Doctor Who story "Shada"

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Doctor Who serial completed television serial television story unfinished television serial

"Shada" is an unfinished but later completed Doctor Who serial originally written by Douglas Adams, involving the Time Lord prison planet Shada and elements that later inspired his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

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Doctor Who story "Shada" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who serial ⓘ
completed television serial ⓘ
television story ⓘ
unfinished television serial ⓘ
2017VersionIncludes animation ⓘ
2017VersionStarsActor Paul McGann ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
directedBy Pennant Roberts ⓘ
featuresCharacter Fourth Doctor ⓘ
K-9 ⓘ
Professor Urban Chronotis ⓘ
surface form: Professor Chronotis

Romana ⓘ
surface form: Romana II

Skagra ⓘ
Time Lord ⓘ
surface form: Time Lords
featuresConcept Gallifreyan lore ⓘ
Time Lord prison ⓘ
living book ⓘ
stolen minds ⓘ
featuresLocation Cambridge college rooms ⓘ
Gallifrey ⓘ
featuresSpecies Time Lord ⓘ
surface form: Time Lords
format six-part serial ⓘ
franchise Doctor Who ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
time travel fiction ⓘ
hasLaterCompletion 1992 VHS reconstruction ⓘ
2003 BBCi webcast ⓘ
2017 animated reconstruction ⓘ
hasMedium home video ⓘ
television ⓘ
webcast ⓘ
hasSetting CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Time Lord prison planet Shada ⓘ
inspiredWork Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ⓘ
intendedBroadcastYear 1980 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
originallyPlannedAs Season 17 finale ⓘ
originallyUnfinishedDueTo BBC strike ⓘ
partOf Doctor Who ⓘ
partOfSeason Doctor Who Season 17 ⓘ
producedBy Graham Williams ⓘ
productionCode 5M ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
scriptEditedBy Douglas Adams ⓘ
sharesElementsWith Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ⓘ
starsActor Christopher Neame ⓘ
Denis Carey ⓘ
Lalla Ward ⓘ
Tom Baker ⓘ
writtenBy Douglas Adams ⓘ

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