Doctor Who Shada, Douglas Adams
Doctor Who Shada, Douglas Adams
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Doctor Who: Shada

Author: Douglas Adams, Gareth Roberts

Narrator: John Leeson, Lalla Ward

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The Doctor’s old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University – where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs – most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn’t a book for Time Tots. It is one of the Artefacts, dating from the dark days of Rassilon. It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. The sinister Skagra most definitely has the wrong hands. He wants the book. He wants to discover the truth behind Shada. And he wants the Doctor’s mind... Based on the scripts for the original television series by the legendary Douglas Adams, Shada retells an adventure that never made it to the screen.

About Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams, a legend of imaginative fiction, ushered in the advent of comedic science fiction with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The book developed into a hugely successful series of five novels. The Dirk Gently series—Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul—helped cement Adams as one of the most successful and beloved authors in science fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on January 06, 2016

One of the best Doctor Who's novels that you'll ever read! WHO The Doctor: The Fourth Doctor Companions: Romana II & K-9 WHERE Cambridge University, 1979 WHAT The Fourth Doctor visits his good friend and also a Time Lord, the Professor Chronotis, on his office at Cambridge, responding to a......more

Goodreads review by Craig on April 27, 2022

Shada was the famous "lost" adventure of Doctor Who, which was to have been the final serial of the show's seventeenth season in 1980. Douglas Adams (who was also the script editor of the show that year) wrote the script, and filming was begun but never completed due to a strike at the BBC. A couple......more

Goodreads review by Terence on October 09, 2012

As a rule I don’t read Doctor Who novels. I enjoy (mostly) the new series, and I loved the old series when the PBS station in St. Louis aired them when I was a kid. When I was that kid, I got a three-in-one volume of the Fourth Doctor’s (my favorite’s) adventures written by Terry Nation from the Sci......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on June 16, 2012

[URL not allowed][return][return][return]We've waited a long time for this, the lost novelisation of the lost Doctor Who story, brought to life from the final version of Adams' script by one of the best-placed of the current Who authors. And it is pretty damn good. Having wa......more

Goodreads review by Hamid on August 25, 2021

Shadaaaaaaaaaa.......more

Quotes

Lalla Ward... proves to be an agile voice artist, and her characterizations are informed by her insider knowledge. John Leeson, the voice of the Doctor’s robot dog, K-9... reprises his role to good effect. This BBC production also features background music and numerous audio effects from the series. Shada is a must for Doctor Who fans, but it’s also produced in a way that will entice new listeners to the series. AudioFile magazine

Shada, as an audiobook, filters Douglas Adams' style and voice rather wonderfully, evoking the sounds of the Hitchhikers' Guide. http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk

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