From: ph9991_manfr@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: shada? Answer: Video list
Date: 13 Nov 92 00:12:31 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls

In article <92317.155749IO21145@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, <IO21145@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
>   Has anyone ever seen the "incomplete" episode of the fourth Doctor,
>   entitled "Shada"?  I believe it was written by Douglas Adams, and
>   that It couldn't be released due to a strike at the BBC.  I would
>   also like to know if a novellization was ever published for this
> "missing link".....
> 
> S.E. Warner


My, my, it seems we need to post reminders to the Net a little more often
than we are.

"Shada," the uncompleted story, is now available as a compliation video both
in the UK and in the USA.  
In the USA, it is on CBS/Fox video for $19.98.
For all unfinished sections, Tom Baker narrates to the audience what would
be happening here if they had got round to finishing the show.  
Additionally, sound effects and special effects and incidental music (absent
from those pirate versions that were floating around) have been added.
The tape runs approximately 110 minutes, and is presented in episode form,
i.e. the cliffhangers to the episodes are intact.

"But," you say, "My local video store doesn't carry Doctor Who videos!
What do I do now?"

Well, any of the twentysomething videos available in the US can be special-
ordered from virtually any video store if you intend to buy it.  All you need
to tell them is the full title: "Doctor Who - Shada" and the distributor,
which is CBS/Fox and they should be able to get it for you no problem.
For example, I live in a small rural town in Wisconsin, yet my local store
can get me any of the Doctor Who videos, usually within three days.

Here's a list (again) of all the videos being distributed by CBS/Fox:

NON-SPECIALS (regular stories)

First Doctor - William Hartnell
"An Unearthly Child" (b&w, 1963, in 4 episodes, 98 mins)

Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton
"The Tomb of the Cybermen" (b&w, 1967, in 4 episodes, 100 mins)
"The Seeds of Death" (b&w, 1969, movie form, 137 mins)
"The War Games" (b&w, 1969, in 10 episodes, double tape, 243 mins)

Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
"Spearhead From Space" (color, 1969/1970, movie form, 92 mins)
"Day of the Daleks" (color, 1971/1972, movie form, 92 mins)
"The Three Doctors" (color, 1972/1973, in 4 episodes, 99 mins)
"The Time Warrior" (color, 1973/1974, movie form, 92 mins)
"Death to the Daleks" (color, 1973/1974, movie form, 92 mins)

Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker
"The Ark in Space" (color, 1975, movie form, 92 mins)
"Revenge of the Cybermen" (color, 1975, movie form, 90 mins, minor edits)
"Terror of the Zygons" (color, 1975, movie form, 92 mins)
"Pyramids of Mars" (color, 1975, movie form, 90 mins, minor edits)
"The Brain of Morbius" (color, 1975, movie form, 60 mins, heavy edits=30min)
"The Deadly Assassin" (color, 1976, movie form, 92 mins)
"The Robots of Death" (color, 1976, movie form, 92 mins)
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (color, 1976/1977, movie form, 140 mins,1minoredit)
"Shada" (color,stereo,1979/1980/1992,in 6 episodes, 110 mins,Tom Baker narrates)

Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
"The Five Doctors" (color, 1983, in 1 episode, 90 mins, minor edits)
"The Caves of Androzani" (color, 1984, in 4 episodes, 101 mins) 

Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
none to date

Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
"The Curse of Fenric" (color, stereo, 1989, in 4 episodes, 108 mins,extra
			 footage added for video release)

SPECIALS
"The Hartnell Years" (color and b&w, 1963/1965/1966/1972/1973/1991, 88 mins)
	Sylvester McCoy hosts and looks at some now-incomplete stories
	from the Hartnell era.
	Episodes featured: "An Unearthly Child" (unscreened test pilot),
	"The Crusade" episode 3, "The Celestial Toymaker" episode 4
"The Troughton Years"(colorandb&w,1966-1969/1972/1973/1983/1984/1985,1991,84mins
	Jon Pertwee hosts and looks at some now-incomplete stories from the
	Troughton era, and some clips from other stories.
	Episodes featured: "The Abominable Snowmen" episode 2, 
	"The Enemy of the World" episode 3, "The Space Pirates" episode 2.
	Clips include the Hartnell/Troughton regeneration scene from "The
	Tenth Planet."
"The Pertwee Years" (color and b&w, 1969-1971/1973/1983,1991, 88 mins)
	Jon Pertwee hosts and looks at episodes from stories the BBC considers
	to be lost due to the quality of some of the episodes in the serial
	that they still hold.  
	Episodes featured: "Inferno" episode 7, "The Daemons" episode 5,
	"Frontier in Space" episode 6.
	Clips include unused title sequence tests and an unused arrangement
	of the theme music (thank God!), and a look at the Whomobile.

Coming Releases (probably February or March, all tapes tentative)
"The Daleks: The Early Years"
"The Cybermen: The Early Years"
"The Tom Baker Years"
plus one ordinary title yet to be announced

All of the above tapes retail at $19.98 with the exception of "The War Games"
which is a double tape due to its length, and thus is $29.98.

Steven.K.Manfred
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