

BBC Worldwide is to release the Douglas Adams Doctor Who story Shada, using animation to complete the story.

Shada was planned to be the celebratory end to the seventeenth series of Doctor Who. Acclaimed writer Douglas Adams had completed the script, Tom Baker’s Doctor was at the height of his popularity, and the series had bigger audiences than ever before.

The story was also due to be the final story produced by Graham Williams, before handing over to new producer John Nathan Turner, who would introduce a new look to the series. But it was not to be. Strike action at the BBC in November 1979 meant the final studio recording sessions were cancelled, and the story was never completed.

A video was released in 1992, with Tom Baker providing linking material to camera for the missing scenes, re-released as a DVD in 2013. A web version of the story was also produced for the official Doctor Who website to mark the programme's 40th Anniversary in 2003. It used basic Flash animation alongside a new audio track produced by Big Finish and starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. In 2013 an unofficial fan version, directed by Ian Levine, was completed using animation to fill in the missing scenes. In this version, although a number of original cast members revoiced their parts, the Fourth Doctor was voiced by another actor.

Now, thirty-eight years on from the planned transmission, BBC Worldwide has announced that a new official version of Shada is to be completed, combining the original, remastered footage, with new colour animation. The animation will feature the newly-recorded voices of the original cast, including Tom Baker as the Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana, performing the original script.

Tom Baker says

Shada was one of my favourite Doctor Who stories. I have many fond memories of shooting the location scenes in Cambridge, and it was disappointing not to finish the story in studio. I’m so glad that BBC Worldwide have found a way to bring fans a complete visual version.

The new feature-length production incorporates all of the live-action scenes from 1979, together with new animated material. Shada finds the Doctor in Cambridge working alongside companion Romana and retired Time Lord, Professor Chronotis, to defeat the evil alien Skagra who is attempting to steal the secrets to the prison planet, Shada.

Doctor Who: Shada is being produced by the team behind the highly successful and critically acclaimed animation of lost Doctor Who serial The Power of the Daleks and lost Dad’s Army episode A Stripe For Frazer . The team have had access to nearly seven hours of raw footage from the original 1979 Shada shoot from which they are editing the new production from scratch, with all the original location film negatives re-scanned in full HD and digitally remastered. It will not, however, be possible to create a full HD version of the new production, as the original studio video material is locked into its original SD format, and no higher resolution is possible.

Paul Hembury, Executive Producer, BBC Worldwide says

Fans loved The Power of the Daleks, so we’re delighted to be able to complete and bring them another lost Doctor Who classic.

Blu Ray/DVD - Bonus Material

• Taken Out of Time (25' 39")
• Now and Then (12' 45")
• Strike, Strike, Strike! (27' 50")
• Studio Sessions - 1979 (44' 38")
• Dialogue Sessions (14' 16")
• Model Filming (04' 36")
• Deleted Scenes (01' 22")
• Title Sequence Films (TBC)
• Live Action Reference Footage (02' 48")
• 1979 Gallery (04' 50")
• 2017 Gallery (02' 52)

NOTE: Although billed as a 'feature-length' production, it has been confirmed it'll be the full-lenbgth 6-part edit.

[BluBonnet]

Can't wait for this one!

[crugsy]

Wow!

[Dragon Ranger]

This is a must have!

[paulboland]

You have the Blu-ray Amaray purchase link in the OP

Steelbook purchase link is this one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0767Q46BS

[paulboland]

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[michaelclarke]

I'm tempted but £40 is STEEP!

[bladelia]

Its £30 at Zavvi


https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/doctor.../11571492.html

[AdamWestFan]

its mine

[Doomlord]

Looking forward to this one.
I've seen people complain on other DW forums that they should be animating other missing episodes stories rather than Shada... but if this (cheaper to do production due to many parts already in the can) paves the way for more animated releases then it makes complete sense. So 'ya-boo!' to those naysayers.

[paulboland]

Amazon sold out for now

Still available to pre order with Zavvi and Zoom UK

[paulboland]

HMV £24.99

https://store.hmv.com/film-tv/blu-ra...-who-shada-(1)

[adamclark83]

The standard Blu-ray has 2-Discs yet the Steelbook has 3. I hope they announce what the full content is.

[Jezza]

More details have been revealed:

Audio commentary, moderated by Toby Hadoke, with:
• Christopher Neame, Skagra
• Daniel Hill, Chris Parsons
• Martin Geraghty, character artist
• Anne Marie Walsh, animator

Steelbook Exclusive Bonus Disc:
Shada 1992 VHS Version
This includes the edition of Shada released on the VHS format in 1992. It features the original footage combined with Tom Baker narrating the missing scenes.

Shada 2003 Webcast
To celebrate Doctor Who's 40th Anniversary, the BBC produced a new animated version of the Douglas Adams story, which was made available on the Doctor Who website. It was rewritten to feature Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, and also stars Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as K-9.