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Doctor Who: Shada

First on BBC One, a little later than originally billed...

7.1/ 1020172h 17mPG

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The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help unlock one of the Time Lords' greatest secrets: what is Shada? Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the unfilmed material is completed via animation.

Directed by Charles Norton

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Tom Baker

Tom Baker

The Doctor

Lalla Ward

Lalla Ward

Romana (voice)

David Brierly

David Brierly

K9 (archive footage) (voice)

Christopher Neame

Christopher Neame

Skagra (voice)

Daniel Hill

Daniel Hill

Chris Parsons (voice)

Denis Carey

Professor Chronotis (archive footage)

Victoria Burgoyne

Victoria Burgoyne

Clare Keightley (voice)

Gerald Campion

Gerald Campion

Wilkin (archive footage)