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Title | : | Doctor Who: Shada (Doctor Who by Douglas Adams #1) |
Author | : | Gareth Roberts |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
Published | : | March 15th 2012 by BBC Books |
Categories | : | Media Tie In. Doctor Who. Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Time Travel. Humor. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Gareth Roberts
Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4.24 | 5065 Users | 660 Reviews
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From the unique mind of Douglas Adams, the legendary "lost" Doctor Who story has been completed at last by Gareth Roberts and narrated by Lalla Ward. The Doctor’s old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University—where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs—most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn’t a book for Time Tots. It is one of the Artifacts, dating from the dark days of Rassilon. It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. The sinister Skagra most definitely has the wrong hands. He wants the book. He wants to discover the truth behind Shada. And he wants the Doctor’s mind... Based on the scripts for the original television series by the legendary Douglas Adams, Shada retells an adventure that never made it to the screen.Present Books During Doctor Who: Shada (Doctor Who by Douglas Adams #1)
ISBN: | 1849903271 (ISBN13: 9781849903271) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Doctor Who by Douglas Adams #1, Doctor Who #4, Doctor Who Novelisations #109, Adventures of the 4th Doctor #145 , more |
Characters: | The Fourth Doctor, K-9 (Mark I), Romana II, Professor Chronotis, Skagra, The Doctor |
Setting: | United Kingdom Cambridge University, England |
Rating Regarding Books Doctor Who: Shada (Doctor Who by Douglas Adams #1)
Ratings: 4.24 From 5065 Users | 660 ReviewsPiece Regarding Books Doctor Who: Shada (Doctor Who by Douglas Adams #1)
What can I say...Dr Who meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In all my years as a fan of both, I had no idea that Douglas Adams wrote any Dr Who episode. And now I find he wrote three. This on, Shada and two others being The Pirate Planet and City of Death. Unfortunately Shada was not finished and the versions that were released are only dumbed-up versions. Then along comes a VERY capable man by the name of Gareth Roberts who (was hoodwinked by his capabilities, ego and love of Dr Who)The stranger looked between her and the spectrograph and seemed to come to a decision. He smiled suddenly and unexpectedly, with teeth like two rows of great gleaming tombstones. Hello, Im the Doctor, he said, extending a hand.Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum (etc.) Ooo-ee-ooo OooEEooo oooooEEooooo OoooEoooo oooeEoooo Du Du Du Du Du Du Du DuSorry, I always get the urge to do that when I review a Doctor Who book (this is only my second one*, perhaps I can refrain from doing this by the third book). I
In the past (thank you WGBH) I had the chance to watch Dr. Who. By the time I learned of it, the programme was more than a decade old and Tom Baker was taking over the role of the Doctor. I remember thinking that the whole concept was brilliant and ludicrous in roughly equal parts. Given its small budget, the often cheesy effects were tempered by the imagination of the writers and the fun that obviously was designed in. Dr. Who was a Childrens program yes, but one that did not pamper the
This book always starts as an abandoned tv serial that never came to completion due to a strike. So one of Douglas Adams tales never got the treatment it deserves and was wanted by the fans of the show. And in a brilliant world he himself would have written this book but alas he did not and can no longer do it due to his being no longer among us living, as we like to call ourselves.SHADA the book as written by Gareth Roberts based upon Adams material is a hoot and then some.It is about a book
Probably my favorite version of Shada, this feels comprehensive and evocative of Adams' work. Also just a great Fourth Doctor adventure in it's own right.
If you are going to not film a Doctor Who story at least make from the pen of a second rate mind.Unfortunately the BBC didn't agree so ended up not filming Shada by Douglas Adams, a strike leaving the series incomplete. Douglas not as unhappy as you might imagine.Lucky for us all then the BBC at least allowed Gareth Roberts the opportunity to write the book of this effectively lost adventure.Originally intended for TV in 1980 it took till 2012 to appear in book form.Douglas Adams holds a very
Here's a fun bit of fluff: New-Who writer Gareth Roberts' novelization of Old-Who writer Douglas Adams' famous unfilmed screenplay that was axed by a strike at the BBC. As evidenced by Roberts' afterword, the novel Shada is an expansion and reworking of the original story into something a little grander and truer to the ideas that the late Adams was trying to squeeze by on limited 1980's TV production values.The result is something that's fun to read on a Sunday afternoon, but doesn't quite
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