Doctor Who, Shada: The Lost Adventure

by Douglas Adams, Gareth Roberts Narrated by John Leeson, Lalla Ward

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Veteran Doctor Who writer Roberts channels Douglas Adams to novelize the long-running show’s famous “lost serial.” Conceived by Adams as the ultimately unfinished final set of episodes for the 1979–1980 season, this adventure sees the Fourth Doctor dusting it up with a renegade megalomaniac named Skagra while fighting over the fate of a legendary Time Lord artifact. Joined by Romana and K-9, the Doctor drops in on Cambridge, 1979, to visit Chronotis, a retired Time Lord masquerading as a professor. Postgraduate students Chris Parsons and Claire Keightley get sucked into a convoluted affair involving would-be universal domination, forgotten Gallifreyan history, mind control, and a sentient spaceship. Roberts clears up continuity errors while seamlessly meshing his original work with Adams’s script, leaving the latter’s trademark whimsy and snappy dialogue intact. The result is a near-perfect Doctor Who adventure in its blend of absurd humor and action. Agent: Faye Webber, the Agency. (June)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173938749
Publisher:	Random House UK
Publication date:	03/15/2012
Series:	Doctor Who
Edition description:	Unabridged

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