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If none of you are aware, between 1979 and 2018, there were a lot of attempts to bring Shada to the Doctor Who audience. If you're not Classic Who fans, Shada was a Tom Baker story that was impacted by a production strike with days left of filming left to do, making it, for a while, the only Doctor Who story that was unfinished.
Nowadays, you're most likely to see the one where linking material is animated featuring the original cast. However, what I want to show off to you is a version featuring Paul McGann's Doctor who remembers "oh, we forgot to do something in 1979! Lets go back and do it!" featuring Romana (Lalla Ward). The reason this was made was because the writer was one Douglas Adams and he had died recently and so to tribute him "lets go back and finish the unfinished story."
I know this wont really gel well if you're more a Tom Baker fan (I'd imagine most are) or if you're more a New Who fan but I still think this is worth watching and preserving within the community. So...here's Shada (2003)
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Paul McGann's Shada
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Reply by Vammiesquid
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I know its been 2 years since you posted this OMGG thank you! I'm both a massive fan of obscure DW media and the 8th doctor (they go hand in hand, really) but I was unaware of this! I have the shada book from a used bookstore but I haven't read it yet lol, maybe this will inspire me to pick it up! thank you!
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Reply by Shadow Bliss
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Yeah, I forgot I posted this.
For me, there is appeal of watching this one, even if you're a fan of one of the many version featuring Tom Baker. That being, for me, one of the major appeals of Doctor Who is seeing how each main actor approaches the character. Baker and McGann are about as opposite as Classic Who Doctor comparisons get, yet they were both able to deliver the lines in a way that felt right for their incarnations.