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Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 6, 1992

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama

User Score

58%

Original Title

Doctor Who: Shada

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Pennant Roberts

Description

The story revolves around the lost planet Shada, on which the Time Lords built a prison for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, one such inmate, needs the help of one of the prison's inmates. He finds nobody knows where Shada is anymore except one aged Time Lord who has retired to Earth, where he is a professor at St. Cedd's College, Cambridge. Luckily for the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of Professor Chronotis coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the Doctor. (Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the story is completed via on-camera narration.)