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	Shada


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Starring: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward & David Brierley
By: Douglas Adams
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Editions: UK (DVD) | UK (steelbook Blu-ray) | UK (Blu-ray) | Australia (DVD) | Australia (Blu-ray) | US (DVD) | Australia (2nd DVD)
Note: Full DVD/Blu-ray release of the abandoned 1979 Fourth Doctor TV story Shada, combining all surviving footage with an animated reconstruction of the unfilmed scenes, voiced by the original cast.

Edition: UK (DVD)
Released: December 2017
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Note: This is the second DVD release of Shada: the first was as part of The Legacy Collection in 2013, which was a straight re-release of the 1992 VHS version (i.e. instead of animation, the gaps in the story were filled in by short linking scenes starring Tom Baker).
Cover blurb:
An abandoned classic now complete, with high-quality animation, original cast and mastered [sic] original footage!
"Delicate matter, slightly. It's about a book..."
When Chris Parsons borrows a book from an elderly university professor, he is surprised to find it written in a strange alien language. He is even more surprised when the book is revealed to be not of this earth at all. Chris is about to enter a world of invisible space-ships, monsters made of molten rock and computers that can talk. He'll also meet a man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Audio Commentary
Taken Out Of Time
Now And Then
Strike! Strike! Strike!
Studio Sessions (1979)
Dialogue Sessions
Studio Shoot (2017)
Model Effects Filming
Deleted Scenes
Title Sequence Film
Live Action Reference Footage
Gallery (1979 & 2017)
ROM Content
Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

Edition: UK (steelbook Blu-ray)
Released: December 2017
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 3 x Blu-ray
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Note: Contains an additional disc compared to the DVD edition, which includes a compilation of all the specially-filmed linking scenes from the 1992 VHS version of Shada, along with the 2003 animated webcast.
Cover blurb:
"DELICATE MATTER, SLIGHTLY. IT'S ABOUT A BOOK..."
Chris Parsons is happily engrossed in studying post-graduate physics at Cambridge, when one day he finds an old book, sitting on a dusty shelf in an ageing professor's library. Written in a language nobody can read and made of a paper that can't be torn, this is no ordinary book. And when it enters his life, everything changes for young Chris Parsons.
Soon finding himself aboard an invisible space-ship, chased by monsters made of molten rock; aboard an alien prison on a distant planet and attacked by a horde of mind-control zombies, Chris also meets a strange man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box. It's going to be a busy day for Chris Parsons.
DISC 1:
FEATURE + AUDIO COMMENTARY
DISC 2 EXTRAS:
TAKEN OUT OF TIME
NOW AND THEN
STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!
STUDIO SESSIONS (1979)
DIALOGUE SESSIONS
STUDIO SHOOT (2017)
MODEL EFFECTS FILMING
DELETED SCENES
TITLE SEQUENCE FILM
LIVE ACTION REFERENCE FOOTAGE
1979 GALLERY
2017 GALLERY
DISC 2 EXTRAS:
SHADA 1992 VHS COMPILATION
SHADA 2003 SEQUEL WEBCAST

Edition: UK (Blu-ray)
Released: December 2017
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x Blu-ray
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Cover blurb:
AN ABANDONED CLASSIC NOW COMPLETE, WITH HIGH-QUALITY ANIMATION, ORIGINAL CAST AND MASTERED [sic] ORIGINAL FOOTAGE!
"Delicate matter, slightly. It's about a book..."
Chris Parsons is happily engrossed in studying post-graduate physics at Cambridge, when one day he finds an old book sitting on a dusty shelf in an ageing professor's library. Written in a language nobody can read and made of a paper that can't be torn, this is no ordinary book. And when it enters his life, everything changes for young Chris Parsons.
Chris soon finds himself aboard an invisible space-ship, chased by monsters made of molten rock; aboard an alien prison on a distant planet and attacked by a horde of mind-control zombies. Chris also meets a strange man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box. It's going to be a busy day for Chris Parsons.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Audio Commentary
Taken Out Of Time
Now And Then
Strike! Strike! Strike!
Studio Sessions (1979)
Dialogue Sessions
Studio Shoot (2017)
Model Effects Filming
Deleted Scenes
Title Sequence Film
Live Action Reference Footage
Gallery (1979 & 2017)
ROM Content

Edition: Australia (DVD)
Released: January 2018
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Edition: Australia (Blu-ray)
Released: January 2018
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 3 x Blu-ray
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Edition: US (DVD)
Released: September 2018
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Note: Originally announced for a January 2018 release date, but delayed for several months. For some reason, Amazon & other retailers list the date as Nov 6 — the September date is the one listed by BBC Shop.
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Edition: Australia (2nd DVD)
Released: April 2020
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Note: Reissued with the Jodie Whittaker logo — otherwise identical to the previous Australian DVD edition.
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