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shada

story 109 : season 17 : serial 5M : 6 episodes

Producer: Graham Williams
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Douglas Adams
Script Editor: Douglas Adams
Designer: Victor Meredith

cast information

Tom Baker (Doctor Who); Lalla Ward (Romana); David Brierley (voice of K-9); Denis Carey (Professor Chronotis); Christopher Neame (Skagra); Daniel Hill (Chris Parsons); Victoria Burgoyne (Claire Keightley); James Coombes (Voice of the Krargs); Shirley Dixon (Ship.);

crew information

Val McCrimmon (Assistant Floor Manager); Rupert Jarvis (Costumes); Kim Burns (Make-Up); Olivia Bazalgette (Production Assistant); Ralph Wilton (Production Assistant); John Nathan-Turner (Production Unit Manager); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Part One never aired n/a n/a PAL 2 inch colour videotape
16mm colour film
2 Part Two never aired n/a n/a PAL 2 inch colour videotape
16mm colour film
3 Part Three never aired n/a n/a PAL 2 inch colour videotape
16mm colour film
4 Part Four never aired n/a n/a PAL 2 inch colour videotape
16mm colour film
5 Part Five never aired n/a n/a PAL 2 inch colour videotape
16mm colour film
6 Part Six never aired n/a n/a PAL 2 inch colour videotape
16mm colour film
  1. Part One
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  2. Part Two
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  3. Part Three
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  4. Part Four
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  5. Part Five
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  6. Part Six
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plot synopsis

The Doctor and Romana visit a Time Lord called Professor Chronotis, now living in retirement as a Cambridge College lecturer. He asks them to take back a powerful book to his home planet called 'The Ancient Law of Gallifrey', and the Doctor is horrified when he finds out it ever left the planet in the first place. Skagra, a malevolent mind-thief, wants to use the book to travel to Shada, a prison planet where he will free the legendary Salyavin, a rogue Time Lord. Chronotis is in reality Salyavin, who now just wants to live out the rest of his years in peace, and the Doctor has to follow Skagra to Shada to try and stop his scheme....

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