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Classic Who - "Shada" Part 1/2 Full Reaction - EA

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Chris Fone

Never mind all the mind wiping, Skagra’s greatest crime: Changing his outfit! :D As you say, Denis Carey is very Troughton like in how he plays the Professor. So, so overjoyed you were able to react to this. For me, it’s my favourite story, in my favourite season of the 4th Dr.

Andrew Vignaux

"I told you you'd got the time wrong, Doctor.", "Yes, but you're always saying that.", "You're always getting the time wrong.", Romana and the Doctor, "Shada" This story is famous for not being finished. I'm not sure how many attempts there have been to complete it (I'll probably miss one): there was a sneaky fan edit, a BBC published version with Tom providing linking narration, a web-cartoon version with Paul McGann and Lalla for the 40th anniversary, the omnibus movie with these animated sections, and then most recently that movie was re-edited to a 6-part story - and that's the one you watched. Oh, and there were also various attempts to publish it as a book - most notably Douglas Adams, himself, used several elements and mixed them with some elements of "City of Death" in his "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" novel - using, for example, the most adorable character here - Professor Chronotis. Would the story have been so well regarded had it only been an ordinary 6-part final story for the season? It has probably been enhanced by its odd history, but yes, it would have been - it's a good story. However, Douglas Adams, himself, didn't rate it particularly highly - although enough, I suppose, that he did use bits of it for his book. Professor Chronotis is wonderfully delightful. I always wonder if the milk lump joke plays for people. I had read the "Dirk Gently" book well before I ever got to see these episodes, so I was well primed for it. Does it work for first-time viewers? Romana's costume is great - perfect for a summer's ride in a punt. After a few dodgy costume choices in some stories this season - this time it they've got it right. The joke where Professor Chronotis says has "a memory like a ..." and eventually remembers "sieve" was reused from a shory story entry sent in by a 12-year old Douglas Adams to a magazine. "Well, when I was on the river I heard the babble of inhuman voices." ... "Oh, undergraduates talking to each other I expect. I'm trying to have it banned.", The Doctor and Professor Chronotis, "Shada"