Shada is a novel written by Gareth Roberts. Released in 2012, it is a novelization of Douglas Adams' lost Doctor Who serial of the same name.
Characters[]
- Fourth Doctor
- Romana II
- Skagra - a genius polymath from Drornid who intends on becoming God by breaking into Shada to meet Salvayin
- Professor Chronotis (or Salvayin) - a Time Lord criminal who takes refuge at St. Cedd's College
- Chris Parsons - a post-graduate student at St. Cedd's College who studies under Chronotis
- Clare Keightley - a student at St. Cedd's College
- The Sphere - a sphere-shaped device used by Skagra to absorb the minds of living beings
- The Ship - Skagra's sentient spaceship
- K9 Mark II
- Wilkin - the porter of St. Cedd's College
- David Taylor - a man living in Cambridge killed by the Sphere
rest to be added
Publisher's summary[]
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways — with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.
- From the unique mind of Douglas Adams, the legendary "lost" Doctor Who story completed at last!
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 K9. 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.
This epic "lost" adventure from 1979 features the Fourth Doctor and Romana as played by Tom Baker and Lalla Ward, written by Doctor Who's then script editor Douglas Adams.
Full summary[]
TBA
Sources[]
- TARDIS Wiki